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BitchTapes: American Black Music Month

Music post by Nicole Morales on June 10, 2011 - 12:23pm; tagged American Black Music Month, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, En Vogue, erykah badu, Funky 4+1, Ida Cox, Janet Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Mary J Blige, Missy Elliot, Monie Love, Prince, Queen Latifah, Rufus, Ruth Brown, Salt-n-Pepa, Sarah Vaughan, Tammie Terrell, The Chiffons, The Sequence.

It's been 32 years since the music industry officially recognized June as American Black Music Month. But, ask any casual music fan and she'll tell you that popular black music has been pumping through the speaker box since long before 1979.

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BitchTapes: Funky Divas

Music post by Kelsey Wallace on January 22, 2010 - 12:24pm; tagged 702, BitchTapes, Blaque, Destiny's Child, En Vogue, Jade, KP & Envyi, Salt N Pepa, SWV, TLC, Xscape.
As we've seen in past editions of BitchTapes, many Bitch Media staffers spent the 90s listening to super cool, street-cred building riot grrrl jams. Well, I've got a confession to make: Even though I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, I had no idea that riot grrrl was even happening until it was already over. No, I spent my formative feminist years listening mainly to top 40 radio. Lucky for me, that included a whole lot of all-female R&B music. Behold:



Track list after the jump!
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