Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Patreon: patreon.com/seren_sensei

My Related Work:

Cowboy Carter playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3YCr5ve8oqbz7rXSDYg8oVhau4NY2Cl7

A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E102: Usher's Super Bowl Performance + Beyonce Announces Act II: patreon.com/posts/kick-in-teeth-ii-98371727

A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E105: On Country Music & Beyonce Backlash? patreon.com/posts/kick-in-teeth-on-99746956

A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E33: So, About 'Renaissance...' REVIEW: patreon.com/posts/kick-in-teeth-so-70115304

A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E53: Awards Are Not Real: patreon.com/posts/kick-in-teeth-78468956

Solange Knowles: When I Get Home: riotmaterial.com/solange-knowles-when-i-get-home

On 'Americana' and Fashion History: youtube.com/watch?v=QLCfnZ9LTnU

[unhurried] {witness}: unhurried-witness.aadhum.org

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Did you know I wrote a book? ☺️ 'So, About That... A Year of Contemporary Essays on Race and Pop Culture'

Paperback: amazon.com/About-That-Contemporary-Essays-Culture-ebook/dp/B013V0CHK6

Kindle: amazon.com/dp/B013V0CHK6

Digital download (e-book): gumroad.com/l/IkUa

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Links:

Beyoncé Initially Planned to Release ‘Cowboy Carter’ Before ‘Renaissance,’ but ‘There Was Too Much Heaviness in the World:’ variety.com/2024/music/news/beyonce-planned-cowboy-carter-release-before-renaissance-switched-1235955728

Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Adopts the Music of Opera Singers, Too: https://archive.ph/tZrHL

Dolly Parton talks crushing on Johnny Cash and the meaning of Jolene: bigissue.com/culture/music/dolly-parton-talks-crushing-on-johnny-cash-and-the-meaning-of-jolene

6 Black History Lessons We Learned From Beyonce's Cowboy Carter: instagram.com/p/C5GofQMBKg_/?igsh=MzY1NDJmNzMyNQ%3D%3D&img_index=1

Cowboy Carter (Wikipedia): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Carter#Samples_and_interpolations

Linda Martell (Wikipedia): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Martell

Concept album (Wikipedia): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_album

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Wikipedia): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_GoodtheBad_and_the_Ugly

Spaghetti Western (Wikipedia): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_Western

Blackbird (Beatles Song) (Wikipedia): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbird_(Beatles_song)

Caro mio ben: opera-karaoke.net/caro-mio-ben