10 powerful songs that embody black empowerment in music
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nypost.comGeorge Floyd’s death — and the Black Lives Matter movement that has intensified because of it — protest music is providing the soundtrack of the times once again.Jay-Z has released the “Songs for Survival Playlist 2” available exclusively on his Tidal streaming service to provide a sonic tonic to those fighting, marching and taking a knee for change.
Meanwhile, Apple Music has a “For Us, By Us” playlist celebrating the work of black artists.Here’s our own playlist of protest and black empowerment music to raise your fist and spirit this weekend.Honestly, you could pick just about any song from Gaye’s 1971 opus “What’s Going On” — from “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” to “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)” — and it would speak to these.
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