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Dana Murray - Negro Manifesto (2019) [Hi-Res]

Dana Murray - Negro Manifesto (2019) [Hi-Res]

BAND/ARTIST: Dana Murray

  • Title: Negro Manifesto
  • Year Of Release: 2018; 2019
  • Label: Ropeadope
  • Genre: Jazz, hip hop, neo soul
  • Quality: MP3 320 kbps; 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC; 24-bit/48.00 kHz FLAC
  • Total Time: 42:57 min
  • Total Size: 99 / 270 MB
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The Negro Manifesto; the title alone sets the tone. We will be discussing the issues, and we will be exploring it through sound. Dana brings a worldly, producer’s view of not only music but life. Delving into social issues, especially among musicians, one can find those that have struggled and have found their way with a message of hope and love. They speak of their personal struggle from Crenshaw to Hollywood, or Washington Heights to Lincoln Center. Dana transcends that message, as his background includes comfort with the south side and the suburbs. He can speak of more than his personal experiences from this unique vantage point.

Dana speaks of discovering inequalities and hidden racism in his teen years, and while he begins with an intellectual assessment one can feel a sense of anger and a sense of purpose. His is a larger discussion; he seeks the true roots of the system that creates and perpetuates injustice. It’s not a tidy story with simple answers – it’s a noisy and deep chasm of universal struggle. The Negro Manifesto is both an indictment and a path to discovery. All the while the album stands as a summary of history and a challenging artistic piece, touching on racism and sexism in the capitalist paradigm. The world we live in, the world that we all must bear witness to as it contorts under its own bad intent. A world that just may be dying a convoluted death and rebirth, that is even more dangerous as the truth and beauty struggles for the light of day.

The Negro Manifesto evokes the ghosts of many – from Gil-Scott Heron to Hip-Hop activists The Goats, from Coltrane to Philip Glass. While it is impossible to ignore the storyline, it is possible to enjoy the musical journey, like a soundtrack to a movie not yet made.

Social justice movements need more than just tough stories and hopeful mantras. Dana Murray delivers for us a testimony of truth, challenge, with a call to engagement. It is time for a talk, and Dana has opened the floor.

Tracklist:
01. Dana Murray - Intro
02. Dana Murray - In The Beginning
03. Dana Murray - Comfort
04. Dana Murray - The System
05. Dana Murray - Comfortable Discomfort
06. Dana Murray - Stand By Your Man (Lady Liberty)
07. Dana Murray - Suite Kaepernick Mvt 1
08. Dana Murray - Suite Kaepernick Mvt 2
09. Dana Murray - Suite Kaepernick Mvt 3 (Welcome to the Machine)
10. Dana Murray - Temptation
11. Dana Murray - Ballad of Lies
12. Dana Murray - Dead Wishes
13. Dana Murray - Alice Mae (Hope)

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