The Harvard Report That Decided Who Owns Black Music
About this episode
The episode discusses the 1972 Harvard Report and its impact on the ownership and marketing of Black music.
Subscribe: https://linktr.ee/RealRandRAJ and Antonio pull up the 1972 Harvard Report — the study that taught major labels to see Black music as supply chains — and trace its logic from Black Music Month to the World Cup stage to Vince Staples going independent.0:00 – Cold open0:45 – Black Music Month & the 1972 Harvard Report5:00 – Ownership vs. reach: was the major label system worth it?11:15 – World Cup lineup: the global sound gets marketed13:30 – "Can we enjoy it if we don't own it?"18:00 – Vince Staples' Crybaby & what the label wouldn't let him make20:30 – Independence is the only way to talkR&R is Modern Radio for global black sounds.
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