Being Black_音乐专辑
Being Black
表演者: Various Artists
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 2003-02-04
唱片数: 1
出版者: Waxploitation/Spun
条形码: 0689785000124
专辑简介
Very interesting compilation.
In 2000, Angel Kyodo Williams wrote Being Black, a nonfiction work published by Putnam/Penguin, to introduce more Black people and people of colors to Buddhist principles by writing what Boston Globe staff writer Vanessa E. Jones called “an easily understandable explanation of Zen practice.” She sought to use Buddhism’s “profoundly anti-elitist, anti-authoritarian, and antisectarian essence to revitalize” black identity politics and practice in America, but the book was rejected by many white-owned Buddhist bookstore owners who objected to the conversational tone Williams used, categorizing it as an African-American book, rather than a Buddhist book.”The book was critically acclaimed by several mainstream reviewers and predicted to become “a classic” by American Buddhist Jack Kornfield.
In 2003, Waxploitation Records founder Jeff Antebi approached Williams’ publisher to create a musical companion to Being Black. The CD, published by Spun Records, features work by well-known hiphop artists, MCs and producers, including Blackalicious, will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jurassic 5 and King Britt, among others. The CD includes both original and existing music “inspired by” the book. Poet Ursula Rucker performs vocal interludes that are quotes of Williams taken directly from the book. A Japan-distributed import version was released shortly after the American release.
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