Music has unified our people since the days of Billie Holiday, Josephine Baker, and beyond. 20 years later, we’re still singing along to songs that have transcended time. Amerie had the summer on lock with her infectious and feel-good hit Why Don’t We Fall In Love. 2 on the Billboard charts and number one in the hearts of teen girls everywhere. B2k brought back the Black boy band with their eponymous debut album that peaked at No. Ashanti released her record-breaking self-titled debut album breaking the record for the biggest first-week sales for a debut woman artist at the time. Black Music Month is upon us and we’re celebrating by getting our nostalgic fix by looking back at these classic Black albums released in 2002 that turn (or turned) 20 this year.Ģ002 was an influential year for music. 2:10-11).It’s not like we need a reminder to celebrate Black music, but we’ll never pass up the opportunity to uplift the entertainers and bodies of work that have shaped our culture. “Girlfriend” is about a young man pursuing a girl the way he shops for clothes, jewelry and fancy cars-by sight (folly according to Pr. A guy doesn’t mind being used by a money-grubbing woman as long as she’s meeting his sexual needs (“My Girl”). On “Tease,” a man ogles a dancer and uses crass anatomical slang as part of his come-on. On “Bump, Bump, Bump,” gyrations begin on the dance floor and move “behind closed doors.” Other “booty”-obsessed prowling appears on “Bump That” (“Freak two girls, then I’m off to the next”), “You Can Get It” (propositions a woman “lookin’ sexy as h-“), “Back It Up” (“How she shakin’ it got me trippin’”) and “I Beat You to It” (“Like the Flintstones we can make the bed rock … If your mom’s home girl, we hittin’ da Lexus”). Astrology gets a nod on “What a Girl Wants.” When romances go south, the singers lash out angrily at the women who wronged them (“Where Did We Go Wrong,” “The Other Guy”).
Image-conscious tunes promote sex appeal, clubbing and materialism.
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