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Article: DARIUS RUCKER.
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- Colorlines Magazine
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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Learn To Live
(Capitol Records Nashville)
WHEN HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH'S LEAD SINGER and rhythm guitarist Darius Rucker released his first solo effort in 2001 on a neo-soul imprint, the critical skepticism was palpable.
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And rightly so.
Transparently attempting to position Rucker as a "real" Black artist, the texture of the album Back To Then suggested the Black musician somehow felt he needed to apologize for selling a kazillion records to white baby boomers during the late 1990s. And because the album was bought by the relatively new label Hidden Beach Recordings, Back To Then suffered from the new ...
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