Adrian Younge's new project sounds like James Baldwin meets Marvin Gaye
Adrian Younge is a producer for entertainment greats ranging from Jay Z and Kendrick Lamar to the Wu Tang clan, a composer for television shows such as Marvel's Luke Cage (with A Tribe Called Quest\u2019s Ali Shaheed Mohammad), and owner of the Linear Labs record label and analog studio. Younge has a new mixed media project that breaks down the evolution of racism in America that he calls his \u201cmost important creative accomplishment.\u201d A short film, T.A.N., and podcast, Invisible Blackness, accompany the album The American Negro (available Feb 26). Younge tells Switched on Pop how his experience as a law professor and his all-analog approach to recording resulted in a sound he describes as \u201cJames Baldwin hooked up with Marvin Gaye.\u201d\n\nMusic Discussed\nAdrian Younge - Revolutionize, The American Negro, Revisionist History, Black Lives Matter, Margaret Garner\nGil Scott Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised\n\nMore\nAdditional production by Megan Lubin\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices