Cornel West Collaborates With Prince, Andre 3000 & KRS-One On New Album
Dr. Cornel West has teamed up with a gaggle of hip-hop and R&B stars, including Prince, Andre 3000 and KRS-One, on his upcoming “political” album called Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations.
The famed professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University has long been an outspoken social figure and will use so-called “urban” music to air his views regarding the N-word, Sept. 11, racial profiling, the Bush administration and more.
“It isn’t a commentary on hip-hop. And I’m not coming in as a hip-hop scholar or critic,” West told Billboard. “This is an attempt to go back to hip-hop’s prophetic roots, which are about truth-telling, exposing lies and having fun. It’s what I call a danceable education or a singing paideia, the Greek word for deep education. If there is one person whose spirit I try to embody on this CD, it’s Curtis Mayfield. His music is about love and freedom and really informs.
Source: Billboard