NEWS – Lenny Kravitz: “Negrophilia Is a Very Raw, Jagged-Edged Album”
Published on January 28, 2012 by Christian Sellers · No Comments
“I grew up listening to classical, jazz, y’know, funk, soul, rock, gospel… opera. I sang opera as well,” singer and guitarist Lenny Kravitz said in October regarding his varied musical roots. Two months earlier the forty-seven year old solo artist had released his ninth studio album, Black and White America, which received mostly positive reviews from critics. Kravitz is already hard at work on his follow-up, entitled Negrophilia, which he claims will be less produced and back to basics, much like his earlier releases.
In an interview with Billboard.com he said; “Black and White America was very produced. Although it’s all natural and organic, it’s a very produced record. That’s the mode I was in at that time. But Negrophilia is a very raw, jagged-edged album… At the end of the day, I’m one that goes with the inspiration. So if I’m working on an album and all of a sudden I go in another direction because that’s where inspiration takes you, I’ll just follow that. I just figure everything will have it’s time. You’ve got to treat it like a bottle of wine; it might have been made right now, but it’s not ready for a few years. There will be a time for it where it’ll be exactly where it needs to be. I’m just comfortable working that way.”
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