Craig's Pop Life: 11.18.22

Nov 18

Hey, everybody! Welcome to another edition of Craig’s Pop Life, a Black gay excursion into pop culture. It’s giving content, hunny!

Hope you had a great week. I’ve probably experienced the shock of many over the past few days: “How tf did it get to be the middle of November already?” In any event, I hope you have nice plans for next week if you celebrate the holiday. I’ll say a prayer that they’ll be no unwanted ingredients in your favorite dishes. When we link up again, I’ll be a year older, so prepare for the “Craig’s Pop Life: Birthday Edition.”

Here’s what I got for ya this week…

CRAIG’S POP LIFE ARCHIVE

From The Advocate, April 12, 1988

GREAT PERFORMANCES

Lalah Hathaway - “Both Sides Now”

FLOWERZ: THE HOUSE OF LEVERT

As a Negro gentleman of a particular age, I’ve long felt that Jay-Z represented how I view the world & Gerald Levert represented my laid-bare soul. This month marks 14 years since Gerald passed, and I wanted to shine a light on some of his remixes. As I’ve said many times before, house mixes made me, as a Black gay man, feel seen by the artists who made them. These mixes made me feel like the cultural spaces where the music was played—where I bonded with other Black gay men—were important. Gerald served some good a** house! Here are my faves:

Gerald Levert - “Private Line (Shelter Club Mix)”

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-9:00

Gerald Levert - “Thinkin’ ‘Bout It (Blaze Dance Mix)”

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-7:57

Gerald Levert w/ THEE Antoinette Roberson (If you don’t know her name, she was the vocal producer/assist on this.) - “Taking Everything (Timmy Regisford Dub)”

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-7:10