Exploring Music's Complexities: From Theory to Cultural Appropriation

Music in this episode:

Barbecue Bob - "Mississippi Heavy Water Blues" (1927)

Charlie Patton - "High Water Everywhere, Pt 1" (1929)

Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy - "When the Levee Breaks" (1929)

Led Zeppelin - "If It Keeps On Raining (Rough Mix)" (1971)

Led Zeppelin - "When the Levee Breaks" (1971)

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - "When The Levee Breaks" (2024)

Beastie Boys - "Rhymin' and Stealin'" (1986)

Depeche Mode - "Never Let Me Down Again" (1987)

MC Lyte - "Survival of the Fittest" (1989)

Sophie B. Hawkins - "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" (1992)

Dr. Dre ft. The Lady of Rage, Kurupt & RBX - "Lyrical Gangbang" (1992)

Björk - "Army of Me" (1995)

Massive Attack - "Man Next Door" (1998)

Russell Velazquez - "Pokemon World" (2001)

Tomoyasu Hotei - "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" (2003)

Beyoncé ft Jack White - "Don't Hurt Yourself" (2016)

Read more:

* The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927

* Led Zeppelin as a blues band

* Producing “When the Levee Breaks”