"Black music is multicultural. Just the fact that most of the lyrics are in English. English is not our traditional mother-tongue. Indeed, metaphorically speaking, it is our master’s tongue, our father-tongue, forced on us and which, to this day, we resist and twist, subvert and transform.
The music we call Black music mainly uses European instruments played generally in non-European styles.
We interpret European melodies and harmonies and infused them with African aesthetics"