The Hudlin 100 for 2010Black AnthemsIn honor of black history month, here’s a collection of anthems that made us feel proud, and made us feel like making the world a better place! |
10. Lift Every Voice and SingLet’s start with the obvious: |
9. A Change Is Gonna Come Then this one will actually make you cry: |
8. Dancing in the StreetsHard to believe the culture was so uptight this song was a metaphor for public protest: |
7. We’re a WinnerCurtis Mayfield wrote many anthems, but it’s hard to get more positive than this one: |
6. Get Up, Stand UpSpeaking of anthems, no one wrote more of them, and more great ones, than this man: |
5. One Nation Under A GrooveMy personal vote for best of the list: |
4. Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us NowMcFadden and Whitehead took a line from p.funk and smoothed it out of pop consumption: |
3. You Must LearnWho packed more educational information into song than this one?: |
2. Fight The PowerSoundtrack for a revolution: |
1. UsUnderrated masterpiece…who critiqued our current plight better than this song?: |
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