3 June, 2022Print
Fantastic Negrito’s Most Ambitious + Provocative Work to Date, White Jesus Black Problems Visual Album, OUT TODAY
“A stellar new album from Fantastic Negrito. Combining different corners of the Black musical world… timeless quality”
– NPR Music
“This tremendous synthesis of righteous rhetoric and gnarly, funk-flecked blues-rock… a potent tour de force”
– MOJO 4 Stars
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“Album number five finds him crafting a musical and thematic groove that thrusts his music further… a combination of Frank Zappa and Prince” – American Songwriter 4/5 Stars
“The project is Negrito’s manifesto, a literal shout against oppression. His delivery system belies the lyrical impact with royal influences from Prince and Queen, jabbing you to set you up for lyrical body punches” – No Depression
“His most career-defining album to date… a searing, provocative impact” – GLIDE Mag |
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Today, three-time Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, musician and activist Fantastic Negrito (neé Xavier Dphrepaulezz) shares his most ambitious and provocative project to date, White Jesus Black Problems, out now on Storefront Records. Accompanied by a companion film, White Jesus Black Problems is a synthesis of so much – an ancestral journey, an unlikely love story, and even a self-discovery of one’s true name. This new project follows the artists’ acclaimed 2020 album Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? Sonically, White Jesus Black Problems is emotionally charged, mixing blistering rock and roll grit with infectious R&B grooves and buoyant funk energy to deliver a sound that manages to feel both vintage and experimental all at once. White Jesus Black Problems was written, recorded, and filmed in Oakland, where Negrito grew up and currently resides. Combined with the visuals, WJBP yields a transcendent and immersive sensory experience, one that challenges our notions of who we are, where we come from, and where we're headed. The multi-media work is based on the true story of his seventh generation white Scottish grandmother (Grandma Gallimore), an indentured servant, living in a common law marriage with his seventh generation African American enslaved grandfather (Grandfather Courage); in open defiance of the racist, separatist, laws of 1750s colonial Virginia. Listen/Order White Jesus Black Problems HERE |
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For more information, please contact Matt Hanks (mhanks@shorefire.com) or Jerome Ware (jware@shorefire.com) at Shore Fire Media