Billy Paul is black enough for us
It’s rare that a soul legend gets a film made about him – never mind a living one – so we’ll be making time to see Goran Olsson’s ‘Am I Black Enough For You’ about Philly OG Billy Paul. Most reviewers aren’t buying the movie’s premise – that Paul scuppered his career by following up the worldwide smash ‘Me and Mrs Jones’ with the somewhat more strident ‘Am I Black Enough For You’ – but apparently it’s a fine watch anyway, with some intriguing tensions between Billy and wife Blanche. If times are that hard for Billy, he could always sue Schoolly D for basing his whole rather unconvincing (but musically glorious) Afrocentric phase on Billy’s pro-Black anthem.
Billy Paul – Am I Black Enough For You?
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Schoolly D – Am I Black Enough For You?
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Bonus Billy – Let the Dollar Circulate (as flipped by 9th Wonder, Dilla and Young Jeezy)
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2 Responses to "Billy Paul is black enough for us"
Schoolly’s best album.
Gangster Boogie and Livin’ In The Jungle are unfuckwithable.
This dude made one single that we effd with. If it aint me and mrs jones it didnt get run in ny.
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