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''Black and White America'' is the ninth studio album by American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and arranger Lenny Kravitz, released on August 30, 2011. It is considered Kravitz's long awaited funk studio album originally intended for release before ''Baptisms last minute songwriting sessions. ==Background== On his official website, Kravitz stated, "I don't know what it's called yet, it felt like ''Negrophilia'', and then... it felt like something else." On December 13, 2010 Kravitz announced that the new album was to be called ''Black and White America'', and it would be his first album on Roadrunner Records/Atlantic Records under joint label Loud & Proud. Lenny Kravitz traveled to Bahamas on an intent to finishing an album called ''Negrophilia'', but then he "got inspired to write a completely different album."〔Gardner, Elysa (August 2, 2011). ("For Lenny Kravitz, 'Black And White' is a mixed blessing" ). USA Today. Retrieved March 6, 2012.〕 "I was channel-surfing in the Bahamas one night and came across this documentary," he recalled. "I don't remember what it was called, but it had all these people talking about President Obama— how they didn't approve of his being elected and wanted to take their country back, any way they could. I know that there's racism, but to hear people voice it in such a hateful way — I had to write a rebuttal."〔 Kravitz "dreamed up" one song, "Push", while waiting to shoot a scene in the 2009 movie ''Precious'', in which he played a nurse. The album's title track came about while Kravitz was watching another, more disturbing film.〔 Later, Kravitz stated that even when ''Black and White America'' was created during his intentions to make ''Negrophilia'', rumours commenting that the former grown up from the latter were "wrong information on the Internet which I wish would go away.", finally saying that "this has nothing to do with Negrophilia."〔Sterdan, Darryl (August 29, 2011). ("Lenny Kravitz a one-man gang" ). ''LFPress''. Retrieved on March 6, 2012.〕 As stated in an interview with ''The San Francisco Chronicle'', Kravitz said that "The simplicity works for me. Being there that long put me at a place of peace and allowed me to focus on my art. That was really incredible."〔Vaziri, Aidin (February 12, 2012). ("Lenny Kravitz at 47: 'My best work is ahead of me'" ). The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 06-03-2012.〕 When asked by ''The Miami Herald'' about how Kravitz compared this new album with his past classics, he answered that "I can't compare any of my music. They all just stand for what they stand for; they're just individual pieces, you know what I mean? The only difference is they're new."〔Hamersly, Michael (February 24, 2012). ("Lenny Kravitz Shatters Musical Stereotypes with a Wide-ranging Career" ). Hispanic Business. Retrieved 06-03-2012.〕 Kravitz announced on his official Facebook page that "Come On Get It", used in an NBA commercial in late 2010, would be the album's first single. The second single, titled "Stand", was released on Facebook, for iTunes; a video was released on YouTube and on Vevo on June 6. "Push" was released as the third single. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Black and White America」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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