POWER HOUR WITH DJ PAUL

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Spring 2021 Season - Days/Times Forthcoming

Nation Building with Antonio Pacheco / A bi-weekly look at the state of public architecture in the United States, including interviews, news items, reading suggestions, and historical/theoretical frameworks for understanding public architecture more broadly.

Grounds with Amanda Ugorji / Inter-generational interviews with artists, designers, and planners that ask what existential questions they have been working through lately and how they make their decisions.

Still Standing with Eytan Levi and Ben Hoyle / Interviews with experts about the renovation of Soviet mass housing.

Conversations on Care with Ana Miljački

08 July PAUL

POWER HOUR WITH DJ PAUL - BLACK FEMALE SONGWRITERS

Ester Dean (above)

Thanks to all those who tuned in this week to...

Each week, I will put together a themed playlist of music to prime your mind for the upcoming Paulcast episode. If you have any suggestions of a theme, let me know! :)

This week, I was doing research on the diversity of the people who create and produce modern pop music, and came across this study from USC ANNENBERG INCLUSION INITIATIVE.

The Study can be found here:

INCLUSION IN THE RECORDING STUDIO? EXAMINING 800 POPULAR SONGS

From the results, this chart specifically stood out to me

I wanted to investigate and highlight some of the incredible pop songs that have been co-written by black women and to highlight some of the names behind the artists we know and love. The source to find some of the names was this article.

Ten Black Female Songwriters You Should Know

Please check out these people and I hope you enjoy jamming out to these hits!

Feel free to play this Spotify playlist on your own time:
Power Hour Playlist - Black Female Songwriters

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"BLACK FEMALE SONGWRITERS" POWER HOUR

1. "One, Two Step (feat. Missy Elliott)" - Ciara (Co-Written by Missy Elliot)

2. "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" - Stevie Wonder (Co-Written by Sylvia Moy)

3. "Rude Boy" - Rihanna (Co-Written by Ester Dean)

4. "High Hopes" - Panic! At The Disco (Co-Written by Tayla Parx)

5. "Better in Time" - Leona Lewis (Co-Written by Andrea Martin)

6. "thank u, next" - Ariana Grande (Co-Written by Tayla Parx, Victoria Monet)

7. "Firework" - Katy Perry (Co-Written by Ester Dean)

8. "BO$$" - Fifth Harmony (Co-Written by Tayla Parx)

9. "It Takes Two" - Marvin Gaye, Kim Weston (Co-Written by Sylvia Moy)

10. "Electricity (feat. Dua Lipa)" - Silk City, Diplo, Mark Ronson (Co-Written by Diana Gordon)

11. "Heatstroke (feat. Young Thug, Pharrell Williams, Ariana Grande)" - Calvin Harris (Co-Written by Brittany Hazzard)

12. "Feels" - Kehlani (Co-Written by NOVA WAV)

13. "Super Bass" - Nicki Minaj (Co-Written by Ester Dean)

14. "Trust Nobody (feat. Selena Gomez & Tory Lanez)" - Cashmere Cat (Co-Written by Brittany Hazzard)
15. "Love Lies (with Normani)" - Khalid (Co-Written by Tayla Parx)
16. "Black Parade" - Beyonce (Co-Written by NOVA WAV)

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