I don’t mean to make this about identity politics, more like a House music lover thinking out-loud …

This is the first time in a long time that I’ve seen talented black women have an opportunity to do their thing.

I don’t mean some token “celebration” in the sense of “I like you, let’s talk for an hour (minus commercial breaks) about how you’re a woman and how your skin is dark and how you’re ‘uplifting'”.

I mean a real opportunity in the sense of “OK, show the world what you can do. Show the world that you have a musical heritage, that you’ve been here, that you’ve been putting in work, and that you had an impact on music, show that Black women were doing music earlier than last week—when Ms. Popstar put out a single in between taking her clothes off on instagram.” [At least for this six minute performance, I haven’t watched the rest of the unfortunately titled affair.]

Robin S. just needed five words to get it started “THIS IS HOW I DO!”

• Robin S. – Show Me Love
• Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless)
• CeCe Peniston – Finally