For Colored Folk

by Bates

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1.	01 Freedom Boat 04:46	info	buy track
2.	02 Tell Jesus 06:39	info	buy track
3.	03 Boss 03:14	info	buy track
4.	04 Coons 05:08	info	buy track
5.	05 Amazing Grace 04:41	info	buy track
6.	06 Feelin' Alive 04:15	info	buy track
7.	07 Stole It 03:02	info	buy track
8.	08 Bootstraps (Slave Boy) 04:20	info	buy track
9.	09 Black Bodies 04:46	info	buy track
10.	10 All Thaz Left ft Tank the Machine 04:44	info	buy track
11.	11 Pigs 05:34	info	buy track
12.	12 COINTELPRO ft T.R.U.E. 04:04	info	buy track
13.	13 Mahalia 04:04	info	buy track
14.	14 Psalms 18:20 ft Allen Gates 04:26	info	buy track
15.	15 City of the Fallen 05:52	info	buy track

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St. Louis, Mo hip-hop artist, Bates, has had a successful year. After releasing her latest mixtape, The Great DeBates, she teamed with producer TRUE On Tha TRAC and vocal coordinator Kourtney Nicole and released her video debut single, “Tell Jesus.” This was the first release from her upcoming project, For Colored Folk.
The visual was well received- it earned Bates Video of the Year in the 2016 St. Louis Underground Music Awards and because of hard work, awesome stage shows and powerful messages the previous year,, she became the first female awarded 2016 Artist of the Year as well.
Since then, she and her team have worked tirelessly to make For Colored Folk the most powerful, creative and unrepentant album the femcee prodigy has written.
Fan faves like “Freedom Boat” and “Bootstraps” use message and production to revive antiquated aspects of black music. Jazzy hip-hop songs like “Black Bodies” and “City of the Fallen” spark dismal emotional reactions and add to the overall multi-layered theme of the project.
Bates addresses everything from homophobia, religion and politics to personal beef on “COINTELPRO.“
There’s something for everyone to explore on the album.

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released June 23, 2016

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my homies is dyin'

Aug 2021
One God

Aug 2018
9999

Dec 2017
Strange Woman

Sep 2017
Whole Thing

Dec 2016
For Colored Folk

Jun 2016

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