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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.
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The journey into white music continues...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Dec 1 2008, 12:12 PM ET Comment

Hmm. So I've been playing the French Kicks nonstop this year. I'm a noob Fleetwood Mac fan (feel free to recommend your favorite album) and it's clear that the French Kicks are channeling some of that sound. Anyway, the point is I stumbled across their cover of Trouble this weekend. So I went back and found the original, which was done by some guy named Lindsey Buckingham? Who the fuck is that?? Heh, just joking white folk--though not really. I had to Wikipedia the dude to find out he was part of Fleetwood Mac. Yes, yes, the ignorance is indeed stunning. Anyway, all this is to say I think I like the French Kicks cover better. Maybe the goofy video, which you can see below, turned me off.



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