Black and White America
Black and White America is the ninth studio album by Lenny Kravitz.
On the origin
In 2009, Lenny Kravitz had worked on the funk -influenced album. For the first time Kravitz released an album on Roadrunner Records. Originally planned as Negrophilia, Kravitz was on 13 December 2010 announced the title of Black and White America. The design of the album took over the French Photographer Mathieu Bitton, who has also previously worked with Lenny Kravitz. The cover shows the detail of a picture of the young Kravitz with a " Peace " symbol in black on the front and the word " Peace" ( Peace ) on the cheek. The entire photo also shows Kravitz's mother next to him, but this is not to see in the normal output. In contrast to his early studio albums, Kravitz worked this time, increasingly in the studio with members of his live band. Above all, the guitarist Craig Ross is to say, who was also involved in the songwriting. The features of the rapper Jay -Z and Drake and DJ militarys ensure hip-hop sounds. The friend of Kravitz musicians Trombone Shorty also plays on several songs trombone. In return Kravitz him support in his album For True on bass.
Success
The album reached number one in the German and Swiss charts, number two in Austria, but only number 18 on the U.S. charts. Laut.de wrote: "Even on Black And White America ' explodes the radio at a high level, its permeable rock sounds watch at least once around the corner and a little egg has Lenny Kravitz too."