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=== Progressive === [[File:BLACK SOUL SINGER ISAAC HAYES PERFORMS AT THE INTERNATIONAL AMPHITHEATER IN CHICAGO AS PART OF THE ANNUAL PUSH 'BLACK... - NARA - 556307.jpg|thumb|[[Isaac Hayes]] performing in 1973]] {{Main|Progressive soul}} By the 1970s, African-American popular musicians had drawn from the conceptual album-oriented approach of the then-burgeoning [[progressive rock]] development. This progressive-soul development inspired a newfound sophisticated musicality and ambitious lyricism in black pop.<ref>{{harvnb|Martin|1998|p=41}}; {{harvnb|Hoard|Brackett|2004|p=524}}.</ref> Among these musicians were [[Sly Stone]], [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Marvin Gaye]], [[Curtis Mayfield]], and [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]].{{sfn|Hoard|Brackett|2004|p=524}} In discussing the progressive soul of the 1970s, Martin cites this period's albums from Wonder (''[[Talking Book]]'', ''[[Innervisions]]'', ''[[Songs in the Key of Life]]''), [[War (band)|War]] (''[[All Day Music]]'', ''[[The World Is a Ghetto]]'', ''[[War Live (album)|War Live]]''), and [[the Isley Brothers]] (''[[3 + 3]]'').{{sfn|Martin|1998|pp=41, 205, 216, 244}} [[Isaac Hayes]]'s 1969 recording of "[[Walk on By (song)|Walk on By]]" is considered a "classic" of prog-soul, according to ''[[City Pages]]'' journalist Jay Boller.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypages.com/music/the-weeks-29-best-concerts-nov-30-dec-6/403632456|last=Boller|first=Jay|date=November 30, 2016|title=The week's 29 best concerts: Nov. 30-Dec. 6|website=[[City Pages]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130213824/http://www.citypages.com/music/the-weeks-29-best-concerts-nov-30-dec-6/403632456|archivedate=November 30, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later prog-soul music includes recordings by [[Prince (musician)|Prince]],<ref name="Himes">{{cite news|last=Himes|first=Geoffrey|authorlink=Geoffrey Himes|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/10/12/bilal-1st-born-second-moyoi/c2bb93f3-390d-499a-9c29-1aa90fa18a3f/|date=October 12, 2011|title=Bilal '1st Born Second'|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=January 23, 2021}}</ref> [[Peter Gabriel]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Easlea|first=Daryl|title=Without Frontiers: The Life & Music of Peter Gabriel|year=2018|publisher=Omnibus Press|edition=Revised and Updated|isbn=978-1-787-59082-3|chapter=18: The Tremble in the Hips: ''So''}}</ref> [[Meshell Ndegeocello]], [[Joi (singer)|Joi]],<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Green|first=Tony|date=March 2002|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|page=129|title=Joi: Star Kity's Revenge (Universal)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8s9P_S6njMC&pg=PA129|accessdate=January 23, 2021|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> [[Bilal (American singer)|Bilal]], [[Dwele]], [[Anthony David (singer)|Anthony David]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Lindsey|first=Craig D.|date=February 25, 2013|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2013/02/25/bilals-new-a-love-surreal-was-inspired-by-salvador-dali/|title=Bilal's New A Love Surreal Was Inspired by Salvador Dali|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|accessdate=January 23, 2021}}</ref> [[Janelle Monáe]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Kot|first=Greg|authorlink=Greg Kot|date=April 27, 2018|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/sc-ent-janelle-monae-album-review-0427-story.html|title=Janelle Monae comes back down to earth on 'Dirty Computer'|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|accessdate=January 23, 2021}}</ref> and the [[Soulquarians]], an experimental black-music collective active during the late 1990s and early 2000s.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Cochrane|first=Naima|date=March 26, 2020|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9343438/neo-soul-2000-dangelo-erykah-badu|title=2000: A Soul Odyssey|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=January 23, 2021}}</ref>
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