R&B legend and actress Angie Stone has a new album out called “Love Language.” theGrio’s Eboni K. Williams talked to the singer about making the new album, working in television and film, and navigating the industry as a Black woman.
The following is a transcript of their conversation.
Toure [00:00:16] That’s Angie Stone’s “Wish I Didn’t Miss You” from her second album, “Mahogany Soul.” From “Black Brother” to “No More Rain,” Angie makes music you can feel in your bones. Here’s more of Eboni’s interview where Angie talks about her new album, “Love Language.”
Eboni K. Williams [00:00:33]: Not only, again, do you sing beautifully, you write beautifully, but you have also expanded beyond just that. You’ve been on Broadway, you’ve been in television and film. Where did the acting chops come from?
Angie Stone [00:00:48]: Well, I think when you’re a kid like myself, being an only child, you have the imagination of many things. I think that because I wasn’t certain just what I wanted to do, I decided that once I got into the entertainment field, I would master all of it because I never knew when I had to switch lanes, and switching lanes is what I do.
It’s my secret to me staying relevant. A lot of people want to know, ‘well Angie, how come, you know, you can do this and do that?’ It’s because I have the ability to walk away, do something else, think about what I want to come back with, and then just bring it.
Williams [00:01:28]: So Angie, I want to ask you a question that’s a little more, I don’t know — it just is unconventional. I just got back from seeing the Milli Vanilli documentary at Tribeca Film Festival, right, and there was a time in the industry where if you didn’t have a certain esthetic, a certain “commercial look” they used to call it, which was really just code for a “white look” or a “white acceptable, palatable…
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