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Bring The Beat In: Blue-eyed soul

Teena Marie performs during the Essence Music Festival at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Sunday, July 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Teena Marie performs during the Essence Music Festival at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Sunday, July 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Bring The Beat In is a musical conversation hosted by Lena J., singer, journalist, and host of the Morgan News Hour.

In this episode, Lena J. explores blue-eyed soul, a term coined in the '60s referring to white artists performing rhythm and blues or soul music.

She talks about cultural appropriation and the prevalence of the genre in today's music.