A half-century before there was explicit, sexually corrupt rap music, there was the unheralded, foul-mouthed blues singer Lucille Bogan, whose shameless, in-your-face, pornographic lyrical expression would make most hardcore gangsta rappers hang their heads in shame. Bogan’s defiant, unruly delivery was reminiscent of her predecessor, Bessie Smith, though her style was more rural. On these […]