Bilal Salaam

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Bilal Salaam
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Born
Bilal Salaam

Newark, New Jersey, United States
Education Ibn Haldun University (PhD)
Rutgers University (MA)
Rutgers University (MS)
Morgan State University (BA)
Occupation(s)professor, historiographer, composer, academic
Scientific career
Institutions Rutgers University (2011-2013)
Istanbul Commerce University (2024-)
Patrons New York City Teaching Fellows
Thesis American Ventriloquism: Lambert Hendricks and Ross
Academic advisors Lewis Porter
Jay M. Shuttleworth
Website bilalsalaam.com

Bilal Salaam is an American professor, art historiographer, composer and academic. He is currently a lecturer at Istanbul Ticaret University.

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Education

Through a Fanonian framework, Salaam’s historiographical Master of Arts dissertation entitled American Ventriloquism focused on specific genres of American art, not as products of cultural appropriation, but cultural projection, wherein majorities project their cultures on to minorities.

His Master of Science in Education capstone employed Patricia Carini’s descriptive review as formulated vis a vis Edmund Husserl’s phenomenology through the lens of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of Hope, Pedagogy in Process, Pedagogy of the Heart, Pedagogy of Freedom and Education for Critical Consciousness.

Musical career

As a graduate of Rutgers University's Music Historiography Master of Arts program, [1] and under the program's chair Lewis Porter, Bilal Salaam's thesis, American Ventriloquism framed vocalese through a theoretical deconstruction of cultural appropriation.

Salaam's musical sound was described by Soul Culture [2] magazine as "a left of centre, soulful "Kid A".

Washington D.C.'s City Paper [3] characterized "Heart Alarm", the single from Salaam's third album, Pedagogia Do Oprimido, as "calm", "quirky", and "acquired".

Kevin Nottingham [4] called Bilal's Boulder, a 2012 release, "seven tracks of sheer aural orgasms".

Prior to recording as a solo artist, Bilal Salaam toured [5] internationally with the Morgan State University Choir, and Raheem DeVaughn.

Salaam's Swordlord series is inspired by Muhammad's swords.

Discography

Albums

YearAlbum titleLabel
2007Blah/Time Between Asleep & AwakeUltravybe Inc.
2008Langue De RasoirNoohustle
2011Pedagogia Do OprimidoNoohustle
2012Bilal's BoulderNoohustle
2021Swordlord: SwordzIndependent
2021Swordlord: V.J. Sweengz Birdie, Eagle & AlbatrossIndependent
2021Swordlord: BaqallahIndependent
2021Swordlord: D'awegawdIndependent
2021Swordlord: Fiver ZaydiIndependent
2021Swordlord: Swordz II ZakatIndependent
2021Swordlord: Sevener IsmailiIndependent

Production

Guest appearances

References

  1. "Jazz MA Alumni Newsletter" (PDF). Jazzma.newark.rutgers.edu. March 1, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 28, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  2. "MODERN DAY SLAVERY: Bilal Salaam Interview". Soulculture.co.uk. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  3. Moore, Marcus J. (August 10, 2011). "DMV Filter: Pro'Verb, Javier Starks, Bilal Salaam – Arts Desk". Washingtoncitypaper.com. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  4. "Artists | HiPNOTT Records". Kevinnottingham.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  5. "Raheem DeVaughn Live Performance of "Guess Who Loves You More" & "Until"". YouTube. December 16, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  6. "I'm The Bridge You Must Burn (feat. Bilal Salaam) [Bonus track], by Quelle Chris". Quellechris360.bandcamp.com. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  7. "Being You Is Great, I Wish I Could Be You More Often, by Quelle Chris". Quellechris360.bandcamp.com. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
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  9. "Straight Shot (feat Cavalier, Bilal Salaam, Eldar Djangirov, & James Acaster), by Quelle Chris". Quellechris360.bandcamp.com. Retrieved January 28, 2021.