In 2002, following two straight releases under his own name, Stew put out his third Negro Problem album, titled Welcome Black. Like Joys and Concerns, Welcome Black is an avant garde mashup of pop, R&B and funk, filtered through Stew’s cerebral worldview.
The album’s closing song (not including hidden tracks) is a great example of Stew’s talent for absurdist comic tales (the title song of The Naked Dutch Painter is another). In ‘Bermuda Love Triangle (The Waterbed),’ a woman answers a personal ad from a couple seeking a threesome and gets to the hotel to discover her ex-boyfriend and best friend. Don’t you hate it when that happens?
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