(New Audio)-@KingofMarco Black Tux

“Black Tux”, the first single off Memphis native Marco Pavé’s new EP “Perception”, is a soulful banger that captures and interweaves both personal and political frustrations. Produced by long-time collaborator and artist Kenny Wayne, the song features Wayne’s signature twist on classic 70s soul, sampling Curtis Mayfield’s “We Who Are Darker Than Blue.” On it, the struggles of the artist to live out his dream run parallel to the collective frustration of communities of color, and black communities in particular, over inequality. “Black Tux” gets philosophical, pondering over how the recent spate of high profile murders of black people by police makes clear how little value black lives have in our society—even less than the cloth of a garment, Pavé argues. The hook declares, “please understand the basics/this black tux costs cheaper at Macy’s/put us in the basement deeper than Anne Frank/seek to keep us down but this crown no erasing.” The last line of the hook lets know that there is hope as long as we keep striving for our goals, personal and political.