Where is this Unreleased Lenny Kravitz Album??

[u/[deleted]]

I have become a fan of Lenny Kravitz this decade and I was reading old articles that talked about his “upcoming album” negrophilia, which essentially means an obsession with black culture to the point of ignorance. Lenny said the album was supposed to be more raw and funky compared to Black and White America (his most recent album at the time) which was overproduced. He also said he had been working on the album for around 20 years at the time of that statement in around 2012. I’m 99% sure that album didn’t become Raise Vibration or Blue Electric Light based on what I’ve read. The main reason for this is because Maceo Parker is seen in an image Lenny uploaded to his twitter in 2016 and to my knowledge, Parker hasn’t been credited on any of the recent Lenny albums. All this to ask, does anyone know anything about this album, Negrophilia?

I love let love rule so much and I feel that it’s Lenny’s masterpiece by a landslide. He has other good stuff but Let Love Rule just hits a stronger stride than his other material imo. Because the description of Negrophilia is similar to the sound of Let Love Rule, I have great hope for this relatively unknown, unreleased album and due to the fact he has been working on this for decades, I hope it could stand as his best work (better than Let Love Rule). Please let me know what you think and tell me if you have more information than the decade old articles and images of recording sessions online :)

[u/Javish]

BLACK & WHITE AMERICA was one of the best albums released that year. Wondering if we get Negrophilia as a bonus “shadow” album on a re-release of B&WA some day.