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The Greatest Language Hits Of Black MusicJune is African-American Music Appreciation Month, also known as Black Music Month. It's a time to commemorate the continuing legacy of Black music on American life, and, for our part, we’re celebrating the lingo, spanning Louis Armstrong's blues to City Girl's drip, that Black musicians helped take platinum in our lexicon.
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black and white, black arm, black art, black arts movement, black as night, black balsam, black basaltes, black bass, black bean, black bear, black beauty
Origin of black balsam
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
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