Who exactly I'm not certain. But I've done a lot of research on this and this is probably a late night AM radio recording of a "preacher" selling "money blessings" for a fee. This sale of "money blessings" is a shady practice that happens in the poorer segments of the African-American community. I have found at least one court record involving this and examples of it happening to this day. The man on Chill Out has a lower, raspier voice and is clearly attempting to sell these "red hot blessings" in person. From what I've listened to, the "Black Pope" has no such agenda and speaks in a slightly higher octave. When I was in college I used to listen to inexpensive black radio stations at night and often heard this type of ad. BTW, American black radio stations are endlessly fascinating as they play really unique stuff after-hours. There was a song I heard once that I've never been able to track down by an act called "The Rose Brothers" called "I get-off on you" which was simultaneously hilarious, compelling, ridiculous, and well performed! My guess is a DJ friend of B&J recorded this late night ad in New York and gave them the tape. Just a guess, but a well-informed hypothesis. Dan On Oct 4, 2011, at 12:43 PM, Tim Baker <tim@tjbaker.co.uk> wrote:

Who is it then? Sounds like the Black Pope to me...remember he had a long career from the early 70s - 80s.

On 4 Oct 2011, at 17:33, klf-request@mailman.xmission.com wrote:

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The "Black Pope" is not the man sampled on Chill Out. Carefully compare the voices.

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