Ever since the release of his 1989 debut album, Let Love Rule, Lenny Kravitz has been dazzling audiences with his guitar-driven retro-rock stylings. At 47, having produced records for everyone from Madonna to Mick Jagger, winning four consecutive Grammy Awards from 1999 to 2002, and remaining firmly ingrained in the pop culture consciousness, Kravitz is now one of rock’s statesmen.
His latest album, Black and White America, which includes tracks featuring Jay-Z and Drake, sees Kravitz return to his high school days of “Romeo Blue”—the nom de guerre of Kravitz’s David Bowie-inspired persona replete with straightened hair and blue contact lenses, whose funky guitar riffs sounded like Prince.
