Ambition. It’s what separated John Coltrane from horn-blowing posers, Muhammad Ali from around-the-way chumps and Philadelphia-born recording artist Bilal from most of his soulful contemporaries on the Billboard charts. Yet, that same ambition could, like Bilal, get you labeled a phony by fans and dropped from your record label, as they refused to understand the big picture of his artistic temperament. 
“I have a very punk rock approach to making music,” Bilal says. “This simply means there is no one way of doing things. With my music, I’m always searching for the artful possibilities.”

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