{"product_id":"whitney-baby-tonight","title":"Whitney Houston's I'm Your Baby Tonight \/\/ (Pre-order, Nov 12 2026)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhitney Houston's first two albums,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhitney Houston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1985) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhitney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1987), propelled her to international fame and produced a record-setting run of seven consecutive No. 1 singles on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBillboard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHot 100. Yet those triumphs were accompanied by criticism that she had diluted her racial identity to appeal to white audiences. With her third album, 1990's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'm Your Baby Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e, she confronted those charges by more fully embracing a Black musical lineage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt a moment when Houston's cultural presence is enjoying a resurgence and critics are reexamining U.S. media's treatment of women celebrities, this book positions\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'm Your Baby Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas a vital act of self-assertion. The album revealed the racialized pressures often placed on Black crossover artists--and demonstrated how Houston, the superstar beloved as \"The Voice,\" charted her own path while redefining the terms of pop success.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrandon Tensley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the inaugural national politics reporter at Capital B, a first-of-its-kind local-national nonprofit newsroom for Black audiences where he covers the impact of policy and political movements on Black people in America. Previously, Brandon was a national political writer at CNN, where he covered the intersection of culture, identity, and politics and wrote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRace Deconstructed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, CNN's newsletter about race and equality. Brandon's culture writing has been published in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, among others. He is based in Washington, D.C.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: November 12, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 152\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9798765132630\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 6.5 X 4.8 X 1.0 inches | 1.0 pounds\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBISAC Categories: Music\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Brandon Tensley","offers":[{"title":"(Pre-order, Nov 12 2026) Paperback","offer_id":49086107517163,"sku":"9798765132630","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9798765132630.jpg?v=1784686880","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/whitney-baby-tonight","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}