Richard Rodriguez's Unique Style In Music

A musician who became a legend with his own unique style in music. A singer-song writer who came from the hard street of Detroit. Until all it took was one dark cold night in a bar. For someone to hear his voice and recognize the talent that he had. Rodriguez was the man who made it to Hollywood, making albums, but soon it started to crumble. Rodriguez faded away from the spot light to soon before his music even took off. Until 40 years later his music relived.

In 1969 it was a good time for Rodriguez because that was his first album "Cold Fact". This album got great reviews and became on top at the Billboard star. He was on top of the music industry except in the United States. His big moment was being part of the music industry worldwide.

Back in that era it was isolated from most certain culture. They did not want nothing anything to make people see the truth on what does go on outside their culture. They were a domestic and controlled when it came to the outside cultures information. There were other songs that he wrote was also very like "I Wonder" and "A Most Disgusting Song" which was towards social morals, of society, like on how the economic and racial inequities is. This album got the attention of the young white South Africans. This made the people question their morals in their country. All Rodriguez did was open the eyes of the young youth about the consciousness about how the government handles their system. Controlling every move on what they allowed to see and believe. Sugar man was a portrait of a song that made its first track on Rodriguez's album "Cold Fact" and was released in March 1970. The song “sugar man” is a self-image of a drug dealer and how it would his clients act when they would get drugs. That is how a documentary of "Searching for Sugar Man" got its name all because of the song. We may live in a culture where a person may have talent and good quality that sometimes it can be ignored because of the late recognition. Anyone can produce by making an artist to have big hits. Though, as for Rodriguez who had this second album "Coming from Reality" it did not sell no copies. Some

Even when it came to music world would not except this type of style because it Rodriguez would speak the truth. In South Africa is where they understood his music and with that it came fame. Rodriguez was blowing up the charts with both albums in South Africa. People wanted more of him, but he was nowhere to be found. Soon it became in a search for Sugar Man. Rodriguez was a celebrity. Searches began to find the truth about "Sugar Man" Rodriguez. Once they headed to Hollywood where it all started. To speak to the man who sign Rodriguez to his music label. Just to see that his music is not even played in the United States. No one, has not head of Sugar Man, no music about him. His album Cold Fact never became a big hit in the United Sates. In 2006, Mr. Bendjelloul traveled to Africa in the search for sugar man. Doing the documentary about Sugar Man to find real information about him. Rodriguez was popular in South Africa which made Mr. Bendjelloul start a documentary about his transformation about his music career. It was a mission to find Sugar Man to answer questions that left the people wondering on what went wrong. Many journalisms kept picking up the tracks where others have left off. On their journey to find sugar man they have heard a rumors stating that he died on stage during a performance. That Rodriguez was on stage giving his last performance and lit himself on