Tag: gil scott-heron

• My Therapy Sessions with “Perfect 10”

  

  I was reluctant to listen to “Perfect 10” on DJ Mustard’s Perfect 10 because “Higher” featuring John Legend on DJ Khaled’s Father of Asahd pulls at the heart strings like the moon on the tides. Until recently, I decided to press play…then left it on repeat…It reminds me of the therapy sessions with my real…

  kashema

  July 17, 2019

  observations

  dj khaled, dj mustard, gil scott-heron, hip hop, kashema, nikki giovanni, nipsey hussle, perfect ten, perfect timing, rap, running, the marathon continues, therapy

• Rhyme in Peace: Phife Dawg

  

  A legend. A pioneer. An ill MC. Malik “Phife Dawg” Taylor was my favorite rapper from A Tribe Called Quest.  When I heard his Jamaican accent mixed in his dope rhymes (code switching), it brought a sense of pride. It felt like “we” were a part of hip hop. Busa Bust did it too, but…

  kashema

  March 24, 2016

  observations

  a tribe called quest, atcq, dj kool herc, faith evans, gil scott-heron, grand master flash, heritage, hip hop, history, music, phife, phife dawg, rap, representation, rip, stressed out, west indian

• Running by Gil Scott-Heron

  

  Because I always feel like running Not away, because there is no such place Because, if there was I would have found it by now Because it’s easier to run Easier than staying and finding out you’re the only one Who didn’t run Because running will be the way your life and mine Will be…

  kashema

  April 22, 2015

  quotes

  gil scott-heron, hip hop, history, i’m new here, music, poetry, rap, running, song lyrics, the last holiday