Tag: music
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Our Love Songs
Yeah, the older you get, man, more you appreciate know The real babes They don’t get offended when you say shit Ayo, we good? Let me know when that drop Recently, rapper Wale dropped his video for “Black Bonnie” featuring Jacquees. When he first teased us with the shot I was excited. Then I read…
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theory and practice: “Rake It Up” edition
While listening to Yo Gotti’s “Rake It Up” featuring Nicki Minaj, the words started to have a different meaning. If you have been reading my pieces, my lenses are always tilted to a degree. My view of last year’s summer banger from the Memphis rapper is no different. Even though “Rake It Up” is a…
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Write on Time: Part 3
Although this is my last piece inspired by 4:44, the topics I will address have been on my mind for a long time. For example, one idea was another spin off of “Never Change 2.1,” that focused on Hova’s lyrics about his wife, daughter and mother, but I put it on the backburner in another…
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Common Media
Have you ever saw something on social media that makes you stop in your tracks and make you say, “Wait, hold up!”? Then the longer you think about it the more upset you get? The post below did just that. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Schools Not Prisons (@_notprisons) Getting right…
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in the details: the Lemonade narrative
Think pieces are flying out from everywhere about Beyoncé’s visual album, Lemonade. So, I was going to chill to the next episode. Yesterday, however, I saw a photo and commentary that made me change my mind. It was the latest selfie set of the Queen Bee, Lil Kim. A very light and hardly recognizable Lil…
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For Prince
Updated 4/23/16 I have so much to do. My roles and responsibilities grow as the days go by, but I had to take a moment to pay respect to a muse who has gotten me through some of my most challenging times: Prince. His full name, birthday, albums and accomplishments can be Googled, but his…
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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…
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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…
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Melba’s Story
Melba Liston is one of those gems of Black history that doesn’t get to shine. Frank Morrison’s illustration of a little brown girl blowing a trombone longer than her body will catch your eye. Inside is where you will meet Ms. Liston with the words of Kathryn Russell-Brown in Little Melba and Her Big Trombone. So, who…
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The Puffy Effect: Puffy & the 5 Senses
The Puffy Effect: The ability of a production or promotion by Sean Combs to cause a corresponding reaction via the stimulation of the senses. Sight & Sound Sean Combs has created classic hits, made remixes and did features with complimentary videos. You’ve heard his ad-libs* and seen his dance moves. He’s done the small screen,…
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