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Rest & Thanks: Happy J Dilla Day!

7 February 2012

One of the illest to ever do it… James “Jay Dee” aka “J Dilla” Yancey… February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006 Ever since he passed 6 years ago… I’ve done something each year to celebrate his life during his birthday… Whether it was simple as sitting back and listening to his work for an […]

Do Better Mixtape, Songs for the Movement!: Track 7 – Eddie Kendricks “My People, Hold On”

7 February 2012

Day 7 – Eddie singing for the people and it’s a Dilla sample… Double-dose of dope. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luvcdrFw87s] Artist: Eddie Kendricks / Song: My People, Hold On / Album: People… Hold On / Year: 1972 Sample bonus… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiNQr-K4n7Y] Artist: J Dilla / Song: People / Album: Donuts / Year: 2006

Do Better Mixtape, Songs for the Movement!: Track 6 – Stevie Wonder “Higher Ground”

6 February 2012

Day 6 – Time to reach a Higher Ground… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wZ3ZG_Wams] Artist: Stevie Wonder / Song: Higher Ground / Album: Innervisions / Year: 1973

Do Better Mixtape, Songs for the Movement!: Track 5 – James Brown “Don’t Be A Dropout”

5 February 2012

Day 5 – James sang it best…. “Bruh man, ED-U-CA-TION!!!” (c) Martin… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oczqp8tytQ] Artist: James Brown / Song: Don’t Be A Dropout / Album: Sings Raw Soul / Year: 1967

Do Better Mixtape, Songs for the Movement!: Track 4 – The Impressions “People Get Ready”

4 February 2012

Day 4 – Can’t have Movement music without Curtis… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lenHYXtiqoI] Artist: The Impressions / Song: People Get Ready / Album: People Get Ready / Year: 1965

Do Better Mixtape, Songs for the Movement!: Track 3 – McFadden & Whitehead “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now”

3 February 2012

Day 3 – I wanted to wait until later in the month to use this jam… but it’s Friday! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJUpKVH8Uow] Artist: McFadden & Whitehead / Song: Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now / Album: McFadden & Whitehead / Year: 1979

Doing It Right!: Former Slave to Old Master, “How ’bout you kiss my ass?”

2 February 2012

Ok, so this image may be a little OC but if you’ve seen the Chappelle skit… You’ll funk with me… While perusing through articles of awesomeness… I stumbled upon the greatest thing I’ve read since Dr. Manning Marable’s Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention… Letters of Note recently revealed a letter written by former slave, […]

Do Better Mixtape, Songs for the Movement!: Track 2 – The O’Jays “Give The People What They Want”

2 February 2012

Day 2… Giving people what they want… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9DIN0nFHvs] Click for full song… Artist: The O’Jays / Song: Give The People What They Want / Album: Survival / Year: 1975

Rest & Thanks: Don Cornelius

1 February 2012

Don Cornelius, brought us the “hippest trip in America” and always wished us “love, peace… and SOUL! They’re are certain things in popular culture that unites a people and yields commonality across a race… Roots… Thriller… Good Times… The Color Purple… …and Soul Train. All these things are ingrained in the DNA of Black popular […]

Do Better Mixtape, Songs for the Movement!: Track 1 – Billy Paul “People Power”

1 February 2012

It’s takes People Power to move the Movement… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIe9xq30mFY] Artist: Billy Paul / Song: People Power / Album: When Love Is New / Year: 1975

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