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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

Song of the Day: Yusef Lateef “Love Theme From ‘Spartacus'”

25 January 2012

…randomly played on my iPhone… just in time for the upcoming Spartacus: Vengeance season… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhqQFs7huwU]

Song of the Day: James Brown “Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (Parts 1 & 2)”

19 January 2012

…if this isn’t motivation to Do Better… then I don’t know what is. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEMyha47FzY] “Don’t do nobody else, jump back! Dig yaself! Are you doing ya thing? Is ya doing ya thing?“

A Gentleman’s Club for the Soul

26 August 2011

Stripping is a topic, admittedly, that one wouldn’t expected debated on Do Better Movement… However, like most things in life… the current climate of the profession can Do Better… at least in my eyes. A few months ago, a friend asked for suggestions of songs that she could create a pole dancing routine. As expected, […]

Black Music History “Giving Them Roses” – Day 22: Leroy Hutson

22 February 2011

A brother who truly deserves an Unsung special… Here’s the reasons why you should know Leroy Hutson… He was roommates with Donny Hathaway at Howard… (I didn’t discover Hutson until I went to the Capstone…) Co-wrote Hathaway’s “The Ghetto” Handpicked by Curtis Mayfield to replace him for The Impressions Released a strong catalog of solo […]

Black Music History “Giving Them Roses” – Day 18: Gladys Knight

18 February 2011

The woman with the voice as pretty as she…  [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPqzzuBHT-E] Check out her tribute from the “Ladie’s Reign” posts…

Black Music History “Giving Them Roses” – Day 17: Gene Chandler

17 February 2011

“The Duke of Earl” Today we give roses to the Eugene Dixon… better known as Gene Chandler… He is primarily recognized for his hit “Duke of Earl”… However, my favorite work is his 1978 album Get Down… highlights on the album are “I’m The Traveling Kind”, “Please Sunrise” and the popularly sampled “Tomorrow I May […]

Black Music History “Giving Them Roses” – Day 16: Leon Ware, Happy Birthday!

16 February 2011

Helped populate a sizable portion of the Black community… This may be unfair… but it’s easiest to explain the legacy of Leon Ware by stating he’s a modern-day Cyrano de Bergerac… Extremely talented and gifted… However, in the eyes of his label, Motown… He lacked that certain look when compared to his counterparts… Namely, Marvin […]

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