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
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, […]
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
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 […]
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
Me: You gotta get up for the downstroke… You know what I’m saying, chief? Sri: Ahh, do yeah ya know yeah. Me: WHAT!?! Sri: Sorry chief, the bubble gum wouldn’t let me speak clearly. Me: Oh… Sri: It’s not the swagger. Me: !!!!!!
Rule #1: You can’t say DC Shit and leave out the Godfather… I’ve successfully managed to remain oblivious to the onslaught of the “Shit **** Says” videos… Only saw one in it’s entirety and strongly wanted my time fully refunded… So, I’m pretty much out of the loop of shit folks say… Long as I […]
Well, Red Tails came out. Don’t everybody clap at once. I spent the better part of last week Karl Roving this movie. I tried my best to convince people to go see it, if not for the story then at least in support for one of the highest budgeted Black films in recent history. At […]
There’s only 2 outcomes: Soar High or Stay Grounded Much like the production and release of this film… this post has been debated, delayed… and now… released. Let me start off by being up front… I’m no movie critic… I’m no movie buff… or movie snob. There are only a handful of movies that I’ve […]