They say too much of everything is bad for you, this can be linked to a character trait, character assassination or character confidante by others either way having some form of “Pride” is important no? The title of a brother poet’s Taalam Acey spoken word piece at the University of Washington, started as a thought initiation [...]
February 7, 2010
This is from a brother emcee, activist and entrepreneur [LYRICS Inc. (Leading Young Rappers in Career Success)] Jasiri X whom we featured at the tail end of 2009. Jasiri X performs in this statement video and track named ‘Ballers & Rappers‘ featuring the President of the United States of America Barrack Obama, now that is one [...]
February 6, 2010
As mentioned earlier this month here is the follow up article of independent hip hop duo Guardian of the Ancient Wisdom [Gotaw] who recently released a rendition for free entitled ‘Psychoanalysis (the Stan Gooch edition)‘ of which needed some audio surgery for a couple, not bad from London based artists a brother & sister DanDNA [...]
February 5, 2010
Simply, poignant and effective: Typography + graphic = poetry, a tribute haiku poem to Haiti [Ayiti] from SpeaksBeliefs. Have a butcher’s and let it be known.
February 4, 2010
A gem of a track by a brother singer José James with the simplest of words “Code” from album release “Black Magic” on Brownswood Recordings [Gilles Peterson label]. “Code” by José James, so fresh, so clean with production by classy Flying Lotus and on video directorial duties, Mike Vargas and Moni Pineda [of friendswelove]. A bit of cool [...]
February 3, 2010
A brother emcee/activist Lowkey on a laid back re-imagining of the classic love song by British singer/songwriter Paul Weller “You Do Something To Me” from his album release of 1999 “Stanley Road“. On this track entitled “Something Wonderful” off the forthcoming Soundtrack To The Struggle album, Lowkey pays tribute to the women of the world with reflective and thoughtful lyrics on [...]
February 2, 2010
A different perception on the Haiti earthquake, but can't fail to see there are a few telling tales in there, no? Have a butcher's and let be known - this article from sister @Fly11 on the earthquake in Haiti.
February 2, 2010
We dip our toes into some good pop soul territory for a minute. From Strasbourg, France heads up via Soul Sista [a french based blog covering all forms of Soul music], SFR Live Concerts presents Paris based English singer/songwriter Charlie Winston, a livestream tonight at 8.30pm on France time and 7.30pm on UK time, so people [...]
February 1, 2010
Fresh month in, fresh day, we here still and grateful let’s go. On the UK music front, with this independent hip hop duo Guardian of the Ancient Wisdom [GOTAW - DanDNA & Blahvatski], that name only makes one stand attention and lets hear what their minds, thought provokes, a brit conscious.. Enough said for now on Guardian of the [...]
January 31, 2010
We go back a step with this classic and thought provoke by reggae artist Capleton's "Jah Jah City" off "More Fire" released in 2000. Have a butcher's at this roots reggae riddim with lyrics and video and as per usual let it be known.
January 30, 2010
This Electronic Press Kit [EPK] of UK poet/emcee TY, he talks about the pending 4th album “Special Kind Of Fool” obviously [laughing out loud], again a brother speaks on his trials & tribulations in the past, being signed from Big Dada to another quality music stable BBE Music rethinking music, what we can expect [...]
January 29, 2010
Haven’t done an In the Mix in minutes, but here we are with this near 30 minutes mix. Newness, jazzy-electro from Swiss producer Chief Beatmaker, Damien Marley & Nasir Jones [two singles from Distant Relatives] through to Mello Music Group artist Sareem Poems [a track from Black & Read All Over], playing and placing it jazzily [...]
January 28, 2010
Howard Zinn [RIP] an American historian and social activist whose take on history “People’s History” was going against the grain [what is taught, studied in school and beyond] , past and current state of affairs. People always have differing opinions whether they agree with Howard Zinn and others or not, he who wrote the “A Peoples [...]
January 27, 2010
Take a jug of Jazz, two teaspoons of Soul and a twist of R & B… then add a cup full of Gospel, a sprinkle of Reggae and a pinch of Latin, served with Raw Emotion ~There you have the YolanDa Brown sound. [source: Myspace Bio] YolanDa Brown is on the whole multi instrumentalist throne, but [...]
January 26, 2010
A music video entitled “Hold On” by Wyclef Jean featuring Mavado [Jamaican Dancehall artist] in tribute to Haiti with heads up by This Is Real Music. Song is a good number with a clear uplifting message to the Haitians. Have a butchers and let it be known. For more on Haiti [films, music, poetry]. Wyclef Jean – [...]
January 3, 2010
Week near its end and a hat rick into the early days of 2010, splendid.. On chilling and reflecting, how about some softly spoken word with smooth light production on play by Zayna Daze, a UK based sister (musician/spoken word artist) oozing authenticity on the “Cloudy Daze – Mixtape Vol. 1” [free download] and onthebuzz couldn’t [...]
February 8, 2010