Mulatu Astatke is a living legend on the music front of affairs, infamously known as the pioneer of Ethio-Jazz lets have a stab a definition – fusion of traditional Ethiopian music and jazz, not to shabby [laughing out loud]. Mulatu Astatke [In the Mix] performed with The Heliocentrics for the famous Red Bull Music Academy [...]
March 26, 2010
A friend put onthebuzz on this newness recently by a brother and reggae artist Gentleman [featured] the title track “It No Pretty” from his soon to be released album [9/04/2010] entitled “Diversity“. The single “It No Pretty” out today in Germany not sure when in the UK, “Diversity” will be worth the wait considering Gentleman‘s [...]
March 25, 2010
First came across UK brother and emcee Black The Ripper on a track one can’t remember the title, but I do recall this line “Life is shorter than Gary Coleman“. I believe a brother, like Lowkey, Mystro, Ty and a few others is stating his piece of mind on current events affecting society and rightly [...]
March 23, 2010
Age speaks wisdom, here are some words from retired Coach John Wooden at TED. With profound simplicity, Coach John Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves. In this inspiring talk he shares the advice he gave his players at UCLA, quotes poetry and remembers his father’s wisdom. Have a [...]
March 22, 2010
One of the popular comics from the UK, none other than the hilarious, laughter hard is therapy and brother Eddie Kadi, who I came across a few years ago and this stand up comedy clip is of him live at comedian Kojo’s Da Comedy Fun House in 2006. A stand up classic by award winning [...]
March 21, 2010
Jocelyn Jee Esien is a comedienne who featured in the infamous and a star of the BBC 2 show “3 Non Blondes” and one of the funniest stand up sister’s on the UK comedy circuit. And from years ago on the Soul Comedy da Flick show 2007 in South Africa is Jocelyn Jee hilarious live [...]
March 18, 2010
Fresh of the press, quality track entitled “I Wanna Talk To You” [part romancer & social commentary] by 80s Babies with production by one of the favourite producers this blog side, a brother Tall Black Guy. The quality continues with the video by Rookie Films, cinematography by Lyon Tamer Productions, back to the beat minor [...]
March 17, 2010
The sisters are blazing a trail on the hip hop sphere, femcee’s like Blessroxwell, Speech Debelle, Eternia, Boogbrown, most definitely more to surface and what one likes is the talent, social commentary/message of these ladies and general quality of music. Invincible, a sister & femcee by way of Detroit, US is an example on this [...]
March 16, 2010
A brother emcee and poet TY released the single “Emotions” from the forthcoming next month to be release album “Special Kind of Fool“. This track is soulful, funky, simplicity and just taking a few, a classic in the making. If this is just a snippet of what to expect from the seasoned veteran UK hip [...]
March 15, 2010
Its been a while since we put on a comedic stance on this dairy drill. Lets keep it clean cut, a comedy form which is far and between but we featured Apostles of Comedy – Anthony Griffith whose of a similar calibre last year. For this comedisode and recently coming to my attention is US [...]
March 13, 2010
A biographical and insight plastered on celluloid of one of the musical legends to emanate from the African continent, none other than Fela Anikulapo Kuti [founder of the infamous Afrobeat]. This documentary chronicles his thoughts on the injustice that befell a people, his politics with interviews and live music footage. Watch and have a butcher’s [...]
March 11, 2010
We featured a brother Ian Kamau some moons ago and he is a talent, one needs only check his free mixtape/album in the recent past: sings, writes, produces, spoken word artist, emcee to mention but a few. The impression I get from a brother is wanting to be known as an artist making good and [...]
March 8, 2010
This is a poignant 25 minute short film entitled “A War For Your Soul“, by a brother & filmmaker Reginald Bullock that carries themes that are universal, relevant not only to the USA but worldwide as we have this problem in spades in certain countries and vast in others with regards to violence amongst the youth. [...]
March 7, 2010
Some in the dying seconds of the weekend, others minutes and another hours, yet we shall see the driving new week and be grateful and progress. First time I seen and heard this video and track “Different Places” off the album “Another Intensity“, so fresh from German based brother and reggae artist Gentleman a veteran [...]
March 6, 2010
Free from another in one shape or form each and every additional year of this freedom journey is worth a celebration by a people. This is the road/path the democratically elected Republic of Ghana is driving on, made independent on the 6th March, 1957 from the colonial master Britain, led by the Ghanaian and African [...]
April 10, 2010