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Listen to her (Mara Hruby) cover LP. I doubt you’ll be...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:49:00 -0500

Listen to her (Mara Hruby) cover LP. I doubt you’ll be disappointed

http://everythingisgoodandbrown.com/2011/05/

♫ HEY YO, ONE TWO THREE! THE CREW IS CALLED RE-FU-GE-EE-ES ♪

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:47:08 -0500

♫ HEY YO, ONE TWO THREE! THE CREW IS CALLED RE-FU-GE-EE-ES ♪

pinkrobotboogaloo: the look of love / nina simone

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:45:29 -0500

pinkrobotboogaloo:

the look of love / nina simone

Five major scandals the media isn't obsessing about

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:45:02 -0500

think-progress:

Are these things more important than edits to talking points? Judge for yourself.

1. Carbon pollution reaches historic highs, threatening human existence

2. The devastating impact of sequestration on kids, cancer patients and first responders.

3. Massive cuts to food stamps for the most vulnerable.

4. 1,100 workers die in a Bangladesh factory collapse, and American retailers continue business as usual.

5. 4,150 gun deaths from gun violence since Newtown.

Listen/purchase: SHS:Blue Notes from a Brown Soul v.1 Sounds 4...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:14:19 -0500

Listen/purchase: SHS:Blue Notes from a Brown Soul v.1 Sounds 4 Sojourners by Fathom 9

Listen/download: Applejac Presents: Playin’ Favorites by...

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:34:36 -0500

Listen/download: Applejac Presents: Playin’ Favorites by Applejac

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Fri, 17 May 2013 18:32:51 -0500

joyofthedayphoto: If you carry your childhood with you, you...

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:32:27 -0500

joyofthedayphoto:

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become old.
-Tom Stoppard

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Fri, 17 May 2013 18:31:55 -0500

Listen/purchase: Life Sketches Vols 1&2 by Mecca:83. Dr....

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:23:38 -0500

Listen/purchase: Life Sketches Vols 1&2 by Mecca:83. Dr. Mesmer beats

theblackcurator:

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:20:26 -0500

theblackcurator:

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Fri, 17 May 2013 18:11:37 -0500

Send me a fruit.

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:09:56 -0500

Strawberry - I’m in love with you.
Cherry - I love you.
Watermelon - I think you’re cute.
Blueberry - You’re amazing.
Kiwi- You’re pretty
Rasberry - You’re hot.
Plum - I would @#!*% you.
Paopu Fruit - I would date you.
Grapes - I could stay on your blog for hours.
Lemon - You are my tumblr crush.
Orange - I want to get to know you.
Tangerine - We have a lot in common.
Lemon - I wish you would notice me.
Lime - I don’t talk to you but I really love your blog.

itslatingirl: ✖ Follow my Twitter ✖

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:06:02 -0500

itslatingirl:

✖ Follow my Twitter ✖

"Some of these music blogs could actually benefit from hiring people who REALLY understand the..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:04:22 -0500

“Some of these music blogs could actually benefit from hiring people who REALLY understand the culture of R&B to write about R&B. Some of these music blogs could actually benefit from hiring people who REALLY understand the culture of hip hop to write about hip hop. Like you really should know about deep Brandy album cuts before you are giving a “grade” or a “score” to any R&B artist. And ivy league credentials don’t give you any insight on “grading” a rapper’s body of work…when you’ve had no access to the REAL culture. There are SO many gifted writers who truly understand. Who didn’t get hip to R&B & Hip-Hop via the crossover artist of their childhood. Just hire them please, so you can stop insulting peeps’ knowledge. So you can stop acting like it just popped off last year for R&B. Like it just got interesting and experimental. So you can stop praising every rapper who raps over a trap beat, but can’t form literate sentences and then you market it as some hip shit. And that wasn’t a rant. It was an observation and a request.”

- Solange Knowles

Please school these children Solange. (This was taken from tweets that she shared this morning.) I cannot think of anything more irritating and reprehensible than having cultural writers write about something they know little of, and having some abstractly-related degrees as “proof” of their qualifications. And to be clear, no shade on formal education. I have 3 college degrees. The point is, having them does not make me an expert on something as intricate as Black music MORE than the experience of listening, studying and embracing (and for some people, creating) said music LONG before said music reaches the final stage of the cycle of cultural appropriation when (primarily White) people deem it “acceptable” and “mainstream.”

(via gradientlair)

I feel this so fucking much. Sometimes I read reviews of an R&B or Hip Hop album and there is just so much eye-rolling that I just can’t finish the damn thing.

(via chasingdunamis)

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original beat by BuscratesProduction and Arrangement By NiceRec...

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:51:30 -0500

original beat by BuscratesProduction and Arrangement By NiceRec
Additional Production By Buscrates 16-Bit Ensemble
Remix Produced by Kenny Dope at Kay-Dee Studios,NJ

Miles and Bobby Blunt connected with the Goulash beat and Miles Had to record to it right away. So much so that the vocal was recorded in a hotel room on a generic laptop built-in mic. With that 1 take, freestyle, the song was birthed, followed by the Bobby Blunt verse, and then a masterful Kenny Dope remix. Modern soul in it’s many styles, brought together into 2 simple tracks that speak volumes about the ear and talent of all involved. A Gift to the world.

covenesque: anarcho-queer: NYPD Illegally Raids House of Man...

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:50:16 -0500

covenesque:

anarcho-queer:

NYPD Illegally Raids House of Man They Brutalized For Throwing Gay Pride Party, Days Before Court Date (Please Read & Reblog)

A gay Brooklyn man is being targeted and harassed by the NYPD after filing a lawsuit against the officers who raided his home without a warrant and beat him unconscious.

It was early Sunday morning and Jabbar Campbell was hosting a gay pride party when two officers appeared at his house responding to a noise complaint. The officers told the party goers, some who were dressed in drag, to keep it down and left soon after.

10 minutes later, another group of police officers appeared. This time they tried to gain access to the building and began banging on the door with their flashlights.

One officer reached for the building’s surveillance camera (bottom gif.) and turned it towards the wall, blocking the view.

“I noticed them turning the security camera and I got scared,” Cambell said, according to the New York Post.

Campbell opened the door after a few moments only to be ‘bum-rushed’ by the cop. Two officers put Campbell in a shoulder lock while “5 to 7” cops beat him with their fists, flashlights and batons yelling “fag”, “homo” and “asshole” at him until he lost consciousness.

“They said, ‘Stop resisting arrest.’ I said, ‘I am not resisting.’”

But the cops beat him up anyway, he said.

“I blacked out. I was concerned for my life,” said Campbell.

The NYPD then arrested Jabbar and questioned the party goers who witnessed the beating, asking them if they were engaging in “gay orgies” and “screwing each other.” They told the officers they weren’t and they also denied that Campbell was resisting.

Police charged Jabbar with resisting arrest and possession of drugs, allegations that Campbell insists are lies, which must be so because the police later dropped the drug charges after the reported on the story.

The NYPD transported Campbell to Kings County Hospital where he received 9 stitches and was diagnosed with a concussion.

Since then, Campbell filed suit against police, but said more men armed wearing police jackets broke into his home without a warrant and their badges hidden from view just days before his court date. They harassed the guests who were at Jabbar’s house and wouldn’t give their names.

The men in blue allegedly asked if his security cameras were operational.

“I don’t know what they’re looking for, or if they were going to plant something,” Campbell said.

Campbell’s attorney said what happened to his client was a violation of the Fourth Amendment – illegal search and seizure. The NYPD’s Internal Affairs is investigating.

Campbell said he plans to sue the police department and at least nine officers for severe personal injuries.

I was able to get an interview with Jabbar Campbell who admitted to me that he believes the raid was intended to scare and frame him :

Anarcho-Queer: Before your attack, the officers blocked the view of a surveillance camera in front of your building by turning it towards the wall. Taking this into regard, do you believe your attack was premeditated?

Jabbar Campbell: Absolutely, the cops turning the camera, which would have been the best witness if not tampered with, shows ill intent.

AQ: During the attack, the NYPD yelled homophobic slurs. In your opinion, was the raid was motivated by hate against queer people and/or people of color?

JC: I strongly believe they (Cops) were targeting homosexuals. They were trying to portray me as some sort of disorderly, arm-flailing, drug influenced crazy homosexual. I also believe that they (Cops) didn’t expect so much brains inside of a dark skinned man in that neighborhood.

AQ: How many officers were involved in your attack?

JC: About 5-7 cops were beating me, approximately 20+ officers reported to the scene.

AQ: What weapons did the officers use to brutalize you?

JC: Fists, billy clubs, flash lights and things of such nature.

AQ: What physical injuries were sustained?

JC: Multiple injuries to my head, face, neck and back just to name a few.

AQ: After you filed a lawsuit against the NYPD, three police officers raided your home without a warrant and illegally detained your guests. Was this to intimidate you? If so, what message do you think they trying to send?

JC: I definitely think this it was an intimidation tactic and also a plot to frame me just to cover up their crimes. I think the message was that they don’t want people standing up to them.

AQ: What happened during the second raid?

JC: They broke in my home, searched my home and search my friends and colleagues taking their IDs and writing their names down. They had their badges turned around and would [not] give their names.

AQ: Are the officers who brutalized you still on the job?

JC: Yes, however, they are being investigated by IAB (internal affairs bureau) and the ADA.

not safe even in our own homes. ACAB