Great drop from The Slakadeliqs, the alter ego to Slakah the Beatchild, a Toronto producer/dj. Vibe is alternative, pop, rock, alternative soul, experimental, indie pop.

The Other Side of Tomorrow by The Slakadeliqs

Honest rant over a smooth jazz track.

Artist: B.J. the Chicago Kid (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Song: His Pain
Album: Unknown

Biden on Internet Freedom = Anti-SOPA from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

Song: Make it All Better
Artist: Black Star and Q-tip
Album: Weldon Irvine – The Price of Freedom: The Amadou Project

This is an album I’m (im)patiently waiting for. I first heard about this album at his show at Blues Alley last October 2011. Check out this masterpiece soon to hit the airwaves in February:

Song: Move Love
Artist: Robert Glasper Trio (feat. King)
Album: Black Radio (Feb. 2012)

Marlon Brando, James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte, Charlton Heston, Joseph Minklelwitz, and Sidney Poitier, talk about the Civil Rights Movement of 1963:

Song: Why? (The King of Love is Dead)
Artist: Nina
Album: Anthology Disc 2 (and probably many other Simone albums)

I have finally established some sort of daily routine, which, of course, incorporates a healthy allocation of time to writing and music searching. I have a long backlog of weekly emails from my mother, so the blame for the scarcity of “word from my mama” posts is on me. In the words of a my friend Trae, He’s still working on me….

1/13/2012, 8:05am:

John 15:4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless [...]

Old and new collide as Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste collaborates with Mos Def and Badu:

“Ziggy” is a Afro-styled drummer, and is no stranger to the funkier side of life. He was a one-time member of the New Orleans based group, The Meters – the group where the Neville “fabric of our lives” brothers’ fame took root. Check out his groove with this old Meter’s track:

Song: 6V6 La
Artist: The Meters (Zigaboo Modeliste: “second line” drummer; George Porter, Jr: bass; Art Neville: keys; [...]

Happy New Year!

New year, new music, new revelations, new ideas, new love, new growth. Time is a beautiful thing. Although it is only relevant in this plane of existence of eternity, it allows us to live in renewed life and grace with each passing second, minute, day, week, month, year. Think about it: there are 86,400 seconds, 1440 minutes, and 24 hours in just 1 day. Its such an overwhelming thought, that I don’t accept the notion that we don’t [...]

I always thought that my name was a generic, slightly retro, American name. But I never thought it had any meaning outside of the reason my mom gave me for ascribing such tag.

That is until an old friend doing a google search shared with me new revelation. It is of French and Greek origin, not found before the 1920s. It is a combination of either “cherry fruit; green gemstone” or a derivative of the French word Cherie, meaning “dear or [...]