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 [...]

One of my favorite tunes for the year!

Artist: Nohelani Cypriano
Album: Around Again (circa 1995)
Song: Lihue

Written, Produced, Peformed, & Engineered By Everett James
Sounds like the house version of “Hip Hop” by Dead Prez

During the amazing success of I Want You and his stellar Live at the London Palladium album, Marvin Gaye was served with divorce papers from his then-wife Anna Gordy Gaye (sister of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy). When they got married, Marvin was 24, Anna was 41. One of the conditions of the settlement was that Gordy Gaye would receive an extensive percentage of royalties as well as a portion of the advance for his next album. Initially, Gaye was [...]

I have been late to work this whole week. What is more disheartening is that my tardiness could have been avoided if I just got out of bed when I first woke up. My morning routine begins with a violent chain of occurences: the alarm shocking me out of dream-land and I manage to instinctive slam down the snooze button, face still grafted to my pillow and eyes still glued shut. Incredibly, this goes on for about 1 hour – [...]

More music to replenish your itunes. This mix of goodies is brought to you by DJ Black Santa.

No words necessary, just bump. 2 volumes, 40 tracks of gently rearranged records, brought to you by the dynamic duo, The Stuyvesants.

Download Finer Things, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2

Robert Glasper explaining jazz music and sharing some musical goodies.

Album Release Party for Makin Dollas (video):

DTMD – Makin’ Dollas Album Release Party at Durkl from @marshallslife on Vimeo.

Song: Sea Me Sun
Album: Makin’ Dollas
Artist: DTMD