In this video Erykah Badu sits down with Red Bull Academy and talks about everything from life, to family to Dilla, the evolution of her sound, raising children and having a music career. Erykah Badu needs little introduction. Her seminal works like ‘Baduizm’ and the ‘New AmErykah’ series have successively upped the ante in terms […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In this video Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined by Rosa Clemente (via Skype), the 2008 Green Party Vice-Presidential candidate are shown in a conversation about the historic Green Party ticket in 2008, contemporary Black activism and Hip-Hop. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
The womb is the gateway of all human life. When the womb is honored and respect becomes a channel of power, creativity, and beauty—and joy reigns on earth. When voice goes unheard, unanswered, denied, the womb becomes a vessel of disease. The collective state of women’s wombs reflects the condition of the world. When so […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No, it’s not a mixtape and no it’s not free. Goran Hugo Olsson’s The Black Power Mixtape 1967 – 1975 is a film directed by Swedish filmmaker Göran Hugo Olsson, and co-produced by Danny Glover and his Louverture Films. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
Yesterday I caught this tweet from DJ HouseShoes about Beverly “Pop Dukes” Dewitt Yancy, the father of late producer J Dilla. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
In the days before electric lights, farmers depended on bright moonlight to extend the workday beyond sunset. It was the only way they could gather their ripening crops in time for market.” ~Tony Phillips, NASA So it may not look like much but this is a photo I took last night of the moon. It’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
M.I.A.’s new video directed by Romain Gavras is stirring up some controversy and not for nudity like Erykah Badu’s “Window Seat”. It was yanked from youtube in the US almost immediately. The video is violent and graphic but M.I.A., whom I am a supporter of, often speaks of violence in her music and other assorted […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Supa Nova Slom has recently released a new book called The Remedy: The Five-Week Power Plan to Detox Your System, Combat the Fat, and Rebuild Your Mind and Body If the name sounds familiar maybe it’s because this Brooklynite’s mother is the holistic health practitioner Queen Afua and best-selling author of Sacred Woman and Heal […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As the famous song goes “You’re nobody till somebody loves you”, but apparently you’re nobody till you have this video on your blog. That makes me a little late but I wanted to share some thoughts on it too. After hours of listening to Ms. Badu’s new album by the time I got to see […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I do holistic healing and health. I’m in the process of getting my license for holistic consultation and prescribing. I grow my own herbs, dry them and bottle them. I’m learning from trial and error as I go along. With my first child I made some mistakes with the holistic stuff. Puma my daughter she’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
