Hope all is real.
and yes Colin Powell does get down.
"Kool Herc never got a royalty check." - Black Thought
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Sunday HipHop Lessons
Man,I had this song stuck in my head for a nice little minute.
Hope all is real.
and yes Colin Powell does get down.
"Kool Herc never got a royalty check." - Black Thought
Hope all is real.
and yes Colin Powell does get down.
"Kool Herc never got a royalty check." - Black Thought
Friday, January 23, 2009
Bless Master Rashaan Krk
Today we celebrate the life of Master Rashaan Roland Kirk.
I also coped his album called "Volunteered Slavery,"
which is a beautiful peace of art/music. It is not that type of "jazz*" that you'll hear in the elevator, yet it presses past the boundaries of what "jazz*" is supposed to be. And gives you the artistic expression of a human being in America, marked as an "African America/Negro/Colored" person. Yet to be heard on majority of the so-called jazz radio stations that are given to listen to.
I really do not know if I can put words together to express what this man means or has done for music in general. First off the man is blind and as you can see in the YouTube video he is playing numerous instruments. Master Rahsaan is what Black Classical Music ("jazz*") needs in this junction in history. So if you have time check out his other albums such as "Rahsaan Rahsaan" & "Bright Moments."
Did I forget to tell you he also played with John Coltrane (and you see how much corporate enjoyed the rest of his pieces after 'A Love Supreme'.) And also as you watch this, dig on how OUR MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT OF TODAY, such as mainstream hip pop has no place for a disabled person to express himself as an artist.
Stay Up & Continue to Dream Big
*The reason I continued to use quotations throughout the blog is because, "jazz" is a very bad word. Folks didn't know how to label this new sound. So they took from what people used to tell the piano player in whore houses if they wanted to get the trick out of there quick, was to "jazz it up." Hence the word stuck with the African American art form that should be labeled, "Black Classical Music." A small reminder that 'Jezebel' from the Bible was one who told the Hebrews to worship Baal. (1st & 2nd Kings)*
Sound feat. Master Kirk
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
I also coped his album called "Volunteered Slavery,"
which is a beautiful peace of art/music. It is not that type of "jazz*" that you'll hear in the elevator, yet it presses past the boundaries of what "jazz*" is supposed to be. And gives you the artistic expression of a human being in America, marked as an "African America/Negro/Colored" person. Yet to be heard on majority of the so-called jazz radio stations that are given to listen to. I really do not know if I can put words together to express what this man means or has done for music in general. First off the man is blind and as you can see in the YouTube video he is playing numerous instruments. Master Rahsaan is what Black Classical Music ("jazz*") needs in this junction in history. So if you have time check out his other albums such as "Rahsaan Rahsaan" & "Bright Moments."
Did I forget to tell you he also played with John Coltrane (and you see how much corporate enjoyed the rest of his pieces after 'A Love Supreme'.) And also as you watch this, dig on how OUR MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT OF TODAY, such as mainstream hip pop has no place for a disabled person to express himself as an artist.
Stay Up & Continue to Dream Big
*The reason I continued to use quotations throughout the blog is because, "jazz" is a very bad word. Folks didn't know how to label this new sound. So they took from what people used to tell the piano player in whore houses if they wanted to get the trick out of there quick, was to "jazz it up." Hence the word stuck with the African American art form that should be labeled, "Black Classical Music." A small reminder that 'Jezebel' from the Bible was one who told the Hebrews to worship Baal. (1st & 2nd Kings)*
Sound feat. Master Kirk
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Thursday, January 22, 2009
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