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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Jazz
Welcome back to another episode of Black History Fun Fact Friday. So, I wanted to present music in general for you this morning. But the African American contribution to music is too far reaching to cover ever genre in one post. Black people have had influence on almost every kind of music there is, for… Continue reading
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Poetry like Jazz
“Poetry, like jazz, is one of those dazzling diamonds of creative industry that help human beings make sense out of the comedies and tragedies that contextualize our lives.” – Aberjhani Continue reading
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Today’s Rap Music
Today’s rap music (actually today’s music in general) is nothing short of sad. You used to rewind the lyrics of Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Common, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest etc., because you actually learned something. But now you have to rewind lyrics to convince yourself you really did hear what you wish you didn’t.… Continue reading
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Spoken Word
What is Spoken Word? Spoken Word is an oral art form; performance-based poetry that is focused on the aesthetics of word play and story-telling. However, there are aspects of the artistry that indicate it is, indeed, spoken word without the necessity of it being poetry. While Spoken Word Poetry is the foundation of what we… Continue reading
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A Private Symphony
When deep breaths are like swallowing hurricanes that stir up in your stomach like roller-coasters and leave you holding on to jagged tooth remains of your invisibility call upon the deliverance of notebooks and journals or the speedy salvation of the keyboard make them your masterpieces Those days When you feel like quarter notes beaten… Continue reading
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Creative
Oh how creative! I never seen coonery disguised so well. Continue reading
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