This is one of the best songs on her latest album, she looks goreous, indeed!
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Month: July 2010
Janelle Monae- Tightrope Rmx ft. B.O.B, Lupe Fiasco
There is nothing you can down play right now about the sizzling Janelle Monae, not only his her curls bouncing but her latest album “ArchAndroid” is amazing and she is really blessed to be in the industry at this time. If you didn’t peep her performance of the Prince Tribute at the BET awards, oh you are missing out! Enjoy this remix version of “Tightrope”, great shots!
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The Spotlight: …A Poets Tweets…
He goes by ASIM Terasu, you may seem him as @APoetsTweets, but I’ve always known him as William Hicks, a bay area native living in New Orleans living, breathing, and speaking his passion for Poetry. William “ASIM” started writing poetry in the fall of 2008,he was always interested in it but finally decided to put his thoughts to paper after taking a creative writing & poetry class. Some may think it takes a mastermind to write something so powerful, but for ASIM everything seemed to flow so naturally.
“ASIM means ‘And So It Manifests’ and Terasu is Japanese for Enlightment,” he finally explains to me and I couldn’t have described him any better. With influences from great artists like Erykah Badu to enlighten him, ASIM writes poetry and spits versus over songs at his local community events and even shares his art through twitter. With our music industry rapidly changing with the new pop culture, there have been many misconceptions on whether or not Hip-Hop is still alive. Do you think it died? I asked him how he felt on this issue, and in his own words:
“Hip-Hop is still alive as long as we don’t forget what it means to us. Hip-Hop can have a different meaning to, and is interpreted differently by everyone. To one person, Hip-Hop is telling a story which in turn teaches a lesson. To the next person, Hip-Hop may be just about partying and having a good time. It’s free form expression. It flows and changes and evolves just like anything on this planet. So for me to say Hip-Hop is dead in its current state, I would be disregarding someone else’s interpretation of what Hip-Hop is. My advice to those who don’t enjoy certain types of Hip-Hop: Don’t listen to it!”
I have selected a piece from ASIM’s twiturm entitled “Off Limits” which is a poem he wrote that he spits over Common and D’Angelo’s “So Far to Go”. RIP to JDilla.
Twiturm.com – ASIM – Off Limits.
For more of his poems please visit http://twiturm.com/s2k0w and not only support him but inspire him to follow his passion….
Black Love.
I was walking in Piedmont, California today and noticed the cutest couple, romantically strolling in the park with their baby carriage. Her natural locs were woven into a large bun that so elegant rested on top of her head as He had a stretched out dark haired afro with piercing on his eyebrow and ears. I immediately caught their essence of black love as I secretly ate my pizza while trying to stare. Usually I would compliment that woman on her hair, ask her about products and conduct business but I just watched. In amazement.
It’s not every day that me, as a black woman, gets to experience young love outside of my parents house. My mom and pop are perfect examples of what I want my love to be like when I get older, but what about now? As a young woman completing yet another chapter in my life I’ve always wondered about who will be in my next chapter. I’ve been on the natural journey for two years now and I have been single in the process. I value the friendships I’ve kept and made who stand by every natural curl that I create. But at age 22, you don’t get any younger. All the days will seem to mush together if you don’t live them properly and pretty soon I will be barefoot and pregnant. Yikes!
I took this photo from www.blackloveposter.tumblr.com because it’s not only just “Obama Love” but inspiring to me and hopefully all black women that there is a man standing behind your individuality and will love every bit of you no matter the circumstance may be. And in this case, presidency didn’t get between their love.
Black Love Poster is a blog that celebrates black love between women of color. I have seen posts on lesbian couples, black women with white, African, Asian, Latino, all races. Some are sharing the Naturality and some are embracing the beauty of just being black. I think it’s wonderful and I hope that will not only give my single black women hope but also every woman that LOVE does exist.
Reesa Speaks 