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Track 9 from Protoje's fourth studio album A MATTER OF TIME. 

Available now at Protoje.com

Produced by Winta James (@overstandentertainment)
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Truths & Rights ft. Mortimer

Cultural appropriation is a dodgy idea for the same reason that intellectual property is a dodgy idea. You can't own ideas, and thus you can't appropriate them. A style of clothing or a genre of music cannot be owned in any real sense.

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Episode 1: Cultural Appropriation and Intellectual Property

"No Guarantee" is the fourth official single from Protoje's (@Protoje) forthcoming fourth full-length album "A Matter Of Time" to be released June 29, 2018.

Chronixx (@Chronixxmusic) joins Protoje on the track, pairing Protoje’s potent lyricism with a catchy yet poignant hook. Together they explore the human condition as it relates to topics of love and hate, envy, jealousy and loyalty.

“No Guarantee” will be available May 18, 2018, as an instant track with the pre-order of the album A Matter Of Time at Protoje.com.

Produced by Winta James (@wintafreshness)
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Licensed by Mr Bongo/Easy Star Records(US)/Baco Records(FR)

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No Guarantee Ft. Chronixx

Beres Hammond - I'm Alive 

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Smooth, soulful, legendary reggae artist Beres Hammond is back with new single “I’m Alive”, out this Friday May 18th. After a lengthy hiatus, the new single has all the elements of a classic Beres production with smooth harmonies, jazzy instrumentation and poignant lyrics. With his recordings and ongoing tour schedule in 2018, Beres' star is shining brightly and the vibe in his music is never ending.

“I’m Alive will be the first single release off his upcoming album out this summer. To support the new project, Hammond will be embarking on a 25 stop US tour, including stops at popular festivals; Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, Belly Up and Hollywood Bowl. Other stops include Santa Cruz, Tucson, Orlando, Atlanta, Washington DC, Brooklyn, Newark, Boston and more. See dates below.

Helping form the foundation for his mellow, bluesy delivery, Beres grew up listening to American soul and pop music from Stax, Motown and other vintage sounds. Fast forward to now, his own influence on others is witnessed from a diverse list of singers : including Shaggy, Romain Virgo, Christopher Martin, Rihanna and much more. 

Lyrics

IRIE!!! IRIE!!

Gonna lift my voice in praises…yes
Gonna shout it go sing it loud
Up in the morning I say my prayer
Thank you father for another day
Let me declare it right away

I’m alive…yes
I’m alive
My money in the bank 
Owe no rent
Here I am still give thanks
Ask me how; I don’t know
I no pro
But I’m alive…yea aye
I’m alive

I see the sun and I see the rain…yes
I feel joy in my father’s name
Tear might fall every now and then
I still give thanks to the full extent…yes now
Up in the morning I say my prayer
Thank you father for another day
Let me declare it right away

I’m alive…yes
I’m alive
My money in the bank 
Owe no rent
But here I am still give thanks
Ask me how; I don’t know
I aint no pro
But I’m alive…yes
I’m alive

I can walk without fear or doubts…yea
Go to sleep with little to worry about
I do know there’s danger everywhere…yea aye
So I pray dear father always be near
Up in the morning I say my prayer
Thank you father for another day
Let me declare it right away

I’m alive…yea
I’m alive
My money in the bank 
Owe no rent
But here I am still give thanks
Ask me how; I don’t know 
I aint no pro
But I’m alive…yes
I’m alive

I challenge the day with an open mind
Just in a way Jah, Jah would design
Know I will falter
But in time, I will grow
I will grow 
Can’t be old to be taught
Can even learn something from the youth
Give a little nod if you know the truth… yea…aye

Up in the morning I say my prayer
Thank you father for another day
Let me declare it right away
I’m alive…yes
I’m alive
My money in the bank 
Owe no rent
But here I am still give thanks
Ask me how; I don’t know
I aint no pro
But I’m alive…yes
I’m alive… yea
I’m alive…yow

Woo God
I’m alive…yeah
Yea aye…aye…aye
Alive…yeah
Everything just fine…yes
I’m alive
Nutting can’t beat that…yes
I’m alive… yow
Wooo… God 
I’m alive…yea
Yea aye…aye…aye
I’m alive…yea aye

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Beres Hammond - I'm Alive

This is podcast discussing if Drill Music incite violence and is the cause of the recent knife crime and killing of youth in London in 2018 .
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Does Drill music incite violence

In early 2018, the BBC aired a fantastic documentary called Being Blacker in which they followed a well-known Brixton based record shop owner called Blacker Dread. One thing that stood out for me was how his youngest son who had been having some problems at school was labelled a problem child with probable ADHD. His mother Mary relocated him to Jamaica and he was regularly scoring over 90% in his exams and came across as an eloquent, charming and good-natured young boy. But had the school authorities had their way, things could've ended very differently for him. 

The rapper Akala who is half black and white had a somewhat similar at school which he recounts in an interview for the Independent newspaper, he said:

"I was one of the smartest kids in the class ... But I was put in a special needs group because of a teacher who thought I was too bright for a working class brown boy. Fortunately, my mum was already sending me to Pan-African society on Saturdays, so I’d learned to be prepared for this kind of discrimination. I had this armoury that could pick up on it and nip it in the bud and keep me in school."
https://inews.co.uk/culture/books/akala-interview-natives-book/

In other interviews, Akala explains that it was a chance visit from folks from the Saturday school which alerted his mother to what had happened, and they managed to get him out of the special needs class. Again, this was probably a lucky escape. I know from other interviews Akala has done that during his youth he was on the peripheries of street crime and violence. But for many boys, this labelling and sorting by teachers and school authority figures would put them on a trajectory headed toward educational failure and crime. 

Links:
https://www.tes.com/news/black-caribbean-fsm-boy-send-168-times-more-likely-be-permanently-excluded-white-british-girl

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10399599/Boys-much-more-likely-to-be-labelled-with-special-needs.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/04/black-students-teachers-implicit-racial-bias-preschool-study

https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/education-skills-and-training/absence-and-exclusions/pupil-exclusions/latest

Episode 5: Black Boys versus Racist UK School System?

This week, co-hosts Eric and Medaya talk to professor, writer, and revolutionary, Frank B. Wilderson III, whose latest book, Afropessimism, is a work of memoir and theory. Wilderson defines Afropessism, the ways it has been misrepresented and how it can shape our understanding of contemporary justice. Wilderson also recounts his childhood and how he became an Afropessimist.  
Also, writer and translator Joyce Zonana returns to recommends Betty Smith's classic from the 1940s, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

When Reform Isn't Enough: Afropessimism's Argument for a New Society

A podcast from a young(ish) African Brit pontificating on a range of issues ranging from politics, economics and housing to football, parenting and music – all from a libertarian perspective. This means that I firmly believe that each individual adult is usually the best person to decide what is best for his or her life. I believe that we should be free to do whatever we want to do as long as we do not infringe upon the liberty of others. I think the best societies are those that are as meritocratic as possible and which maximise people’s individual liberty. 
All of this means I am opposed to those who, in the name of ‘equality’, ‘socialism’, ‘social justice’  (etc.) seek to control others and restrict their ability to express themselves and control their own lives. I am opposed to social arrangements which allow some people to unfairly hold back other people from exercising their individual liberty. In particular, I detest how certain people are able to extract value created by other people while pretending to be all about free markets and Capitalism. On this podcast you will hear all of these kinds of things discussed, mainly focussed on the UK but with an eye on happenings around this global village of ours.  
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