poetry

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lilly beat box mix1

Genesis

TOO CLOSE (COSTA RMX)

Nigerian Sounds in Country & Western Music featuring Henry Pedro, Emma Ogosi, Joe Nez, Dedication, Christy Essien-Igbokwe, Eric Kol, Ofege,  Ed Jatto, Oby Onyioha, Bongos Ikwue

Compiled Uchenna Ikonne for Pop'Africana

Nigerian  Sounds In Country & Western Music

Psychedelic rock artists in 1970s Zambia featuring sounds from 5 Revelations, The W.I.T.C.H and others

Compiled by Oroma Elewa




A Taste Of Zamrock

Figured it's a good time to re-up this tape from six years ago. I've been hesitant to do so since there's five million J. Dilla tribute tapes out there, but...whatever. Maybe you all will dig this one too! Here are the notes from the original release:

"I really dug Dilla, his choice of records, his lush filtered samples, his basslines, and the fact he loved to eat donuts. I was introduced to his genius by Jumbo of the Lifesavas. He hit me with a dub of the early Slum Village album before it dropped, and told me to dub it and give it back to him the next day, cuz that was his only copy. And even rocking a dub of a dub, the beats were just so ill. I’d bump the shit til I couldn’t take the rhmyes anymore, but I never got tired of the beats.

I’d wanted to do this tape for awhile, and felt I should put something together dedicated to Dilla, as I was a fan of his music. Not every beat or 12 inch, but the feel of his production – he just had a great ear for great records. This tape is a mixture of some of my favorite Dilla-related records (that I own on wax) from well-known to more obscure, from rock to classic hip-hop tracks. It is by no means any kind of compendium, and isn’t meant to be. It’s just a brief sampling of music I dig, music that represents the inspiration I took from Jay Dee."

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Dilla Favorites (2009 Mixtape)

i (dont) know. x 1x1 (lilbesh ramko & Ninajirachi  okn mash up)

Back at it with Vol. 3 of the chillest show on the planet, Slow Radio baby.

Enjoy x

Yasmin: Slow Radio Vol. 3

Two legends have passed on recently - Roberta Flack and Gwen McCrae, both of whom had records that have been important to me for many years. Unfortunately some of my Roberta Flack records were damaged in a flood years ago, and so I tried to pull a few favorites from what I still have, and mostly less obvious pieces from both artists catalogs. That being said, I still included two big hits on here because of the impact that each song had on me - McCrae's "90% of Me" is such vintage funk, a record I got in my earliest days of digging, and I will always cherish. And Flack's amazing duet with Donnie Hathaway, "Back Together Again" - I will never forget when Bobbito dropped this at APT in late 2001 and DJ Center and I lost our minds. RIP to these incredibly amazing women.

Pullin from the Stacks - Roberta Flack & Gwen McCrae Tribute

From the collection of records donated by friends of my mother.

This side is a selection of poetry from Pat Parker.

Section One:
From cavities of bones
When I was a child
Fuller Brush Day
You can't be sure of anything these days
Tour America!
In English Lit
Brother
Have you ever tried to hide?

Section Two:
Don't let the fascists speak

Section Three:
Pit Stop

Section Four:
My lover is a woman
Poem to Ann #2
Let me come to you naked
For Willyce
A Small Contradiction
For Straight Folks Who Don't mind Gays But Wish They Weren't So Blatant

Section Five:
Womanslaughter

Where Would I Be Without You

Where Would I Be Without You - Side 1 (Pat Parker)

When I'm not at the dayjob, I'm probably at a record store. Pullin from the Stacks podcast most Wednesdays, available here, Apple Pods (please subscribe!) and elsewhere.

Pullin from the Stacks - Roberta Flack & Gwen McCrae Tribute

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