Prince discussing Chappelle Show / Charlie Murphy skit (2004.04.19)

An old sketch of Black Rage, done in my living room. Strange, the course of things. Peace for MO.

- MLH

Lyrics: http://mslaurynhill.com/post/95329923112/black-rage-sketch

Black Rage (sketch)

Buy on heavyweight 180g vinyl or CD: https://www.bbemusic.com/downloads/kev-beadle-presents-the-best-of-inner-city-records/
Digital formats: BBEmusic.lnk.to/KevBeadleInnerCity
Created by industry legend, MMO Music Group founder and true godfather of karaoke (but that’s another story) Irv Kratka alongside producer Eric Kriss, Inner City Records was formed in 1976. During its decade or so in existence, the label put together a formidable catalogue of jazz music and was voted Record Label Of The Year in 1979 by the International Jazz Critics Poll. As well as ‘classic jazz’, the label also gave a platform to more avant-garde material and dabbled in the emerging ‘jazz fusion’ sounds of the day.
Fondly remembered by jazz lovers everywhere, the label boasts a particularly fervent fan-base in London, where many of its releases found favour in the underground dance clubs of Soho and Convent Garden. Fittingly enough, London DJ and tastemaker Kev Beadle is the man chosen to put together this very special compilation of Inner City’s finest moments. Having previously curated projects for labels such as Blue Note and Cadet, Kev has dug deep in the crates to emerge with this gem of an album.
From the soaring vocals of the jazz-fusion classic ‘The Other World’ by Judy Roberts to the irrepressible dance-floor fire of Eddie Jefferson’s ‘Jeannine’, ‘The Best Of Inner City Records’ serves as a wonderful and eclectic introduction to a label which is rightly remembered with a level of affection which borders on reverence.

Kev Beadle presents The Best of Inner City Records

Kev Beadle presents The Best of Inner City Records (Album Sampler)

Love Is Blind (Prod. Richie Souf)

SOLANGE: RISE  NEZ AND RIO REMIX

dj conjure ^ 💜  (https://soundcloud.com/heartthedj) gifted me with a cassette digitizer (!!) and helped me find old cassette mixes in my garage. omg. let the excavations of the lost ffloodtapes begin!!

this mix is from about 1999 and it's called "audio brain massage." it's deeply psychedelic, with lots of dubby ambient fx mixed live. smoke em if you got em. the Billie Holiday mixed with chill beats (DJ Spooky mebbe?) and Ravi Shankar is probably my fave part. also expect to hear The Black Dog, FSOL, King Tubby, Aphex Twin, and The Orb. I was only able to retrieve one side of the tape, so let the journey continue elsewhere in your mind..... enjoy. 

-lovefflood

audio brain massage

lost ffloodtapes #1 : : : audio brain massage (circa 1999)

THE SPIN presents #reImaginingRESISTANCE in the era of US No. 45
What must RESISTANCE look like in this era of fascism,? 
Black women scholars, activists, artists, journalists in US & Ghana speak
WOMEN's VOICES on TRUMPeting UNTRUTHS - Protest, People, Power
VETTING NATIONS US & GHANA - And the vetting process begins.....
Host. Esther Armah Guests: Dr Treva B Lindsey & Kathleen Addy

reImaginingRESISTANCE T Lindsey K Addy Feb 2 2017

For the brujas & sorcerers,
water protectors, stewards of sanctuary & sea

seen & unseen, in stillness & in movement
honoring ancestral brilliance & seeding new worlds

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each rib each palm stronger than cages still chanting
each breath you stole for rest each whisper campaign still chanting
each poem speaks later each truthsong before Night Comes still chanting
each window sky each freedom found in village arms still chanting
each knowing eye each kind gesture still chanting
each movement til empire fall each rest in love still chanting
gathering this rebel heartdrum still chanting
all this music poetry still chanting**

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A sonic cento mixed in call & response with #nobannowall #sanctuary4all & 3/8 #womenworkersrising: www.womenworkersrising.org

May this offering shake and feed us in loving, ungovernable transformation -

A Tribe Called Red - Eanan feat. Maxida Marak
Georgia Anne Muldrow - Remember
Vert - Part One:: : : : Sweet Honey in the Rock - Would You Harbor Me : : : :::De La Soul - Genesis feat. Jill Scott
Maramza - Inkwenkwezi feat. Moonchild
Princess Nokia - Brujas
Ibeyi - River (Oshun Dub)::: : : : Esther Armah - #reImaginingRESISTANCE podcast feat. Dr. Treva Lindsey and Kathleen Addy
Shadia Mansour - Kollon 3endon Dababaat كلن عندن دبابات feat. DAM
Beyoncé - Sorry
A Tribe Called Quest - We the People....
Maramza - Poison feat. Moonchild
Hiatus Kaiyote - By Fire (Vikter Duplaix Remix)
José James - Warrior
A Tribe Called Red - R.E.D. feat. Yasiin Bey, Narcy & Black Bear
De La Soul - Royalty Capes
A Tribe Called Quest - Solid Wall of Sound
Solange - Mad feat. Lil Wayne
A Tribe Called Red - The Virus feat. Saul Williams & Chippewa Travellers
Ibeyi - Ghosts
KING - Love Song
Prince - Moonbeam Levels
Jamila Woods - Way Up
Mark de Clive-Lowe - The Processional::: : : : Esther Armah - #reImaginingRESISTANCE podcast feat. Tamika Mallory and Angela Davis
Björk - Atom Dance
FlyLo - The Protest::: : : : chant from Esther Armah - #reImaginingRESISTANCE podcast
Prince - God
Valerie June - Astral Plane

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*Graphic by Jordan Alam & Jess X Snow, courtesy Justseeds 
**Excerpted from quiet of chorus, forthcoming with UpSet Press: vanessahuang.com/books

harbor/we*

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