Official Soundcloud Profile of Missy Elliott! 

Watch all Missy's iconic music videos here: https://missyelliott.lnk.to/YouTube

The Legendary Detroit Quartet you know you can't F**K with

Welcome to New Wakanda, AKA, Atlanta, GA.   

This Black Creative podcast is born from an inclusive community of creators and collaborators that resist and excel through art and the Creative Journey.    

Hosted by Dedren Snead and TaLynn Kel.

We share encompassing views of Blerdom in Speculative Fictional, Writing, Comics, Cosplay, Culture, and Popular Entertainment are the intersections of our fandoms, harnessed through a diverse perspective from the African Diaspora.

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We are proud and honored to be the official ambassadors of Jamla Records.  The incredibly talented men and women are working tirelessly behind the scenes to provide you, the party people of the world, with an amazing soundtrack to your lives.  Stay tuned as we share some of our favorite songs, as well as new music, from the artists of Jamla Records.

Avalon Frost realized from childhood her ability to be creative, but the road to chart success and international dance floors never included seriously considering music as a career. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Portishead, Tricky, Grace Jones, David Bowie and Massive Attack, the Atlanta native followed up graduation from film school with several years behind the scenes on music videos for the city’s booming rap scene, feature films, and industrials. Avalon also freelanced writing lyrics for local commercial jingles and singing backup for unsigned artists. Looking for fulfillment and thinking about “a real career", she moved to Washington, DC to attend grad school.

The local market for event singers and DC's bustling electronic dance music scene provided an outlet for her voice and songwriting. Then opportunity knocked with something more: Answering an ad for a single-shot drum’n bass track, Frost met producer ESP of the Liquid Gurus. A year later, while the trio shopped a Liquid Gurus demo, Avalon’s unique vocal presence caught the attention of Bedrock recording artist Holmes Ives (aka Memnon/Oko Tek/Ova).

Released by Yoshitoshi in February 2005, the pair’s 2x12 inch single, “8 Letters”, quickly burned its way onto international DJ charts to become one of the label’s best-selling track of all time. Featuring exclusive remixes by Mark Knight and Martijn Ten Velden, Tommyboy, and Richard Earnshaw, and bolstered by spins on some of the world’s hottest dance floors. "8 Letters" would go on to be featured on dozens of compilations including Roger Sachez's Release Yourself, Vol. 4, Ultra Record’s Bar Grooves: Manhattan, Hed Kandi’s World Series Live: Paris and Peter Rauhofer’s I Love New York. In 2007, the anthem was re-released with new remixes by the Starkillers, Kamisshake, Cedric Gervais and Ori Morag & Dan Snazelle. Veteran producer/DJ, Victor Calderone, also used the track for a mashup with Celeda’s “Let the Music Lift You Up.”

Following the success of “8 Letters,” Avalon has been featured on tracks by Delphi,“Break My Fall” and “Take It Back”, as well as the club anthem “Let It Burn” from German-born house impresario, Vincent Thomas. Leveraging official remixes by Jean Claude Ades and Paul Harris of Dirty Vegas, “Let It Burn” received strong critical acclaim and record radio and club play. 

Avalon’s most recent release is “Get Somethin’” with Cuban-American dj/producer, Luminakus.

 Daniel Flores is a Mexican-American (Chicano) Illustrator whose talents include graphic design, drawing, painting and tattoos.

DTM arrived at the Atlanta Art Scene in 1994 and quickly established himself as a talented artist. He is best known in the Atlanta area for being co-owner of Vantage Pointe Tattoo Studio (1997-2005) and the group shows he has participated in including: Art, Beats + Lyrics at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

Tattoos are still very much a part of his artistic range thru Tattoo Partys and DTM is also the curator of the successful Mano A Mano Art Shows plus many of his drawings and designs can be found on skateboards and clothing apparel at Visual Art Werk.

Daniel can be found all over the web for his art shows, custom skateboard designs and graphic design by his artist name: DTM -creativegenius

For nearly 76 Trillion years this channel has given faithful service to the Young in Heart; and Time has been powerless to put its kindly philosophy out of fashion. To those of you who have been faithful to it in return ... and to the Young in Heart ... we dedicate this channel.   Best Regards and Well Wishes,  Yours Truly. ?

Electro-hip-hop/trap musician with Big Band influences, based in Baltimore City. Ever since I was a kid, I have always been interested in so many different types of musical genres: from Bollywood to Classic Rock to Orchestral to 90's Hip Hop. I try to bring those elements to my music the same way an Italian cook might experiment with a little masala spice from time to time.  I hope you enjoy my music, and don't be afraid to add it to your playlist so that I can spread the tunes!

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