Sample: "Oh Pritchett, Oh Kelly" 

Bertha Grober and Jannie Lee Culbreth created the song "Oh Pritchett, Oh Kelly" while in jail in Albany, GA. Grober had sung the solo of "Rockin Jerusalem" as a member of her high school choir, from which the arrangement of "Oh Pritchett, Oh Kelly" derives. The verses refer to Albany's Chief of Police Laurie Pritchett and Maya Asa Kelly, the jailers they sang this to while locked up for fighting for their rights. 

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Ever stepped into a room where the music didn’t just play, it moved through the room… and through everybody?  If you’ve seen Sinners by Ryan Coogler, you’ll remember that juke joint scene where everything flowed in perfect synergy. The music bent across eras and genres. Sound, spirit, community, and liberation all came together. That kind of collective freedom lives in this track.  This piece, "Unhainted," is about ancestral memory, spiritual defense, and release through sound. It is Part II of my track "Haint," from my first instrumental beat tape 12323 After seeing how Sinners depicted haints, I felt called to revisit and evolve the vision I began with "Haint."  In Gullah Geechee tradition, haints are restless spirits, but they can also be people. The kind who carry a certain kind of disturbance. Not always seen, but always felt. Confusing the atmosphere, draining the energy. "Unhainted" carries the concept of my original track “Haint” forward into cleansing and clarity. It’s rooted in the tradition of keeping our spirits clean and our spaces clear from haints, bad energy, and anything that moves against our alignment.  Released on 052525. A numeric palindrome. A mirror. A signal. That date speaks its own protection. And if you noticed, it echoes the rhythm of my first tape, 12323. Frequencies and patterns matter.  Thanks for the read. Be sure to like this track for the culture, follow me here for more, and hit the links in my profile to explore more sounds like this one. Now press play, run it back, feel the protection pulse through the beat pattern, and stay unhainted.

Unhainted

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