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Def Poetry: Jill Scott
Season 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Xu0LW7ilo

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Originally posted by DivineJoy:
Def Poetry: Jill Scott
Season 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Xu0LW7ilo

Young sage of

feminine...

class...

and sass...


yes..

Amy winehouse


"rehab" live

"rehab" music video

"you know I'm no good"

I just want to say thank you Khalliqa and msprettygirl for contributing to the Video Clips thread. I thought I was going to be the only one for a while.

Anyway, I had to share this one. Prince performing with Sheila E at the ALMA Awards this past week.

YouTube-Prince at the ALMAs

June is Black Music Month...

MBM, feel free to choose one, two or all three to post on the AA.org. screen.
Here's some '80s classics...

YouTube-Prince little red corvette


Or, how about...

YouTube-Al B. Sure!-Nite And Day (Video)

And my freshman year crush, Pebbles (mrrrow).

YouTube-Pebbles-Girlfriend (Radio Edit)

Susan L. Taylor... speaking on pain, black boys, child rearing, the breakdown of familial cohesiveness, education etc... Its a just a brief synopsis... so its not deep... just snippets of her thoughts..

I've got to meet this woman one day!


Susan Taylor

u welcome huey anytime

How about some comedy?

YouTube-Noah-RIGHT! (Bill Cosby)

Tavis Smiley interviewing Bill Maher YouTube-Bill Maher on Tavis Smiley

Cedric the Entertainer
YouTube-Cedric The Entertainer-Politics(stand-up comedy)

Crazy Redux

Word.

Here's one for Khalliqa:

Gangstarr-Words I Manifest

I like the beginning where Guru starts rhyming, dressed like Malcolm X.

And my favorite Black Sheep track:

YouTube-Black Sheep-Flavor Of The Month

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I USED TO BE IN LOVE WITH GURU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Take me back why don't you! Okay for real... How COULD I FORGET GANGSTARR???????



"I heard you got the fever for the flava!, Somebody said you had it going on" rofl.. My goodness! unh... unh.. D-R-E-S

Okay forget black sheep for a minute... let's deal with my fantasized hubby GURU

Jazz Thing

* original version appeared on the "Mo' Better Blues" soundtrack

"I would like to play a.. little tune I just composed not so long ago"
"Ms. Billie Ms. Billie Ms. Billie Holiday"
*HORNS*
*drum roll* *piano keys played*
*HORNS*
"Byrd..?" *trumpet solo* *group horns*
"The music called jazz.." > Guru
*HORNS*

[Guru]
It's roots are in the sounds of the African
or should I say the mother.. bringin us back again
From the drummin on the Congo, we came with a strong flow
and continue to grow
Feet move, to the beat of the t'balo
Now dig the story and follow
For then it landed, on American soil
Through the sweat, the blood, and the toil
Hear, "Praise the Lord," shouted on chain gangs
Pain they felt, but it helped them to maintain
Scott Joplin's rags, Bessie Smith's blues
St. Louis blues, they were all the news
Ringin smooth.. in all the listeners ears
Fulfillin the needs, and plantin the seeds
of a jazz thing

King Oliver's group was a train comin through
to Chicago, bringin the New Orleans groove
And when Satchmo blew, the audience knew
Basil Street blues was the whole house tune
it was music.. great to dance to
Great to romance to with a lot to say to you
Relaying a message, revealing the essence
of a jazz thing

* DJ Premier cuts "jazz music" *

In the 40's came be-bop, the first be-bop
The real be-bop, so let me talk about
Diz' and Byrd, givin the word
Defining how a beat could be so complete
Playing with ferocity, thinkin with velocity
About ornathology, or anthropology
and even ?, and this is real history
Theolonious Monk, a melodious thunk
No mistakes were made with the notes he played
His conception, was ?re condite?
A star glowing bright among dim lights
The critics did cite that he sounded alright
Charlie Mingus, such nimble fingers
Droppin the bass, all over the place
and Max Roach, cymbals socking
Bass drum talking, snare drum rocking
Restructuring.. the metaphysics
of a jazz thing

John Coltrane, a man supreme
He was the cream.. he was the wise one
The impression of Afro Blue
and of the promise, that was not kept
He was a GIANT step, and there was Ornette Coleman
He was another soul man
The original invisible, playing great music
I wonder why the ?Bangles? couldn't use it
Now listen see
The real mystery is how music history
created by white men or any other white man
that pretended he originated "uh-huh.."
and contended that he innovated "uh-huh.."
a jazz thing
("Of course we know who can really blow")
Scheamin on the meaning
of a jazz thing

And this music ain't dead, so don't be misled
by those who said that jazz was on it's deathbed
Cause when Betty Carter sings a song
ain't nuttin goin on, but simply good music
And you won't refuse it
She's takin her time, makin the nuances rhyme
Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone
with a big old tone, recitin poems
with notes as words, and haven't you heard
NEXT STOP BUTTER, RIGHT PAST OLEO
Now there's young cats blowin
And more and more people, yes they will be knowin
Jazz ain't the past, this music's gonna last
and as the facts unfold, remember who foretold
The 90's, will be the decade of
a jazz thing "I love jazz music" (3X)

* Primo scratches "I love jazz music" *

A jazz thing..

*yep I'm up at 1:30 in the AM jamming in my dining room to this!*

Gang Starr: Take It Personal * Don't worry Guru honey... I wouldn't cheat on you!*

Take It Personal

"I was raised like a Muslim, praying to the East"

"Can we be the sole controllers of our fate? now Who's gonna take the weight?"

"That's why I'm down with the Nation"

"this is the meaning of the chain and the star"


GOD I LURVES THIS MAN!!!!!

Who's Gonna Take The Weight

Okay Guru is as "thug" as I have ever gotten

I'll continue on the old school vibe:

Leaders of a new school-just another case of that P.T.A

Now this one was the shi* back in the day:
Scenario-A Tribe Called Quest featuring Leaders of the New School

And this: (you can't tell me you wasn't on this back in the day)
Bonita Applebum-A Tribe Called Quest

LONS the beginning of Busta Rhymes career! lol

Yes Bonita Applebaum... good lord I was a freshman in college when they played that TO DEATH!!!! but... yes, Ms. Pretty... I remember..

Bonita.. Bonita... Bonita...

rofl...

How about a little Pharcyde:

Otha fish-The Pharcyde

Passing me by

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Originally posted by msprettygirl:
How about a little Pharcyde:

Otha fish-The Pharcyde

Passing me by

Passin Me By! I remember this! Good Lord! Okay you're making me actually cry... the music is making me remember people from my past... someone used to play this song for me....

good lord... I don't need those kinda memories...


Okay I'm all excited and sad now!

Let's add more old school, shall we?

YouTube-Heavy D & The Boyz-Somebody For Me

YouTube-LL Cool J-Mamma Said Knock You Out

YouTube-PUBLIC ENEMY-FIGHT THE POWER

YouTube-Stetsasonic-Talkin' All That Jazz

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