Monday, October 25, 2010

BGC: Music


One of my fav singers,Muhsinah, doing a Kings of Leon cover. BGC at it's finest. She's a singer/ songwriter/ producer/ dope individual :) Check it!

Use Somebody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y2M0Cyy-vU&p=7A4154ADB8F5B15B&playnext=1&index=10

And this is an interview and performance of her
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y4idd_6764

This is a new chick I just discovered from the UK, Szjerdene. She sounds pretty good on this live song below. Not sure what I think yet, but she's worth a watch.
http://soulukblog.com/2010/10/14/video-pinboardblog-com-presents-rehearsal-rooms-with-szjerdene-lead-the-way/

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Black Girls what do we think??


Hmm..to this article.It's about what the writer coins as the "Black Box" the "box" black people, specifically black women find themselves being placed in, climbing out of, or half way entrenched.

While I think the article jumped all over, I was heartened by this sentence at the end, "Thankfully, women like Zora Neale Hurston, Audre Lorde, Ntozake Shange, and a myriad of others, have given us examples of Black girls who’ve broken out and have claimed their freedom.Instead of giving our quirky sistas the side-eye, we should celebrate their fierceness and jack a little bit of their fresh. By being themselves and pushing the boundaries of what it means to be Black, they help us all get just a little bit more free."

I have discussed this issue extensively on my blog, in my life, with my work, as I am probably a Black girl outside of the box :), but I am still very proud of being a Black woman,and everything I am is intersected, I cant separate one from the other and I don't just because I'm "quirky."

As this is the first post I have done in a while, I wanted to open it up to my peeps to weigh in. So, what do you think?


http://clutchmagonline.com/lifeculture/feature/the-black-box/