SoulTrackin’ for 2007-09-28
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(tags: Jena 6 Six soul jazz civil rights justice injustice Jena6 JenaSix TPTD netinfoweb playlist Rhythms In Black Satin RIBS)
SoulTrackin’ – Hmmmm, Maybe There Is Some Hope After All…
Press release from BlackNews.com…
WE LUV BLACK WOMEN
Hip Hop Artist Pioneers New Campaign for Black Women
Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) – With rap music being at the center of discussions about misogyny and male attitudes toward women, a Hip-Hop song entitled We Luv Black Women will be released on October 2nd, to promote the opposite message.
Hip-Hop artist, activist and author, Tehuti, has decided to launch a campaign, countering the negative stereotypes and imagery oftentimes perpetuated in the media and in Hip Hop about Black women. The result is an ear-catching song entitled, We Luv Black Women, a website (weluvblackwomen.com) and two children’s books, all to be released on October 2nd. Tehuti has a Masters in Human Services and his thesis centered around Hip Hop Culture as a teaching tool and intervention strategy, so he felt compelled to take action.
“During the Don Imus situation, Black men should have stepped up to support our women versus so many leaders just stepping on their own children by once again blaming Hip Hop. At the same time, in the culture of Hip Hop, we should have responded with songs that show more than the stereotypical portrayals of Black women that we are constantly inundated with daily. I couldn’t just stand by and do nothing. I had to act,” says Tehuti.
And, taking action is something that Tehuti does very well. During the 1990’s, Tehuti conducted Hip Hop Culture workshops at D.C. Public Schools and has also worked with youth in Child & Family Services and Juvenile Justice systems. “I once worked at a school that did not have a library, so I pulled together a bunch of my own books and started a makeshift school library.” Tehuti is also no stranger to the music industry, handling the management, bookings, and promotions for established artists.
On October 2, Tehuti will also release the weluvblackwomen.com website and two of his children’s books. The website includes historic facts about the great accomplishments of women of African descent worldwide. The children’s books are entitled Pretty Little Girl and Black People Read Well. Pretty Little Girl was written to encourage young Black girls to believe that they are beautiful. Black People Read Well was written to promote reading and writing to elementary school children, and to also help parents instill reading and writing skills in their children.
Tehuti will be one of the featured authors at the National Association of Black Female Executives in Music and Entertainment (NABFEME) Literary Lounge in Charlotte, North Carolina, October 3-7. “Those who protest Hip Hop as a culture and rap music as an influence on multi-media outlets should equally be the loudest supporters of what I am doing.” Tehuti asserts, “beyond criticizing lyrics, consumers need to support positive messages and artists must not be afraid to step up to the plate and be innovative. And, to quote the words of the song, ‘So if you got a lady or momma or sister or daughter, I know you love that. We Luv Black Women!’”
For more information on We Luv Black Women, Pretty Little Girl, and Black People Read Well or to arrange an interview with Tehuti, please contact Aaliyah Rashad at 909-350-9500 or email arashad@soulsticemarketing.com.
SoulTrackin’ – Vanessa: Uplugged! – Jena 6: The Real Deal…
Gotta continue to give props to Vanessa over at Vanessa: Unplugged! Another “must read” post by her where she directs us to the work of the Chicago Tribune’s Howard Witt who has been covering this story with great accuracy:
Vanessa: Unplugged! – Racism and the Jena 6: The Real Deal
SoulTrackin’ – Labelle Reunion Album?
Ooooooooh, I can’t wait for this to drop if it’s true!
Labelle: Reunited and It feels So Good
SoulTrackin’ – Vanessa: Uplugged! – Mychal Bell & Nilah Franklin
A couple of “must reads” over on Vanessa: Unplugged!…
SoulTrackin’ – New Site: BlackWOMENBlog.com…
Just got this press release from BlackPR.com (The African-American Newswire Service):
Austin, TX (BlackNews.com) – Today a new website called www.BlackWOMENBlog.com launched. This blog site is the first to connect Black Women from around the world for the purpose of sharing ideas and supporting one another.
“We want every Black Woman to become a blogger on BlackWOMENBlog.com. It’s easy to register and it is free. And, we want everyone — male or female — to check into BlackWOMENBlog.com everyday to read the latest thoughts of Black Women from around the world,” said JT Smart, BlackWOMENBlog.com’s blog relationship manager.
Studies indicate that more than 84% of Black Women in America are online. This number has been increasing dramatically over the past four years.
Website Publisher Susan Benjamin added, “Black women are so far flung nowadays that it can be difficult to reach out and spend time just chatting with another Black woman about everyday passions, such as men, our hair, issues our kids may be having at school, the latest fashions, politics, love, the weather, the local supermarket, dating, marriage, sex, parenting, pregnancy, art, poetry, recipes, religion, news, cooking, or anything else. Black Women can now get perspective from someone who’s walked in their shoes. BlackWOMENBlog.com allows millions of Black Women all over the world to express their thoughts to other Black Women. I’m very excited about the sisterhood that will develop!”
BlackWOMENBlog.com is free to join and blog. Current bloggers on BlackWOMENBlog.com include Black moms, wives, businesswomen, stay at home moms, single women, entrepreneurs, teachers, and athletes.
About BlackWOMENBlog.com
BlackWOMENBlog.com is headquartered in Austin, Texas. BlackWOMENBlog.com’s mission is to make it easy for Black WOMEN to speak their mind, share their passions, and motivate a movement! BlackWOMENBlog.com is affiliated with Family Digest® Magazine — Black America’s number one family and relationship publication, www.FamilyDigest.com, www.WeHaveSoul.com — a dating website for Black singles, www.FamilyDigestShow.com, www.BlackMENBlog.com, www.StrongBlackFamily.com, and www.UniversityOfPersonalSuccess.com
Jena 6: FBI Probes Anti-Jena 6 Web Page…
Just in case anybody is *still* wondering “why?“, here’s a very good answer to that question:
FBI Probes Anti-Jena 6 Web Page (full article here)
The FBI is reviewing a white supremacist Web site that purports to list the addresses of five of the six black teenagers accused of beating a white student in Jena and “essentially called for their lynching”, an agency spokeswoman said Saturday
Missing: Nailah Franklin…
Help find Nailah Franklin. More info here on Vanessa’s blog.
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SoulTrackin’ for 2007-09-20…
Filed under: BlackHistory, JamesBrown, Jazz, Music, Playlists, Podcasts, RIBS, Soul/R&B, SoulTrackin'
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(tags: Jena 6 Six Jasiri X soul rap jazz civil rights justice injustice Jena6 JenaSix JasiriX TPTD netinfoweb playlist Rhythms In Black Satin RIBS)
Jena 6: Free The Jena 6 Lyrics…
Check out this great song by Jasiri X that he recorded in support of the Jena 6. Lyrics and a link to Jasiri’s MySpace site (where you can hear the cut) are over on RIBS.
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The Background Flow – Episode 5
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Hot beats from SuGirl, Rashid Hadee, Kev Brown, Blinky Blinx, Herbalizer, SoulPersona, and a bunch of others…
Jena 6: Wear Black On September 20th…
Taking time out from the music for a “public service announcement”…
Normally I don’t use this blog as a forum for non-music related items, but the atrocity of the events currently going on in Jena (pronounced “gee-na”), Louisiana are hard to ignore. While I can’t do much, this site allows me to have a voice (as small as it may be) and express my outrage at the social (racial?) injustice that we are witnessing.
Anyway, I said all that to say this: there is a call for all people everywhere (doesn’t matter if you are black, white, red, yellow or brown) to show their support for the Jena 6 by wearing all black as a show of solidarity on September 20, 2007. If you are reading this, please pass the word along.
Here are some links for more information:
- Michael Baisden Supports the Jena 6
- Groundswell of Support for the Jena 6
- National Days of Protest To Free the Jena Six
- Jena Six (a summary found on Wikipedia)
- Jena 6 Online Petition
As we attempt to deal with and correct this latest assault on our civil rights, I leave you with some of the words of the great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:
“On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it politic?’ And Vanity comes along and asks the question, ‘Is it popular?’ But Conscience asks the question ‘Is it right?’ And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right.” –Address at SCLC Ministers Leadership Training Program
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” –Letter from a Birmingham Jail
“When evil men plot, good men must plan; when evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind; when evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love; where evil men will seek to perpetuate an unjust status quo, good men must seek to bring into being a real order of justice.”
And the one quote above all others that I think about most often when I hear about the Jena 6:
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” –Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Remember, show your support/solidarity. Wear all black on September 20th.
RIBS: Jazz, Poetry, & Social Commentary…
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…all from the mind of Gil Scott-Heron!
Take a trip over to RIBS and check out our latest buffet table of musical morsels we’ve prepared for you this week. Chef Gil Scott-Heron did the honors and he laid out not 1, not 2, but 3 different tables of jazz, poetry and social commentary for you to choose from.
Remember: Triple Play Thurs-Day, a triple treat every Thursday of the week!
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SoulTrackin’ – More Sad News: Bobby Byrd R.I.P.
Just got the news today that Bobby Byrd, friend and longtime collaborator with the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, passed away yesterday at the age of 73 after a long fight with cancer.
SoulTrackin’ – Sad News: Joe Zawinul R.I.P.
Caught this over on SOULcrates yesterday. Jazz legend, Joe Zawinul, one of the “founding fathers” of jazz fusion and founder of the extraordinary jazz group Weather Report, died early Tuesday morning at the age of 75.
More on JZ at Howard Mandel’s Jazz Beyond Jazz:
RIBS: Bass, Flute and Trumpet…
…as in Stanley Clarke, Bobbi Humphrey & Freddie Hubbard!
Whew! What a FUNK-ing weekend we had over the Labor Day holiday. AAMOF, we funked it up so hard on the Mothership, I think I broke my sunglasses! {smile}
Anyway, as much as I thought about taking this Thursday off, I just couldn’t do it. So… we have our regular TPTD this week, our 6th mix in the last eight days. Winding down a bit and taking a 70s era jazz trip with Stanley, Bobbi and Freddie.
Enjoy!
RIBS: All Funked Up, All Funked Out…
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Whew! I need y’all to do me a favor. If I ever mention doing 5 mixes in 5 days again, please talk me out of it! {smile}
Seriously though, I hope you had a chance to stop by RIBS this weekend and check out the P-Funk Extravaganza mixes. Despite all of the work required to produce this many mixes in such a short period of time, I really had a blast going through the entire Parliament-Funkadelic family music catalog and pulling this all together.
Just In case you missed it (or some part of it), here are all five links to the mixes in one convenient spot:
- Make My Funk The P-Funk!, part 1; mostly Parliament
- Make My Funk The P-Funk!, part 2; mostly Funkadelic
- Make My Funk The P-Funk!, part 3; Parlet, Brides Of Funkenstein, Sweat Band, Horny Horns
- Make My Funk The P-Funk!, part 4; Ahhh… The Name Is “Bootsy”, Baby!
- Make My Funk The P-Funk!, part 5; George “Dr. Funkenstein” Clinton
Also, I discovered two excellent resources that stand out above all of the rest for information about the P-Funk empire:
- The Motherpage – Makin’ Your Funk The P-Funk
- PBS’ Independent Lens: Parliament-Funkadelic – One Nation Under A Groove
OK (puttin’ my sunglasses back on)… time to jump back on the Mothership and get the Funk outa here!
RIBS: Ahhh… The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!
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William “Bootsy” Collins. Perhaps the most well known P-Funkster next to George Clinton.
Part 4 of our 5-day, 5-mix, P-Funk Extravaganza focusing on “Bootzilla” himself (and the rest of his many alter-egos {smile}) has now been posted.
Enjoy!
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All That Jazz: In Celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month
I don’t talk about my love for jazz enough on this blog so I figure jazz appreciation month is the perfect time to do so. I have to admit that my knowledge is lacking. Mama Vivrant Thang was never really into jazz so it wasn’t played much around the house. She did love Kenny G though and [...]
The “Boys” Are Back In Town…
Remember the Four Brothers Beats blog? Well, the boys are back! BUT... not quite in the way you may have been expecting. It's, how shall we say, "the same, but different!"
Vendors, Authors and Artists– Sell Your Items in This Year’s Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest
Last year's Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest was a musical celebration while vendors sold their products to eager to buyers. Book authors, including Felicia Pride-- writer of The Message and activist author Devin Walker were among some of the top authors who sold their books. The 2009 Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest will be held this year on Sat., July 25 in Marvin Gaye Park in Washington DC. While the musical acts are still being selected, vendors are able to reserve their tables now to receive our Early Bird Discount. For more info, email us at CapitalHipHopSoulFest@gmail.com
Fusion: Where Music, Technology, and Artist Creativity Intersect
Hello readers and listeners. I trust all is well today. This post is a follow-up to the previous post about the subject of an upcoming podcast I hope to resurrect entitled Fusion. The concept of this podcast came to me via an off the cuff discussion I had a few years ago with a fellow podcaster/recording artist/graphic designer. Both of us, being musicians in our own right, began discussing our backgrounds and influences in making music, which invariably talking about how technology (past and present) played a role taking the music from inner to outer. I began to see the different paths ...
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