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Saturday, August 29, 2020

Miles by Blu & Exile

 


Miles by Blu & Exile

"We planted the seeds of creativity and grew about 40 plants...We picked the ones that we thought were the best for an album, but that didn't mean that the other flowers weren't beautiful." 

Released July 17, 2020. Double album, Miles, check it!

Penn State Critical Convo Webinars

 Penn State to Host Critical Conversation Webinars
Post: click here

The Social Justice Collaborative at Berks works to further the principled exploration and engagement of critical social issues through programming, curricula, and college involvement.  With an honest, evidence-driven understanding of history, oppression, and structural inequality, The Collaborative champions the ideals of equality and justice.  Above all, we commit to a future in which all members of our college community and society have been empowered to reach their full potential.

Monday, June 1, 2020

Today's Future Sound


Today's Future Sound

Check for this program right here Today's Future Sound! What they do: Through hands-on beat making and music production instruction, their program creates an outlet for creativity, personal expression, and critical thinking in a variety of settings: (1) elementary/middle/high; (2) juvenile centers; (3) mental health facilities; (4) veteran's groups. 

You can check in with the director Dr. Elliot Gann, clinical psychologist and Hip Hop educator, on the Bishop Podcast with the Bishop of Hip Hop Adisa Banjoko. The program can be heard on Spotify at the following link: click here

Below are some details on the program's impact. Social media presence everywhere including Twitter, follow @TSF_beats and @philthydrummond! Peace to Adisa & Elliot!

More info todaysfuturesound.org \/\/


Thursday, April 9, 2020

It's Like Dis + The Beat Tape #JDISSERTATING




Afternoon Marauders
The Beat Tape

((Listen)) to it click here

Dedicated to my Brother Gravity...

It's Like Dis

Hey yo Jus, it's time
Word, word, it's time, man

There's no final hour for this
When those you learn from leave traces to find your way
Into not just your life's work, but the work of many lives
Your journey found way into the welcome of homes of many brave men and women that weathered this nation's loud storms
You once told me we're in the business of thinking
And I thought about this and always imagined the great things you would do while remembering the moments you invited us to take part in to think too

Your work has always been a shared space
A ground of acknowledgments for those that stood taller than we ever could amidst challenges learners have yet to give the kind of thought and time for
When we wrap a talk up our sense of honoring friendship and who and what we talk about is crystallized and though our sense of humor has never wavered I know how sincere you are and how much you've grappled with internally to maintain not just a sense of honor, sense of humor, but also a sense of balancing friendship with education, scholarship with brotherhood, being a son with now being a father...all these things are a part of our lives too.

To understand today's milestone we gotta revisit all the places and spaces
Stories and circumstances that lead to us gathering through broadband access in a world that's ill, we celebrate amidst a tragic feed of what's going on in today's complicated stream of unconscious leadership, confusion and noise

To say I'm proud of you ain't it...it's bigger than that

I'm proud to be a part of what you do and have come to realize that friendships can be timeless too...can endure and play different roles depending on the situation that presents itself when we wake up to a new day, different beats

For all you've worked for, much love.

Check.

Lee aka B.Chess

Sunday, April 5, 2020

Malcolm X & the Sudanese Documentary




Malcolm X & the Sudanese Documentary click here

Thankful for documentaries such as this one that place the focus on individuals such as Ahmed Osman who truly impacted Malcolm's progress forward and his plans prior to being taken from us. These are the stories that push us to learn more and that push us to preserve Malcolm's legacy and initiate study and understanding into his ideas for a better tomorrow. Respect to Hisham Aidi and the filmmakers of this wonderful documentary. Below are some other resources connected to this documentary.

Malcolm X Visit to Dartmouth Campus: click here
Important resource to study for one of Malcolm's final public speeches.

archive.org: One of my personal favorite resources. One I don't often tap into enough. I look forward to digging through this digital resource for anything and everything related to Malcolm X. Check in with the Internet Archive!

Hisham Aidi - Show some love to one of the individuals involved with this documentary @HishamAidi. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Sunday, March 8, 2020

Dr. A.D. & Prof. De Senso

From Lawyers to Language Practices
Two Hip Hop Professors & the Living Legacy
of 2 Live Crew by Sarah Hartman-Caverly
of Thun Library


Article: click here