Office by Alex Penny
My mindset is just like my blunts: well rounded.
- a MUSE not AMUSING(EDITOR) K.4.L.
YA’LL READY TO TAKE HIP HOP BACK?
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) — Marvin Gaye, 1971
“In 1969 or 1970, I began to re-evaluate my whole concept of what I wanted my music to say…I was very much affected by letters my brother was sending me from Vietnam, as well as the social situation here at home. I realized that I had to put my own fantasies behind me if I wanted to write songs that would reach the souls of people. I wanted them to take a look at what was happening in the world.”
— Marvin Gaye
I cannot believe that Motown head Berry Gordy didn’t want to release this album.
I mean, this song alone is a gem. The piano riff, the lyrics, and that coda - recalling the main theme from “What’s Going On”. Masterful……and we almost missed out on it because it wasn’t the “Motown sound”.
(via black-culture)
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Dr. Cornel West on Hip Hop (via miss-n-a-independent)(Source: sucolorfavorito, via miss-n-a-independent)
How to love a woman.
“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She’s not perfect - you aren’t either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break - her heart. So don’t hurt her, don’t change her, don’t analyze and don’t expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she’s not there. -Bob Marley
(via miss-n-a-independent)
My favorite car is a 1971 El Camino. All black with a dark green stripe. Bench seats. Original E78 tires. I want to cop one in good condition and customize it from the ground up. And I don’t mind being as patient as possible because I’m going to make this happen one way or another.
+10 points for Subway
The world showing some improvement
(via orangeconquersall)
Many melting pot citizens are singed by heartless tin and stuck to the outer rim. Unlike Berlin, the barrier comes from within, but not from chromatin or from melanin, it’s from not leaving unmelded kins. I hold her heart in my sun melted limbs, and embrace the burnt brim until I’m welded in.
- Jake Bourey (aka Hip-Hop Fights Back)
