Tag Archives: Erykah Badu

“Not a Preacher or a Teacher or an Electrician, a Biter or a Fighter or a Politician”

Yesterday’s post was my attempt to start the first official week of Summer 2008 here in the Northern Hemisphere of planet Earth off with a bang. I mistakenly thought I’d be able to keep things bangin’ with more warm-weather party-time music, but a gray & gloomy rain-drenched Monday put a (literal) damper on all […]

Easy Does It, Do It Easy, That’s How I’m Doin’

Hump-day or not, Wednesday isn’t gonna get in the way of my attempts at keeping my mood relaxed and easy-going this week. For me it’s just another opportunity to ease some smooth sounds into your ear with the same finesse I’ve been using to ease myself from a standing to sitting position and back […]

Easy Like Sunday Monday Morning

Although the week might technically begin on Sunday, for most working people the week starts on Monday. If the material of pretty much every stand-up comic ever is to be believed very few of these people actually like their jobs. In my estimation it’s quite likely that this is the reason why nobody’s […]

Love, Hugs, and Hip-Hop-Soul

Hip-Hop as a culture isn’t known, either by its active participants or outside observers, for an abundance of hugging. Oh sure, physical contact of every stripe, from violent altercations to illicit sexual encounters, have been given microphone-time by countless emcees over the years. But how often does the word “hug” pop up in […]

Shuffle Songs

Spending a good portion of the weekend out of doors with my earbuds in (so as to deflect the “how long you been growing that hair” and “is that your real hair” inquisitions) and my iPod on shuffle meant I got to listen to a lot of good music while enjoying the temperate weather and […]