Mostly Buddhism & Batman reposts. My album and book are out now (link below). Remember to be kind to yourself. #YAE
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Common took Erykah Badu to J Dilla's Detroit basement, wall-to-wall records. Dilla told her to pick one. She pulled Tarika Blue, fell for "Dreamflower" and chose the part.
Dilla taught her to sample it on his MPC and added drums. That became "Didn't Cha Know"
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There was a part in You Can See Everything where everyone in our packed theater did this
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Happy 42nd birthday to Thundercat!
A bass virtuoso who sings and writes as much as he plays. Jazz, funk and electronic elements, solo albums, and a key collaborator with Flying Lotus.
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Keith Jarrett’s solo performance of “Over the Rainbow” in Tokyo in 1984 is widely regarded as one of the most outstanding and moving piano solo covers of all time. Rather than simply restating the familiar melody, the legendary pianist infused the piece with new life through his brilliant improvisation, refined harmonic structure, and profound emotional depth.
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9th Wonder met a stranger in Raleigh NC in February of 2003. The stranger’s name was T. After listening to 9th beats, he told him “if I’m ever around somebody that needs some beats, I’ll them about you”.
In September of 2003, he gets a call from Young Guru telling him to come to NYC to play beats for JAY-Z.
2 months later on November 14th 2003, The Black Album dropped & he was on it. On the song they made, Hov said “9th Wonder”, & it changed 9th’s life. He was selling beats for $100-$300 before that.
His life changed in less than a year solely because he was prepared & super studious in his craft when he met the right stranger.
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This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.
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Miles fired him. He got clean. Then, in one afternoon in a living room he recorded “Blue Train”
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5 years ago today, the official trailer for ‘THE BATMAN’ was released. 🦇
This was so peak.
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Of course in real time some folks don’t understand that
@nas is our Miles Davis and like Basquiat there ain’t a non-valuable piece he’s ever done. His run of 3+3 albums with hitboy was unprecedented. As with 33 years of his work. Nas is Art and art ain’t hubcaps & fried wings. Yeah @nas is Miles to us
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First trailer for ‘THE EYES OF GHANA’, the first-ever film produced by IShowSpeed.
The documentary follows Ghanaian cinematographer Chris Hesse who attempts to rescue more than 1,000 films capturing Africa’s fight for independence in the 1950s & ’60s.
