Yummy is anything and anyone that appeals to 3 or more of my senses at once.
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music and numbers can be inspiring, coincidentally i do believe music and numbers go together. Â the first image is Leaving Records by Felix Jackson Jr. Â the photo of the children represents how you should feel when you think of numbers while listening to music. Â the video i discovered on Play Jazz Loud, its Sonar by Renaud Hallee.
Raphael Saadiq - Anniversary (Live) need I blog more. Saadiq is an amazing musician, writer and performer. I don't think I've ever seen him on stage and was not impressed. Love this song and his voice feels like honey to my ears. Enjoy!
My favorite song from last summer finally has a video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY FOR JOHNNY POLYGON AND RIOT SONG!!!!!!! Finally...and I need to peep it again, but I'm pretty sure I saw an Amanda Diva cameo in there??? What yall think? Be sure to check the link below as it has his mixtape presented by Karmaloop and DJ Green Lantern released Valentines Day 2010 oh and you can also learn how to be styled just like Johnny! Find Johnny on the twitter @johnnypolygon
I love this song, video and band...who couldn't love some Kenyan Musicians that go by the name Just A Band.
I have the good people of Play Jazz Loud to thank for this...catch them at http://playjazzloud.blogspot.com
I have downloaded tons of free music from Lupe and Kenna this month so I had no problem buying this new single from iTunes....its hot hot hot, and I'm Beaming....
Don't know why its taking me so long to blog about this album...i guess lately over the past few months i've just been lazy and uninspired. Than I got an email reminding me of how dope this album is. I love this track Simili Life. The group is Robin Hannibal and Coco...Robin is apart of "i live for this band" Owusu and Hannibal. Both Robin and Coco are in Boom Clap Bachelors and she did a song for them called LOVE that I absolutely adore even though I have no idea what she is saying (anyone know please post it in the comments) This girl Coco, her voice is just stunning, and she's so young.
AHHH, ITS THE CRAZIEST!!!!! That's how I felt when I discovered this fashion maker chic in Amsterdam Berlin...Johan on Radioclit put me on to game. Sophie makes these college jackets with bright colors and patterns. African prints....ok enough talk just see for yourself! I'll let you see my custom made jacket when it arrives, I'm way too excited to see it!
Kenna has impressed me again, this time with his humanitarian efforts. The singer has started a foundation to bring awareness to the clean water plight happening around the world, its called Summit on the Summit. On January 7, 2010 he will climb Mt. Kilimanjaro along with other celebrity and activist friends. If you go to the site you can follow all of the climbers to the top of the mountain. You can also make a donation and provide clean drinking water to people who need it around the globe, I made mine! The UN Foundation is overseeing the efforts to get the water to the people who need it.
I have friends who are serious lovers of Spike Jonze. Some of the things Spike creates are scary spooky and turn off my senses but some of the things he creates are little masterpieces of beauty, its always one or the other with me. So to my surprise when I saw this video being tweeted I went from one to the other as the course of the short film played to its end. By the time it had gotten to 4:36 it was entirely to hard for me to keep watching it, I felt embarrassed and sad for him like really really sad (because well I don't think this plot or acting is a stretch for him at all...real life? maybe?)
Aww man I really heart this video....The Phenomenal Hand Clap Band!!! Its like a Los Feliz version of the Boom Clap Bachelors!!!!
So I woke up early this morning and was thinking about all the interesting places I had been and where the journey all started. Ibn Battuta was probably the driving force in my exploration appetite. His writings intrigued me so much that I tried to recreate his steps. I can't even begin to tell you how excited I was the first time I went to Tangier. On the fairy ride from Spain I kept telling everyone that I was going to Ibn Battuta's home, clearly I was beyond thrilled. And Tangier lived up to my expectations!
So the next few post will be about some of the places I have travelled to and the stories I've gathered. I never wanted to take pictures when I travelled because I always know when I will be back to a place. Then my passport was stolen in Spain on a trip and I started to treasure the few pics I'd taken from time to time. I have been to a lot of countries all over the globe. This picture was taken from my apartment at the Grosvenor House in Dubai. My place was pretty high up so I had a great view. I just remember thinking on the drive from the airport to my apartment that their was so much construction everywhere. Dubai (along with a few other middle eastern countries) is one of the few places where you can buy a Bentley in the airport. The night life is interesting, I remember going out to a night club and men and women did not dance together, I almost thought it was a gay club until a friend told me that men and women are not allowed to dance together in public. Yes their are many prostitutes in Arabic countries and they are not veiled down. My theory on traveling is "when in Rome do as the Romans" even though it was hot, as a women you still have to dress modestly and I did...until I was at the private beaches or rooftops, than I could wear a regular bathing suit and not be scolded. When I was their I met all kinds of rich Americans doing investment deals and a few famous names too. It only takes a day to tan, you can ride camels on the beach, I listened to a lot of Jamiroquai lying by the pool, there are sand dunes that you can ride dirt bikes on and the women are very friendly to each other.
FORGOT TO ATTACH THIS SONG TO THE BAATIN RIP YUMMY POST :(
MAN woke up this morning to tweet about my taping and read the news one of my favorite Hip Hop artists is gone. Baatin of Slum Village has passed today, he was right there with 3000 and Q-Tip in my cannon of MC's...I'm really hurting on this one, its sad to think that the original group will never record together again...RIP DILLA & BAATIN. The song attached is from Remember the Classics mixtape that SV dropped about a month ago please forgive the DJ at the beginning (its a casualty of a free download :(
I had the pleasure of doing the Daykeeper video for her and Foreign Exchange
her brother Salih Abdul Karim directed it. Her voice makes your ears relax.
This is a melody of my favorite songs from her first EP Daybreak!!!!
