February 2012
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Yasiin Bey---Its Time for Something Different
Formerly known as Mos Def, Yasiin Bey has rolled in with a remix video of Kanye West and Jay-Z’s“N*****s In Paris,” ‘N****s In Poorest.”
The track, off Bey’s Top 40 Underdog series, hit last month and the video dropped on Tuesday in commemoration of the 47th anniversary of Malcolm X’s death. In addition to featuring a moving Malcolm X speech clip, Bey...
January 2012
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“Thursday, January 19 2012 at 6:30PM come Get More Love at Community Folk...”
– Gospel Open Mic at Community Folk Arts 1/19 | UNDERGROUNDPOETRYSPOT.com
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Love, Hip Hop and Olivia
By Ruthnie “JeanRae” Angrand for AllFanKind
What the VHI show has done for the singer is taken an independent artist’s music and put it on a platform where fans see what happens to an artist without glorified record label backing: praise-worthy, nose-to-the-floor-grinding production of good music as it was intended.
The VHI reality show Love and Hip Hop has caused fans to...
December 2011
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I Am a Warrior 2 - Revised from "Mama's Gun"
by Jeanrae on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 7:37pm
I am awake my mind is free reminding me of what God set me out to be i love myself and I must love strong Because the road to salvation is oh so long But i am brave my patience grows judging my trials instead of my foes i give, not to receive and accept, even the unexpected i listen more than i talk and talk less when others neglect it i know...
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Kwanzaa Saved My Heart
So, for those of you that know-i tend to get the Holiday Blues around Christmas/ New Years Time.
Why?
a. We lie to children about Santa and think its cute to not tell them the truth: that mom and dad worked hard for your gifts
b. The preaching of “goodness” and “niceness” earning you material things when they should be self-gratifying and work earns you...
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November 2011
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Resilience
subway tiles with mantras-in every station
We are the few reminded in all directions
We all have a destination
Moss growing from the under bottoms of stairs but you’d never notice
You’d never judge the strength of the stair to hold you up because its not pretty
Nobody asks brown ale walls of a 1/2 century old local train how many it can carry-it carries them all
We are like the...
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“The smallest people have the deepest voices -probably because they haven’t lived...”
– raesunshine.com
Aesthetic Resistance to Commercial Influences: The...
westendblues:
by Dia Sekayi
The present study investigates Black women’s perceptions of beauty, and how those perceptions are influenced through commercial means. A discussion of the literature on Eurocentric beauty standards and their impact on Black women is presented.
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“inspired to read this by India Yaya Clark”
“What Rihanna brings to “Umbrella” is ineffable.-Jonah Weiner”
– Rihanna: Why is she so popular? - Slate Magazine Slate magazine music columnist writes an incredibly strong article questioning the reason for Rihanna’s success. Though painful-glorious writing #propsdue
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WatchCrystal Leigh Endsley featuring at The Underground Poetry Spot November 17 at 7PM at Warehouse Gallery. Limited Open Mic Slots | Get on the Mic or Get yourself in the Door
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“If we ain’t rocks then we can’t rock”
– Rae Sunshine re:Black Women (Seneca Wilson on Facebook)
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October 2011
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pilgrimsoulinme:
I hate every second, every pause, that fails to fill itself with you.
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"To be black and conscious in America is to be in...
A 13-year-old girl was arrested yesterday as the #OccupyWallStreet protests spread to the Brooklyn Bridge.
We are officially in week two and the crowds are only growing.
STORY: #OccupyWallStreet: The Crowd Keeps Growing
Pictured above, Occupy Wall Street protesters staged a rally on the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday before hundreds were arrested, 700 to be exact. Of those 700, one was a...
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September 2011
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“we’re so hurt that were worth nothing to ourselves at all
everyday we crawl,...”
– JeanRae “Doin It”
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AfroToronto.com - The 14th Annual When Brothers... →
THis one-of-a-kind concert will be coming to the United States by way of Buffalo in 10 days. Get your tickets.
Through technology, students share poetry -... →
On Sept. 22, Imagining America, a nationwide program which supports the arts and humanities in colleges and universities, Syracuse University’s Verbal Blend and the University of Minnesota’s Voices Merging teamed up for the second year of “Ayo Technology.” Students from both schools used Skype to exhibit their spoken word poetry skills.
The audience, who filled about...
“Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.”
– Ray Bradbury (via danceabletragedy)
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“We didn’t write that script. We just stole the plot and wrote the deed....”
– Black In Latin America - JeanRae 2011
Free Event w/ Rosie Perez featuring UPS Poets! →
India Yaya Clark and Simone Symphonie Owens are performing during the “Evening of Real Conversation with Rosie Perez”!
Make sure you’re at the South West Community Center on…
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You are so valuable
RT @Ms7Storm: RT @LouisFarrakhan Women: You are so valuable, that a man should never have you just to have you. He has to be worthy of you.
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Who You Wit!
Lets go Awesome Hostess with the Mostest!!!!!!!!! #AyoTechnology
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“He said my words were deep
as if he knew they didn’t have a beginning. They...”
– from He Said My Poetry Was Beautiful JeanRae 2011
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He Said My Poetry Was Beautiful
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“Be More Concerned About Your Character Than Your Reputation, Because Your...”
– RT @Akon
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“Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. -William...”
– RT@Ms7Storm: RT @JohnCMaxwell