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rupaulvevo: Turnt ft. Beyonce, 2 Chainz | The-Dream

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:50:14 -0400

Turnt ft. Beyonce, 2 Chainz | The-Dream

machiavelanolstnme: kanakadesignstudio: Nick Thomm’s artwork...

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:50:53 -0400

kanakadesignstudio:

Nick Thomm’s artwork feels like a mind-warping trip through a psychedelic black hole. The Melbourne-based artist welds historic icons with the digital world in a radical meltdown of new meets old. Nick is a resourceful character — alongside having just run his first solo exhibition, he also runs a graphic design studio and is co-founder of new magazine, SRC783.

heres a link with an interview if you interested to know more about his work

http://oystermag.com/nick-thomm-interview

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Wed, 22 May 2013 01:43:31 -0400

Current Music Obsession- Logic- Young Sinatra:Welcome to Forever

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:31:00 -0400

Maryland native and recent DefJam signee Logic released a groundbreaking mixtape earlier this month. Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever, is the 4th- and best- mixtape in Logic’s anthology. If making the 2013 XXL Freshman Class wasn’t enough to prove to you his skill then this mixtape is sure to have you on team Logic.

This production is a great introduction to the lyrical genius, who also produces, and whose storytelling gives the world a track by track insight into his life with great beats, fluid samples and catchy hooks.

Tracks like “Roll Call” over Outkast’s Sorry Ms. Jackson beat open up about Logic’s tense relations with his mother and and being biracial in the rap game

“Fighting for credibility from the lack of blacker skin.”

You can feel his hunger and his humility in his tracks. The mixtape’s introduction “Welcome to Forever” reminisces on his 9 year come up in the game, he talks about the monumental moment meeting Nas and hearing him quote his lines.

Stand out tracks “Feel Good” , “Break it Down” ft Jhene Aiko, and “5AM”

show the rapper’s versatility

. “Walk on By” has an accompanying music video that was released mid-April. The song, produced by C-Sick, samples a 70’s hit then unfolds into a 90s era New York style boom bap beat.

“Balllin” ft Castro, “On the Low” ft Trinidad Jame$ are the few basic tracks on the mixtape with twerking beats centering on money haters and females that would make great radio singles,

With many features from his fellow XXL Freshman Classmates including the above mentioned Trinidad Jame$ (On The Low), and Dizzy Wright (Young Jedi), and contributions from reputable producers like No ID and C-Sick this mixtape is of album quality.

Fortunately for the fans, the album is in the works. I’m so enthusiastic about Logic’s rise not just because hes a MD native like me but because of his impeccable flow and skill with words- I love a rapper who can tell a great story and he never misses the beat.

I’m excited to see his growth, currently a large majority of his songs center around the same topic, the grind, the come up, etc. Now that he’s really making a name for himself I’m hoping his tracks will develop along with his career. He’s a strong contender for the throne in the rap game.

-Anna Son

musicboxdiary: “Locked in Closets,” Solange

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:46:58 -0400

musicboxdiary:

“Locked in Closets,” Solange

legallyunderage: m-c-m-prime: Frieda Pinto and Sonam Kapoor...

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:29:05 -0400

legallyunderage:

m-c-m-prime:

Frieda Pinto and Sonam Kapoor attend a L’oreal cocktail reception during the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival.

Yasssss

popitfadatnigga: iammommafierce: Beyoncé | Grown...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:43:09 -0400

popitfadatnigga:

iammommafierce:

Beyoncé | Grown Woman

YESSSSS OMG

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Mon, 20 May 2013 17:47:05 -0400

IT’S MY 19TH BIRTHDAY! I’M FEELING SO BLESSED! X GENESIS X

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:04:53 -0400

IT’S MY 19TH BIRTHDAY! I’M FEELING SO BLESSED!

X GENESIS X

afrocentricmiss: Kerry Washington’s speech at George Washington...

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:53:47 -0400

afrocentricmiss:

Kerry Washington’s speech at George Washington University’s commencement. it is so beautiful.

heyfranhey: Frizzy Hair Still obsessing over that perfect curl...

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:34:23 -0400

heyfranhey:

Frizzy Hair

Still obsessing over that perfect curl pattern? Perfect frizz-free shine? We show you why it doesn’t matter! Let it rock as is! Frizz it out!

By Shameless Maya and Featuring Taren Guy, It’s My Raye Raye and myself <3

ladybrun: luxelif-e: nigerianscams: labellefabuleuse: Shanina...

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:20:42 -0400

ladybrun:

luxelif-e:

nigerianscams:

labellefabuleuse:

Shanina Shaik photographed by Casey Brooks for Fashion Gone Rogue

yooooooooooooooooo

why is she perfect?

cause she has pakistani heritage

goldandfeathers: dis summer im about to see her live yesssssss

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:40:58 -0400

goldandfeathers:

dis summer im about to see her live

yesssssss

curvesincolor: YUNA.

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:47:45 -0400

curvesincolor:

YUNA.

fckyeahprettyafricans: Ivory Coast Beautiful!

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:37:04 -0400

fckyeahprettyafricans:

Ivory Coast

Beautiful!

thoughts-of-a-hip-hop-junkie: Solange x Complex Magazine

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:53:52 -0400

thoughts-of-a-hip-hop-junkie:

Solange x Complex Magazine

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Mon, 13 May 2013 23:15:31 -0400

afrodiaspores: Maria Esteba[ñ]ez: Parasols and umbrellas have...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:13:44 -0400

afrodiaspores:

Maria Esteba[ñ]ez:

Parasols and umbrellas have been a staple of burlesque since the advent of the genre, conjuring femininity of a particularly coy and flirtatious variety, especially for white and light-skinned dancers eager able to trade on the popular image of the Southern belle in their stage routines. But for Latina, Black, and dark-complected artists advertised as “Harlem cuties, ebony sexologists, and Afro-Cuban specialists” in the United States and Canada, this accessory came loaded with regionally specific cultural associations:

Umbrellas, both furled and unfurled, are seen in the Mardi Gras and jazz funeral marches of New Orleans, in Brazil, in the brushback dance of Trinidad, and again among the cakewalk dancers in the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Ribbons are attached to the top of the open umbrellas, and feathered birds are used as finials, much as among the Asante people of Southern Ghana and elsewhere in Africa. The umbrella’s use in New Orleans parades is symbolic, rhythmic, and practical in serving as parasols against the blistering sun. These highly decorated umbrellas are not used in the rain, however…

Among Afro-Caribbean dancers, parasols may have also connoted the historical displays of sacred power documented in Santería Enthroned: Art, Ritual, and Innovation in an Afro-Cuban Religion, passed down through oral tradition and obliquely referenced in the secular revelry of contemporary carnival:

The finery of cabildo queens [at the head of Afro-Cuban religious and mutual-aid societies during the colonial period] included puff-shouldered, flowing gowns with petticoats, jewelry, and large umbrellas, as documented by the Spanish costumbrista painter, Víctor Patricio de Landaluze (1828-89)…

Not only the Kongo-Angola groups, but many West African groups as well, who had also built much of their royal and martial iconography upon European imports—for example, thrones, banners, prestige cloth, and umbrellas—must have arrived in Cuba already familiar with iconographically hybridized royal displays.

diosasalnatural: Noemí from Puerto Rico Photos by: Kali...

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:59:08 -0400

diosasalnatural:

Noemí from Puerto Rico

Photos by: Kali Blocker

fogo-av: laricitosdeoro: La Lupe - Que te Pedi… This song...

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:45:00 -0400

fogo-av:

laricitosdeoro:

La Lupe - Que te Pedi…

This song gives me so much life!