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It Even Comes In Gray

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Buju Banton – “Can’t Count

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Capt. Barkey – “Care Your Pickney

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Macka Diamond – “Dem Too Lie

Some choice joints from the Shaolin Temple Riddim.

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Volt

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Wale – “Good Girls” (A.Clark & Quix Remix)

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Disco In The Mirrors

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Supercat reference in the second joint is pretty much responsible for this post. Yup. And the joint with M.I.A. is cool too (taken from Busy’s new mixtape).

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Busy Signal feat. M.I.A. – “Sound of Siren

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Busy Signal – “Food Fi The Pot

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Supercat feat. Heavy D – “Dem No Worry We” [+ video]

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Up From The Rubble

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Been on a bit of a Muddy Waters kick today.

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Muddy Waters – “Look What You Done

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Muddy Waters – “Double Trouble

This next one is probably the most interesting to me…without going into some drawn out thesis, basically it’s just ill/interesting to see the patterns of boast in the diaspora that has roots in tunes like this and even further back.

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Muddy Waters – “Evil

These tracks were taken from a Muddy Waters box set that you can get at amazon.

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/Short Story/ – “Mine”

This place is cluttered to the maximum. Here, are all of the books that I have ever read. Starting from the pretty picture book fairytales on to the uncompromisingly honest autobiography of Malcolm X, illustrated only by the beautiful-ugly truths of America. Not to forget the obligatory collegiate readings that crushed the fairytales only to help build beliefs made stronger by the tools of my own language.

On all of the floors, scattered everywhere, are the clothes that immortalize the movements of yesterday. Pleated school uniform skirts rolled up at the waist because two extra inches of leg was needed to hold the glances of schoolboys with attention deficit. How about the old FUBU, Parasuco, Pepe and Sergio Valente jeans that brought me closer to my “fly girl” hood dreams. And the sprawled out tube socks, bent into the shape of commas, punctuating all of the things unsaid in the steps taken on long walks alone with no one to speak to.

None of these walls are bare. Here, are photographs, images of things, places and people of the past blend into projected visuals of the future. Sepia toned sentiments. Grainy black and white memories. Time digitally enhanced, pictures of the present. They are all in here. Plus, on nails hang frames, with empty glass in between, that reflect how the light bounces off of the future in my pupils while I hang them up.

But, the walls could use a good scrubbing. Here, are the trials, fingerprints of visitors I shouldn’t have invited in, others who just intruded and those who were initially welcomed but stayed too damn long.

I should clean up soon. It is so crowded in here. My memories keep colliding with my dreams. Thoughts of reality, rigid and despondent, badger the delicate whims of intuitive notions.

The boundaries inside here are blurring, the conscious constantly attempts to gentrify the subconscious with its constructed condominiums of confusion. These steel structures that house only the decadent wealthy thoughts, and evict the humble tenants.

The landscape of my mind is attacked on the regular.

If I clean up in here, I will be able to think clearer. Maybe, then I will have some people over. Just for conversation, no drinks.

I’ll start by cleaning my windows. There, that’s good. I can see much better now.

-Janine

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Burning Like Paris

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House of Ladosha – “Burning Like Paris

More on their myspace.

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Samurai CLash

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Cooly G – “XLR8R Podcast” [48min, 192kbps]

Playlist and download here.

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Layers

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Iba Diabaté – “Eh Yo”

More great music from Akwaaba, previously featured here. Iba Diabaté, the son of famed Malian musician Abdoulaye Diabaté, has a new album coming out on 1/26, presumably on itunes and the like. Head here to download the track above (email required).

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Haiti

Haiti: Poem by Carvens Lissaint / Shot by Steven Duarte

Carvens is a Hatian-American poet and performer from New York City. He was on the 2009 Urban Word NYC slam team. His poem, “Haiti” was written a year ago and has a startling prophetic tone in the wake of recent tragic events in Haiti. He is a passionate and ruthless force. Under heavenly grace and favor, Carvens’ mother who was in Haiti at the time of the earthquake is safe and back home in the arms of her family. Carvens continues to be a recognizable face of the future and a profound example of noble men. Please share his poem. Please support Haiti in the relief efforts.

Every Drop Counts is a grassroots organization developed by a group of young artists and activists in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti. They are working to bring clean drinking and bathing water to Haitians working with the World Water Relief. Please donate to their efforts and follow them on twitter: @everydropchi

Every Drop Counts is hosting a show featuring The Cool Kids, BBU, Fred Hampton Jr., He Say She Say, Mic Terror, and more in Chicago on the 31st. Flyer/info here. Also, Immortal Technique wrote an essay about the Haitian Revolution and the present situation for EDC’s blog that’s informative, to say the least.

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