VIDEOS: Tribute To Betty Davis Feat. Tamar-kali, N'Dambi, Joi, KimberlyNichole, Alkebulan & More Did you miss last week's tribute to Betty Davis at the The Schomburg Center in New York? We told ya you had to be there, but you never listen, naughty punkz! Anyway, luckily some pretty good quality videos of the show surfaced (see below). Performers included many AP members, such as Tamar-kali, N'dambi, KimberlyNichole, Alkebulan, and also Joi, Nucomme & Kat Dyson (show presented by the Black Rock Coalition). Needless to say, the ladies delivered. Take a look!
Top 10 Metal Scenes In America By Brandon Ringo 10. Little Rock, AR Little Rock isn’t the kind of town that’s associated with heavy metal very often. However, thanks to heavy-hitting bands like Rwake and Pallbearer, as well as Iron Tongue, Deadbird, Seahag and many more, the scene has been flourishing as of late and Downtown Music Hall is a fantastic place to catch a show. Venues: www.downtownmusichall.com | www.revroom.comwww.juanitas.com | www.stickyfingerz.com
Top 5 Brands of Combat Boots There are over 48 top brands of combat boots for women . With such a large collection of great brands it can be difficult to narrow it down to just 5 brands. However if that is what you are looking for, here are the top 5 brands of combat boots that will look great on any woman. See the latest styles from Amazon.com Doc Martens Perhaps the most popular brand of combat boots cherished by women everywhere are Doc Martens. Jeru the Damaja Early life and career[edit] Jeru the Damaja was born February 14, 1972, in Brooklyn, New York, and spent his early years in the borough's East New York neighborhood, where he began rhyming at block parties as a youth. He first showcased his hardcore Brooklyn style to audiences on "I'm the Man," a track from Gang Starr's 1992 album Daily Operation.[2][3] The following year he released his first single, "Come Clean," which was produced by DJ Premier and became an instant underground hit.[2][3] Career[edit] He went missing from the scene until 1999, when he released his third album, Heroz4Hire, released together with Mizmarvel, which was his first album under his then-newly created KnowSavage Records.
Bold Type: Excerpt by Greg Tate "Have you forgotten how when we were brought here we lost our religion, our culture, our gods, and many of us by the way act even lost our minds." —Minister Louis Farrakhan "The history of the world my sweet is who gets eaten and who gets to eat"—Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim "It's not too good to stay in a white man's country too long"—Mutabartuka he title of this book is a Florence Tate original. Mom once wrote a poem of the same name to decry the longstanding, ongoing, and unarrested theft of African American cultural properties by thieving, flavor-less whitefolk. A poem to point up how Our music, Our fashion, Our hairstyles, Our music, Our dances, Our anatomical traits, Our bodies Our Soul was still considered ever ripe for the plucking and the biting by the same crafty devils who brought you the African slave trade and the Middle Passage. There is a panopticon effect being generated here.
Sister Outsider Headbanger On Being a Black Feminist Metalhead I'm not sure exactly when or how it happened, but at some point in my childhood I began to think I was a white guy trapped in the body of a black girl. And not just any white guy, either—a guitar player in a heavy-metal band. Ok, stop laughing. It's no joke. I'm a black female metalhead. Womens t-shirts Horny Toad Marley Tee Women's T Shirt (Yellow) Free Shipping on all orders! Part simple, part sublime, and not to be underestimated. Samba jersey knit fabric combines the moisture wicking, quick-drying, odor-inhibiting properties of Tencel with deliciously soft organic cotton and stretchable spandex. Comfortable V-neckline. Short-sleeve coverage. Bold Type: Essay by Carl Hancock Rux "Wearing visors, sunglasses And disguises Cause my split personality Is having an identity crisis" —Eminem from "Low, Down, Dirty""There is a zone of non-being, An extraordinary sterile and arid region, An utterly naked declivity where an authentic Upheaval can be born. In most cases the Black man lacks the advantage Of being able to accomplish this descent Into a real hell." —Frantz Fanon from "Black Skin, White Masks" 1. The Revenge of Pentheus
Photo 1- You Totally Got This: 4 Easy Braids For Rookies Feb 24, 2014 Even if you've landed your dream job and work in the coolest office ever, it's easy to fall into the business-as-usual rut when it comes to your beauty routine. There isn't anything wrong with alternating…read Feb 18, 2014 Everything But the Burden by Edited by Greg Tate Written by Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages Publisher: Broadway Books On Sale: September 9, 2003 Price: $19.00 ISBN: 978-0-7679-1497-0 (0-7679-1497-X) Also available as an eBook. about this book Following the trail blazed by Norman Mailer’s controversial essay “The White Negro,” Everything but the Burden brings together voices from music, popular culture, the literary world, and the media speaking about how from Brooklyn to the Badlands white people are co-opting black styles of music, dance, dress, and slang.
Black Fashion Danielle of Danie and the Bloom, 30, Brooklyn. ig: @danieandthebloom Essence NYC Photographer Zenobia Philippe instagram: @invader.zen Pnyessa 18 Miami Photographer Zenobia Philippe instagram: @invader.zen Model : Sesi-Anna DEATH GRIPS. THE FIRST INTERVIEW. - HATER “The man who is striving to solve a problem defined by existing knowledge and technique is not just looking around. He knows what he wants to achieve, and he designs his instruments and directs his thoughts accordingly.” –Thomas Kuhn In his somewhat controversial 1962 book, The Structure of Scientific Revolution, Kuhn re-defined the evolution of science, much to the chagrin of several contemporaries, as “a series of peaceful interludes punctuated by intellectually violent revolutions”. These revolutions, he claimed, became “the tradition-shattering complements to the tradition-bound activity of normal science.” In effect, as a result of these revolutions, “one conceptual world view is replaced by another.”
Heavy Metal Be-Bop #4: Interview with Melvin Gibbs 29 Comments Trackbacks / Pings ArchivesEditor (contact)Doug MooreAssistant Editor (contact)Vanessa SalviaDeputy Editor (contact)Wyatt MarshallDirector of Promotions (contact)Kelly KetteringContent EditorScab CasserolePhoto EditorGreg Cristman Better Tag Cloud