klovers:

“A Series Of Greats”

Dizzy Gillespie

Ella Fitzgerald

Stevie Wonder

Bob Marley

Billie “Lady Day” Holiday

Jimi Hendrix

Sarah Vaughan

Ray Charles 

- Portraits by Debra Hurd

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atribecalledgoodbreed:

Freda Payne, Eartha Kitt, and Jayne Kennedy on the cover of Jet magazine, July 1974.

(Source: superseventies)

i-shot:

Rain. 6:52 p.m. June 1, 2012.

Baltimore.

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erykah badu /flaming lips…dope video dope song…..nsfw……a lot nudity


vividpotatodreams:

Jean Grae - Desperada

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maitressenoire:

Natty dread in the Paris window.

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lyfestile:

BDP (Krs-one/DJ Kenny Parker)

upnorthtrips:

The Parker Brothers

"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears
Start repentin cause the endin is near
But don’t, panic you can’t function if you livin in fear
Pay attention you gotta listen to hear {“Wait just a minute”}
Who the fuck you think you talkin to?
Put you on hold, get a specialist to walk you through
Kweli, the flow captain to fast or slow rappin
I’m soul crackin, you ain’t heard your shit appear like closed captions
King of the bars and I’m goin hardcores
All my confidence comes from knowin God’s laws
Bangin on the system, fightin my kind of war
Loud as a whisper, quiet as a lion’s roar"

� Talib Kweli (via mctogger)

projectdom:

piece from Soledad Brothers by George L. Jackson

(Source: sonails)

funkyfreshflavor:

Assata Shakur was part of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army.  She is the step-aunt of Tupac Shakur and has been living in Cuba (under political asylum) since 1984. 

I can see by capadonna


He said  our feelings are too intense….

Bullshit!

He said

even though he didn’t choose me that I don’t realize just how deep

He’s right

Cause I cant express just how shallow things seemed

He was Traumatized

 I knew he suffered broken hearts

so I carried my Kleenex and crazy glue

nigha I would  have swam across a volcano for you

gave you my heart

so while I fixed yours

you would have something to do…

but I wasn’t expecting 4 you to break it.

You said you wasn’t looking for a relationship

So when I fell in love I didn’t fake it

Gave you the option to skate

And you stuck around

Introduced you to my momma cause u wanted to be down

Let you worship in my temple.

Cause I thought you fit the crown

But I failed to follow expectations

so u took away your heart

And left me in my tears to drown

NNOOWW you say you love me

After you let me go

You pushed me out the door

you let me leave

When all I was looking for was a conformation of an affirmation

That I wasnt alone in what I was feeling

Wasnt seeking a commitment

Because I knew wasn’t ready for that

And to be honest neither was i

I needed to know one day

 you would love me back

I desired you

Just wanted to know You desired me back

NNOOWW you say you love me

The confirmation I was seeking

That made me leave

Cried for months cause I figured you didn’t love me.

I kept saying to myself  how stupid could you be

Im so far gone

and

Now that u have ur new life

With your new wife

And the kid

Its only now

You can admit

That you love me

Its nice  for  you to join me

But love don’t live here anymore she moved.

In search of a  new heart cause she gave hers to  you

Broken and dismantled

I had to piece myself together and finally move along.

cause

when I fell in love I didn’t fake it

Gave you the option to skate

And you stuck around

Introduced you to my momma cause u wanted to be down

Let you worship in my temple.

Cause I thought you fit the crown

But I failed to follow expectations

so u took away your heart

And left me in my tears to drown