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Showing posts with label Music With A Message. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music With A Message. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Music With A Message: A+
A+, "Who Stole Hip Hop."
"This is hip hop, yall ain't see me since the late 90s..."
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Music With A Message
I've always had a lot of appreciate for this song. Enjoy, before YT yanks it down...
Here's the live version, just in case the regular video posted above becomes m.i.a. on the net again...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Music With A Message
In honor of Steve Wonder's birthday today, I posted this beautiful rendition of "Love's In Need."
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Music With A Message
'Til We Get There By: M1, Stori James & K'Naan
This song bumps in the MP3 on a regular.
[SIDEBAR: I dedicate this video to my loved ones: I'm out here doing the best I can with what I have. Meet me halfway, okay?...'Til We Get There.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Happy Birthday Billie Holiday!
Today is the day the Billie Holiday was born. She was born in 1915. The popular "torch singer" was a favorite among fans and peers alike. She was tragically overtaken by her drug addiction.
In celebration of her birthday, I've posted one of her most historically notable songs, "Strange Fruit."
When Billie Holiday bravely recorded "Strange Fruit," as a protest to the lynchings that were happening across the nation, she literally put her life and career on the line.
STRANGE FRUIT LYRICS
Southern trees bear strange fruit
Blood on the leaves
Blood at the root
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
The scent of magnolia sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
for the rain to gather
for the wind to suck
for the sun to rot
for the tree to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop
Composed by Abel Meeropol (aka Lewis Allan)
Originally sung by: Billie Holiday
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