Category: Music Analyses

This consolidation of music is an invitation to find fuel with me. In 2017, my most refueling hobby while living in the Pacific Northwest was writing music, during that time I picked up my guitar and wrote the prelude to an neo-soul album I didn’t even know existed, a project destined for release March 2023. […]
On Wednesday October 20, 2016 at 8pm I attended the Kanye West Saint Pablo Tour at Key Arena in Seattle, Washington. This was my first time seeing West in concert, so I didn’t mind the fact that he was over an hour and a half late. Only excitement and anticipation in me grew as others […]
T.I. is a musical genius. His creating Warzone is a perfect example of how black celebrities should be using their platform in this movement toward racial justice and equity. The video begins with a mother (white) cutting potatoes as her son (white) leaves their home. As he steps out of the door and off the porch […]
How often have you said that in your lifetime? Or at least wish you had after having your hair pried through and pulled on by curious peers, our hair is more than an attention grabber it is an extension of ourselves as it operates as a form of cultural expression. I get excited when I […]
Song of Inspiration: Jamila Woods- Holy “Help me to walk alone ahead Though I walk through the darkest valley I will fear no love Oh my smile my mind reassure me I don’t need no one Woke up this morning with my mind set on loving me” It is so important as a woman, especially […]
The radio disgusts me. No, not in a lighthearted sarcastic way that will still allow myself to listen to the radio because I’d rather hear something than nothing, but in the literal meaning of the word. I experience a feeling of, “revulsion or profound disapproval aroused by something unpleasant or offensive.” Like Webster describes, the […]