Rise Of The Black Pharaohs (2014) is a new PBS/National Geographic produced documentary about the forgotten African Kushite (modern day Sudan) dynasty of ancient Egypt and the pharaohs who reign over this dynasty. The information covered in this documentary derived from new research data about this forgotten chapter in ancient Egypt’s history by current Egyptologist, historians, and archeologists. This documentary is a five part series, so sit back relax and learn about the African Kushite pharaohs of ancient Egypt and their amazing …
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I stumbled upon some clips of a CMT documentary Waiting in the Wings about African Americans in country music from 2004. Contrary to popular image and narrative of country music being mainly a white Euro-American rural based music, this CMT documentary sought to explore the contributions of African American country musicians over the years and the African influences on the early development of country music. Unfortunately I couldn’t find a full stream of this documentary. If anyone has any leads leave …
Another interesting midseason sitcom picked up by ABC is Black-Ish. It’s about a suburban upper middle class black family living in a mostly white community. The Johnson family deals with issues of identity, culture, and class. The father character Andre wonders if his family is forgetting their black roots while in the process of quickly assimilating into an affluent lifestyle. Black-Ish is loosely based on the life of writer and producer Kenya Barris. The show is executive produced by the staring actors, …
This is for the somewhat loungin’ laid back ears. The warm bass sounds and head nodding drums keep it engaging. I was surprised to hear the slowed down Monie Love’s “It’s A Shame (My Sister) throwback. This cat is from the East, where the sun rises for real. DJFYO a.k.a. Do Justly From Your Own (Music & Strength Crew) moved back to Japan in 2010 after being active as a DJ, producer, and music supervisor in Los Angeles, California. He …
Common and TDE’s Ab-Soul spit some hot shit; lyrical stunts and ill word play. Common sounding like he ain’t got time for acting right now. He said “When rappers dead I have the fluid that embalm.” Ab-Soul acting like he getting slept on, trying to wake heads up. He gives respect to Common, who is probably one of his great influences by saying “I’m morpheus in this hip-hop Matrix exposing fake shit,” from “The Sixth Sense (2000).” This is the …
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