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Rakim talks about recording "My Melody" while sitting down on Marley Marl's couch
December 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Rakim talks about recording "My Melody" while sitting down on Marley Marl's couch
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Didn't know that I needed a go-go version of "The Right Kind of Lover" until today. Patti went from heels to barefoot to flats in the span of two songs. Incredible stuff here. An entire living legend.
Patti Labelle: Noochie’s Live From The Front Porch
YouTube video by Noochie
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November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Didn't know that I needed a go-go version of "The Right Kind of Lover" until today. Patti went from heels to barefoot to flats in the span of two songs. Incredible stuff here. An entire living legend.
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Finding out that Karriem Riggins and Liv.e have formed a duo (GENA) in the form of a new joint called "Circlesz" has started my day off so properly. There's always been something magical about a Detroit and LA team-up. youtube.com/watch?v=8bb7VHElKp4
GENA - Circlesz (Official Video)
YouTube video by GENA
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November 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Finding out that Karriem Riggins and Liv.e have formed a duo (GENA) in the form of a new joint called "Circlesz" has started my day off so properly. There's always been something magical about a Detroit and LA team-up. youtube.com/watch?v=8bb7VHElKp4
"Now look at yourself, are you an Outkast?" - Big Rube
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
"Now look at yourself, are you an Outkast?" - Big Rube
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D'Angelo's "Betray My Heart" was recorded in 1997
youtube.com/watch?v=pKtz...
youtube.com/watch?v=pKtz...
D'Angelo's Betray My Heart Was Recorded 17 Years Before It Released
YouTube video by The Roots
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October 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
D'Angelo's "Betray My Heart" was recorded in 1997
youtube.com/watch?v=pKtz...
youtube.com/watch?v=pKtz...
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Intelligent people often use the term "low IQ person" when being dismissive of another's intelligence.
The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.
Trump: "Boston had a bad mayor who at least is a reasonable IQ person. Most of them are low IQ. I mean, what's going on in Chicago ... "
October 16, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Intelligent people often use the term "low IQ person" when being dismissive of another's intelligence.
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18 YO me: this is a dope album
52 YO me: this is a dope album
52 YO me: this is a dope album
January 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
18 YO me: this is a dope album
52 YO me: this is a dope album
52 YO me: this is a dope album
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After the success of the Brooklyn Bowl show, they ran it back in Philly at the Theater of the Living Arts on June 3, 2013. Once again, someone grabbed the audio and archived it. You gotta remember that D'Angelo was very out of the public eye at this time. People were FIENDING for this.
D'Angelo & Questlove at Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, 7/3/13 | Complete
Setlist (thanks to @FunkItBlog for providing, http://www.funkitblog.com/)
01. Intro (Questlove Speaks)
02. Ex Girl To The Next Girl [Gang Starr cover] / Brown Sugar > Go Back 2 The Thing >
03. Le
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October 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
After the success of the Brooklyn Bowl show, they ran it back in Philly at the Theater of the Living Arts on June 3, 2013. Once again, someone grabbed the audio and archived it. You gotta remember that D'Angelo was very out of the public eye at this time. People were FIENDING for this.
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The clip above is from an impromptu two-man show that D'Angelo and Questlove did together called Soulquarians: Brothers In Arms at Brooklyn Bowl on March 4th, 2013. It sold out instantly. I was there. 🙏 Thankfully someone saved the audio for posterity. You can hear ppl losing their minds.
D'Angelo & Questlove at Brooklyn Bowl, 3/4/13 | Complete
SETLIST:
01) Go Back To The Thing / Let Me Have It All (Sly & The Family Stone)
02) Cosmic Slop (Funkadelic)
03) Woman’s Gotta Have It (Bobby Womack)
04) The Line
05) You Caught Me Smilin’ / Af
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October 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The clip above is from an impromptu two-man show that D'Angelo and Questlove did together called Soulquarians: Brothers In Arms at Brooklyn Bowl on March 4th, 2013. It sold out instantly. I was there. 🙏 Thankfully someone saved the audio for posterity. You can hear ppl losing their minds.
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He deserved to grow old. He deserved the space to be more creative and share more art w/ the world. He deserved to be adorned in praise while he was still able to receive it in the physical. Luckily, music and spirit is eternal.
RIP Michael Eugene Archer aka D'ANGELO. 🕊️
RIP Michael Eugene Archer aka D'ANGELO. 🕊️
October 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He deserved to grow old. He deserved the space to be more creative and share more art w/ the world. He deserved to be adorned in praise while he was still able to receive it in the physical. Luckily, music and spirit is eternal.
RIP Michael Eugene Archer aka D'ANGELO. 🕊️
RIP Michael Eugene Archer aka D'ANGELO. 🕊️
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I settled on a clip from the (incredible) doc Sly Lives! (watch it now on Hulu if you haven't.) I think it's the most transparent commentary I ever heard from D'Angelo; it's about Sly, but it's really about him.
My plan was to grab a whole different clip, but this one felt right.
My plan was to grab a whole different clip, but this one felt right.
October 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I settled on a clip from the (incredible) doc Sly Lives! (watch it now on Hulu if you haven't.) I think it's the most transparent commentary I ever heard from D'Angelo; it's about Sly, but it's really about him.
My plan was to grab a whole different clip, but this one felt right.
My plan was to grab a whole different clip, but this one felt right.
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Ananda Lewis interviews D'Angelo on MTV Live circa 1997 in promotion of the Scream 2 soundtrack. Cancer claimed both of them this year. Grateful that something like this even exists online so we have evidence of our culture's influence. Shouts to all the guerrilla archivists.
October 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Ananda Lewis interviews D'Angelo on MTV Live circa 1997 in promotion of the Scream 2 soundtrack. Cancer claimed both of them this year. Grateful that something like this even exists online so we have evidence of our culture's influence. Shouts to all the guerrilla archivists.
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The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.
Trump: "Boston had a bad mayor who at least is a reasonable IQ person. Most of them are low IQ. I mean, what's going on in Chicago ... "
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo 2019 documentary
youtube.com/watch?v=BK62...
youtube.com/watch?v=BK62...
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo 2019 documentary
YouTube video by Madnouz
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October 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo 2019 documentary
youtube.com/watch?v=BK62...
youtube.com/watch?v=BK62...
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Whackados
September 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Whackados
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September 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Peace to Howie Tee, good lookin' G"
August 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"Peace to Howie Tee, good lookin' G"
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“Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
August 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
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So glad this mentions Theo’s dyslexia diagnosis. At a time when Black parents were pushing back against the “over diagnosis of Black boys with ADHD,” that singular moment was the first time “I” remember seeing Black neurodivergence portrayed in this way in prime time TV.
So beautiful.
So beautiful.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, most remembered for playing Theo Huxtable on ‘The Cosby Show,’ passed away Sunday. But his legacy spans much more than one character. I wrote about how I’ll remember him best. www.theringer.com/2025/07/21/t...
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, and the Other Side of the Climb
The actor, most remembered for playing Theo Huxtable on ‘The Cosby Show,’ passed away Sunday. But his legacy spans much more than one character.
www.theringer.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
So glad this mentions Theo’s dyslexia diagnosis. At a time when Black parents were pushing back against the “over diagnosis of Black boys with ADHD,” that singular moment was the first time “I” remember seeing Black neurodivergence portrayed in this way in prime time TV.
So beautiful.
So beautiful.
The Wire marathon on HBO Signature
July 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The Wire marathon on HBO Signature
"Punk try and ask why ours be better, could be the iron mask or the Cosby sweater" 🎂
July 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"Punk try and ask why ours be better, could be the iron mask or the Cosby sweater" 🎂
When the beat switch up on POV
July 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
When the beat switch up on POV
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My daughter Diani is throwing an event in Brooklyn right now and her friend Jazzie is giving it life! Follow @jazzielock on IG
July 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
My daughter Diani is throwing an event in Brooklyn right now and her friend Jazzie is giving it life! Follow @jazzielock on IG
Nine producers on one song is insane
July 8, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Nine producers on one song is insane