With artists like Janelle Monae showcasing futuristic soul and Alicia Keys embodying classic soul, I often wonder some times what the shift in rhythm & blues is going to be. Maybe it's safe to say a combination of both. It seems like in order for music to sustain its balance, there must be a sample of the old sound, tweeked a little to make a new innovation. There has to be the mainstream, commercial sound and the indy, left of center sound to display the full picture of music's present and its future. Last night, I reminisced about the old and new with a fellow music connoisseur. We talked about the songs we jammed to back in the day and the tunes we rock to now. Do or Die, Eightball & MJG, Tupac, and Total just to name a few. Today, the list went something like this: Lil'Wayne, Rick Ross, Estelle and Lupe Fiasco. The good music continues, yesterday and today and forever.
This weekend's menu features: music for breakfast, lunch and dinner! :-) All activities are ramping up to be pretty productive. I'll be in the studio for the better part of the day tomorrow, rehearsing for a performance at the Apollo Theater later this month, then off to church (World Changers Church New York. If you wanna know more...feel free to ask!) I'll post some footage of how we get down at Da Edge of Madness in Queens. On Sunday, I may do a double offering of the annointed Ms. Melonie Daniels (singer extraordinare), first at 8:30am at the Greater Allen AME Church and then again Sunday night at the Village Underground. Holla if you decide to join me....
Verse for the day: Jude 1:24-25
"Do one thing every day that scares you." - Eleanor Roosevelt
Be Blessed! #1CHISista!
PS - Check out Homecoming if you haven't already seen it: http://videos.onsmash.com/v/nd8wIc2ntw6hwr5u
PPS - Take time to remember the 40th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination, what his life accomplished, what our role is for continuing "The Dream", and realizing the power we have to be the change that we want to see in our world. xo
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-King-Anniversary.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
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