Death Of Auto-tune

Afternoon Soul

Do The Right Thing

One of my favorite movies of all time. Spike shows the constant struggle in America with black and white relations. This motif is in many of his films. This early piece of art speaks to both the brain and heart of the viewer. I highly recommend watching this film.

This is the 20th anniversary of Do The Right thing as the film and I share the same age.

MOS DEF-UMI SAYS

R.I.P TO THE KING OF POP

Jean-Michel Basquiat. SAMO!

Jean-Michel Basquiat was African American artist, the first African American to become an international art star. He gained popularity first as a graffiti artist in NewYork City, and then as a successful 1980s-era Neo-Expressionist artist. Basquiat's paintings continue to influence modern-day artists and command high prices.

-Shariff

Triple L Society

Triple L Society Spring 09 from Triple L Society on Vimeo.

This Lifestyle brand prides its product on its innovative style and undeniable motivation.

TLS

Free Your Mind

This video is the most powerful documentary I have ever seen. It’s broken into 3 parts. The first part is an examination of Jesus Christ as an astrological literary hybrid. That part is my favorite. The second part discusses 911 as an inside job. The third part talks about the monetary system as corrupt and destined for failure. Please View with an open mind. As always, never understand information as true without first examining it. Bounce it around in your head. See if it makes sense. Then draw your own conclusions.

Free Your Mind.

-Enlighten

Kanye Jesus Pieces

Like it or not Kanye West is one of the most influential artists of our time. Hes the Stevie Wonder and Andy Warhol of our generation.

Black Ice

Listen. Think. Act.

NaS- Film

NAS – FILM (PRODUCED BY C-SICK)

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Incredible new NaS.

Whos the best?

Whos the best? Biggie, Jayz, and Nas. This is the insignificant question we care so much about. We don’t need to put a title on the best rapper of all time. Biggie, Jayz and Nas all are different and talented rappers with different styles. They are all artists in their own right. Like Picasso, Rembrandt, Basquiat, all essential artists who crafted and released material that we all enjoy on different levels. As much as the parallel of basketball to hip hop is made; the analogy is harder to define. We could gauge how well someone scored, how effective they were in passing, playing, working with a team. We can’t do this with artists. Gauging how well one sells has a less correlation to how well much talent they have. Don`t burden yourself with the impossible or irrelevant.

I don`t give a fuck whos the best, I just want good music.

-Reef

This is save-the-world science. This is the energy holy grail

Set the controls for the heart of the Sun

So scientists are creating an energy source comparable to how the sun creates energy. Technology like this is potentially our primary energy source after we use and abuse all fossil fuels.

RICHARD BURBRIDGE MASK PHOTOGRAPHER

These are powerful.

Boogie Photography

I never seen a photographer so raw, real, risky, undeniable. Boogie is truly gifted and fuckin crazy. Boogie gives us all a look into a world many live, and many falsely claim to live, but ITS ALL GOOD.

See This Movie

A Huey P. Newton Story is a 2001 film directed by Spike Lee. It is a filmed performance of Roger Guenveur Smith's one-man show of the same name. Smith sits in a chair on a stage and tells about the past, mostly dealing with Huey P. Newton's life and times. The film aired on Starz! and its subsidiaries.

The film was nominated for three awards and won two of them. The film won an award at the Banff Television Festival and a Peabody Award. It was nominated for an Image Award.

Soul Sunday

My mom used to tell me listen closely when this song came on. She told me how much substance was in this song. How much soul was in this song. How powerful the song was. I understood this song as about betrayal and backstabbers, but I began to really learn what she was talking about. She didnt care about the backstabbers in this song but about how the song was delivered. This song is amazing. The string arrangements, the way the vocalist takes you on a ride. How crisp the drums and bass is.
She told me how hiphop artists screams could not capture the feeling like how these soul R&B songs could. I always told her, "hip hop artistists can!" "they just do it in their own way."

Every Sunday is Soul Sunday. This Sundays Soul joint is The Ojays-Backstabbers

Walk Like an Egyptian

Dope.

One Love

Throwback Bumpin in my itunes right now.

Silk

Thierry Le Goues

I want these in my house like Tommy in Belly. This is the Work of Thierry Le Goues, a dope photograher. I never seen black skin so strongly celebrated in this way. True beauty. Enjoy.

-Shariff

Complex forms of Bacteria

Very interesting view of on life. I am trying very hard to refute this notion of our existence simplified to bacteria. I would like to think we are more complex and and significant than what grows on a sandwich.

This is a very intriguing way of thinking about our lives and I agree on many different analogies made in this clip.

The Birth.

Enlighten

More than a web log. This is an exposition into my thoughts, life, experiences, philosophy, photography, film and other interests. We are extremely complex creatures, you and I. I hope this blog further complicates the complexity of what it is to be.

-Shariff