Preserving legacy and bridging generations in music. #restinbeats • (📱 @opiyookeyo)
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You listen to Isaac Hayes everyday. lol 🤣
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If you're a young and scrappy journo and want some guidance, hit me privately. I won't hand you sources, but I am happy to help flesh out ideas.
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#HappyBirthday: With his unique blend of spoken word, political activism and jazz underpinnings, Gil Scott-Heron will always be remembered for his major influence on several generations of jazz and rap performers. Photo by waymedia.
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i created a show called Black Girl Songbook. It centers the stories and genius of black women in music. i lean into everything I've experienced as a black woman in music. we debut thursday, exclusively @Spotify. here's the trailer
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1987 I entered the @Defjam tour w PE. I tended to be nervous looking at 15000 fans in front of me every night. There were 2 MCS that directly mentored my calm that summer. 1 was @RealDougEFresh the other was Ecstacy of Whodini. Always there to reassure w advice tips #RestInBeats
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Had the absolute pleasure of meeting Ecstasy in 2013 and he couldn’t have been nicer. What a tremendous loss this is.
Our deepest condolences to the family, friends and fans of Ecstasy. Rest In Beats Legend. You will be forever celebrated. 🙏 #ripecstasy #restinbeats
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Watch. #TonyAllen breaks down the 5 major drum patterns of Afrobeat in unreleased clip from recent documentary 'Birth of Afrobeat,' which premiered on PBS in January 2020. (More info on the film in the Youtube description.). Via @restinbeats / @OpiyoOkeyo youtube.com/watch?v=FnxL66aH…
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stills from 'birth of afrobeat'—a 2018 short doc from @restinbeats following tony allen as he recorded the album 'what goes up' with @chicagoafrobeat.
thank you @opiyookeyo for immortalizing this icon + his legacy: restinbeats.com/birthofafrob…
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WE ARE LIVE ON AIR WITH @afrobeatradio ON @WBAI. WUYI IS CURRENTLY IN CONVERSATION WITH @OpiyoOkeyo ABOUT HIS DOCUMENTARY ABOUT @t_allenafrobeat @RESTINBEATS
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For @GQ’s Man of the Year issue, I told the story of @nipseyhussle from those who knew him best. I’m humbled by the generosity his family and friends have shown me over the last few months — and it was an honor to be trusted with this piece.
The life and legacy of rapper and activist Nipsey Hussle, according to those who knew him best gq.mn/6XLhwH3
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This Tyler, the Creator acceptance speech is required watching ✊
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BIRTH OF AFROBEAT
US | 2018 | 7 min
dir. Opiyo Okeyo
@restinbeats, @OpiyoOkeyo
WA State Premiere
bit.ly/enormoustff
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Corrine Bailey Rae? Erykah Badu? Tweet? New genre names are very often created to cleave black progenitors away from newer white artists who are then hailed as innovators. Watch it happen in real time!
Female stars like @Billieeilish and @arianagrande are using 'whispercore' to change pop uproxx.it/8bd3kf8
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In a century, our people will still be playing:
#NinaSimone
#StevieWonder
#JohnColtrane
#SarahVaughan
#FelaKuti
#CurtisMayfield
#MiriamMakeba
And many more like that.
Taste speaks to now.
Not necessarily eternity.
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A quick walk around the new exhibit - starting with the producer wall @JDilla_Fndn @mADurgency @LordFinesseDITC @PeteRock @MrChuckD @bigdaddykane @hiphopgods @HipHopGoldenAge @BlindWhino @Baba_LP_7 @dj_Habitual @llcoolj @QtipTheAbstract @questlove