The R&B roots of Reggae, K Pop, Pop, and Hip Hip. Read my essay for a full breakdown with clickable links incensenashtrays.com/rhythm-…

No. Too many black artists and producers whose whole catalogues have been raided for samples and gets no attention. If i covered bob james I’d cover Steve Gadd and Idris Muhammad, the drummers who played the breaks everyone samples. I love bob james. Saw him live last month. But we got too many musical geniuses who’ve created more samples nobody ever talks about.

Somebody needs to hear this. @smokeyrobinson wrote a song about love and relationships from every angle. This song is a cautionary tale about getting back with a chick from the past that you KNOW ain’t no good for you. So in other words listen to some Smokey before sinning.

Rest in peace, Rosalind Ashford, soprano from Martha and the Vandellas. They helped float Motown during the early ’60s, before the Temptations and the Supremes blew up. Their early run included “Come and Get These Memories,” “Heat Wave,” “Quicksand,” “Dancing in the Street,” “Nowhere to Run,” and later classics like “I’m Ready for Love” and “Jimmy Mack.” Their song “Dancing in the Street” changed R&B and American pop music. Motown may not have survived without the early string of hits from her group. Background singers are often taken for granted, but they are the air that breathes life into a song. Rosalind came from an era when harmonies had to be airtight. Every note mattered. Every texture mattered. Those voices weren’t simply sitting behind the lead—they were part of the arrangement and part of what made those records timeless. Rest well to an unsung icon. Read my blog on how “Dancing in the Street” changed R&B and helped build the Motown sound: incensenashtrays.com/how-dan…

“We’re All Black” — Caribbean Panel Keeps Dodging This Question nitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1qxvveOaN…

Tonight at the comedy store when Corey announced Dj Vlad was in the room everybody booed. 😂😂😂😂

KRS-One Wants a Hip Hop City—Bad Idea youtube.com/live/GmGO-CcON0g… via @YouTube

Josef Leimberg has helped shape music connected to Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Snoop Dogg, Erykah Badu, Kamasi Washington, and more. But his story goes far beyond the credits. Read the full Incense-N-Ashtrays profile here: incensenashtrays.com/josef-l…

R&B was sidelined, while hip hop got the golden ticket. Universal's acquisition of hip hop's masters meant they owned the samples, charging artists for music they already possessed. #MusicIndustry #R&B #HipHop

What They Did to R&B Was Worse Than You Think #MusicIndustry #R&B #HipHop

KRS-One Wants a Hip Hop City—Bad Idea youtube.com/live/GmGO-CcON0g… via @YouTube

La is wild today. A car ran through a bus and killed 2 people. Then the helecoper covering the crash crashed and killed more people. GEEEZUS.

SMH. Sad. A man got stabbed in an Alley in Beverly Hills... I keep tellin yall Beverly Hills is ghetto. latimes.com/california/story…

Macklemore used hip hop to take a harder stance for Palestine than any black rapper has used hip hop to stand against the gentrification of the block they rap about.

Did USAID Push Hip Hop to Take Out Rock? nitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1kJzDPyjn…

Did USAID Push Hip Hop? Listen in for the real story. youtube.com/live/pdJml1EG73o

These are the Sambos we have to deal with... SMH

Paying for a pardon consultant isn’t illegal. But bruh. As a gangster you should be able to read a gangster. You got hustled by gangsters repping a gangster administration. Niggas will see a white dude in a suit and lose all of his street senses.

There were more deaths surrounding the 60s folk rock music scene than the 90s hip hop scene and modern drill rap scene. Bruce Davis was one of those drill rockers, he killed gangster rocker Gary Hinman.

Charleston White keeps going to jail and getting off light… like most informants.