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Everybody Omawumi Attacked in New Video, 'Bulls#!t'
Nigerian singer Omawumi has always been renowned as one of the most prolific singers and one woman who is always happy and willing to share her opinion on the things happening around her. After a whole ten months, the singer is finally back with a new song and on this one, she’s taking a look back at 2020, the country as it is now, and all the bullshit that is happening.
By Jide Okonjo5 years ago in Beat
Floating Above It
When I entered the 9th grade, it was into a hyper-competitive school with a strict dress code and heavy homework assignments. The small charter school had opened just two years prior and promised a revolutionary way for its young students to get a leg up in the college admissions process. Any student who stayed on course with their classes would graduate with both a high school diploma and an associate’s degree. My mom thought it was a brilliant idea. She wasted no time getting the application and wearing me down to the point where exchanging my high school social life for more homework didn’t seem utterly insane.
By Mukena Addict5 years ago in Beat
Sax Intercessor
Dear Jean, The morning sun glows a beautiful orange and yellow as it rises over the mountains -the wind is still. It is hope and new mercies rising. The peace of the early morning begins to knock at my spirit. I am grateful for the care of a wonderful husband; a man kissed by the sun and whose presence fills a room. Yet. Yet, still. Yet, still there is anxiety and stress. My mind raced all night and it felt ethereal as I watched myself try to sleep; the ledger recounted all the unfinished tasks and all that needs to get done. The looming anxieties filled me during the time where I should have be restoring my temple. It was not a peaceful occurrence, it was tossing and turning and conversations with self in the midst of threshold consciousness. I hear you saying anxiety and faith cannot reside in the same space. Your wisdom from life lessons are appreciated: I am grateful for your teaching and your guidance.
By Deirdre Simmons5 years ago in Beat
A Rehabilitated Swiftie’s Guide to Zen
I have owned two albums physically in my 22 years of life: Kelly Clarkson’s Breakaway (randomly) and Taylor Swift’s Fearless. Growing up, we had this really beat-up VCR/DVD player hybrid that was perpetually on its last legs, and it was through this medium that I blasted all the songs on Fearless on repeat. Many years later, I regard this album with great fondness and nostalgia and can still belt the songs line-by-line. I consider myself to be what one would call a rehabilitated Swiftie. Taylor’s music was the backdrop to my early childhood, but somewhere between my first and second year of secondary school, I fell off the bandwagon. The transition to secondary school was rough. I was a bit of a nerd (still am) and was often admonished for my taste in music, with many labelling me an“Oreo." For those of you reading this who aren’t black, this is a grave insult when launched at a black person. It is almost a denial of your blackness because of your consumption of different forms of popular culture. As if your blackness could be erased by something as trivial as the type of music you enjoyed.
By Laquesha Bailey5 years ago in Beat
The Beauty of French Cooking Music
It's a chaotic world out there with noise and disturbances and all manner of stressors. Though 2020 taught us that we may be able to avoid traffic and long trips to the grocery store, there are some things that are just a part of being human. You have to find the will to get out of bed every morning. You have to shower, get dressed, eat—all the usual daily rituals. You have to deal with school or work or some combination of the two. Sure, a pandemic may enable us to work from home, but that doesn't mean we don't have to deal with the things that come with being an "average" human being living an "average" life.
By Jillian Spiridon5 years ago in Beat
Echoes
Meditation should be simple, accessible. Maybe something you can do while multi-tasking. The way I see it, meditation is like opening that slot at the bottom of Connect Four to dump all your thoughts and have a clear head. Maybe it is that easy, just something to take your mind off your life for a bit, in which case it becomes widely available. Going for a walk, drawing a picture of an apple, or listening to music are simple activities that bridge the gap between transcending the universe and your everyday life.
By Dan Koenig5 years ago in Beat
Song Review: 'Peaches' by Justin Bieber ft Daniel Caesar and Giveon.
Never look at the top of the charts for anything other than the most mediocre and easy to ignore songs on the planet. Don’t get me wrong, plenty of great songs have overcome the masses to make it to number one. But, unfailingly, when one takes the time to look at the song that has risen to the top of the charts, that song tends to be remarkable for being unremarkable. Generally, the best selling song is the one that is bland enough to please a lot of people all at once.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Beat
Things I Imagined
We all enjoy the moments when the world feels as though it’s pressing a weight on our chests right? The times when every voice in our head is loud and heavy or when the emotions whirlwind their way through our nervous system resulting in waves of anxiety, depression, shrinking or mania. Great, now that we have established how much of a nonsensical lie that all is, we can begin to explore the artistic avenues that steer us to peace, to a weightless free flow of thought and deed, to music that guides us to still waters. Look no further than the neo-soul, cancer zodiac river musical goddess that is Solange.
By Marquis D. Gibson5 years ago in Beat
A Melancholic Focus
Music is never usually something I use as a tool for relaxation. My preferred genre is actually Hardstyle which is high-impact, hard thumping bass, energetic and bouncing electronic music. It gets my spirits up, my heart pumping and makes me alert!
By Eloise Robertson 5 years ago in Beat
The Color Of The Night: The Powerful Plea Of Love.
The era of the 90s supplied many great songs. Smells Like Teen Spirit redefined the rock genre, Bruce Springsteen's Streets of Philadelphia won the Academy Award for best song. Whitney Houston's cover of I Will Always Love You became a bonified power ballad apart of one of the successful soundtracks of all time. The 90s had a plethora of powerful songs, but there were songs that went noticed under the known artists, there are many songs that went unnoticed, by the title of this article your about to read one that you missed.
By Samantha Parrish5 years ago in Beat
Yarro and Pashka spin a hauntingly beautiful tale in the newly released ‘Snow Remix’ and I get to learn about her creative process in an exclusive interview.
Originally released on Yarro’s EP, Reset, Snow is a song about rude awakenings. Set to a slow, yet hauntingly melodious piano, the record tells the story of unrequited love- the kind that is experienced in delusions of ego and toxicity- and it’s cold and harsh stirring to reality. The remix to Yarro’s Snow, done in collaboration with Pashka, combines an ambient house-beat with Yarro’s bold and emotive vocals. Created for a live performance during Fashion Art Toronto’s, ‘Digital Runway Series', this remix was once a lengthy track that adorned the entirety of designer Padina Bondar’s showcase. Bondar's whimsical and starkly haunting pieces, melded effortlessly with Yarro’s music. In fact, this rendition of Snow was received with such high praise, that the artist and producer decided to condense the track for digital release.
By The Industry Unveiled5 years ago in Beat
