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Sometimes I wonder if I’m turning into a curmudgeon. How did I get here, I wonder, where only yesterday I was thumping bass in my Camry and now see it fit to lecture the youth about the lack of message of in our music. What’s next! I mean am I about to be that guy
Bob Marley once said the good thing about music is that when it hits you, you feel no pain. May he rest in peace, Marley was so right! At times, music hits us before the first words are sung and before the hook even sets in. I had this exact experience a few days ago
Read my “love letter” to music below the YouTube video: I have a confession of sorts. Actually, it’s more like something I want to profess. You can call this article a profession I guess; an equal part affirmation of something I love and an acceptance of a passion I have turned into a profession. This
Check below the video for the written part of the “Sabbath Epistle”: Life is hard; if we live long enough, the kicks and blows of life will tickle all of us with the feather of sorrow. There is not a man or woman in the history of humanity who has been able to escape the
Although we live in an age of seemingly perpetual conflicts where politics, religion, and endless labels divide us, it is best to pause and reflect on the very things that tethers all of us. There are certain notions which are universal and transcends borders and barriers. The hope that we have for our children, the
At times, wisdom comes to us at the most unexpected times during the most random conversations. We usually notice these blessings when we are hit with an “aha moment”, where a once obtuse comment is sanctified by a nugget of sage insight as someone gives us another perspective through a gentle nudge. My dalliance with
Hip hop is not what it is. Hip hop is what it was for the essence of rapping is an evolution of soul music that traces its roots in the very essence of defiance. Hip hop is a rebellion; a refusal to submit to the whims of the powerful and instead hold tight to an
Life comes at us first in threes then in thirties. A minor bump turns into a major ridge and before we know it, we are flat on our backs bedeviled by life’s bad luck. This is a theme that is universal, no matter the station we are born into or the level of success we
Make sure to check out associated article below; if you like the video spread it all over social media using #Wubet (wubet means beautiful, apropos for this article for there is beauty in all and all about us if we only choose to see it) All of us have have astounding gifts, unique talents, that
If there is one thing I am certain of it is this one notion. God speaks to us through music. Well actually God exists all around us, the essence of creation speaks to us through multiple venues. From strangers who embrace you to magical moments which bless you—the love of God is within us and
