"Be honest, brutally honest. That is what’s going to maintain relationships."
Lauryn Hill
amen. if you have something to say, then say it. too grown for that reading between the lines bull shit
(via youngblackandvegan)
Just when I thought I couldn’t fall in love with Basquiat any further: Jean-Michel Basquiat’s illustration for Maya Angelou’s children’s book, Life doesn’t Frighten Me (1993), aka an artnerd’s dream collaboration. I’m absolutely turning Basquiat’s T-rex into a tattoo.
Baby I’m Yours | Shai
Only a few days ‘til you can buy Canadian-Ghanaian artist Kae Sun’s sophomore album AFRIYIE digitally (May 28th). But in the meantime, OkayAfrica has made the album available for streaming in its entirety. Yes, all ten tracks including his incredible and anthem-like song When the Pot (which I absolutely love).
The rest of the album is full of catchy sing-a-long tunes with guitar-led rhythms in the same vein as When the Pot, such as Heart Healing Pulse and Weh-Weh, striking heart-felt emotive songs like Burden of Love, Lead Loaded Letters and Ship and the Globe, and the socially conscious driven Lion Unleashed that shows the true dynamism of Kae Sun’s voice.
A cohesive and well put-together effort from Kae Sun, AFRIYIE is definitely an album to add to your collection.
I’m trying to, I really am…
how scary is it that we teach our little girls that a wedding is the end of the story.
But really.
I have determined that I need more friends to turn up with.
Most of my friends work full-time so they just want to sleep on the weekends; or they have significant others who they wish to spend all their free time with; or they’re in grad school and are selective spenders so they don’t want to pay to go out; or they live on the east coast and thus are unavailable.
Sigh.
"You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you."
James Baldwin (via ladyvenoms)
