Have a blessed Resurrection Sunday POU! As you go about this beautiful Sunday, enjoy the music of Atlanta's own Algebra. Born Algebra Felicia Blessett on April 9, 1976, and hailing from the R&B hotbed of Atlanta, Algebra has already earned a reputation as one of her hometown's most exciting talents. Algebra grew up steeped in music, in a religious family with … [Read more...] about Sunday Open Thread: Happy Easter POU!
Neo-Soul
Saturday Afternoon Thread: The Soulquarians Week
Q-Tip feat. Roy Hargrove and Erykah Badu - Poetry … [Read more...] about Saturday Afternoon Thread: The Soulquarians Week
Friday Afternoon Thread: The Soulquarians Week
The Roots, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu (Live) -Dave Chappelle's Block Party … [Read more...] about Friday Afternoon Thread: The Soulquarians Week
Tuesday Afternoon Thread: The Soulquarians Week
In Questlove's 2013 autobiography, Mo' Meta Blues, he describes the formation of the Soulquarians, a collective that coalesced during recording sessions for his Roots' Things Fall Apart, D'Angelo's Voodoo, Common's Like Water for Chocolate and Erykah Badu's Mama's Gun. Its core members were James Poyser, D'Angelo, J Dilla and Questlove himself, all of whom had the astrological … [Read more...] about Tuesday Afternoon Thread: The Soulquarians Week
Monday Afternoon Thread: The Soulquarians Week
Many of the Soulquarians performed on one another's records, creating a community of like-minded musicians forging a style that had yet to be named (though neo-soul came to mind at this time). Organic soul, natural R&B, boho-rap--it's music that owes a debt to the old-school sounds of Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix and George Clinton without expressly mimicking any … [Read more...] about Monday Afternoon Thread: The Soulquarians Week