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ICE CUBE “A CONTRACT WITH BLACK AMERICA” READ Now via @lisafordblog
Click the link below to read the contract with Black America delivered by rapper, actor, entrepreneur, film producer, and legend ICE CUBE. This Contract With Black America was designed to start the hard conversations. It was made to be perfected and debated. Add comments and suggestions so we can create a better contract with America that will help create a better and more perfect Union. https://t.co/3VXjGSH6Uc — Ice Cube (@icecube) July 1, 2020 Lisa Ford’s crime novella, South Beach Suicide, on sale now at Amazon. Click Link.
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J COLE – Snow On The Bluff – New Song! LISTEN via @lisafordblog
J. Cole has dropped a surprise new record. On Tuesday (June 16), the Fayetteville, N.C. native released a new track titled “Snow on tha Bluff.” In the introspective new record, Cole speaks on the current state of the world. The 35-year-old rapper touches on the pain felt by Black women, social media activism and the collective feelings of anger and uncertainty felt by the Black community across the United States. Read More: J. Cole Drops New Song “Snow on tha Bluff”: Listen – XXL | https://www.xxlmag.com/j-cole-new-song-snow-on-tha-bluff/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral Lisa Ford’s crime novella, South Beach Suicide, on sale now at Amazon.
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“Strange Fruit” – Billie Holiday LIVE, Nina Simone (VIDEO) & @lisafordblog Thoughts on the Recent Hangings
In the words of Marvin Gaye, can someone please tell me what the fck is going on? Marvin didn’t actually say it that way, but I am. I’m writing this blog post to document the current times and how I feel about it. First and foremost we are all experiencing a global pandemic that has already killed over 118k Americans. And there are people who still aren’t taking COVID19 seriously…but that’s another story for another blog post. Then there’s the murder of George Floyd which is/was the catalyst for the recent Black Lives Matter protest that we are seeing across the world right now. I’m in tears because I’m tired.…
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DA 5 BLOODS – A Spike Lee Joint – DROPS TODAY- Trailer WATCH- NetFlix via @lisafordblog #da5bloods
Check out the trailer above. With Da 5 BLOODS, Spike comes back hard, with his flow of back to back hits, like he did in the late 80s and 90s. Spike Lee did it with The Blackkklansman, and Da 5 Bloods will also be a big Hit. The film features an incredible cast, starring Chadwick Boseman, and the story line centers on Vietnam veterans who go back to the jungle to “find their lost innocence and put their broken selves back together.” Da 5 Bloods, co-written by Lee and marks the Oscar winner’s first directing job for Netflix. also stars Paul Walter Hauser, Norm Lewis, Delroy Lindo and Jonathan Majors. Spike Lee, “The New Spike Lee…
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BILL WITHERS Passed Away. Watch Him Perform “Ain’t No Sunshine” RIP (VIDEO) via @lisafordblog
APNews Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of time, including “ Lean On Me, ” “Lovely Day” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” has died from heart complications, his family said in a statement to The Associated Press. He was 81. The three-time Grammy Award winner, who withdrew from making music in the mid-1980s, died on Monday in Los Angeles, the statement said. His death comes as the public has drawn inspiration from his music during the coronavirus pandemic, with health care workers, choirs, artists and more posting their own renditions on “Lean on Me” to help get through the difficult…
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RODDY RICCH – “THE BOX” [Official Music Video] via @lisafordblog
All I can say about Roddy Rich dropping the visuals for his hit record, The Box is…about damn time. Rolling Stone writes, ” If you’ve taken a look at the charts or turned on the radio at all this year, the story is blindingly clear: Roddy Ricch‘s “The Box” is 2020’s first dominant hit. Released at the tail-end of 2019 on Roddy’s debut album, Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial, “The Box” took everyone (likely including Roddy himself) by surprise “ Lisa Ford’s crime novella, South Beach Suicide, on sale now at Amazon.
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ALFRED HITCHCOCK on #Music in His Films #Flashback Interview (Audio) + #Eminem’s (Video) for “Darkness”
Portrait of Alfred Hitchcock by Antonio Mossucca This is just a quick blog post to pay homage to the great American horror filmmaker, Alfred Hitchcock, Eminem’s muse for his latest album, Music To Be Murdered By. I wonder if Hitchcock knew that one day his style and his 1958 album, the original Music To Be Murdered by would inspire the biggest name in Hip Hop. In this 1972 interview with BBC, Hitchcock reiterates on his 1932 statement that the music in his films and the editing of the films have a great deal in common as both are seamless and establishes the tempo and mood of the scene. In this interview,…
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J DILLA Makes Music From Beyond The Grave!! Incredible! (Podcast & EP) – LISTEN via @lisafordblog
I'm reporting on one of the best interviews and chronicles in Hip Hop history. It's an incredible tale on how producer extraordinaire, J DILLA, comes back from the grave, to release some of the world's most beautiful music. This mesmerizing story begins with the narrative of vintage album shop owner, Jeff Blue Back, of UHF Records in Detroit, an avid vinyl record collector since early childhood. As you will hear in this Podcast, via today's segment of NPR's Snap Judgement, Jeff's passion for music transforms into an astonishing twist of fate...
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GRACE JONES Tells Us How To Get A Man in Conan The Destroyer (#Throwback Video) via @lisafordblog
Hey, I’m doing a little freelance blogging today and writing about random things that are on my mind. I was watching the 2011 version of Conan The Barbarian, starring Jason Momoa on Netflix the other day, and got a little curious about the 1984 version, Conan The Destroyer, staring Arnold Schwarzenegger and the amazing, GRACE JONES. In the film, Grace played Zula, a sorcerer and ally of Conan. Check out one of my favorite clips of her below giving advice on how to get a man. And by the looks of it, Grace was serious, she wasn’t acting. That one single sentence delivered for comical effect contains more practical, effective…
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KOBE BRYANT’S – “Dear Basketball” His Oscar-Winning Short Film (Video) via @lisafordblog
We still can’t believe that the Legend and father, Kobe Bryant, is no longer with us. Yesterday, we all witnessed a deep tragedy when Kobe and his daughter Gianna, died in a helicopter crash on their way to Gianna’s away basketball game. We grew up watching Kobe dominate the NBA while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers. And from what we could see on TV and on social media, Kobe and Gianna were basketball’s new dynamic duo with Kobe’s daughter on track to one day play in the WNBA. Kobe Bryant was a proud father and we all looked forward to watching the amazing 2nd act of his life play…
