Music is my first love. I’m a writer, but a songwriter first, and always go to music when I need an outlet to express emotion, tell a story, or whenever the mood strikes me to create. I also LOVE musicians (I married a trumpeter) and I keep an ear to the ground for the latest good music. Luckily my hubby is a collector of good music and a serious hip-hop head, and one of our very best friends, and Black Is author, Mr. CEO is cut from the same cloth. The three of us put our heads together to compile a list of music you all MUST have in your collections. We tend to shy away from what plays on the radio – you’ll hear those songs repeatedly this summer – but these are albums that are worth downloading or buying from your local record store. So without further ado:
BI SUMMER MUSIC MUST-HAVES LIST
(click on each artist to see/hear more)
Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part Two
Janelle Monae -The ArchAndroid
Method Man, Ghostface Killah & Raekwon – Wu Massacre
Nas & Damien Marley – Distant Relatives
Reflection Eternal – Revolutions Per Minute
The Roots – Dilla Joints
I’d also like to add an album/mixtape to the list. I’ve been listening to it for the the last 2 weeks and that is Curren$y- Music to Chill To. I downloaded it from http://www.datpiff.com. That is a source for free mixtapes to the public.