three takes
“Stakes Is High” (K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason, J. Yancey [AKA J Dilla])
Robert Glasper Experiment with Mos Def (AKA Yasiin Bey), live
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“Suite for Ma Dukes—Stakes Is High” featuring Posdnuos (De La Soul) and Talib Kweli, live, Los Angeles, 2009
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De La Soul, recording (produced by J Dilla and De La Soul), 1996
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There are all kinds of gospel.
Common, William Murphy, Erykah Badu, “God Is Love,” “The Light,” live (TV show), Newark, N.J., 2019
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reading table
A tethered horse,
snow
in both stirrups.—Yosa Buson, 1716-1783 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
sounds of Ukraine
When you live in a country where words seem to mean less and less, what a relief it can be to listen to a language you know not at all.
Alyona Alyona, live (acoustic session), Slovakia (Pohoda Festival), 2019
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what’s new
Robert Glasper (keyboards, vocals) with T3 (vocals), Chris Dave (drums), et al., J Dilla Tribute, live, New York, 10/25/19
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sounds of Ukraine
day one
Here’s the latest from this kindergarten teacher turned rapper.
Alyona Alyona, “Завтра,” 9/27/19
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more
Anderson .Paak, “Jet Black,” live (studio), London, 9/16/19
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what’s new
Greatest, ever, Ukrainian kindergarten teacher turned rapper?
Alyona Alyona, “Булінг,” 9/9/19
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what’s new
Anderson .Paak, “Old Town Road” (Lil Nas X cover), live (studio), London, 9/16/19
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She’s on to something—what, I’m not quite sure.
Alyona, Alyona, “Залишаю свій дім,” 2018
the song is about the fact that she leaves her home and parents in the province and moved to the capital (Kiev)
—YouTube comment
(More? Here.)
what’s new
Georgia Anne Muldrow, “Overdrive,” “Flowers” (with Dudley Perkins), “Ciao,” live (studio), Washington, D.C., 4/8/19
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