Can't think of many things better than driving around town with my sister, blasting L Boogie out the stereo, and singing at the top of our lungs.
Every time I listen to The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill with someone, I say the same thing, "I think she made a perfect album." This song is one of its finest.
Thanks to my homegirl Marika for scooping this lil' ditty at SXSW. Ari Lennox has got some serious soul.
Read up on how Lennox found herself working on J.Cole's Dreamville imprint after throwing up some covers online, including this dreamy flip of Beyoncé's "Drunk In Love," in this interview with The FADER.
She slays it on this Otis Redding track, one of my all-time favourites...
...and just one more of her take on the legendary Lauryn Hill's classic "X Factor," background noise and all.
On Thursday evening, a friend came through with a last-minute surprise: tickets to catch Nas and Lauryn Hill perform at SF's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. I've caught each of them perform many times over the years, and more recently have been to their double-bill shows at Oakland's Fox Theater, one of my favourite venues in the Bay Area.
These two have still got it, no doubt, and the messages in their lyrics resonate two decades after this track first dropped. Imagine that.
Same drums as "Bonita Applebum." Keepin' it moving, throwin' it back.
Water is a powerful force, sometimes devastatingly so.
Today our thoughts are with the people of Haïti and her diaspora living all around the world.
You can donate to Hurricane Matthew relief efforts through UNICEF here, the International Red Cross here, or learn more about other ways to help here.
Men anpil chay pa lou.
Remember when I said there ain't nothing like Bob in the morning?
Well, add Lauryn to the mix and then you've got some real magic.
I love that the below video, the top-viewed result when searching on YouTube, is ripped from Much More Music. My fellow Canadians (who remember music videos and music TV channels that actually played them) will know what I'm talking about.