Blue Scholars

“Joe Metro”

What? Did you expect something else??
Peace.

Contributor Andrew Padula has been in situations throughout his life where he’s felt compelled to address racial issues from his unusual perspective. Andrew is a white, politically conservative, blues musician who’s been teaching and touring the U.S. and Europe since 1993. He can be seen with blues legend Bobby Parker on B.E.T. Jazz Central as [...]

Keep On
D Train
“The sky is the limit and you know that you can have what you want
Be what you want.”

That’s the way love is
Ten City

Optimistic
Sounds of Blackness

“I know of storms and strife
I been around them all of life
Just think ahead and you’ll be inspired
To reach higher and higher.”
Whew. I needed that.

Perfect Lover
Company B

I crave Freestyle. I love it. All that synthi’ goodness floods my mind with happy club-hopping memories of a singular time in New York City.
Enjoy!

Bustin’ Loose
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers

Keep what you got
Until you get what
You need y’all
You got to give a lot
Just to get what
You need sometimes y’all
Gimme the bridge now
I feel like busting loose
Busting loose
Gimme the bridge now
This was THE party jam, or should I say anthem, when I was coming up in D.C.

Crank your speakers [...]

Freshman year my college roommate explained to me that her family wasn’t racist because they watched Soul Train sometimes.
True story.

Backstrokin’
The Fatback Band

awwww yeahhhhh.

Good Life
Inner City

Let me take you to a place I know you want to go
it’s a good life
I wanna stand around and beg you
just don’t say no
no no
no no.
I have got a feeling that you’re gonna like it what I’m doing to you
And I know what I’m doing
I’ll be doing what you want [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day y’all.
This one goes out to the grown and sexy.

The Screams of Passion, The Family
Crank the speakers!

Natural Blues
Moby
featuring Alan Lomax Field Recordings
–More…
–Even more…

oh lordy, trouble so hard
oh lordy, trouble so hard,
don’t nobody know my troubles but God
don’t nobody know my troubles but God
went down the hill, the other day
my soul got happy and stayed all day
oh lordy…

Stomp
The Brothers Johnson

Free Skate!

Tennessee
Arrested Development
Now I see the importance of history
Why people be in the mess that they be
Many journeys to freedom made in vain
By brothers on the corner playin ghetto games
I ask you lord why you enlightened me
Without the enlightment of all my folks
He said cuz I set myself on a quest for truth
And he was there [...]