Love & Music

Music lover, movie lover, dog lover

[pi-la]

[kathleentalks]

Question:

Do y’all listen to more than one genre of music? I want to discuss

[agrownupgeekgirl]

To be honest.. if more children were shown from birth that they are loved, cared for, and listened no matter their gender we might not have some of the problems we have now.  

[michellepsychologist]

😻amazing, pt.1

[winterstar95-deactivated2023110]

Always need good news stories

[growing-up-gay]

Just some positivity, because we could all use some more of this in our lives.

[bigromance]

Get you a party this lit

[bigromance]

Let’s recap where we are at so far.

[bigromance]

Oh and we can’t forget!

[nunnatheinsanegerbil]

That last addition got me so bad

[kathleentalks]

Baelani

[fuse]

Meet the rising female rappers of 2014: Noname Gypsy, Nitty Scott, Rapsody, Nyemiah Supreme and more

[cultureunseen]

NextGen of Sista Rappers… 1.   Angel Haze 2.   Awkwafina 3.   Rapsody 4.   FM_Supreme 5.   Jean Grae 6.   Ruby Ibarra 7.   Asia Sparks 8.   Honey Cocaine 9.   Lore’l 10. Nyemiah Supreme

[kathleentalks]

Your Guide to Upcoming WOC R&B singers and MCs Part 2

Honey Cocaine

This MC has been putting music out for years and getting millions of views on every music video. The 22 year old from Toronto, came out under Tyga, but she is definitely past being someone’s artist. She has spoken out about being a female in the game and the competition that comes with it. She has even done the unthinkable; made a song with fellow MC Snow Tha Product. She has continually put music out for years, her latest being the Gift Rap EP.

Tori Kelly

This 22 year old Cali girl has gone from being reject on American Idol, to Youtube, to her first album debuting last week. She started as a cover artist and then independently making her music, including two EPs. She has been blowing people away with her live vocals from years, most recently at BET Awards. Her album Unbreakable Smile is out now.

Angel Haze

Angel Haze is the person we have been looking for. They are a talented rapper/singer who can out rap your favorite rappers and out sing you favorite singers. They made history as the first “female” artist of color to be a XXL Freshman.They are a smart person who can make you feel pain and happiness with one song. Their song “Battle Cry” featuring Sia was nominated for a VMA for Best Song With A Social Message. A mixtape will be released new month.

Gifted Gab

Gifted Gab is a Seattle native MC who is the first lady of Moor Gang. She may be way under the radar now, but she is making quite a name for herself. A very outspoken women with opinions, she may be what we need. Her last project, Girl Rap, was released last year.

Lyrica Anderson 

This R&B singer is equally a vocalist as well as a song writer. In fact, she probably has written for your favorite artist. As of late she has been releasing her own music and it is amazing. She has a King Me series she is continuing, but her latest project was “If You Are Remixing This It’s Too Late”.

[kathleentalks]

Nitty Scott, MC Freestyle on Sway In The Morning!

[kathleentalks]

AMAZING Black Women MCs

Nitty Scott, MC

Gifted Gab

Tink

Nyemiah Supreme

Brianna Perry

DonMonique

Siya

Azealia Banks

Dreezy

Lady Leshurr

Lola Monroe

Angel Haze

Asia Sparks

Dej Loaf

Dutch Rebelle

Honey Soula

Jean Daux

Junglepussy

Lizzo

Lexii Alijai

Diamond

Lil Mama

BreZ

AWA

Kayamiah

NoName

Lee Mazin

Detriot Chi

Nolay

Tish

Rapsody

[kathleentalks]

Your Guide to Upcoming WOC R&B singers and MCs

Nitty Scott, MC

An Afro-Latina women and who is proud of it, this MC is one of the best out right now, male or female. She has rapped along side the best of them (Kendrick Lamar, Ab-soul, Action Bronson) and has held her own. She is very outspoken about social issues, evening going to Hot97 to speak about feminism. Her debut album, The Art Of Chill, can be downloaded for free or bought on iTunes.

Snow Tha Product

Much like Nitty, this MC also is not afraid to speak about women’s issues, and she also coined the phrase “Fuck weed, legalize my Mom” on Sway in the Morning. This Mexican rapper has actually been rapping since 2007.  She has also been known to rap along the best MCs out, like Crooked I and Tech N9ne. Her mixtape, The Rest Comes Later is out today!

Kehlani

This R&B singer is new to the game but she is already making waves, literally. Her first mixtape, Cloud 19, changed the way singers can make music. Her second mixtape, You Should Be Here, charted #2 on Billboard R&B chart and made Complex Magazine’s “Best Albums of the Year So Far” at #9. She is only 20 and has started her own label under Atlantic Records. She is going to do big things and make Oakland proud.

Tink

Tink is a 19 year old singer and MC from Chicago. She recently signed with Timbaland, and he puts her with legends like Lauryn Hill and Aaliyah. She went from doing Drill music in her younger years to being the best spitter/soulful artist out now, even becoming one of this year’s XXL freshman. Her debut album comes out this summer!

Justine Skye

Tumblr’s own justineskye is doing amazing things in R&B. The young 19 year old singer has been putting music out for years.  Her lastest EP’s, Everyday Living and Emotionally Unavailable, really showcase her talent and diverse music abilities. She is breathes away from blowing up.

[kathleentalks]

This is so old but so good #iloveblackwomen

[kathleentalks]

Modern Day R&B

Kehlani - “Alive” ft. Coucheron

Jhené Aiko - Eternal Sunshine

Tink - Million

Lyrica Anderson - Hello

TINASHE - Bet

[weavemama]

Malala really is a class act for standing up against the horrors many women and girls face around the world. She needs to be protected at all costs, bc the world needs more people like her.

[twinkest12]

A Hero.

[dreadpiratekhan]

A Swedish woman hitting a neo-Nazi protester with her handbag. The woman was reportedly a concentration camp survivor. [1985]

Volunteers learn how to fight fires at Pearl Harbor [c. 1941 - 1945]

Maud Wagner, the first well-known female tattoo artist in the U.S. [1907]

A 106-year old Armenian woman protecting her home with an AK-47. [1990]

Komako Kimura, a prominent Japanese suffragist at a march in New York. [October 23, 1917]

Margaret Hamilton, lead software engineer of the Apollo Project, standing next to the code she wrote by hand that was used to take humanity to the moon. [1969]

Erika, a 15-year-old Hungarian fighter who fought for freedom against the Soviet Union. [October 1956]

Sarla Thakral, 21 years old, the first Indian woman to earn a pilot license. [1936]

Voting activist Annie Lumpkins at the Little Rock city jail. [1961]   (freakin’ immaculate)

[dreadpiratekhan]

Now with more awesomesauce!

Female pilots leaving their B-17, “Pistol Packin’ Mama” [c. 1941 - 1945]

The first basketball team from Smith college. [1902]

Filipino guerilla, Captain Nieves Fernandez, shows a US soldier how she killed Japanese soldiers during the occupation. [1944]

Afghani medical students. [1962]   (man, screw fundamentalism.)

A British sergeant training members of the ‘mum’s army’ Women’s Home Defence Corps during the Battle of Britain. [1940]

and just to wrap up…

Nina Simone, one of the most talented vocalists of the 20th century.

[mikkeneko]

Women have always been there. remember whenever a Serious Historical Movie is made showing Serious Historical Things that include only a parade of unbroken men, that is a deliberate filmmaking choice.

[masterbeckford]

Blue Ivy and Schoolboy Q’s daughter, Joy in Gucci tuxes. Black Men & their Daughters 🙌🏾#GirlPower

[racefaker]

We should just start making a list of all the things those feminist journalists are gonna say about Beyoncé.

#1) “The dress was far too tight for a pregnant woman to be wearing.”

#2) “The ‘stunts’ she pulled while performing were very dangerous and reckless.”

#3) “She’s exploiting her unborn children.”

[cosmicmoves-deactivated20170412]

#4) “Beyoncé Glorifying Cheating? Why Jay-Z Isn’t a Wonderful Husband”

#5) “Beyoncé Gives Props to Adele, The True Queen of Pop”

#6) “10 Reasons Beyoncé’s Grammy Performance is Anti-Feminist”

[racefaker]

#7) “Beyoncé used her pregnancy to try to win over the Grammy.”

#8) “Beyoncé puts her daughter in a suit saying that wearing dresses is not empowering!”

[cosmicmoves-deactivated20170412]

#9) “Blue Ivy in a Pink Suit? Why Bey’s Wardrobe Choice for Blue is Not Feminism”

#10) “Beyoncé a Goddess? More Unrealistic Standards for Women”

#11) “Through the Looking Glass: Experiencing Racism as a White Woman Left out from Beyoncé’s Grammy Representation”

[miscreant-side-puffs]

12) How Beyoncé dangerous her chair stunt made me pro-life.

[ororomunroedontpullout]

#13) Gold crowns? Why Beyoncé’s Grammys dress is the embodiment of claissm