Tag: Kendrick Lamar

Let’s take a ride down memory blvd: Kendrick Lamar’s Squabble Up

Nov 29, 2024

in American History, Hip Hop, Los Angeles

Art by Author The excitement I felt when I heard the Debbie Deb sample on Kendrick Lamar’s Squabble Up off his new GNX project was overwhelming. It took me right back to being 12 and starting to navigate the treacherous teenage years with the help of music. The first record I remember buying was Fascinated…
Words and sounds that inspire at the start of 2014: from the city of angels with love

Jan 29, 2014

in Chicano, Civil Rights, Folk, Funk, Hip Hop, Jazz, Keyboards, Los Angeles, Piano, Spanish Civil War Songs, Trumpet

“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.” ~ MLK, Jr. The year 2014 is upon us and as we come to terms with tragic consequences of global apathy, the creative mind and spirit of the earth and universe instills in us the…