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[MP3] Did Childish Gambino Swaggerjack Jase Harley’s “American Pharaoh” for “This Is America”?
That’s the charge. Listen for yourself and you decide….
Previously on the Kitchen:
– Childish Gambino – This Is America [MP3 + Music Video]
[News] R.I.P. Prince Rogers Nelson: 1958 – 2016
What can be said about Prince that does the man and his legacy as an artist & person justice? He was a giant, a legend, an icon and so much more that is only coming out in the wake of his unexpected and untimely passing last Thursday. The impact of what we have lost with his passing will reverberate for years to come. To wit…
Bonus reading and video:
– Miles Davis on Prince: “Prince was like James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and Charlie Chaplin”
– An absolutely INCREDIBLE video of Prince preforming “It’s Gonna Be a Beautiful Night” from the never (or very limited) released Sign O’ the Times concert documentary film
– An amazing acoustic performance by Prince on VH1
– That time Prince jumped up on stage unannounced and performed with Q-tip
– Van Jones on the breadth of Prince’s anonymous philanthropy and altruism
– The story of the time Prince gave a free concert at a college for deaf students
– Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top calls Prince’s guitar playing “otherworldly” and “defying description”
– The guitar solo Prince played at the 2004 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony that has been dubbed the “greatest of all time” by some
– Bruce Springsteen‘s tribute performance of “Purple Rain” to open his show in Brooklyn last night
– Video of the only time Prince, Michael Jackson and James Brown were all on stage together at the same time
– Absolutely heartbreaking of video of Whitney Houston and her daughter, Bobbi Kristina watching Prince perform “Raspberry Beret”
– Chevy’s perfect tribute to Prince
R.I.P Prince….
[MP3] Declaime Feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow – Eric Garner (Prod. By Juan Lobo)
This is fantastic! Hit the jump for the related track by Declaime, “Cops Ain’t Sh-t.”
Related:
– NYPD Officer, Pedro Serrano’s Secret Taping Reveals Superior Ordered Him To Stop And Frisk Black Males Ages 14-21 – is this really a surprise to anyone??! (Newsone)
– Meet The 17-Year-Old Who Blew The Lid Off Racial Profiling With His iPod (Upworthy)
Watch Tonight’s 2013 Polaris Music Prize Award Show Live on AUX-TV
How you ask? Via the live stream embed player above courtesy AUX-TV.
Can’t wait? Or wanna get psyched up for tonight’s event? Watch AUX-TV’s ‘Road to Polaris’ series of video shorts with (most of) the Shortlisted artists HERE.
In the meantime, as you can see above, I’m gonna be busy! I can’t ‘kiss and tell’ but if you want a some sense of how I might be voting tonight, you can CLICK HERE.
[Video] The Second Inauguration of President Barack Obama
Although he was actually technically already inaugurated after re-affirming the oath of office in a privatve swearing-in ceremony at the White House yesterday. Now please, do good, Mr. President!
[via Whitehouse.gov]