Music Monday 142 :: Brother Ali "Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color"

Music Monday 142 :: Brother Ali "Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color"

Album cover for Brother Ali's "Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color." Borrowed from the Rhymesayers website

A few weeks ago I was playing around on the iPad using the Flipboard app. I like that I can connect my SoundCloud account to Flipboard.

And so I was checking out my SoundCloud stuff and noticed something new from Brother Ali. This guy's the real deal; straight, no chaser. And this new thing "Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color," yeah, to say it's nice and I like it means I just don't have the time to write how I really feel. Actually, the music speaks for itself.

Start w/"Mourning in America" ... if you can handle that. Oh, and there's this segment from NPR:
Brother Ali: A Voice For The Suffering


 

Music Monday 73 :: Eyedea from Eyedea and Abilities

The other day I wrote a blog post on my Indy Hip Hop World blog about Eyedea (Mike Larsen) from Eyedea and Abilities. They were a rap duo from Minnesota. Eyedea died last month and there was a tribute concert to him a few days ago put on by his Rhymesayers label, family and friends.

Check out the Indy Hip Hop World blog post on A Celebration of Mike Larsen :: Eyedea. He's good peeps and he will be missed.