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Thread started 02/06/06 2:56am

Milty

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Songs for Black History Month

if you wanted to make a soundtrack for Black History Month what would you put on there?

Nina Simone: Young, Gifted and Black
James Brown: Say It Loud, I'm Black and Proud
Bob Marley: just about anything

anyone lese have any suggestions?
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Reply #1 posted 02/06/06 3:16am

DavidEye

"Black Butterfly" by Deniece Williams (1984) music


a beautiful song with a strong message.You gotta hear it,Milty!
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Reply #2 posted 02/06/06 4:09am

Rhondab

Fight the Power-Public Enemy giggle
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Reply #3 posted 02/06/06 4:35am

JANFAN4L

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India.Arie - Strength, Courage & Wisdom
K'Alyn - Together We Can Dream
Boogie Down Productions - You Must Learn
Janet - Can't Be Stopped
Salt-N-Pepa - Negro Wit' An Ego
Queen Latifah - Black On Black Love (featuring Next and Antonique Smith)
Amel Larrieux - I N I
Dionne Farris - Stop To Think
Sounds of Blackness - Optimistic
RuPaul - Back To My Roots
Tori Fixx - Try (The Fixx Cabaret)
Grand Puba - Change Gonna Come
Janet Jackson - The Knowledge
Stevie Wonder - Black Man
Rachelle Ferrell - Individuality (Can I Be Me?)
Des'ree - I Ain't Movin'
Donnie - Beautiful Me
Meshell Ndegeocello - If We Must Die [poem by Countee Cullen]

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Reply #4 posted 02/06/06 4:42am

RipHer2Shreds

JANFAN4L said:

India.Arie - Strength, Courage & Wisdom
K'Alyn - Together We Can Dream
Janet - Can't Be Stopped
Salt-N-Pepa - Negro Wit' An Ego
Queen Latifah - Black On Black Love (Featuring Next And Antonique Smith)
Amel Larrieux - I N I
Dionne Farris - Stop To Think
Sounds of Blackness - Optimistic
Janet Jackson - The Knowledge
Des'ree - I Ain't Movin'
Donnie - Beautiful Me
Meshell Ndegeocello - If We Must Die [poem by Countee Cullen]

Well, hello there, you! wave
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Reply #5 posted 02/06/06 4:56am

DarlingDiana

James Brown - Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud
Sly & The Family Stone - People Got To Be Free
Sly & The Family Stone - Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey
Michael Jackson - They Don't Care About Us

More to come...
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Reply #6 posted 02/06/06 5:14am

Stymie

JANFAN4L said:

:::

India.Arie - Strength, Courage & Wisdom
K'Alyn - Together We Can Dream
Boogie Down Productions - You Must Learn
Janet - Can't Be Stopped
Salt-N-Pepa - Negro Wit' An Ego
Queen Latifah - Black On Black Love (featuring Next and Antonique Smith)
Amel Larrieux - I N I
Dionne Farris - Stop To Think
Sounds of Blackness - Optimistic
RuPaul - Back To My Roots
Tori Fixx - Try (The Fixx Cabaret)
Grand Puba - Change Gonna Come
Janet Jackson - The Knowledge
Stevie Wonder - Black Man
Rachelle Ferrell - Individuality (Can I Be Me?)
Des'ree - I Ain't Movin'
Donnie - Beautiful Me
Meshell Ndegeocello - If We Must Die [poem by Countee Cullen]

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[Edited 2/6/06 4:58am]
Where you been? hug
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Reply #7 posted 02/06/06 5:17am

Stymie

Young, Gifted and Black-Aretha Franklin
Cloud 9-Donnie
Black Man-Stevie Wonder
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Reply #8 posted 02/06/06 7:02am

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...



Donnie Hathaway -- Someday We'll All Be Free

Curtis Mayfield -- We're A Winner,
Keep On Pushin',
We People Who are Darker Than Blue


Sam Cooke -- A Change Is Gonna Come






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" I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout
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Reply #9 posted 02/06/06 7:25am

p3r1i9nce

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Mahalia Jackson - "Nobody Knows (the Trouble I've Seen)
Mahalia Jackson - "How I Got Over"
Prince - "We March"
Lauryn Hill - "Every Ghetto, Every City"
Michael Jackson - "Black or White"
U2 - "Pride (In the Name of Love)
Proud member of the Naked Orgers Club
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Reply #10 posted 02/06/06 7:41am

theAudience

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These 2 complete CDs...



...We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite & Gone City by Donal Fox


tA

peace Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431
"Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all."
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Reply #11 posted 02/06/06 9:25am

CinisterCee

gotta be some X Clan on there... mr.green
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Reply #12 posted 02/06/06 9:27am

Stymie

CinisterCee said:

gotta be some X Clan on there... mr.green
nod Funkin' Lesson.
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Reply #13 posted 02/06/06 9:35am

CinisterCee

JANFAN4L said:

:::
Boogie Down Productions - You Must Learn


Big Daddy Kane - Word To The Mother (Land)
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Reply #14 posted 02/06/06 10:44am

cherylblues

JAMES BROWN,S SAY IT LOUD I,M BLACK AND I,M PROUD OH YEAH
purple princess
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Reply #15 posted 02/06/06 10:48am

ChristopherTra
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CinisterCee said:

gotta be some X Clan on there... mr.green

WRONG! - ALL of X-Clan! LOL!
"Free yo mind and yo ass will follow" - George Clinton
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Reply #16 posted 02/06/06 10:52am

ChristopherTra
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Jesse Johnson - "Black In America"
Billie - "Strange Fruit"
Donnie - His ENTIRE CD (The Colored Section)
India.Arie - "Brown Skin"
Bilal - "Soul Sista"
Angie Stone - "Brotha"
P.E. - "Brotha's Gonna Work it Out"
East Coast All Stars - "Self-Destruction"
"Free yo mind and yo ass will follow" - George Clinton
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Reply #17 posted 02/06/06 4:07pm

gypsyfire

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Amel Larrieux-Congo
I DON'T WANT TO BE NORMAL,because normal is part of the status quo,which I don't want to be a part of- Tori Amos
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Reply #18 posted 02/06/06 4:20pm

thesexofit

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ChristopherTracyParade said:[quote]

Jesse Johnson - "Black In America"


I was waiting for someone to mention that. Great song.


family stand "you'll never be"
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Reply #19 posted 02/06/06 4:38pm

Moonwalkbjrain

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groove theory - keep tryin
prince - money dont matter 2night
public enemy - shut em down
james brown - say it loud i'm black and i'm proud
sam cooke - change gon come
curtis mayfield - we the people blacker than blue
stevie wonder - black man
angie stone - brotha

and that song aretha sang in malcolm x
Yesterday is dead...tomorrow hasnt arrived yet....i have just ONE day...
...And i'm gonna be groovy in it!
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Reply #20 posted 02/06/06 6:16pm

ChristopherTra
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Moonwalkbjrain said:

groove theory - keep tryin
prince - money dont matter 2night
public enemy - shut em down
james brown - say it loud i'm black and i'm proud
sam cooke - change gon come
curtis mayfield - we the people blacker than blue
stevie wonder - black man
angie stone - brotha

and that song aretha sang in malcolm x

What the fuck? eek
"Free yo mind and yo ass will follow" - George Clinton
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Reply #21 posted 02/06/06 6:35pm

theAudience

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paligap said:

Curtis Mayfield -- We're A Winner

Love that tune. Great message. Great groove.

tA

peace Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431
"Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all."
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Reply #22 posted 02/06/06 7:33pm

Thumparello

Everyday People--Sly and The Family Stone
Chocolate City--Parliament
Say It Loud---James Brown
We Are Family--Sister Sledge
One Nation Under A Groove --Funkadelic
Let's Get It On--Marvin Gaye
Superfly--Curtis Mayfield
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Reply #23 posted 02/06/06 8:11pm

JANFAN4L

Stymie said:

Where you been? hug



Thanks, Stymie*! Great to see you. biggrin


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Reply #24 posted 02/06/06 8:24pm

PleasurePrinci
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Lenny Kravitz-Black Girl
this song called "Colored Section"-i 4got the artist's name(my bad disbelief )
the whole X sountrack(lol)
the whole do the right thing soundtrack
MJ-keep the Faith


*everytime i hear "change gone come" i think of Malcolm X cry *
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Reply #25 posted 02/06/06 8:32pm

JANFAN4L

PleasurePrinciple said:

this song called "Colored Section"-i 4got the artist's name(my bad disbelief )


Donnie - Welcome To The Colored Section (2003)

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Reply #26 posted 02/06/06 8:33pm

ChristopherTra
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PleasurePrinciple said:


this song called "Colored Section"-i 4got the artist's name(my bad disbelief )

His name is Donnie.
"Free yo mind and yo ass will follow" - George Clinton
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Reply #27 posted 02/06/06 8:36pm

PleasurePrinci
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thanx,i feel bad about that-but i heard it on some1's myspace and than it was gone...but it was nice nod
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Reply #28 posted 02/06/06 9:02pm

googoo77

MARVIN GAYE "WHAT"S GOING ON?"
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Reply #29 posted 02/07/06 4:01am

Rhondab

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gotta be some X Clan on there... mr.green



lol i miss Xclan....
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