September 30th: Hip-Hop and Blues Playlist Curated by Dr. Angela Mosley

The sound and storytelling with “From the Blues to Hip-Hop” brings you the voice of Womanism. It’s about Black women as the conjurors, the prayer warriors, and those who make (something) appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere, while STILL being emotionally and physically present…and they ain’t no monolith. When Black women conjure, they call upon the sacred spirits that have eternally sustained the world to cover the community. These stories, joined by time and the elements of water, fire, and air, reconnect with the earth through a spiritual transfer of knowledge.  When using the word “conjure,” it evokes the God of our ancestors, who breathed life into us. When telling our own stories as cultural self-expressions, we’re advocating for a sound of us, by us. It’s conjuring through our Blues a release of overwhelming emotions that infuse the power of words, imagination, creation, and being. It spellbinds love through milder tonalities of R&B, lingers a bit longer in the screams of Rock’ n Roll, grooves funkier in Soul, prays incessantly in the name of our advocacy through Gospel, and lets the pain, grief, anger, and joy unspeakable live on from Jazz, to Hip-Hop, to everlasting. So, in our music, when you see us sway in the spirit or hear us wail in our healing…it's for things to be well with our souls. Check out the playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1mE951gyvtLBykicpcnl33?si=9a4b26bd7beb4b81

Playlist

1)   Black Leaves – Kirby

2)   Take Up Space Sis – Toni Jones 

3)   Ain’t Afraid – Smile

4)   Red Dress – Big Time Sarah 

5)   Tease Your Man – Koko Taylor 

6)    Dr. Feelgood – Melvina Allen 

7)    Thot Shit – Megan Thee Stallion

8)    Million Dollar Bill – Whitney Houston 

9)    Don’t Mess With My Man – Irma Thomas

10)  Django Jane – Janelle Monae 

11)  Black is Beautiful – Sampa the Great 

12)  No Bread – Liz Vice 

13)  I Can Go to God in Prayer – Albertina Walker 

14)  Wordplay – Bahamadia 

15)  Everything is Everything – Lauryn Hill 

16)  Million Dollar Secret – Irene Reid 

17)  Three O’Clock Blues – Ike & Tina Turner

18)  Bust Your Windows – Jazmine Sullivan

19)  What’s the Point – B for Better

20)  Woman – Diana Gordon 

21)  Pum Pum Jump – Teyana Taylor 

22)  Brown Liquor – Sweet Betty 

23)  HNIC – LeiKeli 47 

24)  My Neck, My Back – Khia

25)  No Deposit, No Return – Katie Webster

26)  Shave ‘Em Dry – Lucille Bogan 

27)  Nasty Gal – Betty Davis

28)  Look What You’ve Done – Rapsody 

29)  Seat Back – Bianca Shaw 

30)  Brighter Days – Cajmere Ft. Dejae 

31)  You Brought the Sunshine – Clark Sisters

32)  We On Now – Neelam

33)  Signs, Signals and Warnings – Deitra Farr

34)  Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is – Rose Royce

35)  Crown – Chika

36)  He’s Working it Out For You – Shirley Caesar