The Birth of Purple Haze

On this date in 1942 Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle, Washington the first of five children. Jimi would go on to change rock music forever and become the greatest electric guitarist in the history of rock.

The Samples Behind Kanye's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Here is a playlist of the samples Kanye used for his latest masterpiece My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. I still buy cds to this date to find out what songs were sampled on each track. Kanye is one of if not the best at the art of sampling.

Theophilus London ft. Devonté Hynes & Solange Knowles – Flying Overseas [Video]

Jabari Presents Episode 3- Wiz Khalifa [Video]

Today In Black History: The Berlin Conference

On this date in 1884 The Berlin Conference began. It was convened to set up the rules of the Scramble for Africa. The Conference allowed the leaders to create a method of dividing the continent of Africa between the European powers of the time. No Africans were in attendance of this meeting. With this conference they ensured that the division of Africa would take place without war among the European powers. Through the Berlin Act, the European powers justified dividing a continent among themselves without considering the desires of the indigenous peoples of the continent.

Major colonial holdings included:

• Great Britain desired a Cape-to-Cairo collection of colonies and almost succeeded though their control of Egypt, Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan), Uganda, Kenya (British East Africa), South Africa, and Zambia, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia), and Botswana. The British also controlled Nigeria and Ghana (Gold Coast).

• France took much of western Africa, from Mauritania to Chad (French West Africa) and Gabon and the Republic of Congo (French Equatorial Africa).

• Belgium and King Leopold II controlled the Democratic Republic of Congo (Belgian Congo).

• Portugal took Mozambique in the east and Angola in the west.

• Italy's holdings were Somalia (Italian Somaliland) and a portion of Ethiopia.

• Germany took Namibia (German Southwest Africa) and Tanzania (German East Africa).

• Spain claimed the smallest territory - Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni).

Today In Black History: Arthur Dorrington

On this date in 1950 Arthur Dorrington became the first Black to play organized hockey in the United States when he signed with the Atlantic City Seagulls. The team played in the Eastern Amateur League. Arthur Dorrington never got the chance to play in the NHL but was scouted by the New York Rangers and several other teams. Dorrington only played with the Seagulls one season but spent time on teams in Washington, Baltimore, and Charlotte, North Carolina. During the off-season, Dorrington was a full time dentist.

Jay Electronica "The Announcement" & "The Shiny Suit Theory" [Music]

Here's some long overdue and highly anticipated music from Roc Nation's newest member. Now that Electronica has Hov beside him hopefully Act 2: Patents of Nobility (The Turn) will be coming out sooner than later.

Download/Listen: Jay Electronica "The Announcement" & "The Shiny Suit Theory"


Here's some video footage of the night Jay was officially announced as part of Roc Nation by Jay-Z.

J. Cole- Friday Night Lights [Mixtape]

I don't think this post needs to say much. The music speaks for its self. Download and enjoy.

Congrats to another great project Cole...

Cole World, No Blanket...

Download/Listen: J. Cole- Friday Night Lights [Mixtape]

"Showww Luvvv" by phredDIAMOND [Video]

Here's a new video by phred Diamond for their song "Showww Luvvv". The video was directed & edited by the group. Be on the look out for new music from this group out of the DMV.

Download/Listen: phred Diamond - Showww Luvvv

Presidential Election Heads to Runoff in Ivory Coast

The people of Ivory Coast will get to chose between incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo and ex-prime minister Alassane Ouattara in a presidential election runoff November 28. The nation's Constitutional Council announced the runoff Saturday after it validated the result of election's first round which took place October 31. President Gbagbo won 38.3 percent of the vote and Ouattara took 32.08 percent, according to the results announced by the Independent Election Commission. Since the announcement of the results, Henri Konan Bedie, who came in third with 25 percent of the vote, and other minor opposition leaders have called on their supporters to vote for Ouattara. This is Ivory Coast's first presidential election since a 2002 civil war. President Gbagbo's term officially ended in 2005, but new elections were repeatedly postponed because of failure to disarm rebels and disputes over voter registration.

Today In Black History - Ruth J. Simmons

On this date in 2000 Ruth J. Simmons was elected as the 18th president of Brown University. The Dillard University alumni became the first black president of an Ivy League institution. Simmons also became Brown's first female president. In 1995 Simmons became the first African American woman to head a major college or university when she was selected as president of Smith College.

YEBies Presents... Boombox Music Vol. 1.

Boombox Music is for all you folks that love good music. This will be a great boost for your itunes and ipod. This mixtape is more about the music and is less about the artist who created it. There are tracks on here you may have heard of but probably haven’t blasted yet. Its a mix of new and newer jams from signed and unsigned artist. I hope these tracks open you up to various artist that you may have seen on other sites but never gave a chance. This mix includes music from J. Cole, Theo Martins, Mike Lights, QuESt, XO, Cee-Lo Green, Jay Electronica among others. I would give you the track list, but the thrill of suspense and the unknown is a lot better. Once you go ahead and download this mix, let me know what you think. If you know any of the artists that are on this joint, pass them the tape as well.

DOWNLOAD: YEBies Presents...Boombox Music, Vol. 1. / YEBies.com Presents... Boombox Music.zip

P.S. If want more music from any specific artist on this tape, get at ME and I got you.

No Blacks In New Congress

With the retirement of Illinois Senator Roland Burris and failed campaigns of Kendrick Meek (D-FL), Alvin Greene (D-SC) and Mike Thurmond (D-GA) there will be no black Senator in the U.S. Senate for the first time in this century.

In other political news, Terri Sewell of Birmingham became the first black woman to represent Alabama in Congress after winning the 7th Congressional District last night.