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According to the December issues of VIBE and Sister 2 Sister magazines, THE MESSAGE makes a dope holiday gift:
*VIBE chose THE MESSAGE as one of its VPicks and holiday reading gift selection.
*Sister 2 Sister included THE MESSAGE in its “15 Things You Need on Your Christmas List” feature. The magazine encourages you to cop THE MESSAGE for all your friends "Because it’ll remind you of why you fell in love with hip-hop." Their words not mine, although I completely agree!
Head to your local bookstore or sit at home and hit up an online bookseller, cop several copies of THE MESSAGE and complete all of your holiday shopping in less than five minutes. Priceless.
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BackList founder Felicia Pride's book, THE MESSAGE: 100 LIFE LESSONS FROM HIP-HOP's GREATEST SONGS on shelves NOW!
Who would have thought that you could get deep life lessons from hip-hop?
Learn to deal with regrets by jamming to Jay-Z?
Foster self-esteem listening to Mos Def?
Exert your self-worth bases on cues from a Queen Latifah song?
Get career advice from an Ice-T rhyme?
Reflect on spirituality through a Kanye West tune?
THE MESSAGE is a DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF for the hip-hop generation—a compendium of real wisdom that has been distilled from the all-time greatest hip-hop songs. Pride examines a wide range of hip-hop songs and artists, interpreting life through their lenses. With each life lesson aptly titled after a hip-hop song, such as Kanye West’s “Jesus Walks,” EPMD’s “Please Listen to My Demo,” or Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power,” THE MESSAGE explores spirituality, success, love, business, and more through hip-hop.
"It is high time that someone wrote a book of meditations for the hip hop generation, and that is exactly what Felicia Pride has done with THE MESSAGE. This is Chicken Soup for the hip hop soul, Acts of Faith for b-boys and b-girls, Daily Cornbread with recipes written in rhyme. Everyone who loves hip hop should keep a copy of THE MESSAGE on the night table and consult it each morning."
—Black Artemis, author of the hip-hop novels Explicit Content, Picture Me Rollin' and Burn
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I got more HOTsingles lined up than RHIANNA AS A CONTESTANT ON BLIND DATE!!! . MUSIC INDUSTRY CRITIQUE SCORE OFF TRAKHEADZ
Individual Score Card for song "YJ7K OBAMA 4 PRES" by "LORD_X_ODUS THE WILD ONION" Submitted by "MediaMusic360"
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Lyrics 5 Vocals 5 Musicianship 5 Arrangement 5 Mix 5 Hook 5 Originality 5 Dance Floor 5 Radio Hit 5 Club Hit 5 Avg Overall Rating 5 Comments This is perfect for today, love the message!
OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW...SHOVEL...CAUSE BRAND NEW COLD BrrrrrBLOODED BULLSHHHHUKAS IS SOON TO BE UPON US.....BELIEVE WISDOM THAT 1! As my peoples taught me "IT AIN'T NOTHING BUT CHEWED UP GRASS CUZIN..." A little Black girl (UNCLASSIFIED) A stranger was seated next to a little black girl on the airplane when the stranger turned to her and said, "Let's talk. I've heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger." The little girl, who had just opened her coloring book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger, "What would you like to talk about?" "Oh, I don't know," said the stranger. "Since you are a black, do you think that So-called President Elect Barak Obama is qualified for the job?" and he smiles. "OK", she said. 'That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff -grass -. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?" The stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and says, "Hmmm, I have no idea." To which the little girl replies, "Do you really feel qualified to discuss President Barak Obama... when you don't know shit?"
The greatest thief of human happiness and abundance is ungratefulness. Any lack in our lives - whether in money, health, or relationships - is simply the evidence of a lack of gratitude. If you focus on lack you are not being grateful, and that will bring more lack into your life. Yet the simple state of radiating gratitude summons everything to you. No matter who you are or where you are, you can change your life with gratitude, but you must feel it with your whole heart and radiate it from every cell. Gratitude is not a mental exercise, and in fact, if you simply use your mind for gratitude it will have little or no power. True gratitude comes from your heart! You must think gratitude through your heart, speak gratitude through your heart, and feel it intensely in your heart. Then practice gratitude relentlessly. As you practice gratitude you will attract more thoughts and feelings of gratitude. In a short time your entire being will be saturated with it, and you will experience a happiness that is beyond what you can imagine. This is what is ahead for you when you choose gratitude as your way of life. And if you can really live in this highest state of gratitude, you will never have to ask for anything. Everything you want will be given to you before you even ask, because gratitude is the magnetic substance that opens every single door in the Universe.
The TANTRUM Book Tour continues in Baltimore with author Charles D. Ellison signing copies of his witty, suspenseful and gritty political thriller. Stop by and talk all about the 2008 elections with the XM Radio Host of "Blackpolicy. org:"
10.25.08 @ 2PM - 5PM Sepia, Sand & Sable CHARLES D. ELLISON’s Book Signing 6638 Reistersttown Road, Baltimore, MD
She defines the beauty of our times, From coconut and caramel to the darkest of melanin, Hers is destined to shine, From her skin to the magic fountain within, Her passion speaks first to man’s second appetition, and may one day lead to the creator’s blessing, She is seriously statuesque, In fact, Her best features can be, Seen and touched, Heard in her voice, Tasted and felt, A heart that races to melt glaciers of love, She is all ways lovely and, Forever loved.
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