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Global Fusion Playlist:Reggae:The Story Of Jamaican Music

Global Fusion Playlist:Reggae:The Story Of Jamaican Music

As Black Music Month approaches in America in June thanks to former president Jimmy Carter who on June 7, 1979, decreed that June would be the month of black music, I have decided to…

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Global Fusion Playlist :Hip-Hop VS The World Chronicles:Slick Rick – Street Talkin’ ft. OutKast

Global Fusion Playlist :Hip-Hop VS The World Chronicles:Slick Rick – Street Talkin’ ft. OutKast

I forgot just how much I love Slick Rick & Outkast’s “Street Talking” & how right it is for the times with all the streets talking about the never ending debate over Hip-Hop’s legacy &…

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Global Fusion Playlist @ The Movies-Pushing The Elephant-A story of War, Survival & Love

Global Fusion Playlist @ The Movies-Pushing The Elephant-A story of War,  Survival & Love

As I watched the documentary film” Pushing The Elephant”, the story of  Rose Mapendo, a Congolese woman who survived the war with her family & dedicated her life to making sure

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Happy Birthday -Queen of Soul-Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942)

Happy Birthday -Queen of Soul-Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942)

As I always say when the Almighty created Aretha Franklin he broke the mold with a voice that is undisputedly one of the best, if not the best in the world. There are great…

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Global Fusion Playlist:Buju Banton Triple Play 4 Our Global Times: Destiny, Politics Time Again, Untold Stories

Global Fusion Playlist:Buju Banton Triple Play 4 Our Global Times: Destiny, Politics Time Again, Untold Stories

It seems Nina Simone’s words “An artist’s duty is to reflect the times. how can you be an artist & not reflect the times?”,  needs to be heralded more than ever because there are way…

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Global Fusion Playlist:@The Movies-” Marley “- the Bob Marley Documentary

Global Fusion Playlist:@The Movies-” Marley “- the Bob Marley Documentary

The opening shot of the film will feature a tour of Cape Coast Castle, a fortification in Ghana that contains the infamous “Door of No Return” through which many Africans passed before being shipped into

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Egypt & Ghana- African Unification or the Legacy of Egypt’s African Identity Problem?

Egypt & Ghana- African Unification or the Legacy of Egypt’s African Identity Problem?

Today the African nation of Egypt started a new path to freedom by forcing  the resignation of the 30 year reign of yet another African despot who refused to leave & allow a…

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Global Fusion Playlist:2011 Global Hip-Hop Game Changers:Shadia Mansour,Naeto C, Baloji, JJC, M3NSA,

Global Fusion Playlist:2011 Global Hip-Hop Game Changers:Shadia Mansour,Naeto C, Baloji, JJC, M3NSA,

As Atlantic Records launches its “game changers” video featuring Janelle Monae, Estelle, B.O.B & Lupe Fiasco, global hip-hop is taking over with its own game changers who maybe under your radar, but are quickly

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Fashionably Black: A Celebration of Global African Flyness!

Fashionably Black: A Celebration of Global African Flyness!

It seems there’s always so much press, uproar & hoopla when some crazy ass editor lacking creativity & vision decides to geniusly put  White models in Black face in a by any means

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Global Fusion Playlist: Morgan Heritage – People Hungry (2008 Drop It Riddim)

Global Fusion Playlist: Morgan Heritage – People Hungry (2008 Drop It Riddim)

The is dedicated to Global Fusionists World Wide because all around the word same song! This song speaks to the state of our world today. You can’t keep people hungary for too long & keep…

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