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@naima You haven't had heartbreak until you have this turned up in your car, and you let out your inner JoJo! 🎵 Crazy Crazzzaaaay 🎵 youtu.be/qi-KCd0guJI?is…

We went into the 8 weeks of #BlackMusicSummer last week with your favorite dirty mackin' jams - and y'all was READY with those (playlist soon come!) This week, let's go to the opposite side of the spectrum - the songs for when your heart is broken. The lost love, if only, please come back, just one more time, why'd you have to do that joints. The full glass-case-of-emotion, crying in the car soundtracks. For week 2 of #BlackMusicSummer, share a song (or songs) that puts you IMMEDIATELY in your feelings.

@naima I Can Love You by Mary J. From the summer of 97'. Fellas, what if a fine woman said what she said in this song? 😏

didn't abandon y'all! As promised, we're keeping things going through Labor Day because a month just isn't enough. For the next 8 weeks prompts will drop on Monday, and we had a good time on IG live last week so maybe I'll (finally) get a weekly prompt discussion going! So to kick #BlackMusicSummer off, I wanted to bring back a prompt we haven't had in the challenge in a while. Some love songs sound so sweet - until you realize they're about plotting on somebody's existing relationship. For Week 1, share a dirty-macking jam

@naima Everybody Loves the Sunshine plays... "You're probably wondering how I've gotten this far. This is the story of a black music nerd walking thru life." youtu.be/Blg_vkaXSWI?is…

I always try to make the last prompt something definitive and personal. A lot of us have our own soundtracks playing in our heads at all times. We have theme music, we have ideas of what songs would play for us in certain scenarios. So let's talk about the song you feel *introduces* you. For the last day of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, share the song that would play at the opening of your bipoc.

@naima I love "Really Love", but dammit, Another Life shoulda been on radio first! I won't explain further!

Today's prompt is for the folks who still listen to albums top to bottom. Let’s talk about the album cut that should've been a single, the B-side that deserved better, and the joints people use to judge whether you’re *really* a fan. The song that comes up when people who've really spent time with an album or artist catalog get to talking. For Day 29 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, share a deep cut you don't think we talk about enough.

@naima Cappuccino by MC Lyte I know the song word for word, but all these years I still don't understand it. How did the cappuccino do all this? Was it laced with booga sugar? 😆

We all have those songs; you've heard them 700 times, sung every word, and have never once stopped to ask what the hell is actually happening. Or you did ask, and immediately decided you'd rather not know. No context, all vibes, and that’s fine. For Day 22 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, share a song that you still don’t know what it’s about. (And let's unpack some of them! That'll be fun)

@naima Show You The Way To Go "We can come together and think like one, Live together underneath the sun" You know Mike wrote this for us, right?

Black music is powerful because it’s communal. It’s communication, it’s history, it’s our collective pain, our collective joy. It speaks to us in our own language. It’s liberation. For Day 19 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, and in celebration of #Juneteenth, share your Black National Anthem. The song that makes you feel free, makes you feel like you can knock all this shit over, makes you feel ready for the fight. ✊🏾

@naima Tribe & LONS Scenario (Original & the Remix). A collective of 6-7 emcees, 5 in physical form, 2 in spiritual essence #iykyk youtu.be/DiR5IFQmaPc?is…

Black music is rich in collaboration. Features, duets, rap/R&B pairings, producer-artist partnerships, supergroups, event records, full collaborative albums. Artists can often create something together that none of them could have made alone; a product that’s bigger than the sum of its parts. For day 17 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, share a favorite collaboration.

@naima Common's "The Food" from Chappelle's Show. So simple but still a vibe. They were literally cookin' with this one! youtu.be/Woat30j2ICc?is…

Recording a great song is one thing. Performing it live is another. Sometimes, the live version transcends the studio cut. It might have an extra vamp. It might include a crowd singalong, an incredible arrangement, a testimony, an instrumental solo, a dance break, a key change, or a moment that wasn't supposed to happen but somehow became part of the song forever. That's the magic of live music: The recording is the blueprint, but the performance gives you an experience. For Day 17 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, share your favorite live version of a song.

@naima Ain't That a Bitch from Johnny "Guitar" Watson, and his intro is still relevant: "Everything is outta pocket. Somebody do something. The preset situation is ABSTRACT!" youtu.be/qHENCTpsxTA?is…

This prompt was too much fun last year not to bring back, but this year I want to expand it a little. There was some debate last year about Southern Soul vs Liquor House Music vs just straight up Delta Blues. It's all the same family, but there are also distinct cultures under this umbrella. It’s trail rides and line dances. Fans and boots. Juke joints and liquor houses. Hole-in-the-wall spots with packed dance floors and somebody named Charlene making you wings fried hard. It’s music built for gathering, moving, and having a good time. In the last few years, the rest of the country has started catching on, but folks in the South been outside. So today is for my trail riders, my line dancers, my steppers, my liquor house regulars, my hole-in-the-wall patrons, anybody familiar with a VFW, and everybody who knows exactly what to do when the right song comes on. For Day 16 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, share your favorite Southern Soul or line dance bop.

@naima Thong Song, it's that last 90 seconds of it that gets me. He did not have to go to church on THAT song! 🎵 "I don't think ya heeeeeard me! 🎵 youtu.be/ZlJnJ2VQT9s?si…

One thing about US, we love GOOD shenaniganning from singers. Runs, key changes, emotions you can feel through the music…we want all of that - if it's good. For Day 9 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, share your favorite song with hooting’, hollering’, and/or carrying on.

@naima Loddi Doddi by Slick Rick. At 7yo, I knew this song word for word and my older brothers recorded a tape of me singing it. I mean EVERY. SINGLE. LYRIC. Then they played that tape in front of my parents and I was embarrassed asl 😆

Raise your hand if, as you’ve gotten older and heard songs with more mature ears, you’ve been like “Now why them people let me listen to this when I was a mere child???” For Day 2 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, share a song you ain’t have no business knowing as a young’un.

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@naima If you looked up "beggin R&B" in the dictionary, you'd see this man's picture. And I think this is the hardest he ever begged because the woman keeps saying NO! These days it would be called harassment 🤷🏾‍♂️

R&B songs used to have vulnerability. They used to have "please baby baby please!" Had singers out in extreme weather conditions dressed inappropriately for said conditions. For Week 1 of #BlackMusicSummer, share the song you think is a great example of Begging R&B

We're back at it! We're spending the next 8 weeks celebrating #BlackMusicSummer, because one month isn't enough. Prompts will go up Mondays by noon (I just wasn't ready yesterday. My bad).

@naima The song: The Light by Commom The sample: Open your Eyes by Bobby Caldwell A dj mixed both songs together and I found myself playing the sample more. ...and yes Bobby Caldwell counts!!

"Reverse crate digging" = my term for finding the original source a sample. The best part when you get to the original song, and now THAT'S your jam. For Day 28, share a sample that made you love the original (post both songs! Also TAG ME in both songs)

@naima She should've made this a full song dammit!

A good appetizer sets a meal off. Sometimes it's even better than the main course. R&B interludes, preludes, and postludes just give a little extra something that feeds our soul. For Day 24 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, share a favorite R&B interlude (or prelude or postlude)

@naima Lady in my Life - Michael Jackson Funny How Time flies - Janet Jackson Notice near the end Mike is like "Don't you go nowhere", and Janet is like "Don't you ever leave" - same damn keys, both classics. youtu.be/30zEWRTPLwY?si…

Some songs sound like they belong in the same family, even if they're not by the same artist. It might be topical, or the feel, but something makes them seem like they're some kin. For Day 6 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, name 2 songs that sound like they could be cousins.

@unclelondonn__ Smile 2 - it's horror, but definitely a thriller that will have your mind twisted! You don't even have to watch part one.

I need a really good psychological thriller to watch. Something that’s gonna really Mind fuck me

@msvirgoash Sally Langston should've gotten her comeuppance before she got that talk show!

@lamarford @MatthewACherry A soundtrack better than the movie imo

People sleep on the Men In Black soundtrack too. Had early Alicia Keys and Destiny's Child first single as well as songs from Usher, Ginuwine, The Roots, D'Angelo, Trey Lorenz and so many others.