Sojourn

This Friday, Aug 16th, live and direct! I proudly present Beats & Bars: Hip Hop Sessions w/ Sojourn—DJing, drumming, emceeing, playing beats, and more. Felix’s BBQ in Oceanside is the place to be. As Hip Hop turns 51, it's only right. Enjoy some soul food and vibes around 6p.

35 years ago today, De La Soul release their sophomore LP, “De La Soul Is Dead” on Tommy Boy/Warner Brothers. the perfect LP. 5 Mics in The Source. confirmed that “3 Feet High and Rising” was no fluke and that De La were were true scholars, redefining (with the help of Prince Paul) how we listen to, live with, and abide by hip-hop. “Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa” is a tour de force. this record is an unruly, effortless masterpiece.

On this day 35 years ago (May 14, 1991), we released our sophomore album “De La Soul Is Dead” featuring “Oodles of O’s”, “Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey), “A Roller Skating Jam Named “Saturdays””, “Keepin’ The Faith” and more. 🪴🌼🪦 Listen: delasoul.lnk.to/DeLaSoulIsDead 📹: @massappeal

Looper Vandross 2 Out now. platoon.lnk.to/looper-vandros…

🤜🏾 De 🤜🏾 La 🤜🏾 Soul tells you to watch this! 🌼🌼🌼 #ThankYouDave

This Mother’s Day, I’m thinking about my mom, and all the lessons she taught me. I'm proud to honor her memory with the Ann Dunham Water Terrace at the Obama Presidential Center.

- oh yeah, this album is an entirely independent release, directly from me to y’all!! so the support that’s coming thru is much appreciated!! This shit is the fuel I need to keep building and dropping even more 💿 CEREMONIAL OUT NOW! linktr.ee/black_milk

This is amazing. Brilliant way for people to comprehend the enormity of the files with these visuals. Glad the survivors were acknowledged with the bright light of the candles 🕯️

#BREAKING: Legendary #Maddow: “We are now about sixteen months into what has been from day one, a concerted and intense targeting of Black Americans specifically by this president and by this administration…When Trump and his top political donor Elon Musk then started just lopping off huge swaths of the federal government…the largest and most egregious cuts targeted federal agencies that employed a disproportionate number of Black employees. Reporter Erica Green wrote about this for…NYT: ‘…nothing had moved backwards in the federal government for Black Americans this quickly or this far…since Woodrow Wilson came in in 1912 and resegregated the federal workforce…”😳

Steel sharpens steel; greatness begets greatness. Take it from @wearedelasoul and @therulernyc. Make sure you’ve watched or listened to this amazing episode of the Questlove Show @qls.

@HEVnamedMeGRAP @checktherhyme1_ That beat is still BANANAS, brother. Love the chops, bassline and drums. 🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾

Dude rhymed over my beat...and I STILL haven't met him yet!🤦🏾🤷🏾‍♂️😄 #WuTang #ODB4Life

Powerful message from the president of Ghana.

Remember, James Baldwin talks about the 1965 voting rights Act. it was not guaranteed 60 years later they took it away.

Audio Two ~ Top Billin' (Original Video)

This needs to be seen, shown, shared, and amplified widely. Salute @Kil889

Under-Oath Elon Musk Seems to Run a Different Company Than Public-Figure Elon Musk gizmodo.com/under-oath-elo… via @Gizmodo

@80sBank I literally try to play this every time at my residency. For those reasons and more. Salute!🫡👊🏾

Peace Peace Y'all! How many can say... *Back up dancer for EPMD *Bless beat heads with a grail of a drum break *Ill video shoot with the Twin Towers in the backdrop and then fly a helicopter over them *engineer help by the great Paul C🕊️ Only 1 Stēzo🕊️🙏🏾 "It's My Turn" '89

@shepardsounds 🖐🏾that’s me raising my hand, lol. You don’t know me from Adam, but I’ve been a fan of your work for a bit. This is a viiiibe. Dig the chords, filtering and bassline. Salute🫡👊🏾

New beat tape is coming out next week but I’m still making new shit for rappers right now. Who should we send this to? 🤔 Dusty cassette beats Pt. II

Normalize publicly acknowledging your source(s) of inspiration genuinely & consistently. #BEWELL

@Kil889 I wholeheartedly agree with this one. Absolutely classic material through and through. Other than the ones you mentioned (because those are also two of my faves on there) are Albee Square Mall and Biz is Goin’ Off

I feel like Biz debut doesn't get the love it deserves cause this it's a CERTIFIED classic & I NEVER see buls bring this up! There's NOTHING but BANGERS on here but my fave gotta be Make the Music or Nobody Beats the Biz! What's y'all fave jawn on here? #MusicMonday #GoodMorning