Danielle Wiggins

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We love a song with some good talking in it. Begging, pleading, explaining, preaching, reading... give us somebody talking that talk over a music bed and we are thrilled. For Day 27 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, name a favorite song with a whole entire ass monologue.

Some songs IMMEDIATELY become a core memory. They grab us so fiercely the first time we hear them, that time, place, moment, etc is locked in from that point on. For Day 22 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, share a song with the moment of that fist listen still clear in mind.

We all - especially music snobs & nerds - have guilty pleasures when it comes to what we listen to. The song equivalents of trash tv that are secretly our jams. For Day 21 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, reveal a song you're embarrassed to admit you rock with.

Let's collectively agree to create a safe space* for today's prompt, amen? We get older, we get wiser, social norms evolve... but sometimes the bop won't let us go. For Day 13 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, share song that's still a problematic fave. *No youknowwho, please

Some songs grab us from the jump... the very first lyrics or bars have us belting along at the top of our lungs, sometimes with our face scrunched up in that way great music requires. For Day 11 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, share a favorite opening verse of any genre.

B-Sides, deep cuts, joints that got play regionally but were never officially added at radio... We all have fave songs that we thing the label overlooked or slept on. For Day 7 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, share an album cut that should have been a single.

Live recordings are an art. Sometimes, artists change a song for live performance but lose something that you loved in the original. But sometimes the elevate it and improve on it. For Day 6 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, share a favorite live version of a song.

For me, music connects on a cellular level. It evokes emotion, it generates energy, it boosts adrenaline, it soothes, it comforts...it's transformative. For Day 5 of the #BlackMusicMonthChallenge, share a song that you go to in order to ease your mind or change your mood.