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Baye Kambui

@kambui

Like you, I'm tryna make sense of this world. Otherwise — #wordcraft; #creatives; hopeless #music head; #eater; #sipper; strives to fit college clothes 4ever.

Joined December 2008
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This should be a National Holiday.

88 years ago today, the legendary Robert Johnson held his first recording session… On November 23, 1936, in the quaint setup of Room 414 at the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, Johnson laid down tracks that would later define the blues genre. A thread 🧵

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NONE of these singers touch the HEM of the garment of Little Richard Penniman, or his vocal heir Prince - VOCALLY. If you’re throwing in Sinatra in a field of Rock & Roll singers? There’s a LONG LIST. JAMES BROWN. . STEVIE WONDER. AL GREEN. Steve Perry?! over SAM COOKE!?

Who is missing here? 👇🏻

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I declined to make a public prediction. But I’m not surprised.


Little Brother. Robert Glasper. Blue Note. NYC. I can get wif Southern Rap like this …


Ravens vs. Commanders — good game eh?


I’m usually the one who says Annie Leibovitz can’t photograph people of color well. Sure that’s her … ?

I am actually stunned that Annie Leibovitz photographed MVP Harris for the Vogue cover. Literally stunned. She looks amazing!

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How about missiles strikes on Iranian oil fields and spiking pump prices just before an election … ? 🙄 nytimes.com/2024/10/03/us/…


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When A'ngela Winbush comes to your house, and you ask her to play "Your Smile" for your friend who just lost her grandmother 🌹


What a motley anti-Trump coalition A daughter of a pervy loser Another daughter of a mass homicidal maniac Skeletor Color trippers who OD’d on that red pill Gipper staff Underground Laissez-faire folks who do blue pills in IV So-called Bernie Bros don’t surprise me Waitin…

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The traffic jam on the Belt Parkway right now is exactly why we need better ways to reach JFK …


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On this day in 1976, Stevie Wonder released “Songs in the Key of Life” It marked the zenith of his “classic period”. This was more than an album; it was a declaration of independence from Motown's constraints. A thread🧵

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Mannnn … this Adams thing is goin’ trend for DAYS …


This helps to underscores how racism hangs around for generations. Racism is more than one system — it's a series of systems that work independently and together to marginalize communities of color. And these community members even die sooner. Testing lakes in communities of…

The Untested Waters of Black Lakeside Communities New research shows lakes in communities of color were three times less likely to be tested for pollutants than lakes in white areas wordinblack.com/2024/09/untest…



Never been forced to choose on b4 Won’t do that now They all my go-to …

You can only choose one. Who’s your go-to female jazz singer? Ella Fitzgerald | Sarah Vaughan Nina Simone | Billy Holiday

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