Mistah Rapsey is my name..
staying underground is the experience..
I’ve been traveling since my youth searching for experiences of truth. An old soul back again to discover what I left uncovered. I love to love and live to laugh. Enrolled in a school called Knowledge of Self. Paying attention is my drug. Learning to live Life like music and flow with the rhythm, careful not to miss a beat. A renaissance man, Life is my art project. An habitual nomad, I roam to evolve. Music and cannabis are my constant companions. Interested in people, i’m always searching for my tribe. The beauty of the wilderness is the closest i’ve come to experiencing Truth.
music, graffiti, vinyl, treeplanting, & mixtapes..
Love is an Action. Love is the Answer. Love is the Movement.
Like any list I make, I am sure that I am forgetting people. Also this list is my personal favorites and is not necessarily based on the range or ability of the voice. Now that I have that disclaimer out of the way, let me say I think it is a pretty dope list. Who are your ten?
Bun B // Pushin’ ft. Scarface & Young Jeezy
[Vocal Sample: Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions]
This song can’t fail with Bun B and Scarface riding this beat. I have a feeling this song with be in heavy rotation for a while.
Curtis Mayfield // Freddie’s Dead
Superfly has to be the greatest soundtrack of all time in my opinion. Curtis dropped so many gems for that movie.
“We’re all built up with progress
But sometimes I must confess
We can deal with rockets and dreams
But reality, what does it mean
Ain’t nothing said
‘Cause freddies dead..”
“Painless preaching is as good a term as any for what we do.”
-Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield // Superfly (1973)
I love this. Curtis Mayfield is the originator of cool.
I also love the highest rated comment.
MsZag123: Lord please send us another CURTIS MAYFIELD
Curtis Mayfield // Pusherman
Curtis Mayfield performs his classic song on Night Music. Curtis Mayfield and his band are beyond good.
Currently..
Getting lifted and watching Superfly. This classic blaxploitation flick has the best original soundtrack of all time. Curtis Mayfield is the man.
“Now I know we have great respect
For the sister, and mother it’s even better yet
But there’s the joker in the street
Loving one brother and killing the other
When the time comes and we are really free
There’ll be no brothers left you see”
-Curtis Mayfield
Surma tribe kid with flowers decoration - Omo Ethiopia (via Eric Lafforgue)
We People Who Are Darker Than Blue….
Pardon Me Brother As You Stand In Your Glory
I Know You Won’t Mind If I Tell The Whole Story (c) Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield // We the People Who are Darker than Blue
my favorite song
“Shall we commit our own genocide
Before you check out your mind?
I know we’ve all got problems
That’s why I’m here to say
Keep peace with me and I with you
Let me love in my own way”
Curtis Mayfield // Tripping Out
I’m trippin’ out over how amazing Curtis Mayfield is. When I have children they are going to be raised on his music..
“You’ve got me…
Tripping out, tripping out, over you babe – your so good to me mama
Tripping out, tripping out, tripping out, over you – I love you baby
Your so good to me little mama..”
Bob Marley & The Wailers // One Love , People Get Ready
The song contains an interpolation of The Impressions’ song “People Get Ready” written by Curtis Mayfield. Marley’s hybrid version is titled, “One Love/People Get Ready,” and it gives co-authorship credits to both Marley and Mayfield. This song was inspired by Marley’s friend Roman Selvaggio, a North Caribbean painter.
“Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (One love)
There is one question I’d really love to ask (One heart)
Is there a place for the hopeless sinner
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own?”
Curtis Mayfield // Sweet Exorcist
Can I call this living?
Letting the world take me outta my mind?
(via moonbutterfly)
Chuck D Proclaims Pioneering Musician Curtis Mayfield As A “Hero”
Chuck D from Public Enemy speaks on the late Curtis Mayfield, his legacy and why he’s his hero in Black History. (via allhiphop)
I agree that the music of revolutionary artists like Curtis Mayfield is even more important to us now than when it was produced. The revolution is here and we have a soundtrack.
The Impressions hits, For Your Precious Love and People Get Ready are both ranked on Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, as #24 and #327 respectively.
