Black Preaching - The Art Of "Whooping" In Sermon Closings
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post provides information about "whooping" ("hooping"), an oratorical and homiletic style that is most often associated with Black (African American) preachers. This post...
View ArticleBlack Preacher's Oratorical Style & Wilson Pickett's 1971 Soul To Soul...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post provides a video of Soul singer Wilson Pickett's performance of his hit song "Land Of A Thousand Dances" at the 1971 Soul To Soul concert in Ghana, West Africa. The...
View ArticleColombia's Champeta Music & Elio Boom's "La Turbina Champeta"
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post provides information about Champeta, a genre of folk music and dance originating South America's Black Colombians.This post also showcases a video of a 1994-1995 example...
View ArticleJoshua's Troop - "Everybody Clap Your Hands" (information, lyrics, & videos)
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases Joshua Troop's Praise & Worship song "Everybody Clap Your Hands" (also known as "We Praise You Oh God"). Information about Joshua's Troop, that song's...
View ArticleShekinah Glory Ministry - "Stomp" (information, lyrics, videos)
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases Shekinah Glory Ministry's Gospel song "Stomp". Information about this group, lyrics to this song, and videos of Shekinah Glory Ministry singing "Stomp" are...
View ArticleHip Hip Duo Black Sheep's Record "The Choice Is Yours" (also known as "You...
Edited by Azizi PowellThe words "You Can Get With This. You Can Get With That" that are part of Hip Hip duo Black Sheep's 1991 record "The Choice Is Yours" popped in my mind today, the day before the...
View ArticleKia's 2010 Hamster Commercial Featuring The Hip Hop Record "The Choice Is...
Edited by Azizi PowellThe words "You Can Get With This. You Can Get With That" that are part of Hip Hip duo Black Sheep's 1991 record "The Choice Is Yours" popped in my mind today, the day before the...
View ArticleFive Of My Favorite Ru Paul's Drag Race Lip Sync For Your Life Videos
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post provides information about RuPaul's Drag Race and showcases videos of five of my favorite lipsync for your life competitions from that series.The content of this post is...
View ArticleHarriet Tubman (Biography, Animated Movie, & Announcement About Her Image On...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post provides biographical information about abolitionist Harriet Tubman and showcases a movie about Harriet Tubman's life that was produced by Animated Hero Classics. An...
View ArticleHarriet Tubman, Astrology, & Pyschic Dreams (articles/posts excerpts)
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post provides one excerpt and one complete post of two online articles/posts about astrology and Harriet Tubman. These are the only articles/posts that I've found to date on...
View ArticleRemembrances Of Funk, R&B, Pop Icon Prince ("Purple Rain"& SuperBowl Half...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post provides biographical information about Funk, R&B, Pop composer, guitarist, singer, and actor Prince Rogers Nelson. This post also showcases two Prince performances...
View ArticleWhat If Everybody Did It? (Recycling Song For Children)
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post provides information about Earth Day and showcases the Jazz flavored treeschoolers.com recycling s "What If Everybody Did It?"The content of this post is presented for...
View Article"Dreams As Validator In Traditional African Cultures" (pdf excerpt)
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post provides an excerpt of a pdf file entitled "Dreams As Validator In Traditional African Cultures" by Dolores M. Yonker. This excerpt is from that portion of that document...
View ArticleSeven Examples Of The Gospel Song "I Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody)
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases seven YouTube examples of the African American Gospel song "I Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody". This song is also known as "What The Lord Has Done For Me" and...
View ArticleSimilarities Between The Music In Prince Buster "Set Me Free" Tune & In A HP...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases a Prince Buster Ska tune entitled and a May 2016 Reinvent Learning with HP Education Solutions ad that includes a Ska song that I think sounds very much like...
View ArticleSeven Videos of Ethiopian Jewish singer Hagit Yaso, Winner Of 2012 Israeli Idol
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases seven YouTube videos of Ethiopian Jewish singer Hagit Yaso. Six of those videos showcases Hagit's performances on the ninth season of Israeli Idol, including...
View ArticleHarry Belafonte & The Belafonte Singers - "Didn't It Rain" (sound file &...
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases a 1960 sound file of Harry Belafonte & The Belafonte Singers performing the African American Gospel song "Didn't It Rain".My transcription of this sound...
View ArticleThe "Clean" Meaning of The Name "Becky" In African American Culture
Edited by Azizi PowellOnline references to the lyrics "Becky with the good hair" from Beyonce's song "Sorry" in her April 2016 album Lemonade sparked my interest in the vernacular meaning of the female...
View ArticleSir Mix-A-Lot's 1992 Hip Hop Record "Baby Got Back"& Its Socio-Cultural Impact
Edited by Azizi Powell This post showcases Sir Mix-A-Lot's 1992 Hip Hop record "Baby Got Back" with a special focus on how that record influenced society's views on women's bodies. A video of that...
View Article1930s Versions Of The Folk Song "Black Betty"
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post provides three 1930s sound file examples & lyrics of the African American folk song "Black Betty". Selected comments from the discussion thread of the example given...
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