Geniuses Need Love Too
The Brilliance Of Donald Glover's Childish Antics
Written By: Ziggiy
"The potential of Black Genius lies within the interest, and inevitably the talents, we all have within us. The potential and capacity to achieve Black Genius grows when that interest is cultivated into skills. Black Genius is realized and achieved in those spectacular moments when we collectively utilize our talents and skills to disrupt and dismantle institutional systems of oppression. Black Genius is realized when we collectively imagine and construct new systems based on the values of equity and justice for all. Black Genius is within us all, but can only be realized when we recognize it in each other. Even more, Black Genius is ours to deepen, to understand, and to leverage to create a better tomorrow."
-William P. Jackson
Donald Glover is the quintessential genius of our generation. Screenwriter, actor, rapper, producer, director, star. He is all of them and none of them, a singular force of creativity bound only by the limits of his vast imagination. After cutting his teeth as a writer on Tina Fey's 30 Rock, Glover would go onto to Star on NBC's cult classic sitcom Community. He would also simultaneously write and star in his own standup specials, as well as release Hip Hop music under the moniker of Childish Gambino. A name he infamously picked up from a Wu-Tang Clan name generator. He would go onto release two proper studio albums (2011's Camp and 2013's Because The Internet) as well as several well received mixtapes (including the phenomenal STN MTN/Kauai double project) gaining both fans and steady acclaim with every release. Not being one to rest on his laurels, Childish Gambino returned at the latter end of the summer with his Pharos event.
To read more:
Childish Gambino - Awaken My Love Album Review
http://fteswl.com/2016/12/22/childish-gambino-awaken-my-love-album-review/
@Ziggiy back at it again right before the New Years with his final review
4 Your Soul Conceptually
J.Cole’s Thesis On Millennial Black Male Consciousness
Written by: Ziggiy
“And I looked into your eyes and knew that you were a queen. Black skin, black hair, the blackest of beauty I had ever seen. Your cries were as melody and the music pierced to the very core of my soul. Simply the thought of parting with this warm bundle of preciousness left the fringes of my heart cold. Not only was your birth the proof of continued lineage, but also a renaissance of faith anew. For now the hope of a brighter future rests in the love that I have for you”
-Anonymous
Hip Hop is very important to me. It is the musical genre that has most influenced, inspired, angered, saddened, and astounded me in all of its glory. I am extremely passionate about concepts or notions that make me think. Hip Hop is packed to the brim with poets and soothsayers whose lyrics make me think, they introduce me to worlds within worlds; as Nas spell-binds me by his portrait of the grimy and relentlessly bleak Queensbridge Housing Project. As Common weaves a narrative about early life in the Windy City. As Jay-Z gives you a peak into the mindset that molds a millionaire. Craftsmanship goes hand in hand with emotion when it comes to Hip Hop.
Also check out his J Cole review
J Cole 4 Your Eyez Only – Album Review – FTESWL
J Cole 4 Your Eyez Only – Album Review