Mughal moonwalk. An ancestral road trip, backwards or forwards? Bradford to Northern India to Uzbekistan. Taxi cruising for a bruising 500+ years in the making; along that silken road; bumpy smooth. Avoid pot holes. Baburnama legends a lad who took a land. The same Mongol spirit, forever nomading, now found in Brad lads, in Brad lands. One lamb's leather glove ready to spark; delicately-struggling, ferociously-yearning. Music doesn’t listen to borders; qawwali, grime, folk- ride time; Eurasian steppe horses drifting into deltas. Bass line of the drums are calling.
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Jean Grae is one of hip-hop’s greatest talents (though her own talents are not limited to making hip-hop music). In this episode we get a glimpse of the New York-bred artist’s greatness through an hour of songs that exhibit the humor, wordplay, elaborate storytelling, and honest introspection that make Jean one of a kind. RIP Black Panther. RIP Pumpkinhead.
Jean Grae is one of hip-hop’s greatest talents (though her own talents are not limited to making hip-hop music). In this episode we get a glimpse of the New York-bred artist’s greatness through an hour of songs that exhibit the humor, wordplay, elaborate storytelling, and honest introspection that make Jean one of a kind. RIP Black Panther. RIP Pumpkinhead.