OSHUN - "PARTS"This is probably the third time we’ve featured OSHUN here at The Wandering Eyes Blog; and if you are not yet up on them, you might want to catch up because you’re surely missing out on some MAGIC! “Parts” is the first official music video from their new debut studio album, “Bittersweet Vol. 1, which came out earlier this year. This track offers a bit of a departure from all of the songs I’ve heard previously; but with a more Dope & Spiritual Take on discovering that you are in a dysfunctional relationship. “So amazed by the things that escape from your mouth/And I/There it goes, forget it, I'm thinkin' about/How you doin', oh how you feelin'. Well, mama told me all of my feelings/Protect my heart/'Cause things fall apart and they shatter, but/That shit don't really even matter/When I'm with you…” Normally known for songs about vibrating higher and righteous vibes, this joint gets all too real and gangsta as it rolls along. Still coming from a vibrate higher perspective, the source of stagnation clearly has run out of time. Lol. “Now eye to eye, so I and I fly to the sky/And let you do your own thing/Let you deal with your own pain/While I ascend to my plane. It's clear to me, yes I can see/That we don't have that old thing. Mixed signals aren't working/How 'bout you stay in your own lane, I (ayy, ayy)/Stay in your lane (ayy, ayy). Try to let you love me, boy/Ayy, ayy/But sum'n about the way you move ain't workin' for my heart/Starting to feel more comfortable when you and me apart…” For more of OSHUN, be sure to check out their YouTube Channel. Support Good Music… BONUS CUTS...Kareem Abdul Jabbar has held The NBA’s All-Time Scoring Record since 1984. Kobe Bryant was in kindergarten, Lebron James would not be born until later that year, and Michael Jordan was in his Rookie Year. This 7’2 giant won six NBA Titles, six MVP Awards, three straight NCAA Basketball Championships, and won Most Outstanding Player in each of those three collegiate seasons. But yet when debating who is the greatest player of all time, his name rarely ever comes into the conversation. Consider the fact that Lebron has only four MVP Awards, and MJ has five; but neither player did it even remotely as early in their careers as Kareem. No other NBA player has won more MVP Awards; and on top that, this man won the award five out of his first seven years in the league. Hell, The NCAA even banned the slam dunk in 1967 because of him… In his 1969-1970 rookie season, Kareem Abdul Jabbar took the former expansion team Milwaukee Bucks from a forgettable 27-55 record the prior season to finishing second in the East. The Bucks were only in their second season when the eventual Rookie Of The Year arrived; and as far as stats go, he finished up the season averaging 28.8 ppg with 14.5 rebounds per game to go with it. The following year, with the addition of Oscar Robertson, Kareem & The Bucks would claim their first NBA Championship. Jabbar led the league in scoring that season-with 31.7ppg-in route to earning League MVP & NBA Finals MVP honors. For the 1972-1773 season, Kareem would increase his scoring output to his overall career high 34.8 points per game and win his second straight MVP Award. The next three years offered more of the same (MVP again in 1974), before a culturally-starved Kareem Abdul Jabbar would request a trade to either New York or Los Angeles. There of course he would win five more NBA Titles and three more League MVP Awards. Kareem Abdul Jabbar would retire in 1989, as the NBA’s All Time Leading Scorer. At that time he was also career leader in blocked shots, and STILL has been to more All Star Games than any other player in NBA history. Ten times he made the more important NBA All First Team List (five times All Second team). Five Times he made the All-Defensive Team. Perhaps one of my favorite points to mention about Kareem Abdul Jabbar is his social activist spirit. From hanging with The Five Percenters in Harlem, to plotting strategies with Jim Brown & Muhammad Ali, Kareem was never one to mince words when describing the hypocrisies of society. Even today, he continues on and that has cost him everything from head coaching jobs to being left out when discussing just who the great player of all time is. No shade towards Michael or Lebron; but the numbers don’t lie. I’m just saying… SOURCES: http://www.nba.com/history/players/abduljabbar_bio.html http://www.nba.com/history/awards/mvp https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/may/31/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers-nba-finals Pio Gama Pinto was a Kenyan journalist and revolutionary socialist leader, and is credited as being a major influence in fostering the Pan-Africanist views of which Malcolm X (aka El Hajj Malik El Shabazz) would later inspire generations across the globe. The pair are said to have originally met back in 1959 and shared a common interest in achieving the goals of freedom and human rights for all oppressed peoples of the world. Largely unheralded and unrecognized in history though, Pio Gama Pinto belongs on a mantle equal to The Great Che Guevara. Waging battles of resistance against both British and Portuguese Colonial Powers, Pio Gama Pinto was a Titan of Socialism determined to fight wherever there was injustice. Before working to gain Kenyan Independence, Pinto first fought on behalf of the Goa People in India in the 1940’s. Upon returning to Kenya, in 1949, it was not long before he became involved in the fight against British Colonial Rule. For this he was arrested and would spend four years in prison. Upon his release in 1959, Gama began his renewed push to educate & organize the Kenyan People to fight for independence. In 1960 he founded the Kenyan African National Union Newspaper, was elected to the legislature (among other positions), armed Mau Mau soldiers, and formed alliances with others in the movement. Pinto was a member of The Mau Mau Central Committee, and worked to free Mau Mau Leader (and eventual Kenyan President) Jomo Kenyatta from prison. Sadly, it would be Jomo Kenyatta’s Regime (backed by American and British Interests) that would turn on Pio Gama Pinto and allegedly conspire to have him assassinated. Pio Gama Pinto was assassinated three days after Malcom X (El Hajj Malik El Shabazz); and 53 years later, his true assassin has never been prosecuted for his murder. Like Malcolm, his crime was pushing for social, political, and economic equality by any means necessary. And like Brother Malcolm, he spoke truth to power-even if it was against one of his own partners in the struggle. Kisilu Mutua was convicted and received the death penalty for Pinto’s murder in 1965. However, after 35 years in jail, Mutua was released and would later receive compensation after it was determined that he had been tortured into making a confession. SOURCES: http://www.kenyaunsolved.com/Pio_Gama_Pinto.html http://www.goacom.com/pio-gama-pinto/ https://www.pambazuka.org/governance/remembering-pinto-he-was-killed-speaking-truth-power https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/05/12/court-awards-handcart-pusher-accused-of-murdering-pio-gama-pinto-sh25_c1560244 http://allafrica.com/stories/201603041529.html Last year, Ramad Chatman stood trial for armed robbery and aggravated assault in Rome, Georgia. He was accused of robbing a local convenience store in 2014, after a “The Lucky Lotto” employee identified him from a random photo on her Facebook timeline.
So Why Is He Still In Jail??? Because Judge John Niedrach said so. Now according to reports:
SOURCES: http://www.11alive.com/news/local/serving-10-years-after-not-guilty-verdict/440450636 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/black-man-prison-serve-five-years-ramad-chatman-georgia-prison-not-guilty-probation-broke-terms-jail-a7744326.html http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/05/24/judge-revokes-mans-probation-even-though-jury-found-not-guilty-crime-revoked/ http://www.okayplayer.com/news/black-man-10-years-in-jail-found-not-guilty.html |
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