notes on: Set It Off

A complete in-depth review and analysis of Set It Off directed by F. Gary Gray

ALWAYS WRITTEN FROM A PLACE OF LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING.

published October 23, 2024

notes on: YEAR IN REVIEW [film], looking at (some) of the movies I loved that was released in 2022.

ALWAYS WRITTEN FROM A PLACE OF LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING.

published January  7, 2023

notes on: YEAR IN REVIEW [music], looking at (some) of the music I loved that was released in 2022.

ALWAYS WRITTEN FROM A PLACE OF LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING.

published December 28, 2022

Watching Frank Ocean’s 2017 performance at the FYF Festival has become a healing ritual in my life. It’s been six years since Blonde and Endless; and I can argue that no night captures the essence of his music quite like July 22, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA at Expostion Park. I analyze the music and chronicle the night Frank Ocean saved my life.

published August 20, 2022

notes on: THOR: God of Thunder, "THE GOD BUTCHER" and "GODBOMB"

A complete in-depth review and analyis of Jason Aaron & Esad Ribic’s 2012 epic comic book story arc, “THE GOD BUTCHER” and “THE GODBOMB.” Jason Aaron’s iconic run with the character is the primary inspiration for Marvel Studios and Taika Waititi’s 2022 film, Thor: Love and Thunder. The storyline is covers issues 1-11.

ALWAYS WRITTEN FROM A PLACE OF LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING.

published July 15, 2022

notes on: Atlanta S3 [part three of three]

A complete in-depth review and analysis of Season 3 of FX’s Atlanta by Donald Glover. Episodes 8-10.

ALWAYS WRITTEN FROM A PLACE OF LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING.

published June 30, 2022

notes on: Atlanta S3 [part two of three]

A complete in-depth review and analysis of Season 3 of FX’s Atlanta by Donald Glover. Episodes 4-7.

ALWAYS WRITTEN FROM A PLACE OF LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING.

published June 21, 2022

notes on: Atlanta S3 [part one of three]

A complete in-depth review and analysis of Season 3 of FX’s Atlanta by Donald Glover. Episodes 1-3.

ALWAYS WRITTEN FROM A PLACE OF LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING.

published June 13, 2022

notes on: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. A complete review and analysis of Kendrick Lamar’s 7th LP.

ALWAYS WRITTEN FROM A PLACE OF LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING.

published May 16, 2022

What inspired my upcoming novel and how did I come to organize those influences? There's a trickster spider in my head. This may be an exercise in futility.

published September 11, 2024

I have not been crying lately. Why not? tick tick tick tick

published May 19, 2024

I kept a diary (?) during my three weeks in Europe, thoughts and such inspired by Wes Anderson, James Baldwin, Anthony Bourdain, new experiences, Roman food, and the Parisian sunset.

published March 4, 2024

Atlanta Police Foundation just received additional city funding for a “Cop City” they’re building to further subjugate our community rather than uplift us. It’s a travesty. This is an emotional response. RIP Rayshard Brooks.

published June 13, 2023

What’s art doing in Tally and do these people have something to say with it? Are you ready to listen? Cordell Jones explores his journey amidst FAMU’s burgeoning art scene as an outsider. 

published May 24, 2023

Pomegranates have often been used as symbols of femininity and virginity throughout art history. Sparked by a vision on Senegalese beach, Bessem reflects on the history of the pomegranate in art in relation to black womanhood.

published May 20, 2023

A public birthday card for my parents and me, from me. Sorry for cursing Momma. 

published March 20, 2023

Sampling is an art form that isn’t just a pillar of Hip Hop, but possibly its heart. Camille Godfrey interrogates how sampling bridges the gaps between generations and why it is beautiful.

published February 4, 2023

Najee AR Fareed looks for ways to save the world, a question and an answer that drives at the very nature of our being. Cover Story from “Kingdom Come” issue of TRIBE MAG.

published December 22, 2022

Daniella Ndubuisi-Ike collects thoughts about her becoming and the freedom of being, lands at place of understanding. Poem selected from “Kingdom Come” Issue of TRIBE MAG.

published December 22, 2022

This is a love letter and a wake up call to black men. It’s time to treat ourselves better and our women better. I remain all of us. RIP Takeoff.

published November 13, 2022

King Hood is trapped in time and he’s fighting to get out. An ode to the moment’s lost forever and what we gain from them.

published September 10, 2022

An apology is a type of death. Happiness is a sacrifice. Camille Godfrey writes through the process of dying and rebirth in the name of self-love on the eve of her 19th birthday.

published August 8, 2022

Shakiya writes through the mental landscape of her assault, how she carried the weight of her trauma, and how she went on to defeat everything: her circumstance, her fear, her anxiety, and her assailant. The little girl cries but she dreams as well.

published July 22, 2022

Kareem Fofana finds a new, free, person inisde their old persona. Start the music.

published July 11, 2022

King Hood remembers East Atlanta for what it was and how it has made him.

published July 8, 2022

3 selected poems from Divya Adu’s upcoming poetry collection, Through The Mud Grows The Lotus, the 5th in her oeuvre.

“Love Me”

“Rent is Due”

“Summer’s Over—”

published July 7, 2022

Bloo paints the picture of her becoming and says goodbye to what she became in this epic poem.

published July 5, 2022

Collage poem of thoughts & questions curated from the notes and mind of Jade Scott.

published June 26, 2022

Happy Birthday! Hannah gets a black trunk for her 16th birthday.

published June 19, 2022

King Hood uses Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue as the basis of his self discovery in his latest poem.

published May 30, 2022

Jade Lorra(i)ne Scott documents the journey of finding herself amidst herself in this visual journal.

published May 19, 2022