The Bottom of Heaven Blogging Postmodern Blackness

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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Little girl, she had to grow up quick,
She ain’t a child no more.
Her heart’s still soft but her skin got thick,
She ain’t a child no more.
How could a mother be so reckless and wild?
Put your kid through such torture and trial?
You can only have the love of your child,
She ain’t a child no more.

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Janelle Monáe

Say you’ll go to Nirvana,
Will you leave Samsara?
In the words of Dhammapada
Who will lead, who will follow?

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Flying Lotus

“On Cosmogramma, this never-ending stream of aural textures sounds effortless, and the enthralling swirl of jazz, drum ’n’ bass, dubstep and hip-hop beckons you toward the edge of something damn near cosmic.” (Review)

What’s your soundtrack this summer?