Weekend Recap: DC Loves Dilla

 

DC Loves Dilla is an event I've been wanting to attend for a while now - from the first time I saw someone in a 'DC Loves Dilla' t-shirt at a concert years ago, and inquired about it I knew I had to go. I had no knowledge of J Dilla until I met my ex who is a musician/ hip hop junkie and major fan of the producer (and has a super dope tattoo from the visual of one of his works to prove it). In years past, I'd always hear about the concert after it already took place - like last year for instance when De La Soul performed, (so sad I missed that) so this year I made it a point to be there. The cover band 'The Players' were awesome. They captured the essence of Dilla's beats with such style and ease that you couldn't help but to be hypnotized by them. I have to remember to look them up on Youtube. A few standout performances for me were Ra the MC, Kokayi (his "Trucks" rendition was crazy good!) and Hezekiah. However, it was the headliners Pharoahe Monch and Phife Dawg that stole the show. I wish I had more footage. I really need to start carrying my camera with me and stop relying on my phone.

 

Until next time!

 

(SIDE NOTE: Obsessed with my Africana hat from Nubian Hueman. If I could, I'd wear it everyday. )

Behold A Lady x Outkast

"Candy-coated unicorns are quite hard to find

The classic lady,

a rare breed indeed
Is that make and model discontinued?"

 

mood.

people love to say that they want to be happy,

but fail to realize that it really is that easy to just 'be.'

the choice is yours

and if you choose to focus on and let circumstances determine your happiness

than you're ultimately choosing to be unhappy.

 

 

focus your energy on the light

 

Happy Birthday 'Chelli x 7/17/2014

We them boyz.

( SIDE NOTE: Straight hair is no fun.. I forgot. Curls coming soon. :/ )

This Week Has Been Crazy Busy

picture heavy posts coming soon.



I don't have anything to say today... and often times when I'm short on words/ musings it's because everything is going right.

 

Change.

Invite change into your life in an area that scares you,

or is no longer fulfilling/ making you happy

and watch how good life becomes.

 

 

:)

 

Happy Friday ya'll!

 

 

( SIDE NOTE: "The next chapter will be the best chapter." )

Links We Love: Life Reset x Kimberly Luxe

Life Reset

I just really like making lists and self help/ actualization challenges. Sue me.



Bitch Stole My Look! Gwen Stefani TRIBE Look x We The TRIBE

Well look at that.
Gwen Stefani spotted out in ALC's $297 TRIBE logo crewneck sweater when she could've come over to We the TRIBE and gotten one for wayyy less lol... not to mention way sooner. (I've been doing this for over a year now.)

Sweatshirts are Unisex.
All orders arrive within two- business days.

 

Support the Movement, and order yours here: We The TRIBE.



Currentlies: 7/15/2014

anticipating: getting all dolled up for dinner tomorrow with my favorite girls, DC Loves Dilla and the end of summer/ beginning of fall not-too-hot-not-too-cold weather. 

obsessing over: the dopeness that will be my end of summer/ fall look book for We the TRIBE to be shot end of July/ early August in LA.

theme song: "We Dem Boyz" - Wiz Khalifa. yeah.

working on: unapologetically propelling myself forward and leaving anything that doesn't serve me behind
wanting: to dedicate more time to creating/ painting/ sketches

excited for: everything! every day we open and close so many doors that could lead us on completely different journeys without even realizing. every day is a chance.

thinking about: untapped potential and how I don't want to be 'that' person who doesn't live up to it.

loving: any and everyone who frequents my blog! :)

thankful for: a big heart, open mind and all of the great people behind me that make this ride worthwhile. oh, and the new opportunity that showed up in my inbox this morning. major.

listening to:

"Mister Chameleon" x KING, on repeat.

drinking: raspberry wine ...by the gallon. (kidding..)

wishing: to have those stay-up-all-night-and-not-mind-being-tired-in-the-morning-because-it's-totally-worth-it-phone-conversations again.



The Paper Bag Series x Beth Consetta Rubel

Thought provoking.

 

The Paper Bag Series



The B- Word x DC Screening

As you all may recall, a few months ago I flew to Los Angeles for the premiere screening of my cousin's first short film, "The B-Word." They have since traveled across the country showing the film at several film festivals and on college campuses. Now it's the DMV's turn! Learn more about the film here, and be sure to come out and support. I'll see you there. Tickets are only $10, and available at brownpapertickets.com.



( SIDE NOTE: Like a dance - love is only complicated if you have the wrong partner. Because the right one will be patient, and guide you.. show you the way until you've picked up the rhythm. Moving together in perfect unison. Sweet synchronicity. Music to the ears.. and heart. )

write out your thoughts in order to connect with them

The Beautiful x Roman Lee Norfleet

I liked this.

 

 

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Post The First 10 Songs On Shuffle

My friend Souljor tagged me to post the first 10 songs that come up on my music shuffle (via Spotify) on Tumblr. They say you can tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to.

 

"Take Off Your Cool" x Outkast
"Show Me" x Amerie

"IV. Sweatpants" x Childish Gambino

"By Your Side (Neptunes Remix)" x Sade

"The Last Fall" x The Foreign Exchange

"The Real Her" x Drake

"Devotion" x Jessie Ware

"You Got Me" x The Roots

"Dooms Day" MF Doom feat. Pebbles The Invisible Girl

"I'm Not Calling You A Liar" x Florence + The Machine

 

Pretty accurate.

Divinity x SZA feat. Jill Scott



"You Are Black Gold, Black Gold"

This weekend reminded me that I'm not a "scene" type of person

 

...fun though.



beauty everywhere



Smile x Lily Allen

 

( SIDE NOTE: Ten Habits That Are Holding You Back From Getting What You Want )

Musings |Thoughts On Love: 7/11/2014

To choose to be in a relationship with someone is so beautiful as it is a declaration of: 'I choose to be with this person over everyone else.' Out of all of the billions (and counting) people in the world, I choose you. And that's not saying just everyone in our lives at the moment because we meet so many people over the course of a lifetime. I feel as though you have to have something so strong to say, 'I choose you over people that I haven't even met yet,' because the feeling is that real. You know that no matter who you might run into tomorrow, or the next day or five years down the line... no one can or will compare to what you've found in this one special person. Unshakable, unmovable. That's love.

Musings: 7/9/2014

I've never felt more free

my only responsibility is to surrender to my needs

and to continue to work on making myself a better person

I don't have to answer to anyone

I don't have to tip toe around feelings or

follow anyone else's blueprint for my life

I don't have to live up to anyone's expectations

or in anyone's shadow

 

I feel good

I deserve this.


( SIDE NOTE: "It's rigged  — everything in your favor." - Rumi, poet ...perhaps we should live as such. )

"We all want things to stay the same, David…settle for living in misery, because we’re afraid of change, of things crumbling to ruins. Then I looked around in this place, at the chaos it’s endured, the way it’s been adapted, burned, pillaged…then found a way to build itself back up again, and I was reassured. Ruin is a gift, ruin is the road to transformation."

 

"If you’re brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting, which can be anything from your house to bitter, old resentments, and set out on a truth-seeking journey, either externally or internally, and if you are truly willing to regard everything that happens to you on that journey as a clue, and if you accept everyone you meet as a teacher…and if you are prepared, most of all, to forgive some very difficult realities about yourself, then the truth will not be withheld from you."

 

– Liz Gilbert, Eat Pray Love

9th Annual DC Love's Dilla Tribute Concert



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missing my pink hair.

Happy 18th Birthday 'Mari!

My little brother's not so little anymore :(



Trillectro Line Up 2014

I was heartbroken last year when I was scheduled to work the same day as the Trillectro music festival. But somehow the fates turned in my favor and my name magically disappeared off of the schedule. Score! I created a playlist in my excitement just for the ride to the fair grounds (lol ...lame I know) equipped with The Clipse x "Trill" to set the mood (lamer... I'm corny). The festival is still fairly new. It's not on the level of The Governors Ball or a Coachella... yet. But it definitely has potential. I didn't realize it then, but a lot would change for me after that day. Fast forward to a year later. After much deliberation I think I'll be back again. The venue is bigger. Oh, and Migos. And this year I'll be sure to request off wayyyy in advance.

Like today.