MIGHTY

in other news I’m trying to get these wisdom teeth yanked so i can get back to rap musics

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:39:47 -0400

in other news I’m trying to get these wisdom teeth yanked so i can get back to rap musics

Just had another nice phone-talk with my mom, she was describing a certain situation and I gave her...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:26:21 -0400

Just had another nice phone-talk with my mom, she was describing a certain situation and I gave her an objective but not too removed opinion on it. I found out that my sister had said something similar, but that she preferred to come to me for the unbiased confirmation.

Mom went on to tell me a story from around 1998, around one of the times she had hacked all her hair off and went natural (she’d done it one time before this and grown long gorgeous locs, this was after chopping those off and regrowing.) She was working at a daycare center I think, and usually wore headwraps throughout the teeny afro phase. She had some considerable length now, and wanted to try something different, so she’d braided her own hair the night before and taken those out for a three inch krinkly afro look this particular morning.

My younger sister (most likely 5 yrs old here) came up to her and asked “Mama, can they wear hats at your work?” Mom replies, “Yeah baby, if they want to.” Baby sis shoots back with “Well I think you should wear a hat today.” Brapbrap from the unfiltered kinder-gatling. My older brother, 16 or so, leans out from the bathroom with an “I know that’s right,” and then hinges back into the bathroom like rebounding from the smooth criminal lean.

She then said she went to me in my room (where I was mostly likely watching static-glazed ep of Arthur on crooked antenna, as I did every day before school up to 10th grade) and asked me what I thought. She says that I said “Mom you can wear your hair any way that you feel like.” On the phone I was like “Ha, I said that? How corny,” and she assured me that yes, that is exactly what I said, and that kind of moment solidified for her that I was open-minded and formed my opinions without much personal contamination, and that it was something she could count on.

The crazy part is that I don’t remember any of that, but I do recall the earnest square that I was/am. For her to remember it made me feel pretty good though. There’s not much better in this world than hearing stories about yourself from your parents that you yourself can’t recall.

sparkark: today’s my day of birth. woke up and remixed a thing....

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:17:13 -0400

sparkark:

today’s my day of birth. woke up and remixed a thing. not mixed, will revisit maybe. all I got is $20 headphones.

"You love the moon even though she disappears. You love the moon despite the fact she’s rarely full,..."

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:02:42 -0400

““You love the moon even though she disappears. You love the moon despite the fact she’s rarely full, and when she is, it’s only half of her. You’ve only seen one side, and even though you know there’s a whole other half shrouded in darkness and mystery, you love regardless. You love the moon, and you’ve never even laid a finger on her. She’s thousands of miles away, and somehow you make time to see her every night.””

- bondho janala: (via stpph)

sparkark: made a gif

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:45:33 -0400

sparkark:

made a gif

"The difference between classic music and the music of today is certainly in the skill level. In the..."

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:49:53 -0400

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The difference between classic music and the music of today is certainly in the skill level. In the days of dynamic music you couldn’t just go in the studio (or home) and make the same shit as Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder or Prince! In fact, you STILL cant! It took years of practice (The Beatles) and access to special equipment that required extensive training to use. Real orchestras instead of VSTs, an actual drummer in place of someone else’s actual drumming, and occasionally a person who could legitimately sing! The technology we have now removes all imaginable limits on creativity, but in the name of declining (*not by much) IQ scores and attention spans - an entire generation of musicians and listeners with low standards has been born, making music thats easy to remember (and forget) and extremely easy to create! In the music business we have now suffered from decades of people catering to moneyless non-consumers like children and critics, and an entire community of creatives and executives scratching their heads and wondering where all the good music went. We collectively saw the money and said fuck this, I’m not learning how to play shit! We got the money/power and gave our friends and relatives jobs! We blew the money and blamed everyone and every thing except for the unqualified man-in-the-mirror and convinced ourselves that we were still the reservation-only restaurant and not a McDonalds kiosk. It killed the business, and out of its body grew the Multi-Million $ Independent Label - from Master P to Macklemore, and a million new expressions of creativity and ways to monetize. The truth is music business, if you haven’t realized the hidden success factor that makes Adele, Taylor Swift, Bruno or Frank resonate - its the FN MUSIC! The SONGS have to be GOOD! Not the same genre, or tempo, or look (*music doesn’t have a look), or even the same appeal to the same demographic - but the same FEELING when you hear it, the one that lasts for fuckin forever. The People get it (look at who’s selling the most these days!) The only music execs and critics should be people who have accomplished something in the field of music that deems them qualified and worthy - and even those people should step down if and when the day comes that they start thinking our success comes more from marketing and research than the actual product itself. It all boils down to the support of the consumer and the corporate vendor (ads) - The money comes from Ads and Sales guys! No one has to buy anything anymore! Any and all sales in this day and age are from the support of someone who cares about the artist - the more effort you put into your product and content, the more engaged your audience will be. The people I’m talking about are largely dumb as fuck and won’t make it to the bottom of this very short essay - but this isn’t for them…its for YOU! Who and whatever you are, you’re a part of this! You are the person that settles for mediocrity or doesn’t - that feels the need to constantly express their unsolicited opinion or spend that time improving yourself - that bragged about the hit song you wrote in 15 minutes or took however long you needed to make the best music you could make. You are a soldier in the war for Dope vs Money - this goes way beyond music, and way into real life - we all need to refocus and we’re all going to have to pick a side as the gap between those who are in pursuit of money, and those who are in the pursuit of dopeness quickly grows from something you trip over to something you fall into.

ps I personally plan to fly over.

”

- by James Fauntleroy. (via darthdream)

morethanles: Famsandwich: Lesfortune, Dolo Cousin, Laluky,...

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:26:37 -0500

morethanles:

Famsandwich: Lesfortune, Dolo Cousin, Laluky, & Mighty Goes - Famsammich

Fun track with the Fam. My brethren growing

javisfaux: Me, @mightygoes, and Black Jesus pondering life and...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:41:38 -0500

javisfaux:

Me, @mightygoes, and Black Jesus pondering life and what it means to be legendary and rare.

the questions yall.

made this about an hour ago when I was supposed to be doing...

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 04:59:11 -0500

made this about an hour ago when I was supposed to be doing something else entirely.

was gonna put out love songs today but cliche saved for another day.

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:30:59 -0500

was gonna put out love songs today but

cliche saved for another day.

"As often as Kanye West talks about the state of his mental health, one would think that we’d be..."

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:01:01 -0500

“

As often as Kanye West talks about the state of his mental health, one would think that we’d be having a national conversation on mental health–kind of like the way we had a wave of conversations about domestic violence in the wake of the Chris Brown-Rihanna incident. Yet, in the four years since Kanye began talking openly about the depression related to the death of his mother and the dissolution of his romantic relationship with longtime paramour Alexis Phifer, the conversations have continued to be one-sided.

A search for “Kanye West and Depression” brings up surprisingly few articles and discussions. There’s a sterile AP article describing his initial comments, Cord Jefferson advising Kanye to go to a therapist on The Root, an MTV news article on his path to recovery, and Tom Breihan in the Village Voice distilling 808′s and Heartbreak down to “emo bellyaching” and a “album-length tantrum at his ex.” While Bassey Ikpi later argued to have some compassion for Kanye, it was one small plea in a sea of indifference and condemnation.

After four years of being open about pain and vulnerability, I’m starting to wonder if society will ever really hear him.

”

- The R’s editor/owner Latoya Peterson is posting about mental health—in pop culture and in daily lives—all this week. Check out her analysis on Kanye West’ 808’s and Heartbreak and how badly pop/media culture handled his discussing his mental health on the album on the R today. (via racialicious)

Just wanted to highlight this bit:

the only acceptable emotion for Black men to publicly express and still retain their masculinity is rage.

This reminds me of Tricky back in the 90s - he said in a documentary once that whenever he did photo shoots for magazine covers they wanted him to look angry and make rage faces and look tough. But his music wasn’t really about that, it was about feeling sad and confused a lot of the time. But nobody wanted to see that, they said he was more marketable as an angry black man.

(via rubyvroom)

this actually, this actually really means a lot to me right. when I first heard that album, it connected with me on a primal level, it’s my favorite kanye album, I think it’s a perfect album and I’ve never understood why people shit on it so much. I still hope that time will tell and and people will come to see it for what it is.

(via thewhitemankilledthetruth)

re: black masculinity, depression and rage (and by extension agression)- see Tyler the Creator, Earl Sweatshirt

(via likestepsonthemoon)

an abstract brag rap evolves into a futurist, apocalyptic narrative. this is why no one collaborates...

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:29:34 -0500

an abstract brag rap evolves into a futurist, apocalyptic narrative. this is why no one collaborates with me.

oh yeah, my lighting kit came while I was away from home (black...

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:45:55 -0500

oh yeah, my lighting kit came while I was away from home (black bag.)

other small packages extremely secret/relevant.

I am absolutely up to no good.

shot some hind-scene for Akin Andwele today.

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:35:17 -0500

shot some hind-scene for Akin Andwele today.

MightyGOES - Still Water it’s time I put out some of this...

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:37:00 -0500

MightyGOES - Still Water

it’s time I put out some of this hurt-human rap I’m sitting on, laden with it’s artery-clogging sentiment. Time to put it out so I can move on.

I wrote this song last year, in separate pieces, recollecting the intense despair I experienced 2 years before that, after dropping out of college and going back home.

I was really fatigued from school and all the flaming hoops and hurdles I had to caper and cajole through to keep that show rolling. Eventually I was ecstatic in my submission, too ready to go home and rest, and recharge on familiar familial energy. But home wasn’t safe from the real world, and I learned some humbling truths upon my return.

These words all came together on a bench at the College Park MARTA station, while waiting on a white Grand Marquis.

shot some self portraits this morn, had some fun.

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:44:59 -0400

shot some self portraits this morn, had some fun.

I never even liked wrestling, but this PS3 Madcatz stick was the...

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 23:51:17 -0400

I never even liked wrestling, but this PS3 Madcatz stick was the yung cheapo so I swept down upon it like a meth addict on spilled laundromat quarters. Learning Tekken Tag 2 with this has been kinda gratifying, I think along the way I forgot how imperative hobbies were (along side work, see ‘Sex & Cash Theory’) for keeping the overall balance. I’m in a good place.

Video

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 23:42:00 -0400

I grew a nice thick struggle fro this summer. all gone now...

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 23:36:33 -0400

I grew a nice thick struggle fro this summer. all gone now though.

things I dreamt of this morn

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:43:37 -0400

swamp city, venice canals x nyc x everglades

deathly sexy amazon with paralytic aura that actually complimented my ability to defy her presence (walking through quicksand)

eluding pursuit of assassins via parkour home invasion (human morph ball)

discovering a shrine unto myself in someone else’s home