Confessions From A Black Rose

Last night my life was made when Beyonce released Lemonade to the world. I have been waiting for this record to drop for months now. Queen Bey did not disappoint with this record.  She continues to be an unstoppable force.  L emonade features Jack White, Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, and James Blake. As of right now L emonade is a Tidal exclusive. Sources say it will be available to other outlets in the next coming days. If I am honest, I felt the material on L emonade was not as strong as the Beyonce record. It is no way her worst album as some basics are suggesting. I found it gets better the more you listen to it. It is her most personal record to date.  I appreciate the fact the Beyonce keeps on making records. She does not make an album full of singles, but a record that tells a story. I think only a couple of tracks are radio friendly. I think this record will scare Top 40 radio, but it wasn't made for them. The fact Formation was not played on Top 40 radio say...

The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them   Lois McMaster Bujold A few hours ago, I watched as  Prosecutor Robert McCullough announced that the grand jury chose to not indict Darren Wilson. I was not surprised, but the announcement was still  painful. I could only imagine the pain the Brown family fe lt  when they heard the decision. Different emotions hit me a ll  at once: anger, sadness, hopelessness. History was repeating itself and I could not stand it. Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. Frederick Douglass   There were calls for peaceful protests from several officials and I believe that is the only way to proceed. I just do not understand how you can call for peaceful protests when you make the announcemen...