The number of smart, talented people who either join or emerge from the community is kind of amazing if you think about it.

Checking out Ikire Jones interview and still have Wale Oyejide's track with Dilla on Spotify.

Rappers.
Producers.
Singers.
Artists.
Writers.
Comedians.
Designers.

Look what Questlove did with his ant farm.

to boot - what an accomplishment, indeed.

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Speaking inspiration to your situations on Instagram @jeromejcase.

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"Today is your day to have a better life -- it's your right."

who showed promise and delivered 10 years later

aeon
fwmj
trace
deluge
desus
girlchild
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flora
triptych

yes im still friends with him on fb

im not a fashion person
to say if its good or bad
but he seems to be doing his thing
which is good

i genuinely hope he does well for himself though.
i was just being jokey b/c of his rep around here.

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and there's more

for folks who might think i actually have money *hilarisad laugh*

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and nettrice is doing the damn thing

forgot what she posted as

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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

lol

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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

it's missing a N-O-V-E-M-B-E-R-S-G-I-F-T at least.

carry on tho...

he's interviewed some good ass guest for NPR

How yall forget about her
And her stop telling women to smile
Campaign

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if its still up, will try and catch it... when i finally make this nyc trip i ve been planning

it was a few years ago but it's been adapted and performed in other cities

It's called The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity

HOWEVER-he wrote a play that is showing for ONE NIGHT at the Public Theater next Monday (2/23)

http://www.publictheater.org/en/tickets/calendar/playdetailscollection/joes-pub/2015/t/the-unfortunates/?SiteTheme=JoesPub

>HOWEVER-he wrote a play that is showing for ONE NIGHT at the
>Public Theater next Monday (2/23)

*i really should have moved to nyc instead of b'more*

yall nwords ain't shit for not mentioning her

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Speaking inspiration to your situations on Instagram @jeromejcase.

nothing is fucking with OKP

okp is like a malcolm gladwell test case

but the amount of talented people who have come out of here is amazing. Also regarding reddit most of the talented people were talented and succesful before they found reddit. Here we have seen these people grow and grow their ideas/brands/talents to become succesful.

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=4&topic_id=12632363&mesg_id=12632363&listing_type=search

I still have Africahot! on my iPod

i can't listen to that song.
the mix was screwed up on the released version (due to me being hands-off in the mastering process).

kind of broke my heart when i heard the pressed up album. i almost cried. taught me a valuable lesson though.

Twice a week it seems? How long do I post before I make one of these exclusive high school lists?

those of us that have (since 2001->2015) have literally grown up together. it isn't crazy to acknowledge someone has matured well.

High School circle jerks are funny, no?

Anyhow, you want to join a circle jerk around here, just get in the middle.

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does it really matter?

wonder what bin's doing?
http://i.imgur.com/phECCMp.jpg

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www.richardlouissaint.com
photobloggin' it:
http://blog.richardlouissaint.com

i got a show in philly @ the trocadero on march 5th (as part of the Lyrically Fit showcase).
$5 tix. hit me up.
will be performing 5 songs off the EP linked below, thanks.
video coming soon for the title track.

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"Sometimes I contemplate moving to a warmer place, then the lake and skyline give me a warm embrace" © Common

i will post a reminder here and on the bookface

you guys rock!

and i don't even know that many okps.

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;-)

How much money is OKP putting back in the hood?

Also, what about black on black crime?

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my check goes through United Way to support the Black on Black Crime of New Jersey Fund.

it mostly supports robberies. but sometimes we find kids with talent for agg assaults. black on black embezzelers are cool, too.

i'm moving the movement.

peace & blessings,

x.

www.twitter.com/poetx

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I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just
focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and
not having much to show for it. (c) mad

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forcing myself to actually respond to you is like bathing in ebola virus. - Binlahab

Like there is stupid, and then there is you, and then there is dead. - VAsBestBBW

R.I.P. Disco D

What about the hOLE IN THE hOE zONE LAYER THO...

WHAT IS okp DOING ABOUT THAT...

http://soundcloud.com/djshinobishaw
http://www.rareformnyc.com
http://twitter.com/DJShinobiShaw
https://twitter.com/RareFormNYC
PSN: ShinobiShaw

"Arm Leg Leg Arm How you doin?" (c)T510

come on.

we might not be creatives
but we movin the (scholastic) movement too

You can be 35 years old, living with two roommates and shopping for discount healthcare on the marketplace with six-figures worth of student loan debt, but you're among the elite if you've got an arts-based career.

We've got a chick whose a state senator and she gets nary a mention.

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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

She may actually be out of office by now

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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

all while having this:
>six-figures worth of student loan debt,

now i gotta sing too??!?
but you're among the
>elite if you've got an arts-based career.



where is the love?

GAT DAMN!!!!!

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Not that I blame you.

Chike got tenure

I was so damn happy for him

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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

>Chike got tenure

impressive!

Don't hear shit about it bc I'm not on Twitter.

(and y'all are doing big things).


peace & blessings,

x.

www.twitter.com/poetx

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I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just
focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and
not having much to show for it. (c) mad

although some days im like *this* school shit is for the birds.

appreciated

I know no one gives a damn about how the effect of format and content of accounting information on human behavior but I'm moving the movement of getting more non white male professors in these streets..

http://www.phdproject.org/

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huh

love it....

than an incubator. If you're not in certain circles or cliques here, nobody will care about what you do regardless of how good you are.

beneath the surface of the stunting cliques, you got people who recognize and work off of each other's talents, interests, knowledge, and capabilities without all the limelight

KONVICT MUZIK

cause i dont know what this is about

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=18&topic_id=16806&mesg_id=16806&listing_type=search#16806

who introduced me to editors and got me work. There are a lot of really good people here.

here.

some were heavy in their formative years. i'd say magnet in the sense that a lot of ppl came w/ they own hustle / talent. but also incubator because the cross pollination effect was real. being able to post words and music and get feedback and encouragement (or hate) was instrumental to a lot of people's process.

even for the non creatives, there was a palpable sense of "i can be xyz in terms of my style/taste/playeryness/non-playeryness AND be a teacher/doctor/lawyer/businessperson/techie/entrepreneur/etc?"

like, i remember posting about my son's interest in majoring in urban planning, and found out there were a grip of planners on here, and particularly black urban planners, which are on some unicorn ish in the real world. likewise, when we speak on IT and such, very similar experiences.

we've been able to use this place to share and laugh and bond and build and bullshit in a fairly unique way.

so its a magnet AND incubator.


peace & blessings,

x.

www.twitter.com/poetx

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I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just
focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and
not having much to show for it. (c) mad

Holding it down.

No we aren't writing plays that 10th graders are forced to see or releasing albums that 6 people download.

We're just paying our taxes and raising children, being productive members of society.

Which is huge.

So when you mural painting, t shirt designing rejects are done choking on your free range fed soybean lattes and miraculously find some moron to put up with your broke ass shenanigans long enough...holla at me

So we can talk 529 plans for the kids

Bitches.


does it really matter?

wonder what bin's doing?
http://i.imgur.com/phECCMp.jpg

This is schtick, if you take me serious at this stage of the game I dunno what to tell you


does it really matter?

wonder what bin's doing?
http://i.imgur.com/phECCMp.jpg

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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=18&topic_id=16806&mesg_id=16806&listing_type=search#16920

pretty crazy.

at least a couple of the people mentioned in here are in that post pondering their futures.

that time went quickly, tho.

dayum.


peace & blessings,

x.

www.twitter.com/poetx

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I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just
focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and
not having much to show for it. (c) mad

lol

Twelve years later, you can't help but smile after reading all her angst.

is a snapshot of a lot of folks on their ascent. it's really cool to see.

kind of depressing for me, though, as my output as a cultural producer pretty much flatlined a few years after that.

we actually had a few mtgs about The Crucial and tried to get that popping.


peace & blessings,

x.

www.twitter.com/poetx

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I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just
focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and
not having much to show for it. (c) mad

Can't be mad though....things are moving...and the output that I was looking for...is all over the place.

The philosophical base is really Afro-Futurism...but that means a thousand things to a thousand people. At this point I can see that the output and how it shapes the moment will in turn define the philosophical base. I'm not big on talking about Afrofuturism as much as I am on living it.

about afro-futurism being so many things. but you certainly have a voice in it, and damn sure one of the most profound thinkers i know.

i be reading all of y'alls accomplishments, royall.

WE published.

kind of a confirmation when i see others validating the talents of folk that i kick(ed) it with.


peace & blessings,

x.

www.twitter.com/poetx

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I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just
focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and
not having much to show for it. (c) mad

for all of my complaining about this site over the years my life would like a whooooole lot different without it.

i luh yall.

<3

btw, ain't it time for the black history month thing?


peace & blessings,

x.

www.twitter.com/poetx

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I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just
focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and
not having much to show for it. (c) mad

I'll see the progression of my career. It's kind of amazing. I've been on here for 15 years, and for about 13 as a poster...and to see the growth of other people has been just the best.

This place does amaze me, but at the same time...not really. The talent here has always been obvious, but just seeing the growth is great.

>The talent here has always been obvious, but just seeing the
>growth is great.

we arent looking at a lot of these people like that promising HS running back that knocked up his HS sweet heart and dropped out of college to bag groceries at Ralphs. People here are making it.

i remember her posting about being an extra on the show

amongst other things.

First time I been here in years and I see this.

My password's mad unsecure

i used to chuckle heartily at that back in the day, tho.


peace & blessings,

x.

www.twitter.com/poetx

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I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just
focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and
not having much to show for it. (c) mad

Every movement has its peak and we had ours. Let's not forget all of the talent d people that came through here.

been out of the loop and would like to know what these folks have been up to. Prefect chance for shameless promotion.

for me to continue making music. My group just released an album today.

https://soundcloud.com/dlrn/sets/neon-noir-deluxe/