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Friday Playlist: Break the Spell

Doses of realness.

Staying Underground prsnts, COLLABORATOR 022: Ladin Awad w/ Mistah Rapsey on the B Side.

“I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about… Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.” - Nina Simone

Collaborator 022: Ladin Awad by Staying Underground

A Side: Ladin Awad 1. Little Simz - Is This Freedom? 2. Sango - Maluco 3. The Internet - Girl  [Prod. by Kaytranada] 4. Jimi Nxir - Samantha 5. Kali Uchis - Know What I Want (esta. remix) 6. Nao - Back Porch 7. Hiatus Kaiyote - The Lung 8. Thundercat - Them Changes 9. Madlib - Montara 10. Nina Simone - Mr. Bojangles 11. Bonobo - Get Thy Bearings (Ft. Szjerdene) 12. Mizan - Thru 13. SBTRK - Wonder Where We Land (Ft. Sampha)

B Side: Mistah Rapsey 1. Hamilton Bohannon - Save Their Souls (Platurn Edit) 2. Melodiesinfonie - Sunshine Is Gone 3. Michael Jackson - Ain’t Nobody REALLY Care About Us [Blendiana’s Baltimore Blend] 4. Majid Jordan - Patience (Payton Long Remix) 5. Masego & The TrapHouseJazz Band - Brown Suga (Shut Up And Vibe) 6. Erykah Badu - Fall in Love (Your Funeral) 7. OSHUN - That Day [Prod. by The Stuyvesants] 8. Flamingosis - She Loved Me 9. D'Flower - That Girl 10. Piu Piu - The Melt II 11. Warren Xclnce & Reiss G - Scale It Back (Ft. Ego Ella May)

“It’s an artist’s duty to reflect the times in which we live.” - Nina Simone

Abbas Habiballa (Sudan)

Gorgeous portraits of the women of Sudan, friends and family of the photographer circa 1960 -1970. The love and admiration for these women is palpable throughout all the photographer’s work, as well as the life and vitality of the women : )