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[byriee]

@joypostell

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@joypostell

[robgibsun]

Title: @joypostell - "Consciousness" • Mixed Media • 18" x 12" • Full Video: youtu.be/7gvJ8uuwtA0 #joypostell #diaspora #art #robgibsun #timelapse #wip

[harfordandreckord]

2 great events at @thecrownbaltimore this friday!

[soulknowledge]

Signs (Swarvy x 10.4 ROG Blend) - JoyPostell

[elon]

i’ll save keep the memory of this day saved in my heart until I die. this moment felt surreal. i’m blessed to have had the chance to even be amongst such beautiful melanated beings. thank you @joypostell for making me face my own body dysmorphia issues and loving on me when I felt insecure. FINALLY TOMORROW THE VIDEO FOR @joypostell NEW SINGLE “WATER” HITS THE NETTTTT!

[gunzell]

This night was epic ! It was @joypostell album release show ! #BACK&FORTH still on repeat..I love the support & the shine Baltimore has been getting lately. It’s been great creating & pushing the city forward let’s keep it up folks...side bar wtf is Thoe doing in the back lol (at Baltimore, Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2FQ2repiYj/?igshid=1dhc3146ayhn

[rapseyrecommends]

Back and Forth by JoyPostell Written and Performed by Joy Postell Produced by Benamin, Zeke Mishanec and Dane Orr Mixed and Mastered by Zeke Mishanec and Dane Orr

[drinksleeprecord]

Join us and @mixedfeelings tonight for a very special intimate show with @joypostell + DJ sets by @dkthepunisher! 10pm - Late / FREE https://ift.tt/2yDfGRq

[mzkendrafoster]

About Mon night✊🏿My new bruh @goldlink & I felt it important to de-emphasize the tiny month that #BlackHistory has been relegated to too long✊🏿BLACK HISTORY SHOULD BE CELEBRATED ALL YEAR✊🏿! A joy to rock w/ ma AMAZING bruhs @louielastic & @kofihunter and new bruhs & sis @joypostell @udobimusic @_iplaymusic #fuckblackhistorymonth #shortestmonthoftheyear too short for celebration of #blackexcellence ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿 Thank U @nyankanoire for 🎥 this 👑! https://www.instagram.com/p/BuZh0xPnXlt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bg24ugi4x555

[chrysantilus]

The incomprable @joypostell from our new Red Bull Amaphiko Short, #BaltimoreDIY (dir. Emily Eaglin) Please Watch & Share: win.gs/2vbQZMh

[domdeshawn]

The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 4 *Variant Cover* 4/4 feat @domdeshawn 🎨: @abstractblackcreative 😈+😇 March 25th @ The Summit. Along with other Performances from: @joypostell @rollingstoned @oggasbagss And music brought to you by: @tronmusic @nicnacc 10PM-2AM $8 (at Cafe Bourbon St./ the Summit)

[robgibsun]

•Time-lapse portrait of @joypostell inspired by "Consciousness" (Pt.4)• Full Video: youtu.be/7gvJ8uuwtA0 #joypostell #art #robgibsun

[indi-perspective]

“I’m BLACK and PROUD Yea Yea! I’m BLACK and PROUD” ! ✊🏽❤️@JoyPostell Millennial of the Month ~ February | Photo By : Nina Rocio 📷

We kick off our Millennial of the Month Series for February with Soulful Songstress Joy Postell. 😍The Baltimore artist gives us a smooth mix between r&b soul and jazz , a new found sound of funk with a conscious groove 🎶😌.

We first heard of Joy Postell after the release of her music video “Consciousness” premiered via @NoiseyMusic. The music video was so inspiring and groundbreaking to us because she embodied the characteristics of some of our past female leaders in Politics, Music and Entertainment such as “Billie Holiday, Angela Davis, Nina Simone, and Celie Johnson from "The Color Purple”. All positive black female figures that symbolized their own versions of freedom and fearlessness through their inevitable Black Girl Magic.

We see that magic in Joy also as her energy comes to the surface for our black youth to be inspired by the honesty and truth in her music.

We got to talk to Joy about the Music, being conscious and evolving as an individual.

Check out our interview below!!

INDI:Where are you from, who are your musical influences and how did you get involved with music? 

Joy: I’m from Baltimore, MD - spent my early years in Jersey. I’m influenced by a lot of different people foreal - I’m really inspired by ‪Lauryn Hill‬, and of course, ‪Erykah Badu‬. I grew up listening to ‪Chaka Khan‬ and ‪Teena Marie‬, so those two women are forever engrained in my soul lol. I love Tupac, ‪Marvin Gaye‬, ‪Jimi Hendrix‬ - really just whatever moves me. My mother is a musician, so I’ve always been surrounded by music and musicians - it’s something that I’ve always felt really natural doing and when I moved out to LA with my mother, I finally decided to start recording myself doing covers on this little janky ass USB mic lol. I would upload them to Soundcloud and I didn’t really expect anyone to listen tbh lol and I just kept at it.

INDI: What inspired the making of your single and visual for “Consciousness” and why is it important for millennials to expand their consciousness?

Joy: Well, its was 2015 and I had just moved back home and to be honest that just how I was feeling at the time - I was really angry about what was going on and I needed to get it out in a non violent way because the emotions began yo just sit and that was starting to really become toxic. I was letting all the hate get to me. The oppression I saw around me on a daily basis began to eat away at my soul and I needed to sort through my thoughts. For the visual, we really wanted to put together something that made black people feel liberated in the midst of all the bullshit and what better way than to honor strong black women who stood up for what they believed in. 

If you’re not growing, you’re stagnant and nothing great can be accomplished in stagnation. As the youth, we gotta challenge ourselves everyday to do better than before - to think in ways that push boundaries.

INDI: In your opinion what is your definition of freedom? 

Joy: I have to agree with Nina, No fear. Living a life that has no limitations because you don’t see any. 

INDI: As millennials today we are constantly surrounded by weed culture and marijuana influences. In an article titled “The Awakened State”, the author explains the awakened state of the Kundalini Energy and the importance of aligning the chakras to maintain our spiritual balance. The article also touches on the act of smoking marijuana to increase the awakening of our consciousness. 

“-When we smoke marijuana, there is a strong tendency for the chakras to open wider. This happens in part because the high attracts a flow of incoming subatomic particles, (chi) into our systems. The chakras open to better accommodate this flow. They also open wider because of the high vibration of this herb.” -The Awakened State

In the chorus of your single “Consciousness” are you referring to the actual smoking of marijuana or is there more depth to the “refer” reference? What does smoking marijuana do for you personally as an artist? 

Joy: Lol so for that hook I’m playing this character asking somebody “Now where’s this consciousness you speak of?” and they telling me that its “hidden in the reefer”, so here I am smoking, smoking, smoking - looking to be “woke” and end up being the exact opposite: asleep, because now you’re just sitting there high as hell with no idea of whats going on around you. Oh, the irony lol. For me and weed its has to be in moderation because when I smoke too much I don’t get as much done as I should be and it’s just all bad - I am not the most productive pothead haha but I do love to smoke, especially when I’m writing or listening to beats, kicking it with the homies, all that.

INDI: The year of 2016 was very devastating when it came to concerns of the Black Community dealing police brutality, blatant racism, modern day lynching, and now our President of the Unites States is Donald Trump. What are your thoughts on this past year and the effects that it has had on the Black Community? What words of encouragement do you have for the black youth in 2017.

Joy: 2016 was mad traumatizing for black folk and to be honest I feel like out of all that trauma came a stronger sense of awareness - not only for whats going on in and around our community but an awareness of how to protect our precious energy, because I do believe that all of these triggering images placed in the media and on social networking are designed to attack and put pressure on our energy so that we feel hopeless. They replay these graphic ass videos over and over, sensationalizing black death making you feel like yo what year is this? There has to be a line drawn for ones own mental health.

To the black youth: Invest in yourself. Invest in your community and those who genuinely support you, your message, your presence. Surround yourself with people who see no limitations in a world that constantly tells us that we are not worthy of what we rightfully deserve. And most importantly don’t be afraid to speak out! We gotta hold both ourselves and those around us accountable. If the actions don’t match the words, then its time to start asking questions.

INDI: Why is it important for millennials to follow their dreams? 

Joy: Because who wants to live their life wondering “what if?” - that shit is so wack. Live your life, I feel we learn by trial and error and with every failure we learn something new. Sometimes you could think that you wanna do one thing but find out thats not really whats for you but you would never know if you don’t just do it.

INDI: Our tagline at INDI is “Inspire the uninspired”, what advice do you have for the uninspired artist that may feel stuck in their creativity or afraid to take a risk? 

Joy: Just do it! You will literally never know until you try and you are the ONLY person that can hold you back. Everything else is placed in your way to help you grow, its up to you to push yourself to be the best you can be.

[thejaholdenexperiment]

@blackgirlkhronicles BGK - The Moroccan Edition is live and available for viewing! I’ve been in the bat cave for a cool minute piecing this labor of love! Truly a blessed experience adventuring through Mother Africa for my first trip to the continent with the participants who ventured with us on this particular magical excursion. As a filmmaker one of my favorite aspects is being afforded the opportunity to collaborate with new creative friends made along the journey like @underapalmtree (photography) and longtime fam I love & respect like @slowlikewhoa (music supervisor)! These are the ending credits scored by @joypostell edited & designed by Me 🙂 ps. This cool thumbnail shot by @underapalmtree was featured in an international edition of Vogue Magazine. #blackgirlkhronicles #documentary #blackgirlmagic #travel #africa #morocco #readyfortheworld #filmmaker #film #sonyalpha #worldtraveler #worldtravel #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #travelgroup #vogue #voguemagazine (at Morocco) https://www.instagram.com/p/B53cqL3lyTs/?igshid=1peav0in3psx2

[alyssatoearth]

"Water" by JoyPostell