#mtv1987

[fenixarson]

[album poster] redesigned from old covers for my new room Kevin Abstract - MTV1987 | Frank Ocean - Blonde | A$AP Rocky - AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP | twenty one pilots - Trench

[brockhamptonbaby]

happy 4 years of MTV1987 !!!!

[eurosandsand]

when will this end?

[alonelystarxo]

today imma be whoever i wanna be

[nicealbumcovers]

MTV1987 by Kevin Abstract

[organic-cigarrettes]

[video] kevin abstract - drugs [2 of 3] directed + edited by frank x + hkcovers

[tommyscaf]

helmet boy live

[fenixarson]

Kevin Abstract - MTV1987 [alternate artwork concept]

art direction by Kevin Abstract & HK photography by Timothy Norris 
model: Kevin Abstract 
logos by HK & F. Williams (@filmmaker_latinx) design, edit & color by me

[d3athwish]

opinion on tame cab by kevin abstract? i think it’s my favorite song by him tbh

one of my favorites off that album!!! which they need to put back on spotify because its so good!! however i will say though that it throws me for a bit of a loop whenever i listen to mtv1987 bc he sings/raps about women as his love interests since it was pre-coming out. i think its j always weird to hear things someone said before they were out and pretending to be straight, ya know? like i dont wanna say it’s uncomfortable but almost kinda... sad... i guess?? maybe thats not the right word. but in songs that are already so good like tame cab i wonder how different/possibly better they could have been if he was able to be 100% transparent, ya know?

[jadesawtelle]

Continuing into our fifth day of pride, I’ve got some more black lgbtq+ reps for you! Happy pride month!

1. Rashad Taylor: Taylor is a political consultant and former politician from Atlanta, Georgia. A Democrat, he served from 2009 to 2013 in the Georgia House of Representatives, representing the City of Atlanta from the 55th House District. He was first elected in November 2008, at 27 years old, making him the youngest serving member of the General Assembly. After re-election in 2010, he was elected Vice Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, the fourth highest ranking leadership position in the House. At 31, Taylor was the youngest member of the General Assembly leadership, House or Senate, Democrat or Republican. Taylor was the first openly gay male to serve in the Georgia General Assembly and was only the second openly gay African American male state legislator in the United States.

2. Althea Garrison: Garrison is an independent American politician from Boston, Massachusetts, who served on the Boston City Council as an at-large councilor. The fact that Garrison had been formerly known as a male was not widely publicized until shortly after she was elected to the legislature. When the Boston Herald asked whether she was a man, Garrison denied it and ended the conversation when asked about her past, including her name change.

3. Clifford Ian Simpson “Kevin Abstract”: Abstract is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and director, and is a founding member of Brockhampton. Abstract released his debut album, MTV1987, in 2014, and received attention from a number of major music blogs and magazine publications. Abstract came out as gay in 2016 and is very open about the matter on his records, saying he'll rap about being gay as long as he can imagine a fan in need of a voice.

4. Audre Lorde: Lorde was an American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist. She was a self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” who dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, and homophobia. As a poet, she is best known for technical mastery and emotional expression, as well as her poems that express anger and outrage at civil and social injustices she observed throughout her life. Her poems and prose largely deal with issues related to civil rights, feminism, lesbianism, illness and disability, and the exploration of black female identity. Lorde and her life partner, black feminist Dr. Gloria I. Joseph, resided together on Joseph's native land of St. Croix. Together they founded several organizations such as the Che Lumumba School for Truth, Women's Coalition of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sisterhood in Support of Sisters in South Africa, and Doc Loc Apiary.

5. Alain LeRoy Locke: Locke was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. Distinguished as the first African-American Rhodes Scholar in 1907, Locke was the philosophical architect —the acknowledged "Dean"— of the Harlem Renaissance. As a result, popular listings of influential African Americans have repeatedly included him. On March 19, 1968, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. proclaimed: "We're going to let our children know that the only philosophers that lived were not Plato and Aristotle, but W. E. B. Du Bois and Alain Locke came through the universe." Locke was homosexual, and may have encouraged and supported other gay African-Americans who were part of the Harlem Renaissance.

[bryankalbroskysucks]

Could you hold my hand That's all I want, all I need

[starfruitnycarchive]

man rip to mtv1987 i’ll always remember the first time i heard it, in ian’s basement way before it was ever released and more importantly before anyone else did or even knew kevin abstract existed even before he chose that name 😔 it’ll always hold a special place in my heart ❤️