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[weareravershq]

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[curryvillain]

.@Darkoo & @HeIsRema Give The "Diwali Riddim" Another Spin For "Favourite Girl (Remix)"

Vybz Kartel once asked, “Whappen if we waan fi party?“, and British-Nigerian Singer/Rapper Darkoo gave us another reason to party. Earlier this year, she gained popularity for her Dess Dior-featured single, “Favourite Girl“. The track sampled the classic “Diwali Riddim” by Lenky Marsden, and the single has been getting heavy airplay around the world. Keeping the momentum going, she follows up…

[theorphicangel]

now playing… 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐦 | eren x fem!reader.

“when I look into her eyes, I know that she can never get enough of me…”

#track 001 from ANGEL’S PLAYLIST.

NSFW. minors and ageless blogs DNI.

a/n: repost of a very olddd fic lmao, enjoy

content warning: unprotected sex, oral sex (fem receiving, overstimulation

(If I missed anything lmk.)

“Why’d you have a staring problem all of a sudden?” you muttered, a hand reaching for the bowl of already half eaten popcorn in front of you.

“I don’t.” Eren mumbled. You didn’t miss the pout that sat across his lips in the corner of your eyes once you brought your eyes back up to the screen. Again you felt his vibrant eyes set over your body, piercing into you hungrily. It was only a short matter of time before you got irritated.

You sighed using your hands to push you up into a sitting position on the couch. For a second he almost seemed a little startled, now avoiding your eyes as he sat on the far end of the couch. “Eren, what’s wrong with you? If you don’t wanna watch this movie then fine but quit staring it’s weird.” you complained.

It was obvious he was clearly annoyed by something and that something was starting to annoy you.

He ignored you and stayed silent, eyes watching the television yet his expression was clearly filled with boredom. An arm was placed on the armrest to hold his head up. Then finally, in a quiet voice he merely murmured, “Nothing, you can keep watching if you want.”

“Well I don't want to watch if you're gonna keep sitting there sulking like a baby.” you poked at his thigh with your foot, testing what kind of mood he was in. A guttural sigh left Eren’s mouth as you continued to poke at him, little strands of escaped from his bun drifting across his face.

“Quit that.”

“You first.” you retorted, a smirk creeping across your lips. With a buck of his hips he sank lower into the couch, legs spreading with that bored expression never faltering. The reflection of the movie on the screen glistened in his eyes. You also noticed a slight crease situated between your brows if you squinted.

Slowly, you clambered towards him, the plush and soft couch shifting under your weight until you finally reached your boyfriend. Perched at his side you tilted your head curiously, “Ren what’s wrong?” you whispered purposely using the nickname he oh so loved to gain his attention. And just with the way his eyes flickered you knew you had gained it.

“This movie’s shitty, I don’t even get what’s going on.” he mumbled, still not making eye contact with you. You held back a snicker and instead let out a light hearted scoff.

“Really? That's upsetting you. The fucking film? Why didn’t you just say so?”

His emerald eyes eventually met with your own, “Well you looked into it so I didn’t want to disturb you.”

You rolled your eyes at his statement knowing all too well that what he secretly meant was that he no longer had your attention. After a few months into your relationship with Eren you quickly realized how much of an attention whore he was. Just one minute without attending to your precious boyfriend and a familiar, moody pout would reach his lips.

Your hands grazed over his thigh gently not missing how his muscles tense just for a moment. “If you wanted me to give you attention then why didn’t you say so ‘ren” you teased, hands now slowly moving down to his inner thighs. His eyes were completely fixated on your lips not showing a single sign of faltering as you shifted to sit in his lap completely disregarding the movie playing out behind you.

Just like he wanted from the beginning.

His muscular arm moved to wrap around your waist securing you in your position whilst the other hand reached up your head tucking a lock of stray hair behind your ear. As you leaned in to kiss his plump lips he stopped you with a question that was whispered so quietly you swore you almost missed it.

“Your parents aren’t home right?”

You hummed, voice suddenly ragged and eyes never straying from his as you answered, “Gone for the weekend.”

The silent sputter of the word “Good.” was the last thing that spilled into your ears before your lips crashed onto his. The faint taste of whatever energy drink he had drunk lingered onto your tongue, a short whine escaping from your lips. Without coming up for air eren continued to kiss you, large rough hands now gripping your thigh and kneading the fat of your skin.

You broke away first, lungs screaming for an intake of oxygen whilst he decided to bury himself into your neck desperate to find your sweet spot and of course mark you as his. The friction of your thighs rubbing against him was enough for his hips to jerk against you, erection poking through his sweatpants.

A single moan of his name led to a guttural groan slipping out through his soft lips repeatedly sucking on your skin leaving noticeable marks beneath your jaw. “Please…”

“Please what?” he pressed, lips still latched onto your skin. You could feel a smirk crawl across his lips as his fingers gripped your waist even tighter, rolling his hips into you.

“Ah fuck, I- I need you to fuck me Eren.” you let out a breathy sigh attempting to fuck yourself onto him as the ache between your thighs only grew stronger with each passing second.

“Patience baby, patience.”

In a blur clothes were stranded across the living room, you nothing but bare in front of him as he stroked his length. He simply let out a light chuckle at your eagerness, caressing your lower back as your folds gently rubbed at the tip of his cock.

You could practically hear your heartbeat roaring in your ear as you grew wetter by each second. The fire in your abdomen growing bigger and bigger, your arousal making your whole body shudder under his touch.

With your hands firmly placed on Eren’s shoulders, he eased you in, his cock disappearing inside you with ease. Your mouth shaped to form an ‘O’ and eyes already rolling back as you let out a strangled gasp. Your fingernails now dug into Eren’s skin. It felt as if all the air had been knocked out of you as his length stretched your walls. Your juices dripped down your thigh as your walls clenched around him.

This was it, you were too full to move. One thrust and you’d be cumming all over his cock already. You heard him take a sharp inhale, teeth gritted together as he felt his cock pulsate inside you. “Fuckkk…you’re so fucking tight.” he groaned, both hands now cupping your ass.

The split second you adjusted to his size and became loose enough to move, he snapped his hips up accompanied by the sound of your skin meeting him echoing the room.

It felt so filthy.

But it also felt so fucking good.

Your voice quivered as you murmured his name in warning of your climax and you were met with a soft hand moving up to your cheek. He took in your sweet whimpers every time he pumped into you, his balls meeting your ass as he bottomed out. “S’ good for me huh, my good girl.”

“Uh huh.” was the only sound you could make, you could no longer hear the sounds of the movie over the way your pussy squelched with every thrust.

“So fuckin’ wet, look at you dripping everywhere. Gonna make a stain on this couch huh?” he marveled, eyes pouring into you intensely. Your hips clashed down onto his with every plunge and you could feel him going deeper and deeper, his pace suddenly going faster and faster.

A hand met your breast, squeezing it before he bent down to trail his tongue across your nipple, his mouth soon latching onto it. You threw your head back in pleasure, your clit pulsating as he sucked, tongue lapping at your bud. Another whine escaped from your mouth as he moved to your other breast.

“Erennnn I- I’m gonna-”

You were cut off by his husky voice instructing you, “Cum for me baby, jus’ like that” he purred, watching as your body jerked on top of him, hands still gripping his shoulders. He watched with awe, pure satisfaction on his face as you reached your orgasm. It was a sight that he would never get bored of seeing. He could do this for hours if it meant that he could watch you cum in his arms.

Rough hands gently caressed your cheek as he cradled you from your high. “You did so good for me baby.” he praised pulling you in for a deep kiss.

Now reaching a more relaxed pace you rolled your hips forward, your cum painting his cock. With a groan his tongue messily found your lips as you delved into the exploding taste of passion.

All of a sudden his teeth bite down on your lip, a sharp gasp left you as he gripped your waist. now moving it simultaneously with his. The lazy momentum you had kept was being short lived and interchanged into sudden deep thrusts.

Once again the filthy, vulgar sound of skin slapping filled the room. Your mouth agape, no air in your lungs capable of releasing a single sound as you bounced relentlessly. Hungry pants escaped Eren's mouth as he watched how your cunt swallowed his cock with every pound. “Fuckfuckfuckfuck-”

A choked cry left your mouth as you came undone for the second time tonight but with his cum spilling in your cunt.

But he wasn’t done with you just yet.

His hands guided you to lay down on your couch, supporting you. Your chest heaved as you panted for air, thighs shaking and tensing every now and then trying to fully grasp your climax. You could know without even saying a single word that he wanted more. More cries, more spills of his name as you could barely contain yourself any longer until his name was the only prayer you could ever say.

And you craved it.

A soft whimper filled his eyes, the second his mouth was in front of your cunt. His warm breath somehow causes your sensitive clit to twitch. With a moan of his name, he reassured you.

“I know, I know I jus’ wanna make you feel good baby. Wanna make you all mine.”

He reassured you as coarse hands looped around your soft thighs, dragging your cunt towards him. Slow licks over your overstimulated pussy already made you jolt against him. He hushed you with gentle praises murmured from his mouth.

Eyes were rolled back once again as he hummed, licking your slit with his tongue. Relishing in the taste of his release mixed with yours, cleaning you out before making you cum again. He lapped at your cunt, noises of his hunger and your pleasure flooded the room. His tongue changed from broad strokes to short and quick as you rolled your hips into his face.

“I’m gonna cum eren— you’re gonna make me cum.” you babbled repeatedly, his figure not showing any signs of slowing down. He sucked at your silt hungrily before two fingers entered inside you, quickly finding your sweet spot as your back arched in ecstasy.

In a mere vibration he commanded, “Cum on my tongue for me, just one more be a good girl for me.” his hips too rutting into the couch.

And that was all you needed as you fell apart to his sweet melody of pleads a silent scream torn from your body.

Your hips bucked as your eyes saw faint lines of light and dark, your entire body tensing as he continued to gently lick you clean. Your eyes watered as you came down from your peak, aftershocks following as Eren trailed short kisses across your body finally leading up to your face.

“You were so good for me baby” he whispered, eyes struggling to stay open as you returned his kiss, sweet mumbles of nothing spilling from your mouth.

If anything you’d wanted to do it all again.

reblogs are much appreciated!

[steven-wijaya]

KENIKMATAN BERSAMA MAMA TIRIKU (Part-2)

Pagi-pagi aku sudah terbangun karena ada sesuatu  yang menghisap penisku dari dalam selimut dan kulihat jam yang ada didinding masih menujukan pukul 5 pagi dan kulihat dari dalam selimut ternyata mamahku sudah berada dibagian bawah tubuhku yang lagi asyik mengulum penisku. Pagi itu aku sengaja pura-pura masih tidur menikmati kuluman mulut mamahku yang mengulum penisku. Kurasakan lidahnya mulai memainkan lubang kecil penisku sambil mengulum dengan mulutnya dengan jari-jari tanganya mengeggam penisku dan dikocok-koconya.

Saat dihisap dan disedot sangat kuat terasa seperti penisku tercabut dari tubuhku dan aku hanya mendesah kecil sambil mendongakan kepala menahan nikmatnya kuluman mamahku yang luar biasa ini. Aku akui mamahku ini memang jago sekali dan sangat berpengalam untuk urusan kulum dan mengkulum seperti film-film bokep yang sering aku tonton.

Setelah puas mengulum penisku giliran pangkal paha kananku ditelusuri dengan lidahnya dengan cara dijilat terus menyusur kepaha dan terus naik lagu kebuah biji penisku lalu dikulumnya juga. Yang lebih gilanya lagi lubang pantatku juga jadi sasaran jilatan lidah mamaku ini tanpa jijik sedikit pun dia menjilatnya.

Begitu menjilat lubang pantatku dengan menusuk-nusuk lidahnya, akhirnya aku terbangun dan pantaku ikut bergerak naik turun mengikuti jilatan lidahnya. Kemudian mama menengok kerahku dan melepaskan jilatan dilubang pantatku.

“Sudah bangun sayangku”. Katanya dengan suara manja.

“Maa…kok jilatnya disitu, itukan kotor”, protesku.

“Ngak papa sayang, yang peting kamu suka kan.

Kemudian mama mengulum lagi penisku dan menjilat lubang pantatku dan membuat aku sangat menikmati apa yang dilakukan mamahku ini. Begitu melepaskan kuluman dibatang penisku kemudian mama naik menelusuri perutku dengan cara dijilat oleh lidahnya dan berhenti dibagian pusarku. Disana lidahnya Kembali berputar-putar membersihkan bagian pusarku dan tak lama lanjut naik lagi kebagian dadaku dan menghisap putting kecil susuku dengan cara dijilat dan disedot secara bergantian dan setelah puas memainkan kedua putting susuku, mama Kembali naik kebagian leher dan berakhir dibagian mulutku.

Lidah mama ketikan memasuki mulutku, kugigit sedikit dengan gemasnya dan tiba-tiba penisku yang sudah sangat tegang berdiri keatas tepat pas dilubang bibir vaginanya mama yang sudah berada diatas tubuhku ternyata dengan mudahnya langsung masuk kedalam vaginanya yang sudah berlendir itu. Saat itu kami lagi menikmat lidah dan bibir kami saling beradu kenikmatan ternyata mamahku sudah mengarahkan masuk penisku kedalam vaginanya.

Blesss…penisku masuk menerobos lubang vaginanya dan terasa hangat sekali, kemudian mama terus melakukan Gerakan maju mundur tubuhnya yang berada diatas tubuhku yang terlentang dan penisku terasa seperti diremas-remas oleh dinding vaginanya.

Akupun menggelapar sehingga lidah mama keluar dari mulutku. Tapi lidah mamahku terus mengejar mulutku hinnga bisa Kembali masuk kedalam mulutku. Sementara pantat mama tetap terus memompa naik turun penisku keluar masuk vaginanya sampai berbunyi cplak…cplok…cplak antara gesekan penisku dengan vaginanya, “Ounghhhh…enaknya”, tanpa sadar aku berkata itu karena saking nikmatnya.

“Enak Dreee….sayang”. tanya mama.

“Gila ini nikmat sekali Maa….unghhhh”. kataku sambil menikati goyangan mama diatas tubuhku.

Kemudian mama melepaskan lumatan mulutnya dari mulutku lalu kedua tanganya langsung bertumpu didadaku dengan terus bergerak tanpa henti naik turun memompa penisku keluar masuk vaginanya dan sesekali diputar-putarnya seirama dengan putaran Gerakan pantatku.

“Anghhh….Maa…..aku sudah ngak tahan lagi kalau mama goyang seperti ini…unghhh”. Desahanku.

Mama kelihatanya tidak menjawab perkataanku dengan rintihanya dan tetap memutar, memompa pantatnya diatas tubuhku yang terlentang tapi kulihat nafasnya sudah agak ngos-ngosan. Tampak kedua buah dadanya yang terhalang kain satin dasternya ikit bergoyang naik turun mengukuti Gerakan tubuhnya dan dengan cepat kuremas-remas dengan kedua tanganku.

Sekitar beberapa menit aku berusaha mempertahankan laju cairan spermaku agar tidak keluar lebih dulu dan terombang-ambing dalam kenikmatan yang tidak bisa aku ucapi dengan kata-kata lagi kemudian dengan cepat mama meminta ingin merubah posisi meminta aku berada diatas tubuhnya dan mama dibawah terlentang dan Blesss…penisku Kembali masuk kevaginanya dan Kembali kugenjot dengan sangat cepet.

“Andreee…..lebih cepat lagi dong sayang dan tekan lebih dalam sayang”, mendengar itu langsung saja kupeluk tubuh mama erat-erat serta menggerakan pantatku naik turun dengan cepat hingga membuat penisku terasa sedikit ngilu.

“Ayo lebih cepat dong Dreee…..”, serunya lagi dengan nada suara yang cukup keras sambil kedua tangan mama medekap punggungku kuat-kuat.

Melihat mama yang sudah mau mendekati orgasme akupun juga dari sejak tadi sudah menahan cairan sperma ku akan keluar dan aku tetap berusaha mengimbangi permainan ini seraya terus kugenjot lubang vaginanya dengan penisku beberapa kali.

“Terussss…..sayanggg….terusss….Dressss…..ounghh…anghhhh”, kata mama dengan pinggulnya semakin liar saja.

“Maahhhh….aku sudah….ngak tahan…..lagi”, teriaku sambil kutekan penisku lebih kuat lagu kedalam vagina mama.

Crottt….crottt….crottt….akhirnya cairan spermaku jembol juga lebih dulu menyemprot kuat kedalam Rahim mamahku  dibarengi tubuhku yang mengejang-ngejang saat cairan sperma itu keluar sangat banyak sekali. Dan begitu cairan spermaku keluar akhirnya mamahku juga berteriak sangat kuat tanda mama orgasme.

“Andreee…..ungghhhh….anghhhh….anghhhh” teriakanya sambil menagkul kedua kakinyaa kuat-kuat dipunggungku dan cengkeraman tanganganya membuat punggungku terasa sakit.

Akupun akhirnya menjatuhkan tubuhku diatas tubuh mama yang terlentang dengan penisku masih terbenam divaginanya. Kami berpelukan serasa berbisik.

“Enak Dreee…..”, kata mama.

“Enak banget Maahh”.

“Bikin Mama betah di malang, mau balik kejakarta jadi malas”.

“Ya ngak papa kan tinggal disini dan kita bisa lakukan seperti ini tiap hari Ma”.

“Tapi Mama harus kerja Dree, pokonya kalau ada waktu mama akan sempatkan kemalang sayang. Oh ya Dree, jangan sampai ada yang tahu soal ini ya dan kamu harus bisa jaga rahasia kita ini”, kata mama.

“Iya Mah  so pasti lah”. Kataku.

“Dan satu lagi”, kata mama sambil memandag kedua mataku tajam.

“Apa itu Ma?”. Kataku sambil juga memandagi wajah mama.

“Yang didalam vagina mama ini jangan sampai kasih orang lain ya sayang”, seraya menjepit dengan dinding vagina penisku yang masih didalam vaginanya.

“Janji ya sayang”.

“Ya Mah, tapi mama juga janji jangan sampai punya mama juga dikasih sama orang lain”, kataku sambil kutekan penisku yang masih terasa tegang dikit.

“Unghhhh….iya sayang pasti mama akan jaga dan khusu buat kamu aja”.

Akhirnya kami tertawa berbarengan diatas tempat tidur dan selama mama berada dimalang, kuhabisakan waktu Bersama mama tiriku diatas ranjang. Sejak itulah kami berdua ketagihan untuk menggulangi permainan yang sama dan bila mama tidak sempat kemalang akulah yang menyusuk kejakarta demi kepuasan dan sebaliknya dengan Mama.

SEKIAN.

[crazymuffin1]

from venomMovieJP on twitter

run it through a translation program...

venom's 20 things i want to do before i say goodbye (this is already killing me)

i want to eat something delicious and black (theres a post after with boba tea)

2. i want to talk to everyone

3. i want to try BeReal (this is an app that basically pings you to film something within a few minutes, so everything is real because you have no time to stage it)

4. we want to gather people who will do what e say

i want to visit Shibuya

i want to have a comedy session with you guys

i want to eat those who shine their smartphones in movie theaters

i want to be supported!

i want to become different animals

i recommend watching previous movies before watching venom:the last dance

i want to confirm you love (HELLO?????? someone who speaks japanese please help i know some things can be lost in translation)

i want to be a hot topic in the xtwitter community

like TikTok Rema (idk this one)

i want to be loved by first-time visitors too

i want to do something vegas-esque (please be wedding)

i want to leave our portraits behind for the world to see

i want to try tooth whitening

[regular]i want to eat chocolate

i want to make a venom meme

i want to achieve the highest box office revenue in the series (this is it guys lets hit 2 morbillion dollars)

seriously someone who knows japanese please localize number 11 😭

[thevampirearchive]

To the world, sincerely, a tired black artists and my fellow creatives

A lot of the weird demonization of Rema’s visuals really made me sad. I’m not surprised at the lack of cultural knowledge about Edo people and Benin City, Nigeria — virtually everywhere outside of the continent, African history, culture and traditions aren’t taught unless you are in special programs or majors. But to call something demonic and satanic because you don’t understand? The blatant xenophobia and racism has me so furious. I know we have a lot of unlearning to do, but I had imagined that the colonial ways of viewing black Africans was not alive and thriving amongst the diaspora. To see so many black Christian’s come together in the name of their white gods and forced religion to call something so sentimental, historically important and significant for Rema and many others demonic is like having a weird ‘dejavu’.

Everyday I think about how I see too many people complain about lack of representation of black people from all around the world in media; wether it be movies, tv, fiction, music genre and other industries predominantly white — and now, given visuals and such cool performance, we do as our oppressors once did. Word for word. It’s disgusting and I hope everybody who partook educated themselves and do better.

When will my people know peace when it comes to trying to share, showcase and be proud of what we’ve created? I never forgot how Fufu became a laughing stock, how so many still mock their parents pronunciations knowing that’s their third of even fourth language. And don’t let me start on Nollywood or the diasporic movie industries — why must you laugh when you don’t understand? Question things, yes, be curious and explore. But mocking?

To all my fellow Africans and black people of the diaspora— one day, we will be in a world where we’re known for more then our struggles. Where were not mocked for our ‘incorrect’ speech of languages violently forced upon us, that we adapted to fit who we are and our origins. One day we will have peace; no more silent genocides, or loud ones. No more having to hide our roots, traditions, practices, art/creations. Be ashamed of any aspects of our culture that does not warrant shame.

I ask that if you want representation, you seek it out because trust me it is out there. The continent has so many creations — sure some harder to find or consume due to language barriers but we all witnessed K-drama’s boom. You can watch French, Spanish and English films — so why are subtitles not good enough when it’s in Igbo? Xhosa? Wolof? Zulu? Bafang?

I ask that everybody, including myself, start to give africa it’s flowers. The more we pour into the good — art, creations, industries etc that inspire more to create and expand, the more we will see the uprise of what has always been within the continent but never given much thought by most of the world because it is African and the quality is regarded as ‘lesser’.

And I hope I get to witness more great artist come from all around the motherland, and be part amongst them when I eventually complete my African/Black centered work ✌🏾

[ketlin-r]

VMA 2023 Nominees

Video of the Year 

Doja Cat - "Attention"

Miley Cyrus - "Flowers"

Nicki Minaj - "Super Freaky Girl"

Olivia Rodrigo - "Vampire"

Sam Smith & Kim Petras - "Unholy"

SZA - "Kill Bill"

Taylor Swift - "Anti-Hero"

Artist of the Year

Beyoncé

Doja Cat

Karol G

Nicki Minaj

Shakira

Taylor Swift

Song of the Year

Miley Cyrus - "Flowers"

Olivia Rodrigo - "Vampire"

Rema & Selena Gomez - "Calm Down"

Sam Smith & Kim Petras - "Unholy"

Steve Lacy - "Bad Habit"

SZA - "Kill Bill"

Taylor Swift - "Anti-Hero"

Best New Artist

GloRilla

Ice Spice

Kaliii

Peso Pluma

PinkPantheress

Reneé Rapp

PUSH Performance of the Year

August 2022: Saucy Santana - "Booty"

September 2022: Stephen Sanchez - "Until I Found You"

October 2022: JVKE - "golden hour"

November 2022: Flo Milli - "Conceited"

December 2022: Reneé Rapp - "Colorado"

January 2023: Sam Ryder - "All The Way Over"

February 2023: Armani White - "GOATED"

March 2023: Fletcher - "Becky's So Hot"

April 2023: Tomorrow X Together - "Sugar Rush Ride"

May 2023: Ice Spice - "Princess Diana"

June 2023: FLO - "Losing You"

July 2023: Lauren Spencer Smith - "That Part"

Best Collaboration

David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - "I'm Good (Blue)"

Post Malone & Doja Cat - "I Like You (A Happier Song)"

Diddy ft. Bryson Tiller, Ashanti, Yung Miami - "Gotta Move On"

KAROL G & Shakira - "TQG"

Metro Boomin ft. The Weeknd, 21 Savage, Diddy - "Creepin' (Remix)"

Rema & Selena Gomez - "Calm Down"

Best Latin

Anitta - "Funk Rave"

Bad Bunny - "Where She Goes"

Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma - "Ella Baila Sola"

Grupo Frontera & Bad Bunny - "un x100to"

Karol G & Shakira - "TQG"

Rosalía - "Despechá"

Shakira - "Acróstico"

Best Pop

Demi Lovato - "Swine"

Dua Lipa - "Dance the Night"

Ed Sheeran - "Eyes Closed"

Miley Cyrus - "Flowers"

Olivia Rodrigo - "Vampire"

P!NK - "Trustfall"

Taylor Swift - "Anti-Hero"

Best Hip-Hop

Diddy ft. Bryson Tiller, Ashanti, Yung Miami - "Gotta Move On"

DJ Khaled ft. Drake & Lil Baby - "STAYING ALIVE"

GloRilla & Cardi B - "Tomorrow 2"

Lil Uzi Vert - "Just Wanna Rock"

Lil Wayne ft. Swizz Beatz & DMX - "Kant Nobody"

Metro Boomin ft. Future - "Superhero (Heroes and Villains)"

Nicki Minaj - "Super Freaky Girl"

Best R&B 

Alicia Keys ft. Lucky Daye - "Stay"

Chlöe ft. Chris Brown - "How Does It Feel"

Metro Boomin ft. The Weeknd, 21 Savage, Diddy - "Creepin' (Remix)"

SZA - "Shirt"

Toosii - "Favorite Song"

Yung Bleu & Nicki Minaj - "Love In The Way"

Best Alternative

Blink-182 - "Edging"

Boygenius - "The Film"

Fall Out Boy - "Hold Me Like a Grudge"

Lana Del Rey ft. Jon Batiste - "Candy Necklace"

Paramore - "This Is Why"

Thirty Seconds To Mars - "Stuck"

Best Rock

Foo Fighters - "The Teacher"

Linkin Park - "Lost (Original Version)"

Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Tippa My Tongue"

Måneskin - "The Loneliest"

Metallica - "Lux Æterna"

Muse - "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween"

Best K-Pop 

Aespa - "Girls"

Blackpink - "Pink Venom"

Fiffty Fifty - "Cupid"

Seventeen - "Super"

Stray Kids - "S-Class"

Tomorrow X Together - "Sugar Rush Ride"

Best Afrobeats 

Ayra Starr - "Rush"

Burna Boy - "It's Plenty"

Davido ft. Musa Keys - "Unavailable"

Fireboy DML & Asake - "Bandana"

Libianca - "People"

Rema & Selena Gomez - "Calm Down"

Wizkid ft. Ayra Starr - "2 Sugar"

Video for Good

Alicia Keys - "If I Ain't Got You (Orchestral)"

Bad Bunny - "El Apagón - Aquí Vive Gente"

Demi Lovato - "Swine"

Dove Cameron - "Breakfast"

Imagine Dragons - "Crushed"

Maluma - "La Reina"

Best Direction

Doja Cat - "Attention"

Drake - "Falling Back"

Kendrick Lamar - "Count Me Out"

Megan Thee Stallion - "Her"

Sam Smith & Kim Petras - "Unholy"

SZA - "Kill Bill"

Taylor Swift - "Anti-Hero"

Best Cinematography

Adele - "I Drink Wine"

Ed Sheeran - "Eyes Closed"

Janelle Monae - "Lipstick Lover"

Kendrick Lamar - "Count Me Out"

Miley Cyrus - "Flowers"

Olivia Rodrigo - "Vampire"

Taylor Swift - "Anti-Hero"

Best Visual Effects 

Fall Out Boy - "Love From the Other Side"

Harry Styles - "Music for a Sushi Restaurant"

Melanie Martinez - "Void"

Nicki Minaj - "Super Freaky Girl"

Sam Smith & Kim Petras - "Unholy"

Taylor Swift - "Anti-Hero"

Best Choreography

Blackpink - "Pink Venom"

Dua Lipa - "Dance the Night"

Jonas Brothers - "Waffle House"

Megan Thee Stallion - "Her"

Panic! at the Disco - "Middle of a Breakup"

Sam Smith & Kim Petras - "Unholy"

Best Art Direction

Boygenius - "The Film"

Blackpink - "Pink Venom"

Doja Cat - "Attention"

Lana Del Rey ft. Jon Batiste - "Candy Necklace"

Megan Thee Stallion - "Her"

SZA - "Shirt"

Best Editing 

Blackpink - "Pink Venom"

Kendrick Lamar - "Rich Spirit"

Miley Cyrus - "River"

Olivia Rodrigo - "Vampire"

SZA - "Kill Bill"

Taylor Swift - "Anti-Hero"

[animusiem]

Billboard USA Exclusion Zone Episode 13 (05/27/2023)

You know, I thought that I will be overwhelmed by this week. I mean we got Eurovision this week and just how massive the first two Eurovision was in this decade. So color me surprised that we didn't get an onslaught of Eurovision songs. Though some of them might have to do with them have debuted before so I have talked about it (check it out in my bio). But this means that it made this week manageable at least.

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11. "Acrostico" by Shakira

Actually we won't be starting with an Eurovision song, instead we have a heartfelt ballad from Shakira and her kids. I'm so glad that this song exist. Not only because she's making music again on her own, but also as a healing process from her divorce.

13. "Cha Cha Cha" by Kaarija

From heartfelt to the downright batshit insane. This is basically the Zitti e Buono of 2023 but it didn't win the whole thing which is a robbery. It would've been great if Finnish language actually existed.

29. "Queen of Kings" by Alessandra

This is basically just what happened when you mixed Billie Eilish with pirate theme music soundtracking your local League of Legends tournament.

37. "The Planet" by BTS

Seems like BTS saw the success of Arcane and Imagine Dragon and thought "yes this soundtracking animated movie will turned out well". And it's as expected as what "BTS soundtracking animated film" would sound like.

46. "All My Life" by Lil Durk ft. J Cole

I'm of two minds about this song. On one hand, the subject matter here is just perfect where both Durk and Cole talking about a lot of systemic issues during the come up with interesting details. Durk referencing how stimulus check works in his environment and how he's trying to better himself which is a plus in my opinion. While Cole in the middle of talking about his legacy, talk about how the media talked and hyperfocusing on rapper's death and how people weren't paying attention to them before it's too late. On the other hand, this beat is kinda suck. One thing that I've learned over the years is that Dr. Luke shouldn't producing trap rap song. Like seriously just some keys, trap drums, and sub bass? Also we don't need to bring back child choir again. I guess we'll see if this song will grew on me, but right not it's just on the upper side of decent.

81. "Queencard" by (G)I-DLE

Ahhh yes this is the Kpop shit I love. Garrish, a lot of personalities with no substance, and ridiculous. It's the same reason why I love HIP by MAMAMOO and while this song is slightly worse, I can't deny the groove here.

142. "Dog Days Are Over" by Florence + The Machine

Finally my critical card has been upgraded since I'm reviewing a Florence + The Machine stuff! Well anyways this song is definitely a perfect send off (or in this case dance off) to a movie franchise.

153. "Unicorn" by Noa Kirel

First off Free Palestine. Secondly, I think if you want to justify your inclusion in the Eurovision Israel, you should just remake Toy for the rest of your country's life because this ain't it.

168. "Cartao Black" by MC Caverinha e KayBlack

Seems like dreary trap banger will be universal even in different language. Also seems like I need to learn more Portuguese and Spanish more because I can at least marginally pronounced the words.

175. "Soweto" by Victony, Rema & Tempoe ft. Don Toliver

It's kinda mad that this is the first time I talked about afrobeat song in my review series even though I really love it. I think everything about Afrobeat I love so I might be biased here but man the guitar and that drum is just heavenly. Also Don Toliver is actually perfect in afrobeat it's insane.

192. "Danza Kuduro" by Don Omar & Lucenzo

How the hell does this song didn't debut during the world cup? This song is basically a jock jam for me.

193. "Abcdario" by Eden Munoz X Junior H

...it's fine

199. "Life Goes On" by Ed Sheeran ft. Luke Combs

I have a lot of contender of best songs of 2023, but we have another contender here. As someone who also lost a friend and during the pandemic even, I can feel the emotion here unlike say Eyes Closed. This version is just soul crushing and if this is gonna be his last hit before he went indie or even retired, then what a way to go dude. Take care Ed.

I highly recommend everyone to listen to these songs.

[fusionbolts]

headcanon; Okay. Partner pokemon. This should be a quick one because it's reiterating a fairly simple concept. But first: go read the dragon force headcanon. Do it, or else.

A minor housekeeping note: my canons took up the practice of having our muses refer to pokemon, prior to the invention of pokeballs, as "maju(u)", meaning "magical creatures," because it was canonically used in (i believe) the jpn version of the Arceus film. Y'know, the one where they go back in time. Basically: it was just the snappiest word we had and saved us from coming up with something new. I will not be doing this in this headcanon just for the sake of clarity, but know that, like, diegetically, they're majuu.

So, now that you've read the Dragon Force headcanon: because of the dragon force and Isshurem, the concept of maintaining peace and a healthy society was incredibly important in Isshu culture. "armoni" (harmony) and "unovi" (unity) were very much spiritual concepts and considered critical to the overall well-being of the Dragon Force (also known as Konir-Rema or Auri-Rema)

This was the main reason the practice of taking partner pokemon began - as an act of armoni(r), of maintaining balance and harmony. BUT! there's another belief associated with them:

See, everything has Aura. A soul, a particular energy that is unique to that person. It was believed that every person had a pokemon who's aura perfectly resonated with their own. "This is my hole, it was made for me," to be incredibly cursed about it. IT’s harmony in the pure musical sense, of two notes that compliment one another. Finding the pokemon that you had ��unova” with was considered something of a rite of passage growing up, the same way children becoming pokemon trainers is in the modern world. It was a hugely important piece of a child/young adult’s self-discovery.

Noteworthy: this is incredibly close to the concept of perfect links in pokemon conquest. Yes, that’s another headcanon I just linked to. Don’t judge me. Isshu legend would suggest that people were, at one point, capable of “linking” with their pokemon the way warriors in Ransei are known to, but it was a skill lost over centuries. However, this “resonance” still existed as a remnant of that.

As such, people were identified strongly with their partner pokemon. Not only did their associated “element” (read: type) determine how a person referred to themselves (see the language headcanon), but one marriage tradition had couples exchange emblems of their partner pokemon, so the couple would always (symbolically) be together.

Bonus: not just human/pokemon duos could have “unova.” It referred to just about any unshakeable bond. The word “unovan” could also be interpreted as something like brotherhood: while it was a relationship you might have with someone by nature, it was also something you could forge with another person.

[steven-hariyanto]

ISTRIKU CANTIK BERJILBAB

(Kisah Istri Berjilbab dan Binal)

Namaku Anton, Istriku bernama Maya dan kami sudah dikaruniai 2 orang anak prempuan yang cantik-cantik.

Anak yang prempuan pertama berusia 6 tahun sedangkan adiknya baru 3 tahun. Kami tinggal disebuah komplek perumahan ditengah kota Malang dan aku bekerja sebagai staff marketing disebuah perusahaan swasta sedangkan istriku adalah sebagai ibu rumah tangga.

Kehidupan seks kami selalu hangat, bahkan kami selalu bermain berbagai gaya seperti adegan yang ada difilm-film porno. Walaupun tidak tiap hari kami melakukanya karena kadang aku capek dan sibuk urusan pekerjaan.

Istriku sehari-hari mengenakan hijab terutama saat diluar rumah sedangkan saat dirumah hanya kadang-kadang saja. istriku memiliki paras hampir seperti artis bunga citra lestari dan tingginya istriku 170 cm dan masih mempunyai tubuh yang tidak terlalu gemuk masih ideal, payudara terbilang besar karena masih menyusui anak kami yang masih kecil sehingga putting susunya sangat besar dan Panjang seperti buah biji salak dan kecokelatan.

Istriku seorang yang muda bergaul dalam urusan seks dia tak segan mengungkapan keinginanya bila lagi horny, dia sangat pandai sekali membikin aku selalu terpesona dan  bergairah kepadanya karena aku selalu melakukan hubungan seks sehari-hari dengan istriku pasti selalu memakai hijab satin dan daster-daster yang serba licin seperti kain satin.

Seperti malam ini kami aku sedang melakukan hubungan seks saat kedua anak-anaku sedang tidur pulas, dan kami lakukan di kamar depan dengan istriku yang selalu memakai hijab satin masih melekat dikepala istriku dan daster satin berwrna merah muda seperti warna hijabnya, aku memang lebih menyukai saat berhungan seks dengan istriku masih mengenakan hijab satin dan daster satin.

Saat itu aku sedang berhubungan seks dengan istriku posisi dari belakang dengan posisi berdiri dengan satu kakinya diatas ranjang.

“Anghhh….papaa…genjot terus lebih dalam lagi mama mau keluar”. Cplak cplok suara gesekan antara gesekan penisku dengan lubang vagina istriku.

“Iya Mamaaa….aanghhhh…punya mama makin enak dan hangat”, aku genjot semakin capat penisku keluar masuk kedalam lubang vaginanya.

Aku remas-remas kedua buah dadanya yeng masih terhalang dasternya sampai air susunya mucrat membasahi kain satin dasternya.

“Papaa….anghh…ciuma leher mama jilat Papa” istriku suka kalau lagi berhubungan seks suka minta dijilati lehernya kadang aku bikin cupang.

“Papaa….Anghh….ahhh…aahhhh…akuuuu…mauuuu….nyampeeee”, tak lama tubuh istriku megejang-ngejang kenikmatan hingga beberapa kali sampai-sampai kurasakan batang penisku yang ada didalam vaginanya terasa berdenyut-denyut saat dia orgasme.

“Terussss…..Maaa…..ini…juga….papaaa….mau keluar juga”, tak lama cairan spermaku mucrat didalam vaginanya yang masih berkedut-kedut juga saat dia juga orgasme.

Lalu kami terbaring diatas ranjang sampai kelelahan sambil berbaringan dan menonton video porno yang kami putar sambil ngobrol-ngobrol.

“Pah banyak banget keluarnya punya kamu, ini sampai meleleh dilantai dan diranjang” kulihat cairan spermaku Sebagian keluar dari lubang vagina istriku.

“Iya Ma…soalnya Mama hot banget malam ini”.

“Bukanya Mama tiap malam selalu hot pah”.

“Iya Mama tapi kayaknya daster sama hijab Mama bikin Papa hot lihat warna nya kayaknya baru ya”.

“Ya Pah tadi pas jalan diMall aku lihat kok seksi dasternya dan kebetulan hijabnya juga dengan warna yang sama jadi Mama beli buat Papa biar Papa selalu tertarik sama Mama”.

“Emang mama selalu ngerti kesukaan Papa” malam itu aku lakukan sampai dua kali bermain seks dengan istriku dan aku akhiri dengan aku nodan hijan dan dasternya sengan cairan spermaku.

Pagi-pagi aku terbangun, anaku yang paling gede sudah siap-siap mau pergi kesekolah dan aku mau segera mandi. Selesai mandi kulihat istriku masih didapur masih memakai daster satin yang semalam dipakai dan hijab yang sama masih dikenakan dikepalanya membuat batang penisku yang hanya memakai handuk tiba-tiba langsung berdiri dengan kokonya.

Kupeluk tubuhnya dari belakang “Papah bikin kaget Mama saja, awas kalau horny lagi”.

“Iya Mamah pagi-pagi lihat mama pakai daster dan hijab yang semalam kok jadi pingin nih Ma”

Aku cium istriku bagian  lehernya dengan bibirku kemudian handuku langsung aku lepas dan jatuh kelantai. Batang penisiku aku gesek-geseknya dibagian belahan pantantnya yang terselip dikain satin dasternya yang sangat licin itu.

“Mamah…..pingin ngetot terus kalau gini sama Mama”.

“Ya Papa entot terus Mamah biar Papa puas, enak Pah gesek disitu”.

“Enak Ma….licin banget kain satin daster punya Mama bikin ketagihan Mama…unghhhh”.

“Terus digesek papa sampai punya Papa keluar”.

“Iya Mamah…..”, sambil aku perluk tubuhnya dari belakang dan kuremas-remas buah dadanya dan kuciumi bagian lahernya dan batang pensiku terus aku gesek-gesekan dikain satin dasternya.

10 menit kemudian cairan spermaku mucrat keluar membasahi kain satin daster istriku dibagian belahan pantatnya itu “Mamahhh…..anghhh…aahhh….ahhhh aku keluar Mamaa…” crot…crottt cairan spermaku keluar membasahi kain satin dasternya.

“Teruss…papa….keluari sampai Papa puas” kemudian aku terdiam sejenak menikmati sisa-sisa cairan spermaku sampai habis keluar.

“Makasih ya Mama, Maaf mama aku ngak masuki kedalam punya Mama soalnya jamnya sudah nagk keburu takut Papa telat”.

“Iya Papah…ngak papa yang peting Papa puas”.

“Nanti malam kita lanjut lagi Ya Mama…jangan lupa pakai daster ini lagi sama hijabnya juga ya mama sayang”.

“Ya jalas dong Papa pasti Mama pakai biar Papa horny terus sama Mama”.

“Jangan lupa sperai yang dikamar depan diganti dengan Sperai satin juga dengan warna yang sama seperti daster Mama biar seperti malam pertama itu”

“Ya Papa pokoknya malam ini serba satin Ya pah biar sama-sama hot”.

“Iya sayang”.

Sampai saat ini fantasi istriku selalu mengerti apa yang aku mau kalau aku melakukan hubungan seks dengan nya dan terimakasih kepada istriku Maya I LOVE YOU.

[weareravershq]

REMA | Film Aesthetic

[rodbei]

Barbecue bacon burger

Øhm ok i wanted to do this before the party yesterday but now im doing on the train on my way home home on the train

Yesterdayyyy i woke up gave red their fucking vacumm back and we went to school its fucking foggy all the time rn

We had film to start of with we learnt about editing, and omg were watching bits of this one movie AND I WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENDS am going insane. But we were in a group of me red a dude who ive become freinds with calleddddd "mail" cause its funny we had the edit this one clip and omg its was so funny me and red had to be acting togheter and holy shit we cant act omg. But theyre was this one girl in our class omg i felt so bad they dont say a lot at all and suddenly they just dissapeered and red was talking about how they werent talking alot and they were scared of keeping them iut if the projekt i added it was their own peoblem and suddenly they emerge from behind this cirner say they were sorry they dident talk alot and we felt so badd ahhhh red tried to comfort them but i think they went home after class wa.

They we had history it was fine i understood more this time but i still hate the way it teached cause it such an intresting subjeckt SO WHY DONT I UNDERSTAND SHIT UR SAYING.

Then we had math and i drew smallish beans and red said we should cosplay hermitcraft togheter i hope we can do it could be so fuuuunn.

After school i found out my back bike whell of my bike WITH UNBREAKABLE wheels had a fucking punctured wheel im screaming mail fixes it but the air was out before we were homing and omg i was sweating on my way home it gets 10 degress varmer on the way home every day so its super cold and then its super varm so im always SWEATING on the way home.

But i got home and procrastinated taking a shower for two hours on tiktok when i finally took a shower i realised it hink im losing weight?! And i dont know how to feel about it. At boarding school always felt horrible cause they gave us so much food and we never really did anything physical so i always felt bad eating wich is fucking stupid and now its like im never really hungry in the same was also i bike 10 km every day so i guess its nice but also wtf.

Anyway after my shower i made the best pb and j with banana ever and called my bf to watch 2 episodes of stranger things YIPPE we also just yapped alot and i hung up my posters i live my bf hes so cute.

I was also weirdly overstimulated after my shower but not overwhelmed more in the way that i could feel my hair in my face, my clothes touching my skin and just EVERYTHING also my toes touching and that everything was sticking to my feet ew ew ew.

But i put a hat on some comfy clothes and socks and it was only a midly horrible.

Then i died for tan hour tryin to figure out what to wear to the party cause it was fucking childs birthday themed. I landed on twd shirt with short pants funky socks and converse yippe.

Then i struggeld to find kale to go to rema but o found them we struggeld to find ea who had a car or somthing. And then mail the whimsical just kinda s p a w n e d. But the car dident car so we just walked to rema and i got some smirnoff and energy drink and alchohol and an AMERICAN lollypop i mean it fit the theme but mail kept saying i was patriotic?! BARBECUE BACON BURGER we go tot the party and then we left to make mails gross gross microwave burger and his choclate milk 😭 i had a LOT of energy oh and red spawned even tho they dislike parties. I went back and fourth frlm the party to them and i drank some smirnoff and here it gets a bittt blurry me and mail had a bit with BARBECUE BACON BURGER cause both him and red dont drink so they were just following me around eventually i got a drink from the bar and omfg shit just tasted like straight up vodka omfg it was eww i also paid some one for a party hat but i paid them with the rest of my lollipop pls wtf😭 i also called viggo at some point and me and mail kept screaming BARBECUE BACON BURGER at eachother omg.

I also called viggo at somepoint THEN I WON IN UNO AGAIN RED AND MAIL YIPPE im a god at uno fr fr. I ran around a lot it was fun i also did reds dishesss?? And mail walked me home at like 23 or somthing and called viggo and went to beddd. OH SHIT RED TOOK A VIDEO OF ME OH NO i tried to do the HOTTOGO dance and i failed oh noooooo

Song of yesterday was the meme BARBECUE BACON BURGER

- Redbei 09:06 21 sep on a train so so eepy

[jpbjazz]

LÉGENDES DU JAZZ

EDDIE HENDERSON, LE TROMPETTISTE DE L’AME

“I couldn’t be a good doctor unless I was healed, and music is the thing that heals me. Music is like therapy—it puts me at ease with who I am. Then I can relate to other people and spread the joy.”

- Eddie Henderson

Né le 26 octobre 1940 à New York, Eddie Henderson est issu d’une famille musicale. Son père avait fait partie du groupe Billy Williams and the Charioteers, le plus populaire ensemble vocal de couleur des années 1940. Sa mère avait été danseuse au célèbre Cotton Club et était amie avec Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan et Lena Horne.

Henderson avait neuf ans au moment de la mort de son père. Henderson avait quatorze ans lorsque sa mère s’était remariée avec un médecin de San Francisco où la famille était déménagée en 1954. Même si son beau-père ne l’avait pas vraiment encouragé à poursuivre une carrière musicale, Henderson avait étudié la trompette, le flugelhorn et la théorie de 1954 à 1956 au San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Il avait même joué avec le San Francisco Conservatory Symphony Orchestra. Mais comme Henderson l’avait expliqué plus tard, il en avait alors beaucoup à apprendre et ne connaissait pratiquement rien du jazz à l’époque. Il avait déclaré: “I could play the trumpet, but I knew nothing about jazz.”

Son beau-père étant le médecin de plusieurs musiciens célèbres comme John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie et Duke Ellington, cela avait permis à Henderson d’être présenté à nul autre que Miles Davis, qui avait même habité dans la maison de ses parents lors d’un de ses passages dans la ville en 1957. Davis, qui s’était pris d’affection pour Henderson, qui était encore adolescent à l’époque, l’emmenait même à ses concerts. Comme Henderson l’avait expliqué plus tard, “That’s when the musical light came on.’’ Conscient du potentiel d’Henderson comme trompettiste, Davis avait continué de l’encourager tout au long de sa carrière. Après la mort de Davis, Henderson lui avait éventuellement rendu hommage en mai 2002 en participant à l’enregistrement de l’album So What, qui comprenait des pièces associées au trompettiste. Comme Henderson l’avait précisé à l’époque, “Miles is so very special to me because when I was in high school he stayed in my parent’s house when he came through San Francisco. I was going to the conservatory then studying classical music. I saw him do all these songs live that I recorded on the tribute album.” Durant son adolescence, Henderson avait également fréquenté de grands noms du jazz comme John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Philly Joe Jones et Wynton Kelly, qu’il avait rencontrés dans le cadre d’un festival de musique local.

Henderson avait été exposé pour la première fois à la trompette par Sarah Vaughan, qui l’avait emmené au célèbre Théâtre Apollo de Harlem pour assister à un concert de Louis Armstrong. C’est d’ailleurs Armstrong qui avait donné ses premières leçons à Henderson, grâce aux relations que sa mère avait au Cotton Club. Après avoir suivi des cours pendant un an, Henderson avait joué la pièce “Flight of the Bumble Bee” devant Armstrong, qui lui avait fait cadeau plus tard d’un livre contenant les transcriptions de ses solos et dans lequel il avait écrit la décicace: “To Little Eddie. You sure sound good. Keep playing. Love, Satchmo.”

Très fier de son enfance, Henderson avait ainsi résumé ses débuts dans la musique:

‘’I have a pretty imposing show business heritage. My mother was one of the dancers in the original Cotton Club. She had a twin sister, and they were called The Brown Twins, and they used to dance with Bill ‘’Bojangles’’ Robinson and the Nicholas Brothers. That film of Fats Waller doing ‘’Ain’t Misbehavin’’’ where the lady sits on the piano and he sings to her ? That’s my mother. And my father sang with Bill Williams and the Charioteers, who were like the number one black singing group in thje nation - over and above the Ink Spots and the Mills Brothers.

My real father died when I was nine, and my mother remarried a doctor in San Francisco, and so I guess that influenced me to pursue medicine as well. But I never stopped the music. Ever since I was nine years old. Louis Armstrong was literally my first trumpet teacher, in person, because my mother knew all of these people. Duke Ellington, Count Basie. Billie Holiday was my mother’s roommate. Sarah Vaughan was my mother’s roommate. She knew Dizzy Gillespie from her days dancing in the chorus line in front of Cab Calloway’s big band, when Dizzy was just starting out in the section. All these people used to come over to the house, and to me they were just average people. Little did I know’’ (rires).

Après avoir étudié durant un an à l’Université de San Francisco, Henderson s’était querellé avec son beau-père et avait décidé de ‘’faire un homme de lui’’ et de se joindre à l’US Air Force en 1958. Désapprouvant sa décision de devenir musicien, son beau-père avait même qualifié Henderson de “bum on the waterfront.’’ Loin de se décourager, Henderson s’était servi de ces critiques pour aller plus loin. Comme il l’avait expliqué des années plus tard: “I had to fill my commitment of spite to my stepfather just to prove him wrong.”

Passionné de patinage sur glace, Henderson s’était vu refuser l’entrée d’un club de patinage de San Francisco à son arrivée en Californie en raison de sa couleur, mais il avait obtenu sa revanche dans l’armée en se joignant au Denver Figure Skating Club. De fait, Henderson excellait tellement comme patineur qu’il avait remporté une médaille de bronze dans le cadre des Midwestern Figure Skating Championships à Minneapolis en 1960, devenant ainsi le premier Afro-Américain à se mériter cet honneur.

Stationné à la Lowry Air Force Base de Denver au Colorado, Henderson avait quitté l’Air Force en 1961 pour entreprendre une formation préparatoire en médecine à l’Université de Californie à Berkeley avant d’entrer à l’école médicale de l’Université Howard à Washington, D.C. Étudiant studieux et appliqué, Henderson avait quand même trouvé le temps de jouer de la trompette dans les clubs le soir et de se rendre à New York pour entendre les plus grands noms du jazz durant les weekends. Henderson expliquait: “I never missed a class in high school or medical school. I would go to class from 8am to 5pm every day, then go home and study, from 5:15 to 9:15pm, and then from 9:15 until 2am learn how to play jazz.’’ Même si ses confrères étudiants avaient prédit que cette routine rigoureuse finirait par le rattraper, Henderson avait décroché son diplôme avec succès alors que plusieurs de ses pairs avaient échoué.

DÉBUTS DE CARRIÈRE

Après avoir décroché un bacclauréat en zoologie de l’Université de Californie à Berkekey en 1964 et une maîtrise en médecine de l’Université Howard quatre ans plus tard, Henderson était retourné à San Francisco où il avait fait son internat de 1968 à 1969. Poursuivant parallèlement sa carrière musicale, Henderson avait aussi joué à l’occasion avec John Handy, Joe Henderson, Big Black et Philly Joe Jones.

De 1969 à 1971, Henderson était devenu médecin-résident au Clinical Research Ward, qui était rattaché au Langley-Porter Institute de l’Université de Californie à Berkeley. Il était alors assez inhabituel pour un Afro-Américain d’obtenir un poste de médecin-résident. Comme l’expliquait le Dr Ira Glick, qui dirigeait le programnme de résidence de Berkeley à l’époque: “It was unusual to have an African American in the residency at that time. Eddie was a very interesting guy, very smart. He worked all day as a resident and played nights in the Fillmore district.” Glick et Henderson ne s’étaient pas revus jusqu’en 2019, alors que le trompettiste était allé présenter une lecture à La Nouvelle-Orléans en 2019.

Henderson s’était particulièrement fait connaître comme membre du groupe Mwandishi d’Herbie Hancock dont il avait fait partie de 1970 à 1973 et avec qui il avait enregistré trois albums, Mwandishi (1971), Crossings (1972) et Sextant (1973). Parmi les membres du groupe, on remarquait outre Henderson et Hancock, de brillants jeunes innovateurs comme Bennie Maupin au saxophone, Julian Priester au trombone, Buster Williams à la contrebasse et Billy Hart à la batterie.

Comme il l’avait fait durant ses études à l’école de médecine, Henderson soignait les gens le jour et se produisait le soir dans les clubs comme le célèbre Keystone Korner de San Francisco. Ironiquement, même si plusieurs musiciens de jazz s’étaient mérités le surnom de ‘’Doc’’ (Doc Severinson, Doc Pomus, Doc Cheatham, Doctor John the Night Tripper entre autres), peu d’entre eux étaient de véritables médecins.

Henderson était également très apprécié des musiciens de tournée qui faisaient régulièrement appel à lui pour les accompagner dans le cadre de leurs concerts. En 1972, Henderson avait publié un premier album comme leader, Realization, qui avait été suivi d’Inside Out l’année suivante. Les albums avaient été enregistrés avec Hancock et les autres membres du groupe Mwandishi. Ironiquement, même si Henderson avait obtenu une certaine reconnaissance pour son travail avec Hancock, ses propres albums avaient souvent été considérés comme trop ‘’commerciaux’’ par les critiques.

De 1968 jusqu’à la fin des années 1980, Henderson avait continué d’alterner entre la musique et la médecine. Le fait d’avoir joué avec Hancock avait d’ailleurs ouvert des portes à Henderson. Comme il l’avait expliqué lui-même,

‘’When I was in San Francisco, for 10 or 11 years while I was practicing medicine, I would be at the Keystone Korner every night and all the major groups, all my heroes, who came through to play would hire me to play with them. All the iconic groups, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, McCoy Tyner, Max Roach, they’d all hire me because I had played with Herbie Hancock. I didn’t have to move to New York to play with these greats. That allowed me to play while I was still practicing medicine. I had a very lucrative career in San Francisco.’’

Après la dissolution du groupe Mwandishi en 1973, Henderson avait travaillé avec d’autres grands noms du jazz comme Pharoah Sanders, Norman Connors, Mike Nock, les Jazz Messengers d’Art Blakey (durant trois mois jusqu’à ce que Blakey décide de couper son salaire !), Dexter Gordon, Roy Haynes, Jackie McLean, Joe Henderson, Elvin Jones, Johnny Griffin, Bobby Hutcherson, Billy Harper, Slide Hampton, Benny Golson, Max Roach et McCoy Tyner.

Retourné dans la région de la baie de San Francisco en 1975, Henderson avait travaillé dans une clinique de Haight-Ashbury comme médecin généraliste. Henderson précisait: “It was an ideal situation. I never wore a suit. A lot of patients were street people.”

Au cours de la même période, Henderson s’était joint au groupe de jazz latin Azteca. Il avait également dirigé ses propres groupes. Le travail d’Henderson avec des groupes de jazz-fusion était d’ailleurs évident sur les autres albums qu’il avait enregistrés comme leader, dont Sunburst (1975) et Heritage (1976). Henderson avait même obtenu un grand succès sur le palmarès Billboard avec le simple “Prance On” tiré de l’album Comin’ Through (1977). La pièce, qui avait également connu du succès en Grande-Bretagne, avait atteint la 44e position du palmarès britannique en novembre 1978.

ÉVOLUTION RÉCENTE

Après avoir pris sa retraite de la médecine en 1985, Henderson était devenu musicien à temps plein. À l’époque, sa mère était très malade, et Henderson avait tout laissé tomber pour lui venir en aide. Il expliquait: ‘’In 1985, my mother called me and said she couldn’t make it financially anymore by herself in New York because she was sick. I dropped everything, quit my practice, and moved back to New York to help my mother. I worked at the transit authority for about six months, but my musical career was really taking off, so I quit that job.’’ La mère d’Henderson est finalement décédée en 1994.

Après s’être longtemps fait connaître comme musicien de jazz-fusion, Henderson était retourné vers un jazz plus acoustique dans les années 1990.

Au cours de sa carrière, Henderson avait enregistré vingt-six albums comme leader, en plus de collaborer à une douzaine d’autres albums comme accompagnateur. Aujourd’hui âgé de quatre-vingt-quatre ans, Henderson dirige toujours son propre groupe, The Cookers, avec qui il voyage régulièrement en tournée. Préoccupé par l’avenir de la relève, Henderson tente également de transmettre sa passion du jazz aux nouvelles générations comme professeur au Oberlin College’s Conservatory of Music. Depuis 2007, il enseigne également à la Juillard School of Music. Décrivant son travail de mentor, Henderson avait précisé:

’’I think it’s so important to pass on the things I’ve learned in my career to the upcoming generation of talented musicians who, just like me, want to pursue a career in music. It’s like a relay race. I’m just passing the baton of the knowledge that I got from my predecessors to them so that the tradition can go on into the future. Another joy I get from my students is it keeps me on my toes. A lot of them are very talented—it makes me start practicing! [chuckles] I’ve learned a lot from them, too. It’s a reciprocal process and that’s the beauty of it.’’

Commentant sa passion pour la musique, Henderson avait expliqué: “I couldn’t be a good doctor unless I was healed, and music is the thing that heals me. Music is like therapy—it puts me at ease with who I am. Then I can relate to other people and spread the joy.” Marié à Natsuko Henderson, Henderson est également le père de Cava Menzies, une musicienne et éducatrice. La mère et la fille d’Henderson ont d’ailleurs écrit certaines des compositions de ses albums.

En 2024, Eddie Henderson a fait l’objet d’un documentaire de Michelle Carpenter intitulé ‘’Dr. Eddie Henderson: Uncommon Genius.’ Le film a été présenté en grande première sur les ondes du réseau PBS. On a également consacré une exposition à Henderson intitulée ‘’Time and Spaces: The Life of Eddie Henderson.’’ L’exposition a été présentée du 1er février au 21 avril 2024 à la U Denver Experience Gallery.

Considéré comme un des meilleurs trompettistes de l’histoire du jazz, Henderson est particulièrement reconnu pour la subtilité de son jeu même s’il avait toujours été un peu sous-estimé. Lorsqu’il avait publié l’album Inspiration en 1995, Henderson n’avait pas enregistré avec une compagnie de disques majeure en deux décennies. L’année suivante, Henderson avait publié Dark Shadows, qu’il considérait comme un des sommets de sa carrière. Il expliquait: ‘’I think Dark Shadows has a little more depth, musically and emotionally. It represents the way I like to play - very much of an ensemble thing. I like painting a collective musical picture rather than a self-portrait. That’s the way I feel about music in general.’’ Commentant l’enregistrement de l’album, Henderson avait ajouté:

‘’In terms of everything that was going on my life at the time, it was apropos. My mother passed away while I was making this album, and my wife Natsuko Henderson was a source of great love and support to me during those times, allowing me to be a creative person - she’s the most important person in my life. I think that accounts in part for the reflective mood of the album. I actually recorded ‘’Goodbye’’ shortly before my mother passed. Things like that have a way of seeping into your being. So I have a thing for that tune - I hate to say goodbye.’’

L’album avait été enregistré avec un quartet composé du pianiste Kevin Hays, du contrebassiste Ed Howard et du batteur Lewis Nash. Henderson poursuivait:

‘’I’ve been lucky to have the opportunity to keep this same personnel together for four years, every Monday night at Visiones. So I think that’s a big part of the sound on Dark Shadows. Somebody might make a mistake, and there’s so much compassion between the cats, they just go with you, so overybody plays wrong together. They’ll make it right. They’ll make it sound like it’s an arrangement - that’s the real beauty in playing music together.’’

Dans les notes de pochettes de l’album, le critique Chip Stern avait décrit le style d’Henderson de ‘’nuancé’’ et de ‘’ravissant.’’ Stern avait précisé : ‘’A level of expression forged from contrasting degrees of darkness and light, tender reticence and bodacious exultation. In Eddie Henderson’s hands, the trumpet is a storytelling instrument of tremendous beauty... not as maudlin sentiment but graceful mastery...’’

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Jordan Brand Crowns World's Best One-on-One Hoopers at Tournament Final in Paris

With the culmination of its global The One basketball tournament, Jordan Brand has named hoopers from the United States and France as the best one-on-one basketball players in the world.

Tatianna Griffin, a 14-year-old from Los Angeles, and Steve Bah, a 17-year-old from Paris, emerged victorious at The One finals in Paris. They faced off against top athletes from qualifying tournaments around the world in one-on-one battles, echoing the origins of the Jumpman and highlighting Jordan Brand’s profound connection with the global basketball community.

The tournament finals featured 20 hoopers from across the globe and took place inside District 23, Jordan Brand’s innovative transformation of Paris' diverse 18th arrondissement into a global sports and cultural hub. The athletes advanced through exhilarating, win-or-go-home competitions that embodied Jordan Brand’s bold and defiant spirit, giving them a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to showcase their greatness on the world stage.

Griffin and Bah earned unmatched bragging rights, a championship belt, and a partnership with Jordan Brand, which includes a role in the upcoming Air Jordan 40 campaign.

Among those in attendance to witness their crowning performances were Jordan Brand President Sarah Mensah, athletes Chris Paul and Zion Williamson, film director Spike Lee, and District 23 Creative Director Youssouf Fofana.

After the competition concluded, Jordan Brand welcomed hip-hop artists Rema and Fat Joe for exclusive performances, further blending sport and culture as part of the brand’s ongoing programming inside District 23.

The world-class performances on the court and stage epitomize Jordan Brand’s new Our Turn brand voice and shared language, created alongside and for the next generation to represent a universal truth that anyone who embraces the Jumpman has always known: Greatness does not ask for permission.

Learn more about District 23 and The One finals, and stay tuned for more information on Jordan Brand’s celebration of basketball culture this summer in Paris.

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ANLIL presents: Forbidden

"Forbidden" dives into the secrecy and emotional trials and hidden feelings for someone while already in a relationship, and the constant wondering about what could be.

Meet ANLIL, the emerging artist crafting a dark pop sound influenced by her Middle Eastern roots. Born in the Middle East, raised in Canada, and now based in LA, where her cover songs have garnered recognition from industry giants like Rema, Diplo, Billie Eilish, Tove Lo, Future, Jaden, Trinidad James, 3 Doors Down, SYML and more.

Her upcoming album "Celestial" is a work in progress, releasing one track at a time. An exploration of uncharted and unspoken thoughts, finally experiencing healthy love, and battling self-worth in a digital age. "Celestial" features collaborations with Marcus Yates, Johan Lenox, and Buccalini.

ANLIL's journey includes her acclaimed 6-track EP "1995," featured in the film "ADAM + EVE" alongside singles "Falling" and "Young Heart." Collaborations with Grammy Award-winning engineers Dacota G (Villain) and Mike Bozzi (Phantom) showcase her raw, gritty sound.

Check the song at 2:30.

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