UH-OH!!!! HEADS UP CUZ WE DROPPIN SUM SHIT! Says Uni Q. Mical , Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 2:04 PM, in Labels: georgia anne muldrow, music, nneka, res, talib kweli

And now, to take a commercial break from my rage...

ALL MY FAVORITE HOMEGIRLS R BAAAAAACKKKKK...AND SOME NEW ONES!!!!

Nneka, Nigerian/German tell it like it T.I. IS sistah, is soon to drop her album, Concrete Jungle, next year. In the meantime, I've been dousing myself in her '08 release, No Longer At Ease. Peep the video for the pounding yet low-key protest track "Heartbeat", which takes you through the streets of her hometown, Lagos, Nigeria:


(not to mention, she's FREEKIN gorgeous.)

Her new new joint is "The Uncomfortable Truth", which really has me clawing for her next release:


And theennnnn...
Shareese Renee Ballard, aka RES, finally returned with some older and newer joints packaged in her FREE release Black.Girls.Rock. Honestly, I'd heard half of these songs back in '06, but they were nowhere to be found! If you missed who she even is (which is easy, her promotion SUCKED), she dropped the oh-so-severely slept on classic album How I Do back in '01. Because she was hard to pigeonhole--too hip-hop and soul to be rock, and vice versa, she slipped under the radar. But got DAMMIT, she's PHENOMENAL nonetheless. Go for the goal and hit the link for the album:

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/Res-Black.Girls.Rock-Free-LP-.html

MOREOVER, much of her time has gone to teaming up with Talib Kweli and Canadian MC/Singer Graph Nobel for their trio, Idle Warship! This project is the dream mix of lyricism meets-Saturday night sloshing debauchery. I'm in love. Peep their new joint, Party Robot:


And last but certainly not least, my homegirl, Georgia Anne Muldrow is BACK with an album under her government name (the previous Patty Blingh/Dudley Perkins & Ms One albums also CRAZY) with Umsindo. Hellz to the YESSSSSSSSS. Y'all needa really keep ya eyes on shorty, she's the fucking greatest thing since Prince, playing ALL her own instruments, singing, emceeing...so full of goodness.


The neverlution has left the buildin when they step in. There may actually be some hope left...stay tuned!

AND TO THINK, I ALMOST THOUGHT WE HAD IT. Says Uni Q. Mical , at 1:38 PM, in Labels: equality, gay marriage, new york, senate, vote

Even though, as I've countlessly stated, marriage equality should not AT ALL be the main issue we focus on with us LGBTQ folks, I shud really change my name to FUCK U MUTHAFUCKAS.

http://ny1.com/1-all-boroughs-news-content/top_stories/109767/-span-style--font-size-18pt--line-height-1-2--state-senate-rejects-same-sex-marriage-bill--span-

38-24 nays to yays in the New York Senate, and the audacity of State Senator Ruben Diaz to say their votes reflect the votes of the people. The people voted 51 to 33 in SUPPORT of the Marriage Equality Bill. Ugh. Makes me feel like a true forgotten soul. Again.

And yet, this--this is why I love our penly lezbo Speaker Christine Quinn, who says "My life isn't any better today." This shit is bigger than politics, muthafucka--This is LIFE.

Paint Me a Rainbow Fairytale and Tell Me It's Better Now. Says Uni Q. Mical , Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 10:43 AM, in Labels: baltimore, gay, hate crime, lgbt, puerto rico, queer, uganda, youth of color

...We gettin our heads decapitated.

As many of y'all might've heard, there is an escalating amount of violence against LGBTQ folks happening globally. We are, and always have been, enemies of the global state. From Puerto Rico, to my hometown B-more, my heart is crushed more and more as I attempt to feel safe in a world that overwhelmingly fears our existence. And yet they see marriage as a win.

Two weeks ago I had the charm of going to a rally at the Uganda Embassy to protest their "anti-homosexuality bill", which is as follows:

The existing law, Section 140 of the Ugandan penal code, penalizes "carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature" with imprisonment of up to 14 years...The draft bill tabled today seeks to imprison anyone convicted of "the offense of homosexuality" for life.
ANNNND:
This new draft bill includes a provision that could lead to the imprisonment for up to three years of anyone, including heterosexual people, who fails to report within 24 hours the identities of everyone they know who is lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or who supports human rights for people who are.

Now this is not to demonize my African people, but other countries are pushed to follow suit as well. How delicious.

And then I get home, only to find out about Jason Mattison, 15 yr old who was raped, gagged, and hung in his aunt's house in West Baltimore, AND George Steven Lopez in Puerto Rico, found decapitated and dismembered on the side of the road. Worse was the fucking police agent who stated, ON TV, that "people who lead this type of lifestyle need to be aware that this will happen". I want people who lead ur type of lifestyle, aka, law enforcement, to be aware that YOU get dismembered.

Three words: Fuck 'em all.

My girlfriend reminded me that we must fight hate with love, and that those that hate are the overwhelming minority. I really want to believe that as truth. The next post is a poem of mine dedicated to all my beautiful, fearless, queer people the world over who will not let fear dominate who they are. Hearts.