Menahan Street Band, Lil' Pookie!

This shit is jammin. I found it on Emusic. Which is the shit, if you don't know. Then i see Soul-sides O-dub done already done a write up. Go listen over there. In a nutshell "Dude from the Dap-Kings does his own ting." Aside from a slightly suspect Rocky rendition, this is on some instrosoul that you need when you're looking out the window at work and it's 4:30 and already getting dark. Young Hova already took it pop though, so even when your lil' pookie goes diggin in your crates for the futurefunk rave music that they vibe to you can be like, "That shit got sampled before it even hit the shelves! Keep looking, pookie."

Keeper of the Drums

Perhaps no deity represents the melding of cultures better than Shango (alternatively Chango), the Yoruba God of Thunder and the keeper of music.  The worship of Shango, initiated by the Oyo of West Africa, survived the horrific Middle Passage and found a new home in the Caribbean.  With manifestations throughout the West Indies, South America, and his native Africa, the power of Shango resounds, much like the double-headed Bata drum he controls.  The heartbeat of the Motherland proves unhindered in its planatary thump.

(photo courtesy Santeriamistica)