Be My Lady

Recently a friend of mine pointed out that I have a certain bias towards only posting music created by african americans on the fatfact. I looked it up, he is right. 79% of what you will find on here is the collective creative product of the race that is harder to see in the dark. I also much prefer Chocolate milk to Vanilla Vibe. Think of the FF as the Boston Celtics of 2000's while other blogs are merely the Celts of 1980's. You have clearly made the right choice.

Today is no different, I'm sticking with our faster, flyer, funkier, fried chicken loving friends and I know they will deliver.

The Meters are possibly the best funk band of all time. The drums they recorded in the early 1980's are probably the most heavily sampled music in modern Hip Hop, and for good reason. These guys have a pulse running through them that grooves like James Brown on PCP.

The Meters- Be My Lady

More Cocoa:

Sylvania East Side Symphony- Egbi Mi O/Black Man's Cry

Franki Valli & The 4 Seasons- Beggin'

I also just finished readin a little paperback and it ended with the following insight:

"I know that history is simultaneously a bloody mess and a collection of feats so inspiring and amazing they make you proud to share the same DNA structure with the rest of humanity. I know you'd better focus on the good stuff or you're screwed. I know that the race does not go to the swift, nor the bread to the wise, so you should soak up what enjoyment you can. I know not to take the cinnamon for granted."

I know all of you are beautiful and I want to invite all of you over for dinner.

And just maybe a glass of white wine.