2025 Black History Month Special
On this week's Sonic Cycle, Kaamil dives deep on some of the resources that he's used to learn more about Black History in Canada and the United States. We explore Lupe Fiasco's DROGAS WAVE and the theory of The LongChains, Questlove's "Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)", and a bunch of content that Kaamil looks forward to watching, reading and listening to in the future.
Here are more resources to learn even more about Black History:
Kaamil's Recommended Reads, Watches and Listens:
- “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation”
- “We Still Here: Hip Hop North of the 49th Parallel”
- "Mo Metta Blues"
- "Summer of Love (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)"
- "13th"
- "Diary of a Naija Immigrant" (Produced here at CJSW!)
- "Historical Figures, Icons & Others" (Specifically "Episode 2: Harriet Tubman" and "Episode 6: John Ware"; fun fact, I went to school at the Junior High named after John Ware!)
- "Questlove Supreme" (the entire series is great but the Black History Month Celebration episodes may be a good place to start)
- CBC Gem's "Black Stories" Section: https://gem.cbc.ca/collection/black-stories
- UCalgary's Section on "Books by and on Black Canadians": https://www.ucalgary.ca/equity-diversity-inclusion/literacy-education/anti-black-racism/books-and-black-canadians
- CBC's "25 books about being Black in Canada":https://www.cbc.ca/books/25-books-about-being-black-in-canada-1.5596949
- Goodreads' book list for "Canadian Black History Month": https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/66605.Canadian_Black_History_Month
- Dive Deeper into Lupe Fiasco's DROGAS WAVE and the lyrical and symbolic messaging on Genius.com:
https://genius.com/albums/Lupe-fiasco/Drogas-wave
- Watch "Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)" on CBC Gem: https://gem.cbc.ca/summer-of-soul
Tracklist
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Free The Robots
Capital Steez • AmeriKKKan Korruption -
JLJ Intro
J Dilla • Jay Love Japan -
Yesterday
J Dilla • Jay Love Japan -
Astronomy (8th Light)
Black Star • Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star -
Intro
Black Star • Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star -
East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon
Oscar Peterson • Pastel Moods -
In the Event of Typhoon
Lupe Fiasco • DROGAS WAVE -
WAV Files
Lupe Fiasco • DROGAS WAVE -
Don't Mess up the Children
Lupe Fiasco • DROGAS WAVE -
Move on Up
Curtis Mayfield • Curtis -
Tryin' Times
Roberta Flack • First Take -
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Marvin Gaye • What's Going On -
Everybody Is a Star
Sly & the Family Stone • Greatest Hits -
It Never Entered My Mind
Oliver Jones • The Many Moods of Oliver Jones -
Backlash Blues
Nina Simone • Nina Simone Sings The Blues