Episode 56 Blair aka lovenloops - ”Black Girl Levitation”

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Sven zooms with Blair aka lovenloops to talk about her song "Black Girl Levitation (ft. Nikky Finney)" off the album Don't Ever Forget It. We talk about SOLHOT "We Levitate," the first Black Girl Genius Week in 2014, how it's grown and hopes for the future.

SONG: Black Girl Levitation

ALBUM: Don’t Ever Forget It

BANDS: SOLHOT We Levitate (Saving Our Lives Hear our Truths)

Favorite Treat: bourbon whiskey/sugar cookies 

Photo by: Kamari Smalls

REFS:

SOLHOT

Nikky Finney

Black Girl Genius Week

Hip Hop [Genre]

Funk [Genre]

Jazz [Genre]

Lo-Fi [Genre]

Dr. Ruth Nichole Brown

The World Is Round [Book]

Syracuse University

College of William & Mary

Hassaan Mackey

J Dilla

Madlib

Roland SP-404 Beat Machine

Black Feminism

Mother Nature

Klevah

TRUTH

Hear Our Truths: The Creative Potential of Black Girlhood [Book]

Dissertation

Dr. Porshé Garner

Jessica L. Robinson

Imposter Syndrome

Pygmalion

June Jordan [Author]

Gwendolyn Brooks

"Spin a Soft Black Song"

Nikki Giovanni [Author]

Recipe for 7-UP Lemon Pound Cake (not Blair's recipe)