Have a Good Week, #27
Tamika Abaka-Wood, cultural and corporate anthropologist.
After a six-month newsletter drought, we at Lé Bump, LLC are pleased to announce that we are back and better than ever. Older. Wiser. Hotter. Swag on hundred thousand, hundred trillion… you get the gist.
We’ve made some adjustments to the overall format and feel of the newsletter as well. Every week, we’ll still be delivering the best of what’s happening now, but also allowing guests to look back and share the music that helped shape them in some capacity.
Without further ado…
This week's featured guest is London-born, Brookyln-based, Tamika Abaka-Wood, director of Corner Booth, working in independent cultural and corporate anthropology with clients like Nike, Meta, Estee Lauder, and UNICEF.
Sandalwood
Pure from Jasmine's on Nostrand Ave. 'Shade' by Lush [yes, the bath bomb place, don't sleep]. Molecule 004 by Escentric Molecules.
Signature Cuts Residency at Rodeo in Crown Heights.
The dance floor is a ceremony. This one feels intimate enough that we HAVE to be together, in sync and interacting with one another.
Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies Cards.
Get unstuck quickly. Or see things through a new lens. [Editor’s note: these are available in digital form here]
Reactions to Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl performance.
All over America. All demographics. All generations. Inject it. All of them.
This Substack is amazing. More dancers and movement artist perspectives more often please.
+1 844 992 2996.
A public service hotline where people can either 1) listen to someone else's message or 2) record a message themselves.
Archive available here. Will be active for 100 years.
Bad To Tha Bone [D Double E]
Being raised in East London whilst grime was emerging was a true gift. You knew deeply at the time something powerful was brewing - feeling the sound, the attitude and the physical movements solidifying was special. D Double E is a true pioneer. He has the ability to move the energy in any space he enters. Pure bars. Who else gets wheel-ups on signature sounds alone without saying a word? A FORCE.
You Need Love [Ebo Taylor & Uhuru Yenzu]
This feels like the BPM that runs through my blood. Highlife will always hold a special place in my heart. This feels like an amalgamation of sounds that my dad would play in the house.
Gabriel, Live Garage Version [Roy Davis Jr., Penn Everett]
This is the most spiritual song I have experienced. Listen to the lyrics - truly transcendent. Life-affirming. Timeless.
Has It Come To This [The Streets]
I vividly remember being in the back of my parent's VW Jetta traveling back from their friend's house party in Catford, being half-asleep and hearing this and immediately knowing something had shifted: I'd never heard anything quite like this from a voice quite like this.
Hello [Erykah Badu feat. Andre 3000]
A beautiful artistic partnership. "It's important to me that you know you are free" is the line of the song for me and an aspiration in all relationships. I also only feature this song in [the very few] digital Dial-an-Ancestor invitations that are floating about this thing called the Internet.
Upcoming Events
Subterranean on March 14. We’re kicking off St. Patrick’s Day weekend with Blackclub and DJ WiFi. If you’re reading this, you’re the first to know about it, so get your early bird tickets while you still can.
Lastly, here’s “have a good week,” updated with 10 new songs. Hopefully, there’s something in there for you, but if not, that’s your problem.
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