Miss Mocha Presents: “Black Vibeday” w/ DJ Freakish Nerd [ Post Event Recap]
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What a Room it was when thinking back to the faces seen at Company Brewing on Black Fri- I mean ‘Vibeday.’ DJ FreakishNerd kept our favorite musical artists, both mainstream and local of course, in a grand rotation as the space was overtaken by creatives, known and unknown, along with the ‘average joe’. This was very tactful of Miss Mocha; bringing the Artistic Community together as an indirect way of experiencing a bit of that Thanksgiving energy with our peers. Watching the room gradually fill up with so many way makers, innovators, and game changers is something to be thankful for. Now of course when that first hour or 2 goes by, we start feeling good, including the DJ, having had a few shoots himself, we all get to hittin’ that two-step, whether we're still hesitant and keeping near to our seats or are casually making our way to the main floor, but that was not the case for too long. Towards the night’s end, the spirit of Milwaukee’s golden age of fun and youth came out as a circle of models, rappers, CEO’S, dancers, musicians, and entrepreneurs alike were provoked to form a circle at the sight of two creatives engaging into a battle: I’m talkin’ bout hittin’ the stollie and bangin’ like its ‘09! ‘Aye, Aye! Huh, Huh!’ Everyone was shouting and cheering altogether. Personally, what I believe to be the highlight of a night like this.
/Naomi-Re’a for CW
Get in on the act of BLACK NATIVITY 2021
/*Info Provided by Black Arts MKE
We all could use a little joy and hope in our lives right now! I encourage you to check out the beloved holiday musical Black Nativity by Black Arts MKE that runs one weekend only – December 9-12, 2021, at the Marcus Center's Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall. This year is a brand-new show, with a new Director, new music, new choreography, and a new cast! More info: www.blackartsmke.org
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Besides being a great stage act to indulge in this holiday season, Black Nativity 2021 also showcases talent from some of our favorite creatives including:
Director, Dimonte Henning [From CopyWrite Mag Issue 18, “Glory of the Seat” fashion spread]
Choreographer, Christopher Gilbert [From CopyWrite Mag Issue 6, creative feature]
Stylist, Vato Vergara & Kyndal J [From of /CW fashion department]
See more of the great line up bellow!
Need a sneak peak? We got that for you too!
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Miss Mocha Music Presents: Black Vibeday
/DJ FreakishNerd will be providing Hip Hop, R&B, & Vibes in his debut solo DJ event. Expect a little bit of old, a little bit of new, and a little bit of music you’ve never heard before. Just the know the vibe will be major.
Friday November 26th, 10pm-1am, 21+
Company Brewing. $10.
735 East Center Street.
Milwaukee, WI
Never Feel Lonely - Sleepy Gary [SINGLE]
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Talk about a rollout! Artist Sleepy Gary has been tactfully dropping one song every 21 days since July as the build up for his Triple Volume, 21 song album, “21 Love Songs,” and we have caught him at his fifth drop, “Never Feel Lonely.” Before his solo endeavours began, Sleepy Gary was the lead vocalist for “Yo No Say”, an indie-rock band based in Baltimore and he is currently also one-half of the pop-synth duo Airplane Man with Tim “One Love” Sommers. Airplane Man has had quite a bit of success, from getting a million plus streams to getting positive reviews in Billboard.
As I took it upon myself to listen to his previous drops for his upcoming album, listening to songs like “W.D.I.L.Y.” and “Bodega”, I found that there's such a nostalgic element to Sleepy Gary’s sound as it reminds me of when I began to realize how much I actually appreciated the MTV early mornings of All American Rejects, Owl City, Gorillaz and even later, the more underground genius of Jon Bellion and James Fauntleroy. “Never Feel Lonely” is a song with an easy going tone used for the verses describing how easy life is without his lost love and the help that should come with it, finishing every verse with “...see you when I hit the bottom...” He continuously layers on the amount of contentment that he has with his solitude and then overwhelms us with the chorus with a defining attempt to convince his audience (and even himself) of how much his hurt has not taken over with the repetition of “...I don't ever feel lonely when you're gone.” Tell me how YOU feel about “NFL” Milwaukee.
/Naomi-Re’a for CW
Driveway Dreamers - TRP [album submission]
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If ya’ll still don't believe that the cloth of Hip-Hop has found its place in the Milwaukee culture by now then y'all are trippiiiiin….This year was a great year for music and I’m not even talking about what's going on mainstream. I’m talkin about the locals, the underground, the underdogs; I’m talkin about Milwaukee. Once again another head-nodder for the books. Local artists Big P and his right hand man, producer and fellow rap artist Lik, as TRP (The Roses Prevail), dropped their debut album Driveway Dreamers and the city’s influence is definitely strong. Milwaukee is all up and through there from the song titles referencing landmarks and different moments in time that we as Milwaukeeans are oh so familiar with, to the lingo and the accent coming through clear with every skit. On what, TRP came to represent! The intro, “Milwaukee Mall,” contradicts the grunge and grit that is seen as the aesthetic of Milwaukee rap with the repetition of the words “...But I dream in color, muthafucka…” after describing the typical scenery of an everyday walk through the hood, symbolic of how we all must look beyond what we see. The following and first official track, “White Dookies,” beautifully samples the instrumental to Sade’s “Cherish The Day” and just as Sade’s music already does for many of us, Lik gives us all of the nostalgia, going in on the first verse; “...Stuntin like a east nigga, but I’m ‘norf’ side like the speed queen feast, niggas paid the fee, been grinding since little league...way back I was t-timid with the speech, now I’m speaking what I mean, every word be a seed...” a feeling straight from most of our memories. Big P ends the song with a chant that we all can relate to “....All White Dookies with no crease my nigga, back when we was eating Tastee Twists for dinner….fresh white dookies in the top of the winter… ” Fast forwarding to the 7th track, the interlude, “Summerfest,” is a track for the lovers. This track is led by the beautiful vocals of a woman who describes what her love is and what it can do. Although Big P and Lik’s vocals are left off of this track, their intention is still felt. With this song we are taken back to our teenage years of Summerfest dates with our sweet hearts while also possibly being metaphorically reminded of how much we grew to be in love with our city as we got to know it with every summer day and night that was spent away from home on an adventure with the crew; “I remember when I used to get fly for you, used to throw on them new ‘95’s for you, used to smoke a little tree, coast the sky for you...cause you make me feel like way back, when mama used to drop us right off where the gate at and when you walked in and everybody waved back, I said I'm here to see ‘Ye, where the stage at?”
Tell me how YOU feel about “Driveway Dreamers” Milwaukee.
/Naomi-Re’a for CW
