It kind of goes without saying that J. Dilla touched the lives of many. Here at The Happy Black Girl, I guess you can say for Jay Dee, the love…

Artist: Janet Jackson featuring Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell Album: Got Til It’s Gone 12″ Release Date: September 1997 Music: With hearing Kendrick Lamar’s “Poetic Justice” every. single. time.  that I…

  I fell in love with jazz before knowing what to call it. My dad aka Pops (G. Cordell) and pianist, Herbie Hancock, were big parts of that great love affair. Pops…