Ericka Simone<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoryMonth</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> Edition:</p><p>We are inside the week of the 25th anniversary of what is undoubtedly, the greatest masterworks inside the genre of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Soul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soul</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DAngelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DAngelo</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Voodoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voodoo</span></a>. With heavy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dilla</span></a> influences, Questlove on drums, and maestro Pino Palladino on bass, it still holds as one of my top 5 albums of all time.</p><p>A powerful expression of love, life, Black culture, the dark and light, the talent and the burdens it brings. It remains timeless. Still plays and feels like the first time. +</p>