Blacks With Blues Podcast: Recent Episodes

Justin Jones

Blacks With Blues is an online radio show born in Detroit, MI.

Blacks With Blues was built to spotlight the broad narratives & Identities of Black artists by hosting their stories at the intersection of Music, Art, and Culture. It is there that these nuanced conversations shape what it means to be Black and with the Blues.

Blacks With Blues 9.9.26 by Justin Jones

B set.

Twenty Elbridge10. Can't Believe It - T-Pain ( feat. Lil Wayne)11. Elysian Fields - Minus 812. All Alone (No One To Be With) - Slick Rick13. Smoke - Steve Spacek (feat. Leon Ware)14. Clearly - Anthony Hamilton15. It's Whatever -Aaliyah16. Soulful Moaning - Shawn Harris17. Smolder - Deborah Bond18. Black Sunshine - Fertile Ground19. Lucky Fellow - Leroy Hutson20. Only My Love Is True - Foster Sylvers

In this episode, Juniper speaks with Ari about gospel music, the Black church, and their relationship to spiritual practice. The episode is punctuated by a music mix by Mooncricket featuring moments from church service cassette tapes found at Juniper’s Grandaddy’s house.

My set from Moondog Cafe in Detroit. First solo set back home :) Big thanks to the homies @BlueMoonRadio for programming me into their live broadcast https://www.bluemoonradio.live/

"Just a little reminder that you don’t need to conquer the world right now. You don’t need to engage in every hobby, every idea, or every hit of inspiration right this second. You don’t need to change your whole life right now. Just sit down. Breathe. You will have time to do what you want. Take it day by day. Pick one thing you’re thinking about right now and focus on that. You won’t be productive with 50 other things in front of you. Push those aside, put something that matters in this moment in front of you, and attack it hard, then move on to the next. One thing at a time."

Last Jam @ 523 E Hazel St by Justin Jones

Just Keep Going- Practice Mix by Justin Jones

cricket wireless Practice Mix by Justin Jones

Like crickets, they sang at night under the moonlight...

It's like Black Panther meets Final Fantasy X-2 meets Mortal Combat meets afro-futurist Star Fox meets intergalactic midnight club meets practice session, right?ps.Serato should have a recently played option so I can remember the songs I played, right?

posting my practice sessions to get over performance anxiety by Justin Jones

DJ JUNEE • ROT.8 • 10/17/24 by Justin Jones

Red Beans & Rice Practice Mix by Justin Jones

Funk Practice mix by Justin Jones

Practicing pressing record more often during my practice sessions. Embracing imperfections and all!

Oral History Teaser by Justin Jones

First-time on the controller with lady Ghettotech.

Late night practice. Started recording halfway into something that became a cool flow. Love this lil amapiano flow that came in the end.

I'm Talking To My God (The Sacrecy of Life) by Justin Jones

I'm Talking To My God (The Sacrecy of Life) by Justin Jones

I'm Talking To My God (The Sacrecy of Life) by Justin Jones

Blacks With Blues Radio Presents A Very Special Mix Juniper celebrates their DJ debut with “𝕊𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕖—𝕊𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕖 ℕ𝕒𝕙” A 30-minute first—time—on—the—controller journey through musical momentum Tune in, turn it out, and turn it ALLLLLL the way UP.

Tracklist: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t4ypQF95lSrGlU9VfO3dIn80EpE93BCmNXvSRuLtHMQ/edit?usp=sharing

A meditative mix for the creative spirit.

𝕾𝖑𝖔𝖜 /𝖘𝖑ō/ 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔟. ①. 𝖒𝖔𝖛𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖗 𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖞 𝖆𝖙 𝖆 𝖑𝖔𝖜 𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖊𝖉; 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖈𝖐 𝖔𝖗 𝖋𝖆𝖘𝖙. ②. 𝖗𝖊𝖉𝖚𝖈𝖊 𝖔𝖓𝖊'𝖘 𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖊𝖉 𝖔𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖊𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖆 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖘.

𝕭𝖚𝖗𝖓 /𝖇ə𝖗𝖓/ 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔟. ①.(𝖔𝖋 𝖆 𝖈𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖑𝖊 𝖔𝖗 𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖘𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖈𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖑𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙) 𝖇𝖊 𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙. ②. (𝖔𝖋 𝖆 𝖋𝖎𝖗𝖊) 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖉𝖚𝖈𝖊 𝖋𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖊𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖙 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖑𝖊 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖚𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖆 𝖒𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖆𝖑 𝖘𝖚𝖈𝖍 𝖆𝖘 𝖈𝖔𝖆𝖑 𝖔𝖗 𝖜𝖔𝖔𝖉

𝕿𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖐𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖙: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13H2kOchFLp1BLBO6P8Qtm9y5RKFgwh_M9eIrKWPgHZw/edit?usp=sharing 🖤

Man real talk I just need to celebrate myself. I've been thinking about what that feels like these days. I've missed moving my body to music that heals my spirit. And as I'm leaving the grip of winter, I'm noticing that that is the first thing I can do to celebrate myself.

So this mix is for me and everything that I need to hear. Nggas is alive, healthy, healing, and building new environments for themselves. And damnit I’mma finally let myself celebrate EVERYTHING I’ve managed to do for myself under some really stressful circumstances. This is a call for my humble era to go up in smoke with the rest of the sht that no longer represents who I am. So with that being said I’mma bout to drop some fire…..

This mix is for my niggas coming out of the winter with new growth. This is a mix I dreamt up in the thick of it. A mix for waking up to the sun, to water, to wining your waist, and letting your hair out. To plantains for breakfast and time spent smiling on the porch. A mix for experiencing vacation on earth.

Tracklist: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s-WRdPWIMepMFQf0O9OTjSfPVGr1AjeFedW4tFlhmT4/edit?usp=sharing

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5tnbymcFBskWF23Cb4ep5L?si=48db9d1e99c24218

“I like to produce these mixes as sonic love letters to myself. Sometimes its just to remind myself of the audacity I have to explore and re-explore my own emotions. Other times it's just to give myself a soundtrack to process the contentious moments of my life with ease. I’m just here to make as many experiences as I get the chance to live.”

Justin (Juniper) Lamarr Jones (@131.295) sonically illustrates periods of growth, fever dreams, and introspection with an hour long mix for this Month’s episode of @blx.w.blues radio —titled—

“The Bull In Me Is Building A Bridge Between My Bodies/A Walkway From Nightmares To Childhood Desires” . . . Beneath I carry my torso and pelvis through warm waters of pleasure_firm in my acceptance of the way my skin and muscles know to rejoice at the familiar sensation of fluidity. Inside _ & out.

Fluidly shifting through archived audio recordings and music, Juniper aka. Justin Lamarr Jones returns to the intimate soundscape of a time when they felt at home. Inspired by James Baldwin’s “If Beale Street Could Talk” this episode is an homage to the scared relationship between an individual and the place they call home.

Tracklist

Gold-Diggers (Juniors Fanfare) - Leon Bridges
Provide - Sunni Colón
Too Much Sun In LA - McClenny, CHIKA
Henny (Resavoir Remix) - Dougie Stu, Reservoir, Jeff Parker
Tragic - Jazmine Sulivan
Good & Plenty - Remix - Lucky Daye, Masego, Alex Isley
Love Is The New Black - Anthony Hamilton
Coastin’ - Victoria Monėt
Come Around - Surfaces, Xavier Omär
Remain - Christian Kuria
Sip Into Something Soft - Haitus Kaiyote

KieyaA - I Thot There Was One Wound in This House, There's Two (Slowed & Reverbed) by Justin Jones

Beneath I carry my torso and pelvis through warm waters of pleasure_firm in my acceptance of the way my skin and muscles know to rejoice at the familiar sensation of fluidity. Inside _ & out.

After William H. Johnson's Painting "Seated Woman In Flowered Dress" I am curating this mix as a love letter to the mundane. I am identifying the beauty of mundanity in my everyday life. Intuition, self-belief, and the radical acceptance of earthly imperfection are my friends. I schedule dinner with them several times a week just to ensure that I never forget what their faces look like at my table.

Track List:

1.)Trust Your Judgement_Yves Jarvis 2.)Welcome_Dougie Stu 3.)Decant - Demo_ Taves 4.)Harmonee_ Joel Ross 5.)w/ me interlude_MHYSA 6.)The Joy_Prince Josh 7.)Trill Suite, No.1 (Daydreaming| Skylark)_ Melanie Charles 8.)Welcome_Sam Wilkes 9.)Bolted Orange_M.Sage 10.)Furniture In The Valley_North Americans 11.)Pork Belly_ Bastien Keb 12.)Naima - Take 2_ John Coltrane 13.)ラビリンス (thousand tears orchestra instrumental)_ Mondo Grosso 14.)Relax_Labi Siffre 15.)It's My Time_ Mansur Brown 16.Abject_Taves 18.)Nostalgia_ Dougie Stu 19.)I'm Free_ Yves Jarvis 20.) A special overlap Thanks to KeiyaA, Barry, and Baby :)

Mixing through the emotions as they come.

This weeks episode features a group discussion on socioeconomic status & work culture as it directly impacts the mental health of Black individuals.

Track List: King Andrew [Rest Empowered] - MMYYKK Rock The Boat Remix - ButcherBrownVA Meant 2 Be/ No Filter - el. Heavenly Father - Isaiah Rashad Get Dis Money (Mozaic Refix)- Slum Village AAAAA - Kiefer

Cover Art By Justin Lamarr Jones

Multidisciplinary creative, Lia Zamor recalls her experiences as a Black woman discovering art, racism, and identifying the subjectivity of her Blackness.

Track List: 1. Body Language - Kali Uchis 2. Cherish - aisosa 3. Yodak Mellow - (IAMBZAR Remix) 4. This Right Here - MORE// NIGHT 5. Somebody Waavy - Wavy Bagels 6. Room In Here - The Kount 7. Chnage - Rm, Wale 8. Places to Go - Yuna

Cover illustration done by Lia Zamor Lia's Instagram Accounts @_elle.z (Personal) @_lia.danielle (Art) @zam.zaddy_ (Photography)

Queer lens-based artist, Darryl Terrell, joins the Blacks With Blues studio to explain the importance of physical and emotional intimacy for Black & masculine presenting identities. Meanwhile Justin is dragged by a lesson in sex, trade, and the power of bussy.

Track List: 1. Broken Hearted N*ggas Club - FPA 2. New Phone, Who Dis? - Cyanca 3. Prepared - Jill Scott 4. "FNF" [DJ Fresh 3x Remix] - Durand Bernarr 5. Other Side Of The Game - Erykah Badu

Cover art done by Justin Jones

Self identified Wallflowers, Alyssa Osasere & Kiani Brown, discuss how they combat political trauma within every day institutions as Black women.

Track List: Fatima - Cinnamon HEAVN - Jamila Woods Why Don't You - Cle Sol

Cover art Done by Alyssa Osasere

An experiment of sound By Justin Jones.

BE ADVISED this episode contains potentially triggering content : Mental Health, Depression, sexual abuse.

What Ya’ll Mad About is an ongoing series that spotlights the often times invalidated and stigmatized emotions of young Black Individuals. In this first instillation Justin & Alyssa delve into the dynamics of Black familial relations, mental health, & white allies.

Tracklist: Love - Erykah Badu Zzzzz - Chrome Sparks 2018 - Singularis Same Lights feat.Rapsody & SiR - ILLCAMILLE

Hosts' Instagrams: Justin Jones @0101214_ Alyssa Osasere @alyssaosasere

The Nucleus was formed to be a concentrated space amongst a community of people that propagates the safe space to exist, escape, & express one's self while Black. The Blacks With Blues Nucleus is made up of the founding members: Justin Jones, Alyssa Osasere, ZASZA, & Taeivon. In this episode the founding members of Blacks With Blues discuss their Blackness in relation to their artistry, livelihood, and identity.

Tracklist: 黒 KURO - Isolation oscr - Empathy Nick Pacoli - Lay TreeHôuse Vibes - chromonicci & KMB - pendelum EDP - Stick Em Up coen rice -workin' rage logic & sober rob - fragile BLANDA - wonder Jarreau Vandal - Be Alright KYMAC - maskless(KYMAC Edition) The Kount - Bryson Tiller - How About Now (Kount x falcxne edit) Kelela - Send Me Out (Girl Unit Mix) Columbia Nights - Forcast Gorillaz - Out of Body (feat. Kilo Kish, Zebra Katz, Imani Vonsha') Rock The Boat Ams - Full Crate & PimPim - Redbone [Remix] Aisha Zoe - Flowers (Warren Xclnce's Honey Samba Mix) ZASZA MIX Phony ppl - So much Better Farnell Newton _Peace+Love_ (feat. Jarrod Lawson & Tony Ozier) Minnie Riperton - Memory Lane J-Louis - LETS ESCAPE -ABRAHAM BLUE ( J-LOUIS Remix ) Bluestaeb - Didn't Cha Know (Rodalquilar LP) Cadillac Freeze - Ice Cream Cones

Welcome to another episode of Blacks With Blues. This month Justin comes back home to a "New Detroit" & is prompted to address personal growth, Black artistry, & the belief of self as a Black Human.

Tracks: Nina Simone x Robert Glasper - So Beautiful (Music Soulchild Cover) Anderson Paak - Come Down Falcxne - Tams (off Tidbits III) brwn sgrrr - luv yourz Little Simz - Wings

GoldLink - Spectrum (GEOTHEORY Remix) Kris L - Hoopty feat. Milan TEK. LUN - WUNTOOTRI! Kristen Leigh - Hooked (prod. Sum Total)

Jessica Care More - You Want Poems feat. Roy Ayers & Jose James Anderson Paak - Water Fall (Interluuude) Daniel Cesar - Violet Barney Artist - Where’s Your Soul At? feat. Alfa Mist & Lester The Nightly Abby Diamond - Love To Watch You Leave wntr - down with u J-Louis - CAMARILLO Khadisma - Latley (Khaisma X Soulchild) Khadisma - Relatively Whereisalex - Whats it going to be (remix) Jerome Thomas - The Stone

In this session we discuss film and television as it pertains to depictions of Black queer individuals with a concentration in the films Moonlight & Come Over along with TV Series like Insecure & Black-ish.

Tracks: 1. Can I get A Witness - Eric Lau 2. Sweet Life - Frank Ocean 3. Untitled (Funk #2) - Chris McClenny 4. Bad Boy - Luther Vandross 5. I Do (End Credits) - Kevin Abstract 6. Vibrate on - Erykah Badu 7. Run Away - Georgia Anne Muldrow 8. Yuengling - Ari Lennox 9. Love Never Felt So Good - Johnny Mathis 10. Satisfy My Love - LION BABE 11. MINT - KAMAU feat. Talibah Safiya 12. Clouds - Marco McKinnis

Films : Moonlight : https://youtu.be/9NJj12tJzqc Come Over : https://youtu.be/GpPoGn2mTsk Love By the Tenth Date : https://youtu.be/gyyK45xSbII Medicine For Melancholy : https://youtu.be/FjK9JoHccBg

Television: Blackish : https://youtu.be/f2oHMze7RwY Insecure : https://youtu.be/TMwjmHYqOZo Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt : https://youtu.be/RpiJGd8EL8M

Welcome to the first Blacks With Blues broadcast of 2017. After collecting a series of black voices and perspectives to begin a inclusive narrative of what it means to be black with the blues, the Blacks With Blues Podcast is back with refined co-hosts, new topics, and music. In this episode Hosts, Justin Jones & Ivontae Corbin discuss Black Queerness in Mass Media & Society. In this three part episode the two hosts cover a large amount of content as it pertains to black queerness.

Tracklist: 1. Book Covers - Oddisee 2. All We Need - Raury 3. Miserable America - Kevin Abstract 4. Leviticus: Faggot - Me'Shell Ndegeocello 5. Under Control - The Internet 6. Fuck With Myself (LAKIM Remix) - BANKS 7. Glass & Patron - FKA TWIGS 8. Do You (Ark Patrol Remix)- Miguel 9. Woohah! - Whoeva? 10. Scuse me - Lizzo 11. Bad N Boujee (Eugene cam Remix)- Migos

In this final addition to the three part episode "Black Queerness In Mass Media" Justin & Ivontae commemorate the honorable figures and allies that have made strides in Black LGBTQ+ rights.

Tracks: 1. Till It's Done (Tutu) - D'Angelo 2. Show You The Way - Thundercat 3. Free Xone - Janet Jackson 4. Back To Love - Bilal 5. Ghetto Woman - Janelle Monae 6. Ode To Marvin - Solange 7. (U)p. - qtz. 8. URN (Bpm Play x uglymax edit)- Childish Gambino

Notable Black figures: Bayard Rustin James Baldwin Bruce Nungent Langston Hughes Zora Neal Hurston Wallace Thurman Aaron Douglas

Films: Brother Outsider: Brother to Brother:

I wanted to provide this episode as a reminder that we are all still here together. We are all breathing, learning, and experiencing within this world. You are not alone. Things may seem bad, they may prove to get worse, and bouts of depression may surface, but as a Black person with a surpassable amount of blues I want to express to you that the preservation of ourselves is vital to survival. It is love that carries us through the doomsdays just as it is the preservation of ourselves that allow us to stand day-to-day. I hope these messages and vibrations bring you peace and move you to feel liberated in thought. I want to thank all of the amazing people who had a part in this episode. Please consider yourselves welcome members of Blacks With Blues. This project is a work in progress and with your help we will continue to grow and create a structured narrative of what it means to be Black with the blues. I also want to thank Alyssa Osasere for the cover art for this episode. Collaborations like these is what unify us which also makes us harder to rule.

Feel better my people, a positive shift is coming soon, but first we have to prepare ourselves for a much needed change. <3

A very heartfelt and wholesome THANK YOU to every soul that found this podcast and took the time to indulge into what I, Justin Jones, and Blacks With Blues humbly represent. A special thanks must go outl to our music curators here at Blacks With Blues, Audrey Meadows and Alyssa Osasere for helping out with the episode. Here, we believe in music, art, and black culture as a means of healing and telling the stories of our people - black and brown people with the blues. This episode is a brief (well as brief as three hours can be)musical and verbal explanation as to what is going on in our world as brown and black people with the blues along with a few feel good tracks and songs that make you thin about what it feels like to be a black anything. Obviously the entirety of the "black struggle" couldn't be condensed into one episode so stay tuned for more talk on issues facing the black diaspora & so much more...

TRACK LIST 1. Intro to Alright- Kendrick Lamarr 2. What's Happening Brother? - Marvin Gaye 3. New Black - Goldlink 4. Umi Says - Mos Def 5. Hey Young World - Fashawn 6. Paranoia - Chance The Rapper 7.U.N.I.T.Y - Queen Latifah(ft. Erykah Badu) 9. Ab soul's Outro - Kendrick Lamarr 10. Rest In Power Mike Brown - Micheal Anthony 11. Solider/Master Teacher Live Version - Erykah Badu 12. Alright - Kendrick Lamarr 13. De La Soul - I Am I Be 14. I'm A Black Man In A White World - Micheal Kiwanuka 15. Ama Be Happy - ArchDuke 16. Offering - Jaden Smith 17. Power - JMSN 18. Metropolis - Logic

Part 2 19. These Walls - Moss Kena 20. What They Do - The Roots 21. Smooth - Saib 22. Leave me Alone - RC & The Grits (ft. Erykah Badu) 23. De La Soul - Royalty Capes 24. Flamingosis - Football Head 25. 'Bout it - JMSN 26. Yesterday - Noname 28. Words To Say - Alex Szotak 29.Rasool (Live) - Jill Scott 30. FIND YOUR WINGS - Tyler the Creator 31. Lettuce & Croutons - ScienZe (ft. Fresh Daily) 32. The Devil Be Tryin' - Imaneurope 33. Falling - Gaelle 34. LAST CHANCE TO DANCE - EKKAH 35. Black Man In America - October London 36. Willow Smith - Female Energy 37. Lifeness - Zo! (ft. Dornik) 39. Me - Junglepussy 40. The Art of Easing - Disable Planets 41. Blacks and Blues - Bobbi Humphrey

This one is the beginning to an experimental podcast used to emphasize the voices of Black individuals with the blues. List of tracks coming soon.