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Oswald Bates

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Marching into April 🌾🌱🫚 by @slickvibetribe

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7 months ago

Grateful taken in Birmingham, Alabama by @slickvibetribe

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a year ago

Big 30 today. ♉️

Grateful for a sound mind and body… Never get caught up on the material shit. God spoke to me this morning through this old head, 60 years old that reminded me of what’s really important. lol when I think about it I’m an old head to some which is freakin wild.

But above all I’m still grateful, still hungry, foot still on the necks. I appreciate all the love and help from friends and family. Mind strong, spirits high, everything tailored.

And to the baby in that picture. I know you’re proud gangsta, it’s all yours. by @slickvibetribe

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a year ago

Made a way 🔑 by @slickvibetribe

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2 months ago

Yall gonna gonna get these clips man. Pull up to the clock app.
#90sbaby I know you’ve heard the Tag. 💚 by @slickvibetribe

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5 months ago

Clip from last night Home Office: Quiet Storm

TikTok: @Therealgotdamnrick by @slickvibetribe

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Do the work, finish ya breakfast, don’t listen only. by @slickvibetribe

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9 months ago

I Am — Earth, Wind & Fire

This album didn’t just go platinum — it went cultural.
I Am is where Earth, Wind & Fire refined the cosmic into something everybody could move to. Spiritual without being preachy. Joyful without being soft. Radio-ready, but still rooted in purpose.

“In the Stone” became more than a song — it became a language.
That drumline cadence? You still hear its DNA in HBCU bands, halftime tunnels, pep rallies, and drum majors calling order out of chaos. Many modern drumline warm-ups trace their rhythmic phrasing back to this record, whether folks know it or not.

Quiet facts people overlook:
• “After the Love Has Gone” was co-written by David Foster, helping bridge Black funk, soul, and mainstream pop balladry in a way that reshaped radio.
• The album marked a shift from overt mysticism to applied uplift — love, discipline, unity, joy. Messages you could carry into daily life.
• Those horn arrangements weren’t just flashy — they were architectural. Maurice White treated horns like pillars, not decorations.
• I Am helped set the template for how Black music could be polished without being diluted — influential across funk, disco, R&B, and even marching band culture.

This is grown, intentional music.
Music that taught Black folks how to celebrate excellence with structure.
Joy with order. Spirit with rhythm. by @slickvibetribe

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10 months ago

Vinyl Therapy: Album of the day: Nas - Hip Hop is Dead (December 2006)

A message for hip hop that still reigns true. What died and what survived in hip hop? by @slickvibetribe

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a year ago

MOTHER SKEGEE CENTENNIAL 2024 💛❤️🐅 by @slickvibetribe

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2 years ago

by @slickvibetribe

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2 years ago

rewrite the script by @slickvibetribe

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