Psalmbody/PMLLC humbly presents

The “Love H.E.R.” Mixtape

~ An Empirical Empress Experience Too ~
In the beginning was the Word that became flesh.

To let Proverbs 8:22 tell it, Wisdom was along for the ride, too, and has been key to the
cipher ever since.

Fun as it might be to many, the art of M.C.ing -- to be a centered “I” who witnesses (to)
the world and takes hold of the mic to say what’s real & move the crowd as a master of
ceremonies -- is no joke. Fortunes have been built and destroyed; lives lost and developed;
cultures hidden and freed; languages broken and reborn all as part of the genre and
generation’s story.

The youth of any nation often dictate its pulse and many young (at heart) continue to find
kinship with hip-hop, claiming it as a peer. Gaining major influence over the lives we’ve
come to know, sometimes by sponsoring excess, it’s been easy to let time slip out of joint
and deter us from shedding light on the age we live in. Don’t let the old soul resemblance
to the family of jazz, soul, blues, and reggae fool you ~ we still have room to grow and
must be each other's keepers as we do so!

Among our story's thirtysomething years of being broken, spun, written, sampled and
mic'd, however, a feminine presence is revealed that defies labels for better or worse; just
as a rib helps to maintain one’s form and stance. You know “H.E.R.”:

She is the one Common will all-ways love, the conscious ones treated unconscionably by their
clans or maybe a groupie like “Suzie”. She once took another’s man in black & white and
made it go-go; the pretty hustla whose poison you couldn’t detect past a big butt or smile.
She stood strong within the quiet queens “Shakiyla” and Amina as well as the “+1” who
kept it funky, making intelligence a crew endeavor never to be played out. What she put up
in production laid it down smoothly, as if to inspire fox fur. A boss in afropuffs and young

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prototype who met “real” versions of herself in every city, she echoed the mythos of beautiful
gorgons, phoenixes and “Neptune’s Jewels”. Even if we occasionally saw through her, wise
"wordplay" eventually found us -- ready or not -- with reminders of how "true honey buns"
roll. We were encouraged to keep it “lyte” yet solid among giants by a delicate ladybug
whose life transcended her scars. We enjoyed the many colors displayed when a crush was
involved, but maintained a special place for the artful “Pink” who gave new meaning to the
'name tag'.

As we grew, the empirical sista who made your "asymptote" something to spit about and the
sweetest engineering grad who “had no idea" of Life's curveballs were also going through.
Writers nearly erased from the boys’ club were approached to help others do the same and
pre-law princesses in the wrong place at the wrong time gained an anthem. Once the
tongue-in-cheek uncut to the 'raw' that Kane or ODB delivered, now she “be killin’ ‘em”
while birthing tribes, one of which some say is modern pop culture. I say keep it Israel.

Depending upon who you are, that last one is arguable. By no means am I here to argue,
incite or entertain the same, however. Instead, I right-pray-wail that we make room even
within ourselves for the 'born-again rebels' who resemble antiquity ala Makeda or not and
would always be there beyond “the middle” of the madness. Most importantly, let us make
room for the True and Living God Who strengthened their he/arts. May we dance to the
rhythm of that proverbial drum and face our discord with beautiful harmony as these
psalms resonate tones of repentance, praise and worship throughout our bodies.

Let us better hear, heed and “Love H.E.R.” again.

With all honor, praise and glory to the Most High in p(e)ace and ~ naturally ~ Love,
t*

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Special respect to my mothers & sisters, Debra Thomas, Rev. Seawood, Whitfield Coppin Jr.,
Nikki Sullivan as well as the catalysts Najeeb Hameen & family, Imani Garner, Joseph Powell, Rich
Coombs, Norman Mullings, Shamara Jackson, "Sp(l)ice" Strachan and Kefaab

Blessed hope for the ‘hims’ along my path to expression here [per herstorical
appearance]: SeHeaven, Raga, Bloody, Stai, C.A. Quik, Pree, Mic Fiends (Blessed, Saga One, A.C.
Reno) and the entire CYPHER, Mr. West, Kambui Womble, iPL, M.S., Trans D.G., UNI-MAXX,
Handsome Ransom C.T., J.K./Streetvibe, Al West, Kasuf, Carl D., Gerry/FF, Fphenom J.W., “KK”,
Ibo, HF/RF, M. Ayala, Conductor, Tah (R.I.P.), Antoine "E.G.", Big French, JSanP/ListenDeep,
G. Kelly, DLo, Hollywood R.J., Hutch, S.F*, Tef, Rah, i.d., DJ Okito, Behn, S. McF, ED/MD,
Goldrocc B.G., Tollah, Regime Change, Jazz, Sun7...

the respective productions of NO I.D., The RZA, DJ SHOK, DJ Clark Kent, DJ Toomp,
Organized Noize, Mario Winans, Joseph P. Longo, araabMUSIK, Pharrell Williams, Domingo, Pree,
Ant "Butta"/Negast Entertainment, StarGate, James Yancey (GOD bless his Life), V. "Knowledge"
R., Pierre the Arkitekt as well as...

the artistry of Common, DMX, T-Pain, The Notorious B.I.G with 112., T.I., The Youngbloodz,
Trey Songz, Jim Jones with Rell, Snoop Dogg, Immortal Technique, The Pharcyde, volumes of
favorites I just didn't have the studio time to harmonize with in this manner & those to follow :)

Thank YOU, listener, for activating the faith I have presented for your hearing
in a Way that is pleasing to our Creator.

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_________________________________________________________________________
013 Re-introducing H.E.R.
[http://tinyurl.com/LoveHER-ReIntroduction] [http://tinyurl.com/LoveHER-Censer]
014 Pro Verbs
[http://tinyurl.com/LoveHER-ProVerbs]
015 Time & Tide (Rock Steady)
[http://tinyurl.com/LoveHER-TimeTide]
016 Believe (Metanoia)
[http://tinyurl.com/LoveHER-Believe]
017 Sheba Baby (Q.o.t.S.)
[http://tinyurl.com/LoveHER-Sheba]
018 Won Love
[http://tinyurl.com/LoveHER-WonLove]
019 From Lament to Light
[http://tinyurl.com/LoveHER-
LightOverLament]
020 Love’s Gotcha
Praises up; blessings of God’s Love come down
021 Censer
022 Grow'n
[http://tinyurl.com/LoveHER-Growing]
023 Woman Trouble (Issues)
[http://tinyurl.com/LoveHER-IssueResolved]
024 Love Letter No. 45
[http://tinyurl.com/LoveHER-Letter45]
025 The Door
[http://tinyurl.com/LoveHER-TheDoor]
026 Bless Your Name feat. SeHeaven
[http://tinyurl.com/LoveHER-Hosanna]
027 Just Listen (Wisdom’s ‘Dilla’t)
[http://tinyurl.com/LoveHER-NowHearThis]
028 Benediction (I'm Good)
[http://tinyurl.com/LoveHER-Benediction
&
[http://tinyurl.com/LoveHER-MoreGoodness]
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 Amen.
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