My favorite R&B songs by artists from overseas.
Spotify Playlist below:
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Overseas R&B & Pop
Kendrick Lamar and SZA were amazing! Atlanta was such a vibe! Check out my IG or TikTok for more info! I loved the music set list and mashup of Anita Baker and Good Kid Maad City Era songs too! How could I snooze and miss the moment?! Sometimes you gotta pop OUT and show ‘em!
Set List here: on Apple Music!
Below on Spotify
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National Siblings Day!
It’s National Siblings Day and on this episode of the “As-I-Amber” podcast from 2020. I have a special guest, my brother DJ! Click the link to listen on Spotify and click here to listen to it on Apple Podcasts!
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Angie Stone Playlist
RIP to singer-songwriter, Ms. Angie Stone, who according to TMZ passed away in car accident on March 1, 2025 after a concert in Alabama. She had a nice voice and an underrated catalog of songs and also sang “The Girlfriends” sitcom theme song on UPN. Playlist below:
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/angie-stone/pl.u-8aAVPz1S7PWJP9
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The Beyoncé Bracket & Playlist
Beyoncé won album of the tart at the 2025 Grammys for her album “Cowboy Carter.”
🐝 What are your favorite albums/eras so far?
My favorite #Beyoncé songs are NOT usually on mainstream radio. The album cuts are where the gems are!
I did this Beyoncé Bracket from a few years ago before “Cowboy Carter” and “Renaissance” albums . I didn’t create this game. I just found it on social media and filled it out. As a member of The Beyhive, 🐝 I found this bracket’s song selections were kind of difficult to choose from, and certain songs on the bracket are better performed live in concert versus just listening to in your headphones.
There is also different energy on stage when Beyoncè is performing on tour alone versus performing with Jay-Z. I’ve also provided a blank copy of the bracket, so you all can play too. Click the link below to listen to my favorite songs on my Beyoncé Playlist on Spotify and click here for the Beyoncé Playlist on Apple Music and here for the playlist on Tidal.
This bracket game is similar to the NCAA March Madness Basketball Tournament bracket instead of teams it’s songs. Out of the categories given you pick the song out of the two that you like more and that song advances to another round with other songs. Kind of like 2 basketball teams play a game and the winner moves on to the next level game and competes with other teams. It’s fun! Let’s play!
What’s your favorite Beyoncé album so far?
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MLK Holiday Field Trip (2017)
I share a birthday with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. so, to celebrate back in 2017 over the MLK holiday weekend my family and I traveled to Washington, D.C. to visit Dr. King’s Monument and tour the new National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visiting Dr. King’s monument was free and is within walking distance to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
On November 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law, designating the third Monday in January a federal holiday in observance of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The legislation to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day was first introduced just four days after his assassination on April 4, 1968. Still, it would take 15 years of persistence by civil rights activists for the holiday to be approved by the federal government and an additional 17 years for it to be recognized in all 50 states.
(Source: NMAAHC website)
On 1964 Independence Way is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Memorial. The address for the memorial references the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The 30-foot statue of Dr. King emerges from two stone boulders as his arms are folded and he looks out. When I saw the statue towering above me in my mind I thought of Dr. King’s words from the “I Have a Dream” speech. On the side of the statue is a quote from the speech that says, “Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.” I felt such an array of emotions visiting the museum and seeing Dr. King’s monument. We have come a very long way in the United States, however, we still have some ways to go.
Poet Langston Hughes’ “I, too am America” quote is written on the walls of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The quote is an excellent example of the well-known and unsung Black people who have contributed to American society. The museum’s grand opening was in September 2016 and various celebrities and philanthropists such as: Oprah Winfrey, Bill and Melinda Gates, Denzel Washington, and Robert Wright financially contributed to the building of the museum. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga), spent years fighting Congress to make the museum a reality. In 2003, former President George W. Bush signed the legislation authorizing the National Museum of African American History and Culture to be built.
The three-tier bronze aluminum building, which was designed by Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye, sits on the National Mall near the Washington Monument. Admission to the museum is free, but you have to pre-order the timed entry e-tickets by going to the museum’s website at www.nmaahc.si.edu. It takes several hours to tour the entire museum, and if you get hungry from all the walking there is a restaurant located in the museum. The self-guided tour is such an emotional journey, but I recommend all ages and races of people to visit. The basement of the museum starts at The Slave Trade and each level ascends to another time period. These other time periods range from: The Civil War, The Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, The Era of Legal Segregation, The Civil Rights Movement, the Black Panther Party, African-American Achievements, and music, sports, and pop culture of previous decades, up until The 44th President Barack Obama’s presidency and present day. Overall, the museum is very nice and detailed. My family and I stayed for several hours and still did not absorb everything the building has to offer! I’m pretty sure if I were to visit again I would see things that I didn’t notice the first time.
Even if you don’t have an opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. my hope is that all people will take time out of their schedules to read and educate themselves on Black history. I’m so appreciative of my ancestors and everything they endured for me to have the privileges I have today as a Black woman in America.
