just for fun...

Petra's Album of the Week: Rocky Rivera

"Guerilla wit a U and you already know"

This week I discovered
Rocky Rivera, an MC from San Francisco, and I'm hooked. Her album Rocky Rivera covers vast territory, with beats for giggin on the dance floor, slappin in the car, chillin on the stoop, or makin love. She lyrically navigates this soundscape with masterful skill, deftly changing her flow to fit each beat.

This album is a classic. Complex flow, hard beats. Nothing extra, no frills. She approaches every track, rhythm and message with a rare mix of flexible strength and humble confidence. Her lyrics are on point: funny, real, empowering, sexy, catchy, inspiring, hard and subtle. Can't say all that about any women rappers these days.... wait, I can't say that about ANY rappers these days.
For real tho, when's the next album coming out?

Check out the video for "Girl Like Me" featuring Dun Dun:

TOQUE!

This Thursday June 9

DJ Petra is on the wheels of steel all night, laying down a soul-lifting & booty-shakin mix of music from across the Afro-Latin diaspora..

Come celebrate summer
and bless our dance floor with your feet!

@ Bembe

81 South 6th @ Berry st.

Brooklyn, NY

www.bembe.us

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