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Another year, another Black History Month coming to a close. For the past 28 days,
The Root has been celebrating Black Joy and how that looks whether it’s through art, family, food or music. Panama Jackson, senior editor of Very Smart Brothas, has brought us all the joy through the most iconic and Blackest album covers of our time. Granted, there are probably more than 28 out there, but it would be hard to top this series in all of its Blackness.
A slew of my personal favorites made this list Miles Davis in particular because Sundays were for jazz in my house and this particular album stayed on “heavy rotation.” On top of that, I’m sure many of them have played on repeat in Black households since they came out. Panama has done us the honor of making this list, to begin with, and I’m just here to put them together so we can look back and think, “ah yes, this is Black joy with some of the most iconic music moments to look back on.”
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i m sorry. it s not me. haven t you ever done tae bo? i kind of avoid exercise. to this song especially. get into it, rob. no. you know what? your five months have been many things but uneventful has not been i m really going to miss working with you. i ve had a great time doing this. you were such a pleasure to work with. cool and sweet and smart. i ll pay you later. i ve brought you gifts. you did not. one, a packet of skittles. this is how we got through the night. clearly sugar is my m.o. everyone s giving me the candy that i live on. outgoing anchor, your book full of all the fun graphics wee done all the year, all the good stuff. remember when w wworked at mcdonald s together? that was fun. a very nice bottle of champagne i hope you open sunday
pay attention, stop texting while walking or riding their bike or what have you and be more careful. the ticketing thing is not true. there were some erroneous news reports and we wanted to correct it up. text and walk in philly and be relaxed. there you go. this one i love. tae bo. have you ever done this exercise? kicking and all this crazy stuff. billy, remember him. apparently there you go. theme music. there was a building in south korea, doing a tae bo class, on the 12th floor of a 39-story building. i don t know who was in this class, the jumping around was so intense the building started to shake. i was there. people had to run out of the building, they thought it was an earthquake. kick out. watch. be careful with that leg. be careful in your tae bo class, don t freak out the people beneath you. that s kind of insane. if you re making the building feel like it s an earthquake you re probably getting a great workout. what size are the people in this room