The Southern-ATL Playlist

1. Stack of Ones- King South
2. I Got Plenty Money- Plies
3. Wasted- Gucci Mane
4. Swag Surfin'- F.L.Y.
5. Radio- Musiq
6. Ain’t I- Young L.A.
7. Swing ya rag- T.I
8. ASAP- T.I.
9. Turn my swag on- Soulja Boy
10. In Dem Guts- Marcus
11. Make the Trap Aye- OJ Da Juiceman and Gucci Mane
12. Halle Berry (She's Fine) - Hurricane Chris
13. Bust it Wide Open- Lil Will
14. Stanky Legg- GS Boyz
    
15. All White Bricks- Gucci Mane
16. They Know- Shawty Lo
17. Ice Cream Paint Job- Dorrough

The Results of Brittany Robertson's Survey

Among white men:

Question 1: Are you attracted to black women?

Person 1 - Yes

Person 2 - Yes

Person 3 - Hell Yes

Person 4 - Partially

Person 5 - Sure, why not

Person 6 - Yes

Question 2: What do you find attractive about them?

Person 2 – They are different and unknown.

Person 3 – I like tan girls.

Person 5 – I am curious.

Question 3: What qualities of a black woman do you look for (Lighter, or darker, big booty etc.)?

Person 1 – Lighter skinned, big booty, longer hair with no weave.

Person 2 – I like lighter skinned black women, with a big booty, and medium length hair, I would date a woman with a weave but do not prefer it. Thin not thick.

Person 3 – I like darker women, with shorter hair and big booty, no weave. I’d like her to have a thin waist.

Person 4 – Lighter skinned, and her hair to the shoulder so it won’t get in my face. I don’t like her hair I like her hips!

Person 5 – I like lighter skinned women, with longer hair. Weave is okay, as long as it looks natural.

Person 6 – I don’t really see color. I’ve been attracted to pretty much every race at some point. She has to have a cute face but more mature looking, she can’t look really young. I guess a little thicker, and I prefer long hair. Weave is acceptable.

Question 4: Why Lighter skinned?

Person 1 – A preference

Person 2 – A preference

Person 4 – I feel more of the same skin tone.

Person 5 - A preference

Question 5: Is Boobs or Booty more attractive to you?

Person 1 - Booty

Person 5 – Boobs.

Person 6 - I’m a butt man.

Question 5: What African American female celebrity would you most say represents your type?

Person 1 – Rihanna and Halle Berry

Person 2, 4, 5 – Beyoncé

Person 3 – Serena Williams

Person 6 - Beyoncé, or Rihanna

Question 6: What African American female celebrity would you most say represents your type?

Person 1 – Rihanna and Halle Berry

Person 2, 5 – Beyoncé

Person 3 – Serena Williams

Person 4 - Beyoncé. I do like this one girl on campus, but she is Indian though. Close enough.

Person 6 - Beyoncé, or Rihanna

Question 8: Would you date a black girl or just try one, and would you bring her home to mama?

Person 1, 4, 6 – I would date her, yes.

Person 2 – I would not date her, but I would hook up with her.

Person 3 – I would date her, yes my brothers date girls who aren’t white.

Person 5 – I would date her because it doesn’t matter to me, yes.

Question 9: Would your friends care if you dated a black girl; do they normally date black women?

Person 1 – Most of my friends like black women. I feel like everyone is fairly equal today.

Person 4 - Most of them wouldn’t care. And No they do not.

Person 5 – There aren’t many black people in my town, but I think they wouldn’t mind.

Person 6 - Yes and, yes.

Among Black Men:

Question 1: Do you like black women?

Person 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 - Yes

Person 2 -Yes, every kind!

Question 2: What do you look for in regards to a black woman’s appearance?

Person 1 - Basically, gotta be attracted to her in some sort of way. I usually ain't attracted to extremely dark girls like way darker than much. If we are talking black, hair does not matter.

Person 2 – Can’t be too tall or too short; must have a nice smile, nice eyes, no nappy hair, not messy - have all the essentials. I like all shades of black women. Big booty all the way and dark colored eyes.

Person 3 – Dark skin and big butt; curvaceous body, long hair and no weave.

Person 4 – The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice. Big booty more hips than mean, clean, and presentable (no sweats and a hoodie).

Person 5 – I prefer lighter skin, and good hair; nice teeth, big booty, and shorter hair.

Person 6 – Dark, not into light skinned chicks. I like boobs more than booty. And I like short hair as long as its styled.

Question 3: What celebrity best illustrates your ideal black woman?

Person 2 - Halle Berry

Person 3 – Kelly Rowland

Person 4 – Gabrielle Union

Person 5 – Gabrielle Union

Person 6 - Tyra Banks is the ultimate woman, and Stacy Dash.

Next, I attempted to see if Black women had any reservations about Black men.

Question 1: As a black woman, do you feel that lighter, long haired women have it easier?

1, 2,3,7,8 – Yes!

4 – Yes, because they like mixed girls and they are close to it. Lighter girls are closer to white and longer hair to pull on.

5 – No, everybody have to be at the right place at the right time

6 - Yes I do, because of the media, and all we see is white women and lack girls got to be as close to white, long hair, light eyes.

Question 2: What do you look for in a black man?

1 - Fresh cut, curly hair…depends on the person

4 - Education, ambition, sense of humor, athletes (pro or not) tall/short: it doesn’t matter as long as you are above eye level.

5 – Swag

6 – Nice smile, a guy who is intelligent, no drug dealers, only legit reason to go to jail, respectful.

7 – Intelligent

8 – Intelligence besides “Shawty I like the way you blah, blah,”

Question 3: Do you prefer lighter or darker skinned men?

1, 2, 3,4,6,7 – No preference

5 – Dark

8 – In between

Question 4: Does your man need to have a six pack?

1 - No extra fat (teddy bear or gut)

2 – Four or six pack, period.

3 – Doesn’t matter

4 – No preference

5 – Cut, can’t be chunky

6 – No preference

7 – Cut

8 - Cut

Question 5: What male celebrity best illustrates your ideal black man?

1 – Will Smith

2 – Boris Kodjoe

3 – Idris Elba

4 – Dwayne Johnson

5 – Taye Diggs

7 – Rudy Gay

8 – Columbus Short

Question 6: Do you believe it is hard to find a good black man?

All said “Hell Yes” because:

· They cheat

· Want a shortie or a “bust it baby,” no wifey

· Lie

· Get too comfortable

· Cocky

· Don’t do romantic things

· Like white chicks, Latinas, and now Asians

· Don’t have their lives together

· Players

· In jail

· gay

In general, black women were pretty lenient when it came to the color, and shape of black men. In addition, all seemed frustrated with the lack of black men, as well as the “quality.” They were also more than willing to answer these questions. Looking at the answers of the men, I interviewed for who is their definition of a desired woman, not only were most light skinned but, most of them had lighter eyes. I began to remember all of the women who I grew up with that would purchase color contacts just to be noticed. All the times adults would look at babies and base their answer on why a baby was cute by if they had light eyes were light skinned, or had curly hair, which is called “good hair,” by many people. But why? Why do we put so much emphasis on these features? Is it because they are just a preference or because of a historical emphasis on lighter skin? You can be the judge.

Today's desired Black Women include: Tyra Banks, Keri Hilson, Beyonce, Gabrielle Union, Sanaa Lathan, Rihanna, Jennifer Hudason, Buffie the Body and Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherziger

This Week In BAS

BlackLine Music Issue Release Party - Tuesday, October 27, 2009 WPU Ballroom 8:30-11 PM

The Community Outreach Committee presents: Freshman Health Awareness - Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Location: WPU 540 ; 8:30 - 10:30 PM

And as always, come to the office and chill with the BAS Dream Team...

"A Coming"

A coming
Creeps like a night air
Arrives upon you like a chill
Steals
Away that which keeps your heart’s constant, rhythm.
Change pushes
Unnerves,
Uproots, one out of their current rest-
-unrecognized state of idolatry
and forces one to move.

A coming
Resonates itself in the future
Travels back to the past
Appears in the present
Slapping one with a foreseeing vision
Cultivates,
Revamps,
The drive that stirs one’s being,
Exhales a photosynthetic awakening
And fabricates life into dormancy

A coming
Creeps like a night air
Arrives upon you like a chill
Has been knocking on your back door
While standing at the front
An inconspicuous figment of a later imagination
Consistency kills progress
The repetitive nature wisps up a spell
That obviates,
Casts a dark dense shadow
Warding off new comers
Isolating oneself in a realm
Quarantine
Self constricted

A Coming
Steals
Away the imbalance
That which keeps the heart’s
Constant rhythm
Brings a pungent
Aciculate
incising
Change
That pushes
Unnerves
Uproots one out of their current
Rest
Uplifts them from out of their
Premature coffin
Thrusts forward a clenched hand
Presence that dissipates all-
Dirt, collective residue,
Exposes
The unrecognized state of idolatry
And forces one to
Move.

By: Darah Patterson

"Ghost Of Me"

the ghost of me is a silhouette of the distant dreams that have been hid from me

a walking reflection of my past n fantasies

the ghost of me is all that i could have been

should have done

would have seen

but did not become

By: Darah Patterson

DJ Karazmatik Interivew

Here is a sneak peak of some of the material that will be included in the 2009 Music Issue of BlackLine...


Artist's Name: DJ Karazmatik
Year: Part-time student (Sophomore)
Major: health Information Management

1. When did you realize that music was your passion?
“I have always liked music. Back in high school, I use to break dance. I was in the school band. I played drums. So I guess you could say ever since high school.

2. If you were stranded on a desert island and were allowed to bring three musical albums, which ones would you bring?

• The Roots debut Album - Do You Want More
• Bob Marley - Roots and Reggae
• Common Sense- Chocolate For Water

2b. Who are your musical influences?
Since I am a DJ I am inspired my other DJs. I respect DJ Jazzy Jeff because he has been around for a minute and he is tight…really tight! DJ Khaled because he was in my shoes at one point in time and, now take a look at where he is at. He use to DJ for a non-profit underground station before he became well known and he linked up with Fat Joe and that was it. I know there are a lot more but those two are the ones that are coming to my head now.

3. Do you have any recent work that the public can listen to? Where can we find it?
Yes, tune into WPTS 92.1 Hip-hop Meltdown on Fridays at 7-9pm. I am also working on the best of Rocky Fontaine CD right now. He is from Philly but right he lives in Atlanta. He is working with the Corner Boys. It should be dropping around thanksgiving. I will probably be also working with B Brixx. He is a local artist here in Pittsburgh.

4. What is your favorite song and why?
“I Know You Got Soul” by Rakim. Every time it comes on, I have to sing it word for word. It just makes you feel!

5. How would you define your musical style?
Very eccentric because when I am actually spinning discs at a party I play ALL musical formats. You that I will give people a party. I hate doing parties where there is just one genre of music.

6. What strategies do you use to market your music?
Street promotion, networking, and talking to people. Basically just getting out there in city.

7. What projects can we expect from you in the future?
Expect to have the Hip Hop Meltdown mixtape series. Also B Brixx and Rocky Fontaine.

8. Is there a Hip Hop/R&B scene in Pittsburgh?
There is but it is not as big as other city.

9. How do you feel about the current state of hip hop?
Right now, I feel that the current state of hip hop is becoming more profound because now everybody is using hip hop. It is in commercials, ads. The music is taking a shift now. We are getting away from all the dancing and catch tunes to people actually putting out good music again.

10. What is your ultimate goal/dream in regards to your music?
To become successful enough to support my family and to be able to provide an outlet for up and coming artist."

"Who Are You"

Who am I…..? Hmmn.

-I… was so cold, because I always wore my heart on my sleeve.

The temperature of my emotions was the lowest degree.

I never knew the truth, so I try so hard to deceive.

It was difficult to conceive, so I just couldn’t believe.

-I… thought any sign of love was for the weak-hearted.

And taking a break was for the dearly departed.

I closed my ears up because I heard too many voices.

Telling me the statistics but not given me any choices.

-But, I always seemed to get back up, like Folgers was in my cup.

Wake up to an icy world, and I guess I was the puck.

Constantly hit back and forth, never stable but never tremble.

I now assemble my life back together, so thankful…

-That I haven’t yet received that dreadful kiss of death.

God made my life right, even though everyone left.

He lifted me up, so I looked down at the sky.

Carried me in his arms, when my spirit was too tired…

-I… was once caged up, but never actually confined.

My internal prison had to open up some time.

Now I pray for people who take pleasure in others pain.

I paint a perfect picture dripping passion on the frame.

-Novocain in my blood, I wasn’t trying feel the pain.

Of the shame that came from growing up out the grain.

I couldn’t really explain, didn’t know who to blame.

But on them crazy nights, I… was awake and sane….

-So please don’t mind me, I am just thinking out loud.

Words screaming off the scroll of my soul, so proud.

With a sound so precise that it surely signals the crowd.

To salute the sacrificed spirits that they have found.

-From the ground to the sky, and everything in between.

I get into the seams of injustice and decree.

That to heal, we must 1^st stop the bleeding that’s infected.

We can’t stand strong as a people with a leg that’s prosthetic…

I… Invest my time and trust into the stock of those,

That put everything they have into the life that God has chose.

For them to do and always remember to open your nose.

Never worry about the thorns because you’re trying to smell the rose…….. So Who are you…?

By: Jay Oriola…