The Virtuous Optimist aka Chazz is on the move, flippin’ up & down i-10 in Louisiana. When a high school classmate (Kcal) hits you talking about “How Can We Win?” a touch and agree is necessary right? In Lake Charles, Chazz links with 3 soul brothas, one of which is a surprise guest, Marlon, writer and classmate she doesn’t recall since elementary school...along with Rapper, Veli aka Mac & Trainer, KCal who made it all happen. Hit play to hear us catch up, talk #WINNING, food deserts in Lake Charles (I never heard of that either), young black men setting boundaries for themselves, Is Tupac in Cuba with Assata?, Spirit or South West, and much more. Oh and Veli let us run one of his latest tunes “Learning Myself”, super groovy!

Tune Samples

Guru – Night Vision

HitmanMusiq (Youtube) - Big Rich Town - Power Theme 50 Cent Piano Cover

The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On

When Somebody Loves You Back - Teddy Pendergrass

Fugees - Nappy Heads (Remix)

Gramatik - Late night jazz

Young Jizzle - Cold World

Shabazz Palaces – The Neurochem Mixologue

The Last Poets – Bird’s Word

WAR - The World Is A Ghetto

Mac Miller - What’s the use? (NPR Tiny Desk Concert) Peace to Mac

Rhymefest (ft. Kanye) - Brand New

The Last Poets - Black Is

Veli - Learning Myself

Z-ro - Eyez On The Prize

Jazz Liberatorz - Easy My Mind (Instrumental)

Travis Scott - Stop Trying To Be God

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