Wayne Shorter is my favorite musician. I have chronicled my admiration for musicians like Incognito, Pat Metheny Group, Sting, Bill Withers, and Michael Franks online over the years. Those are my favorites. But, Wayne Shorter has moved past them all. I spent my...
Marion’s Favorites: Bad Vegan (Netflix Documentary)
by MHill | Jul 25, 2022 | Marion's Favorites, Movie Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
There have been very few television shows that kept you speechless while watching it. I could think of seeing the twin towers in NYC destroyed on 9/11, the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, and the Rodney King beating in Los Angeles as events I've seen on television...
Marion’s Favorites: Mary J. Blige’s My Life Documentary
by MHill | Jul 27, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Movie Reviews, Music Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Mary J. Blige's My Life is one of my top ten favorite albums and one of the most important R&B albums to be recorded in the last thirty years. Blige's pain and vulnerability soars throughout the entire album and how sings over strong hip-hop beats makes it a...
Marion’s Favorites: Off The Wall Documentary
by MHill | Jul 22, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Movie Reviews, Music Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Questlove Supreme is one of my favorite podcasts and I have been listening to his backlist episodes over the past few weeks. I recently heard the podcast with Spike Lee and they were discussing his career. Spike mentions the Off The Wall Documentary as one of his...
Marion’s Favorites: Summer of Soul
by MHill | Jul 6, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Movie Reviews
What has been, it is what will be, And what has been done, it is what will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 1:9 NASB Bible) This scripture verse from my favorite book in the Bible is appropriate for my latest blog post. The book of...
Marion’s Favorites: High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
by MHill | May 30, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Movie Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Food is foundational to culture. Every human culture on the planet has food as an essential part of their culture. African Americans did not differ from anyone else along the human spectrum in that regard. High On The Hog is a four-part miniseries on Netflix that...
Marion’s Favorites: Biggie I Got A Story To Tell
by MHill | Mar 4, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Movie Reviews
I just watched the latest Netflix documentary on rapper The Notorious B.I.G. aka Christopher Wallace. I will admit that he was not my favorite rapper of all time. Big Daddy Kane holds that spot with Rakim as a very close second. However, I love watching the...
Marion’s Favorites: Salt N Pepa Movie
by MHill | Jan 31, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Movie Reviews, Music Reviews, Nonfiction, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I'm an old school rap fan. Big Daddy Kane and Rakim are my favorite rappers of all time. LL Cool J, Run DMC, Gangstarr, Sir Mix-A-Lot & Heavy D are still in my regular rotation on my iPad. But my favorite rap group of all time is Salt N Pepa. I will admit a...
Wisdom From Kammbia Movie Review: Soul
by MHill | Dec 26, 2020 | Marion's Favorites, Movie Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
They released the animated movie Soul today on Disney Plus. I had seen the previews recently and was looking forward to watching the movie. It did not disappoint at all. Soul tells the story of jazz musician Joe Gardner (voiced by Jamie Foxx). He is a part-time high...
Wisdom From Kammbia Movie Review: Blow The Man Down
by MHill | Dec 3, 2020 | Movie Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Over the past holiday weekend, I watched an interesting, quirky movie set in a small Maine town. Blow the Man Down is an Amazon Prime Original movie and tells the story of how two sisters attempt to cover up a gruesome murder committed by one of them. The movie does...