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diSKOAver weekly: week of May 3, 2023
Heya cute lil disco babies ✨🪩
Given that we are in the middle of one hell of a Mercury Retrograde (😮💨) and also about to have a major lunar eclipse in Scorpio on Friday that’s all about releasing what doesn’t serve you, I thought it would be helpful to offer the collective some amulets of protection and strength to navigate any particularly prickly moments of reflection that you may experience over the next few days.
I won’t front, it’s been pretty prickly the last few months. As I mentioned previously, I’ve felt stuck in this transitional phase that I’ve been in for awhile and decided to do some digging to see if there was anything that I was missing that was preventing my progress. What I finally allowed myself to see had been in front of me the whole time. If I may be so vulnerable to the void, I will bravely admit that I was toting around some really heartbreaking self limiting beliefs. I was allowing myself believe that:
I am a disposable person 😔
Connection with me is something people can easily let go of 😞
My full authenticity is *too much* and pointless to offer anyone because people will abruptly leave you no matter what anyway 🫥
A relationship with me isn’t worth fighting for 🫠
I’ve been essentially wearing these self limiting beliefs as a pair of prescription lenses that are VERY MUCH NOT YOUR PRESCRIPTION ANYMORE. 👓 For people who have privileged eyesight and have never experienced what happens when the prescription is off on your corrective lenses, it fuckin SUCKS. 😩 You get headaches from the eye strain and all sorts of other micro annoyances until you can rectify the issue and go back to full clarity.
Happy to report that those metaphorical contact lenses have been chucked into the fuckin bin, y’all. 🚮
As a result, I’ve been carefully setting some new boundaries to reflect my restored vision. This morning after meditation I drew the Nine of Wands, of which Jessica Dore’s reflections on that particular card in her book, Tarot For Change: Using The Cards For Self-Care, Acceptance, and Growth just so happen to be about boundaries. 😎
She writes that,
“Ideally what we want is a boundary that’s firm, visible from a mile away but not unwelcoming. There’s a doorway through the wall, but the gatekeeper is discerning and has a zero-tolerance policy for nonsense.”
I liken this line of thinking to that of all things, a bubble. 🫧
Think about it. Visible from a good distance and completely transparent but something that you know if you were to penetrate it you would literally wreck the whole vibe. Furthermore, bubbles are adaptive in more ways than just floating around making Ozzy Osbourne feel less like the Prince of Fucking Darkness. Bubbles can freeze and be rigid and seemingly impenetrable, which while looking kinda cool aren’t as fun as regular bubbles because they’re too heavy to be all floaty and cute. They can also bump into other bubbles and subsequently stick together and float around together in fun new shapes as a result. 🫧
To me, this last lil bitty bit here is ✨the goal✨. Right? I’ve had to learn the hard way that having good boundaries with yourself means only sticking to people who wouldn’t want to burst your bubble, and a good indictor of that is whether or not you actually see a bubble when you encounter anyone outside of your own. 🧐
On communicating boundaries, Dore offers the following (my flair added),
“I often think of communicating a boundary as a bit like getting informed consent from someone. 🫧It’s right to let others know the terms of engagement before they get involved. This keeps you safe, and it also keeps the other person safe from the possibility of your exploding in a fit of rage because you said yes too many times when you should’ve said no. 🫧 It’s scary to be close with people who give indiscriminately without a sense of their own limits.”
Apparently I’ve been in the energy of this bubble metaphor for boundaries for awhile now, because I just remembered this little nugget of wisdom from my chat with Goo Goo Dolls bassist Robby Takac that I’ll leave you with (and obvi my flair again):
"It is what you make it," he said, "It's your bubble man. You're in a bubble when you're out here [on tour] but it's your bubble. Like we say 'life's good in the bubble, man'. You know, for a lot you get to choose what's there and what's not, you know? So we just kind of keep it sane back there, […].”
So much love to all of you. Now go blow some beautiful bubbles already!
🫧💖✨
Fischerspooner - “Amuse Bouche”
KAMAUU - “the vibe — A COLORS SHOW”
Chris-n-Teeb - “First”
Lily Allen “Trigger Bang (feat. Giggs)”
Yves Tumor - “Purified By Fire”
Joshwa - “Magalenha”
Pat Lok - “Set Me Free (feat. Kiinjo)”
Mont Duamel - “Young”
Moullinex - “Break Me In Pieces (feat. GPU Panic)”
Qveen Herby - “NAH”
Courtney Govan - “stay still”
Posie Pocket - “Peace>Pleasure”
Aaron Taylor - “Patience (feat. Madison Ryann Ward)”
NAMIRÉ - “Let Go”
Bayonne - “Solo”
Sego - “SURRENDER”
[Listen] Wiley - "Bright Lights" Feat. Giggs & Juelz Santana
Seems like UK's Grime Producer/Emcee Wiley has been busy lately. Just a few days ago, on March 4th, Wiley released a new compliation album Offload Volume 01 on iTunes. The album contained some material Wiley previous released for free on the Zip Files and featured Wiley's crew A-List.
Then 2 days later, Wiley released a new single titled "Bright Lights" which features Giggs and Juelz Santana. The original version of this track was also featured on Zip Files and had more than just production and hook from Wiley and also featured J2K and Swiss. You can check out the single version below.
If that wasn't all, Wiley also released an instrumental EP entitled Run The Riddim Selecta on March 9th and he also has a brand new album 100% Publishing which will be released on July 4th on Big Dada.
Wiley - "Bright Lights" Feat. Giggs & Juelz Santana by Some Kind of Awesome
[Download] Lloyd Banks - "Start It Up" (UK Remix) Feat. Sway, Ryan Leslie, Giggs, Kanye West & Swizz Beatz
Sway may have missed out on one of the hottest UK All-Star jams ("Game Over") but at least he managed to get on one of the biggest US hip hop bangers of the year, Lloyd Bank's "Start It Up". Bank's dropped the official UK remix which places UK emcees Sway DeSafo and Giggs among the elite of Banks, Kanye, Ryan Leslie and Swizzy. Personally, I would have preferred Tinie Tempah, Tinchy Stryder and Sway over this beat but hey this track still bangs. Check it out below.
Lloyd Banks - "Start It Up" (UK Remix) Feat. Sway, Giggs, Kanye West & Swizz Beatz by Some Kind of Awesome
[Watch] Tinchy Stryder & Guests - "Game Over" Live on T4
[Watch] Tinchy Stryder - "Game Over" Feat. Giggs, Professor Green, Tinie Tempah, Devlin, Example & Chipmunk (Video)
Check out the official video to the massive UK Hip Hop banger by Tinchy Stryder titled "Game Over." The track features some of the UK's biggest artists, Giggs, Professor Green, Tinie Tempah, Devlin, Example and Chipmunk and will be featured on Tinchy's upcoming album, Third Strike. Peep game above and preorder the album here.