You Black Hipster!

Yeah.  I'm talking to you.  You PBR drinking, flax seed eatin', slim jean wearing, thick glasses having, nappy headed, beard wearing bastard.  I bet you're mad at Macklemore and Ryan Lewis because now "normal" people have flooded your beloved thrift shops and taken the last smedium Bill Cosby sweater huh?  Yeah you classic novel reading, Ted Talk watching, NPR listening, Al Jazeera scrolling, hyper leftist, pseudo intellectual, pseudo socialist ass nigga.  Raise your hand if you know who Reggie Watts is...ha! Put your ashy ass hand down you plaid wearin', farmers market shopping, Charlotte Hornets snap-back havin', Childish Gambino mixtape bumpin', wayfarer wearing piece of shit.  Yeah I bet you like David Lynch movies too and convinced your friends that you "get" them.  I bet you like foreign films huh?  Oh what's that? Its because the foreign versions are always better?? I couldn't hear you over the vinyl version of that obscure ass band you got blasting out of your apt in Seattle?? You coffee shop workin, masters degree havin, to-the-beat-of-your-own-drum marchin ass nigga. I bet you got niggas wondering how you got that hot white girl with that nappy ass head.  How many pairs of sandals you own huh?? Trick question nigga. You denim on denim (and pullin it off) wearin, Naked juice drinking, indie rock lovin, indie tronica loving, avant pop, baroque pop anything but regular pop lovin ass nigga.  You hate sports? All sports?? What kind of man are you, you Obama stannin' Malcolm X stannin' MLK stannin', Michael Eric Dyson stannin', Louis Farrakhan stannin', but Al Sharpton need to sit down sayin ass nigga.  You're a walking anomaly and you love it don't you you Vampire Weekend ticket having ass nigga?  I bet you can't wait to sign the lease on that apt in NoDa/AdMo/BK/Austin/Savannah/Portland.....huh?

Yeah nigga I got your number.  If you're reading this and fall into but 40 percent of the categories and you black, you sir/ma'am are a Black Hipster.  Don't fight it.  You are who you are and there's no denying it.  If you're mad you've been reduced to category/pigeon holed/put in a box and hate the term hipster you just signed your black hipster membership card and the decoder ring is in the mail.  Why can I say this cuz dammit I am one too.  Now laugh with me.

Zoe Kravitz is your dream girl huh nigga?? Mmmmhmmmm

Francis and the Lights drops a single...shit yeah!

A couple months before 5ivebruhs was launched three of the original contributors attended a concert that would change our lives forever.  This was the 2nd annual Roots Picnic in June of 2009.  Apart from seeing some unforgettable mainstage acts like TVOTR, Santigold, The Black Keys, Public Enemy, and of course The Roots it was one of the smaller acts in the adjacent tent that caught our attention.   Me, Optimus Negro and Bob George stumbled into the tent  when we heard the piercing synth sound coming from the stage, and as I looked to the stage I see this skinny white guy with an Elvis-esque coif singing dancing like Prince reincarnate.  They were playing as if they had a hit record and like everyone knew the words (which none of us did).  I remember looking around at the sea of people surrounding the stage amped at the energy of the performance, all of us wondering "who the fuck are these guys??" This band we would later find out was Francis and the Lights. After a brief internet search I became an instant fan and wanted to hear everything they had ever done and that level of fan support is still alive to this day.  After three years since there last LP "It'll Be Better" they dropped a single the about a week and a half ago.  I listened to it and immediately bought it on iTunes.  I hope you all enjoy them as much as I do and if you have 25 minutes to spare and a little marijuana you might wanna check out their live performance called White Room on YouTube. For the non-smokers it will still be enjoyable but the smokers will have their mind blown.  Heres the video for the new single below.  If you like it and have a little time, take a brief internet journey and discover an awesome band...