The Silver Room Block Party!'Chi-town Afro-Funk!
There were so many
Funky badass …magical… musical moments of
Blackgirlmagic and BlackguyAfrofunk...
that it was truly a kaleidoscope of
Funk,
Fun,
Energy
and
Peace…
With a can of hair grease….
As the Millenials
and ere'body else
showed up and showed out
all peace and love...
as the Silver Room Block party
mushroomed n2 Art,
Fashion
&
painted faces…
Artist, Marcus Allenye
was pushing his new book ' The World Is Yours!'
& The Universal Alley Jazz Jam..
and some killer
Black Rock music….
on 3 different stages
Rocking out with Black Cheri Soul!
Cherelle CheriSoul Sullivan,
Jordan Bosman, Aki Antonia
Km Nelson, Lothario Lee and more...
Cherelle Cheri Soul
& the Black Cheri Soul Band
was rocking out!
The Joint was Jumping at the Silver Room Block Party!
Hey! ...Keyboardist, Aki Antonia caught a moment with
Vocalist, Actress and uber multitalented Sharyon Culberson!
Rituals..Poet..Photographer and more,
Corey Walden catches up .. at the Silver Room Block party!
Corey Walden catches up .. at the Silver Room Block party!
from 53rd and Blackstone
2 53rd and Harper
(Honorary Oscar Brown Jr Way)
(Honorary Oscar Brown Jr Way)
2 53rd and Lake Park
and everywhere in-between….
There were some Salsa dancers
dancing ...
and a LIVE Salsa band!
And the crowd was lOving how
A Drum & Dance troupe... & 'Chi-town tribe ...
Ayodele
were bringing that vibe..
Africa Brown was rockin those drums!
and rhythms
straight from the Motherland…
like....
Fela meets Southside HOUSE!
.
AYODELE
When we rolled up on 53rd St...
going 2 the sound check for Black Cheri Soul…
we could see the cars were back 2 back!
On 53rd St?...
N Hyde Park? ...
Really?
People were everywhere!
Rocking the beautiful funkiness of natural hair in all shapes,
forms and colors
It was so intoxicating & intergenerational …
that it was like an Afro - Futuristic dream...
of Urban Pharoahs and Nubian Queens
of Urban Pharoahs and Nubian Queens
Dashiki-ed Africanos and Beauty Africana
were floating in and out ..
Not..
" We gone 2 Paris this weekend 4 Afro-Punk
" We gone 2 Paris this weekend 4 Afro-Punk
but like...
We sTaYed at home in our Pyramid...
.. 4 some Chi- town Afro-FUNK! …
U know we are a spiritual center 4 all things Black NOIR!...
when we in... CHICAgO are the home of Sun RA
and Kelan Phil Coran... Chaka ...Earth Wind and Fire and
The Pharoahs . and Africobra...
We are DuSable's great great grand children.....
....and ONLI and the Black AGE!
A bevy of Neo-Africana and Neo Africanos …
in full effect…
BlackRock bands were slanging.
and Neo-Soul sistas were sanging…
Black hair….
was everywhere…
from Bald sOul Sistas 2
sOul sisters with big Box braids…
Multicolored locs
with intricate Chi-town fades....
Big naturals on shorties....
and
Queens floating those Goddess braids...
I saw sisters with threaded braids
that I haven’t seen since I was in Ghana…
Brothers with BIG ‘natchals.. that made u just wanna...
hmmmmm....
Afri-fashinistas were flashing skin and Kente..
I saw some ‘Classic men’ in skinny ties and plaid…
The Silver Room Block Party was
sO sO "SUPERBAD"!
And at night…
They were stunting and fronting
on Pop shots and Scooters..
Boys will be boys…
and the Boyz had their toys
All out and
Sleek and shiny...
All jumping with sounds and in beautiful colors...
Bentleys and Jeeps and Pop Shots
Futuristic and Classic
and rocking some some hip hop
and rocking some some hip hop
…the music was playing
I felt like a star...
‘Cause they just wouldn’t stop standing 'round my car...
All text and video and photographs by Aki Antonia c2017
All rights reserved.
AA72017
