B. Talented ~ I’m Headed to Finals

Days 1&2: So You Think You Can Spit

Day 3: Dodging a Bullet

Day 4: Mic Check Group 1 

Day 5: The Midst of the Storm

Day 6: Mic Check Group 2 aka I WON!

Day 7: I’m Headed to FINALS!

Tuesday, 2 Aug 11

Last night ROCKED!!!!! TJ and I got there early. We rehearsed and I didn’t mess up in rehearsal, I did mess up in the middle of my poem… I just hope my face didn’t show it..lol. I found the line that I dropped and went back to get it. It was amazing!

Like I mentioned yesterday, the topic was ” DC: Taxation without Representation”. I originally didn’t know where in the world I would begin with this topic. So, it hit me that many people may not know where the term originated or what it truly means. SO I thought that I would give them a history lesson. But then also let them know what it means in today’s world, specifically DC. And how did those two tie together? Well… it tied together because history was, in a way, repeating itself. So…. the thought was spun!

TJ opened with a Jimmy Hendrix-ish Star Spangled Banner intro and I opened with a remixed song version of the Pledge of Allegiance. The poem went something like this: 

B. Talented ~ Rnd 1 of Semi-Finals

Days 1&2: So You Think You Can Spit

Day 3: Dodging a Bullet

Day 4: Mic Check Group 1 

Day 5: The Midst of the Storm

Day 6: Mic Check Group 2 aka I WON!

Monday, 1 Aug 11

So, I have been gone for a few weeks because I have been both sick and extremely busy, but I thought that I would catch you up on a few things.

So, Week 3 the topic was about environment. One team ended up going while the other teams did not compete for reasons that I do not know, nor did I seek to find out. So, one team got moved into the semi-finals by default.

That same week the performer was Maimouna Youssef ( www.mumufresh.com ) and when I tell you that her voice was amazing… that would be an understatement. I mean , just WOW! You can purchase her album on iTunes and trust me when I tell you that you will want to take that step and purchase it

The B. Discovered winner performed that night as well and her voice was very soulful. JUST AMAZING! I mean, I had a blast.

I was sick last week but I did reach out and congratulate the two teams that won. The topic was to write about B. Smith herself. I wish I could have seen what they all came up with.

Well, now that I have caught you up, that brings me to today.