Blastin Pastem by Annabelle Maginnis

Curated by Def Sound

Posted: October 15, 2020
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The song “Blastin Pastem” by Annabelle Maginnis and Kenny Zhao invites listeners outside of the current atmosphere of fear and chaos.
— Def Sound
Starting from a place of compromise, Annabelle urges listeners to join them in wondering what it may be like to overcome obstacles. Without the glamour of harmful “bootstrap” ideology, “Blastin Pastem” is an emotional offering that acknowledges what is unacceptable while doing the work to go beyond.
— Def Sound

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Def Sound is a Grammy Award considered contemporary hip-hop artist, producer, published poet, DJ, and community activist. Def’s work as a poet has been included in Saul Williams' Anthology CHORUS, while his music has been featured in LA WEEKLY, LA Record, The L.A. Times, and the Spectrum Television show Music Diaries. Def is a genre-fluid huem_n resource who is using his work to shift the black narrative back to an Afro Presentist perspective with a buffet of healthy experimental raps and poems that feed both the mind and spirit.