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REVIEW ► Continued from C3 love, dependency in relationships, loving yourself and break ups. Her voice changes ranges sounding like varying artists from Anita Baker to Erykah Badu. The first song on Lina’s album is “My Fix.” The song’s message is very clear all she needs is her man and everything will work out fine. “I just want my papa, he’s my fix and that’s what I need,” is sung over a big band accompaniment. Another song that really grabbed my attention is “Hope, Wish and Pray.” The second time I listened to the CD thinking of how I’d write my review I found myself singing along because the song embodied the way that I feel in my current relationship. “I hope, wish and pray that I never see the day that you should walk away, cause that would take my sun away, my world away.” Lina’s album is one that you can play from beginning to end without having to skip any songs that ruin the flow. Her sound and lyrics are strong and she doesn’t need anyone on her album to help her through it. She does however, have two featured

artists - Anthony Hamilton and spoken word artist Big Rube. The song “Story Goes” begins with an orchestra opening similar to Ray Charles’ “Georgia.” A piano and drumbeat are added as she begins to sing about people spending more time on being an individual instead of coming together as one. I was amazed at how she managed to find a beautiful approach to the pain and void in AfricanAmerican communities. Lina said that the title of her album was inspired by her mother and grandmother’s words of wisdom and self-acceptance. “My grandmother said that when you embrace your inner struggle, a light will shine,” Lina said. “And the light represents the real beauty inside of you.” Lina is another very talented artist, able to sing in seven different languages, that flies under the radar because her songs don’t have strong drum beats or feature Ludacris and Lil’ Jon. But, “The Inner Beauty Movement” is definitely a CD that everyone should have in his or her music collection.

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disease fully blown because I wanted you to care about her and see her potential. Before Trina is diagnosed withbipolar disorder she was an A student on her way to Brown University on a National Merit Scholarship. Throughoutthe novel Keri holds on to hope that one day she will be normal again and therefore be able to attend college, but the truth is she will not. What is the message to parents that have that same hope for their child? Acceptance. You really have to learn to accept it with grace. You also have to find your way (of getting through that). For Keri it came through a support group that she joined. I formed a support group with other women who had mentally ill relatives and then got involved with the National Alliance for the Mentally 111, which is an advocacy group that is 26 years old. Though Keri did a lot of things on her own she had a lot of support. She had Gloria, Mattie, Bethany, Frances and Orlando. She had people where she could be herself and lay her burden down. What was your goal in writing 72 Hour Hold? I think for me to say that I have someone in my family with a mental illness opens up the door for other people to say she’s talking about it, maybe I can talk about it. If I’m talking about it maybe I can get help for myself and for my loved one. It’s a hard j ourney. There is no instantaneous cure, these diseases are not curable but they are controllable with proper medication and the proper psychotherapy. Was writing the novel therapeutic? I think my therapy came before and got me to the point where I could write the book.

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Morris Day and the Time perform during the Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration's 35th Anniversary Party at the Sagamore Ballroom inside the Indiana Convention Center. Morris Day (above left) and Jerome put on a classic performance.

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