E41. Estelle: Becoming the Love of Your Life.

Today’s episode is with Estelle; a Grammy-award winning singer, song writer, and record producer.  A woman clearly comfortable with who she is, how she loves, and the boundaries she erects to express said love, Estelle has opened the sun-lit window of her lyrical world for the Institute of Black Imagination… on today.  And the church said amen.Through storytelling and poignant advice-laden gems, Estelle shares the value of being prepared, why you must  stay in your craft, and how the industry has changed since she first started over 20 years ago. This conversation is not all business though- Estelle shares her definition of love with me and who to go to for advice when your friends and family can’t help you anymoreA playlist Inspired by Estelle’s journey and this conversation Mi Deyah Again- Beres HammondBetter-EstelleAmerican Boy-Estelle featuring Kanye West Stomp-Kirk FranklinRight Here (Human Nature Radio Mix)-SWVDon’t Leave Me- BlackstreetRoc Boys- Jay-ZYou Bring Me Joy-Anita Baker It Don’t Mean a Thing if You Aint Got That Swing- Ella Fitzgerald A Night in Tunisia (live)- Dizzy Gillespie Books that Estelle gifts the mostWill Smith’s Memoir “Will” The Seven Levels of Intimacy: The art of loving and being loved by Matthew KellyThis conversation was recorded on March 3, 2022Host Dario Calmese Producer Carmen D. Harris  Visual Art Direction and Designs: River Wildmen, AfroVisualismOriginal Music composed by Dario Calmese Visit us at blackimagination.com