Spoken Word Artist: Sojari

Spoken Word is defined by UrbanDictionary.com as "...poetry intended for onstage performance, rather than exclusively designed for the page. While often associated with hip-hop culture, it also has strong ties to storytelling, modern poetry, post-modern performance, and monologue theatre, as well as jazz, blues, and folk music." Spoken Word is a performance. Due to its immediacy and direct rapport with its audience, this type of poetry often contains references to current events and issues relevant to a contemporary audience. At its best, spoken word is a powerful, high-energy form of expression that attracts artists and audiences of all ages from a wide range of disciplines and socio-cultural backgrounds." So what does Spoken Word sound like? Listen and watch this original performance piece by local Bay Area Spoken Word artist Sojari who performed at the San Francisco Commonwealth Club this July for the Politics of Being Black Townhall Meeting.

This is an amazing original piece that leaves no room for discussion, or maybe, opens up room for disussions that are normally not politically correct for some. As Sojari starts off..."an open letter to the Bay Area..." so it's a dialogue stylized for people who need to hear a story, an idea, an attitude, in a way that speaks across all generations. No need for music or entertaining additives, just a voie with a purpose and a mic. This is an art form that comes from within. An expression of intellectualism in a raw freestyle form that leaves no question as to its meaning and needs no justification. It simply is what it is.