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BlackExcellence.mp3 (5.2 MB)

Black Excellence

Ladies and gentlemen
I wanna welcome you to a very special occasion
To celebrate Black Excellence

We fly
We reign
Black Excellence
Be thy name
We fly
We reign
Black excellence
Be thy name

Went from fresh to death
To being dress to kill
This is true black excellence
A self manifestation
Yes This the best it gets
This a celebration for getting reparations
It’s elevation
Went from the lower level basements
to making table reservations
let’s take a little trip down memory lane
I’m making sure y’all remember the game
remember thy name

We fly
We reign
Black Excellence
Be thy name
We fly
We reign
Black excellence
Be thy name

Cotton club with a twenty's theme
Walk through the front door with a beauty queen
White squares call it Billie Jean
Nice flares but the slippers clean
Nike airs keep it coming king
The fact you call me a star is Carlito
The fact that we made it this far with no ego
The trap's when We started to brawl with our people
These plaques holding up the walls on my peep hole

We fly
We reign
Black Excellence
Be thy name
We fly
We reign
Black excellence
Be thy name

We fly
We reign
Black Excellence
Be thy name
We fly
We reign
Black excellence
Be thy name

  • Antonio Ricardo Chalmers
    Author
  • Ean Mills
    Author
  • Alicia Strong
    Author
  • Tone Da Boss
    Name of Band or Artist
  • Alicia Monéé
    Name of Band or Artist
  • EMDUBAI
    Name of Band or Artist
  • Project Type:
    Song
  • Genres:
    Hip Hop, R&B
  • Length:
    2 minutes 46 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 28, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Des Moines, Iowa
    January 22, 2023
    Selected for PBS Film Lounge
Artist Biography

Antonio "Tone Da “Boss” Chalmers may have been born in Chicago, but his alter ego, rising rap star Tone Da Boss was definitely created in lowa. CEO of T1 Entertainment and founder of both lowa Summer Jam and the lowaMusic Awards, Tone Da Boss has become a pioneer in the low music scene. Tone Da Boss is not only a Hip Hop Artist, but Di, manager, graphic designer, promoter and more. Tone made his return to music in
2020 and has not looked back since. His biggest single Give Me My Ring was adopted by both NBA and WNBA Championship winners in 2022 as their celebration song. His song "Glizzy" was discovered by Dj Whoo Kid and featured on his Shade 45 which lead to an interview with Dj Whoo Kid and a mixtape. His joint
album with artist Silence called "Tone Death" has received over 300.000 streams in the year its been released.Most recently his music video for Black Excellence was selected for an Iowa PBS special called the Film Lounge and aired on local television along with an interview.

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Artist Statement

In the past 20 years of doing music I've released multiple albums and worked with hundreds of artist. But this last year has been my most imporant year and the year I've worked the hardest. The work is finally being noticed and appreciated and I couldnt be more honored and proud.