The end of one is the beginning of another. BoL co-founder Mtume Salaam posts his last regular columns, featuring Nina Simone, Gil Scott-Heron, John Coltrane, Jose James and a 3 year retrospective of contemporary artists posted on BoL. A new regular feature on BoL will be weekly mixtape downloads rather than only individual tracks. Don’t cry. Be Happy. We celebrate transitions—it’s a New Orleans thing!