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February 22, 2013 •
Entertainment •
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I love hip hop. Loving something doesn’t make it free from legitimate criticism; there is a history of certain rap/hip-hop artists maintaining a certain attitude toward women and in discussing this in my personal conversations, I’m often brought
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February 21, 2012 •
Culture, Entertainment, Gender, Race •
Views: 1871
So, I think the internet exploded sometime over the last couple of days with the speculation that Chris Brown and Rihanna had reunited. Then for Rihanna’s birthday, she and Chris Brown exchanged tweets and released new music together. I spied with mine
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December 22, 2011 •
Culture, Entertainment, Justice •
Views: 1309
Most of you, probably get annoyed by Christmas music, on the radio, in the office, being played 24/7. Wouldn’t it suck if there was a Christmas music radio station that played nothing but Christmas music all year long? And wouldn’t it be really
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December 6, 2011 •
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Before I go in on this one, here’s something to think about: Bishop Eddie Long, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, and the Ying Yang Twins are all from Georgia. OK, so what does that mean exactly? Well, if you know anything about the debauchery otherwise known
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August 1, 2011 •
Entertainment, Gender, Politics, Race •
Views: 627
Last week, blogger Necole Bitchie posted rapper Common’s new song “Ghetto Dreams” that was quite a deviation from the image he’s purveyed in the past. It’s also, lyrically, repugnant especially for a rapper that people have
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June 15, 2011 •
Culture, Entertainment, Justice, Race •
Views: 809
Last week, buzz surrouding a white female rapper named Kreayshawn and her signing by Sony was all over the blogosphere. Some people were all for her, and others were underestandably displeased. The Crunk Feminist Collective dissected Kreayshawn in a very
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June 15, 2011 •
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Last week, buzz surrouding a white female rapper named Kreayshawn and her signing by Sony was all over the blogosphere. Some people were all for her, and others were underestandably displeased. The Crunk Feminist Collective dissected Kreayshawn in a very
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May 24, 2011 •
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Beyonce and her army of girls who run the world in lingerie… As a fan of Diplo and “Pon De Floor“, I was curious about Beyonce’s new song “Run The World (Girls)”. I mean, she samples Diplo’s cut, so I wanted to
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January 10, 2011 •
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by Johnny Golightly Today, Janet Jackson released her U.S tour dates for the “Janet Jackson Number Ones, Up Close and Personal” Tour. This release brought back memories of some of her other recent releases–movies like “Why Did I Get
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December 17, 2010 •
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by Eco.Soul.Intellectual Dammit Obama, on the backs of the working folk, this country will be carried once again. Let me tell you something the elders would warn me when I was younger. They said, “EcoSoul, all money ain’t good money.” What
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December 7, 2010 •
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Chrisette Michelle by Eco.Soul.Intellectual Dare I say it? I swear I don’t want to, but I gotta be honest. BET is the only cable network that consistently features black talent. People, I’m scared right now. How did we come back to the same place
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November 26, 2010 •
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-= Torch Song Trilogy =- And there’s a storm that’s raging through my frozen heart tonight… — John Waite Editor’s Note: Before I move on to the sex part, allow me to bring to your attention my articlefor the online magazine,Subversify. Every
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November 8, 2010 •
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Dear Quincy Jones, I know you’re a musical genius and all; yes, you are in fact “The Dude”. But today sir, in my mind’s eye, you’re an asshole for allowing T-Pain to remake Michael Jackson’s “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young
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May 15, 2010 •
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Views: 301
Dammit Beyonce, see what you did? Because of you, now we have 8yr old little white girls dressed as hookers dancing on stage all over the damn internet. Yep, because of you, Beyonce, white folks are a tad bit upset at us black people because of your
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April 21, 2010 •
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Editor’s Note: In light of the unfortunate passing of my man Guru (pictured on the right next to DJ Premier) from the legendary Hip Hop group Gang Starr. I thought it important to showcase just how much of an impact their music has made in urban youth
