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Justin Timberlake’s Man of the Woods Album Probably Should Have Been Called 808s and Banjos
On Friday, Justin Timberlake will release his fifth album, Man of the Woods. You may remember that he teased the album with a visual trailer that was akin to a white version of Beyoncé’s Lemonade visuals, with Timberlake doing odd things in the outside with horses, snow, fire, frilly leather jackets, dirty T-shirts and gloves.…
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Sooo I Don’t Know Shit About Black Panther. I Can’t Wait to See It With Y’all, Though
I think it’s time that I come clean about something that’s been eating at my soul food for the past, I don’t know, six months. Dear Black Community, I do not know jack shit about Black Panther, Wakanda, Makes Me Wanna T’Challa or pretty much anything related to the entire story being turned into a…
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I Can’t Get the Starter Earrings Out of My Ear, Which I Know Is a Dumb Problem, but It’s Still a Problem
Bad Boys II is a very good bad movie. Lots of shit blows up and Will Smith wears a fun shade of purple for a meeting to tell Gabrielle Union to fall back. Either way, this movie is forever seared into my memory for one super-memorable scene: Johnny Tapia is trying to move millions of…
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A Prayer of Congregation for Those of Us Who’ve Made It to the Super Bowl Without Watching the NFL All Season
If you know like I know, bow your heads. Dear 8-pound, 6-ounce, newborn baby Jesus, don’t even know a word yet, just a little infant, so cuddly but still omnipotent, I come to you with a prayer of silent struggle. For it is only by your grace that I and many like myself have managed…
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Beyoncé With Snacks on Deck for Blue Ivy Is Proof That Parenting Is the Same No Matter Who You Are
I have three kids, two of whom are under 3 years old. This means that whenever we go ANYWHERE, I have to have a few things on deck: diapers, wipes, a first-aid kit of some sort, snacks, and water or juice. You can get away with water for a while, but once your little ones…
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SZA Got Robbed for That Best New Artist Grammy, and I Feel a Way About This
On Sunday night, at the 60th Grammy Awards celebration, held in New York City, Solana Rowe, better known to the world as SZA, was robbed. SZA, the Top Dawg Entertainment-signed singer whose debut album, Ctrl, was released June 9, 2017, was nominated for five Grammy Awards and walked away with none. I found myself caring…
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10 Songs to Help You Start Your Morning Off on the Good Foot
It doesn’t take much to get me out of bed in the morning. I don’t need “a few more minutes” or anything. My alarm clock goes off and I hop up out of my bed and turn my swag on. I hit the showers, try to tiptoe around so as not to wake up my…
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Would You Be Here for a Martin Reboot?
Admittedly, I’m an avowed ’90s stan. Most of my favorite musical projects came out in the ’90s. My favorite television show, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, is a time capsule of ’90s music, fashion and culture. My favorite black movies are mostly from the ’90s. I even throw a monthly dance party in Washington, D.C.,…
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10 Reasons Why Mr. Church Is the Most Magical Negro Who Ever Magically Negro’d
In 2016, there was a whole lot of hubbub when the trailer for the Eddie Murphy-helmed movie Mr. Church hit the streets. It’s a movie based on a story by Susan McMartin and the time she spent with her own real-life Mr. Church. It looked like a film where Eddie was playing a pantheon-level Magical…
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Harvey J’s Henny Fried Chicken Is the Blackest Thing I’ve Ever Seen This Week (Possibly for Every Week … Ever)
If you’re on Facebook, there’s a better-than-50 percent chance that your eyes have seen the blackness glory. When the good Lord said, “Let there be a people of color with feet adorned in Jordans and homes full of TCB,” he was speaking of his plans to imbue one nigga named Harvey J—a COMPLETE wizard with…
