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Why Gospel Rap Struggles for Acceptance
“…people ask for God, ’til the day he comes/see God’s face, turn around and run/God sees the face, of the man/God shakes his head, says he’ll never understand…” ~ Dice Raw of The Roots, “Understand” …and then you shoot your cousin I’m not a fan of gospel rap. Well most of it anyway. I’ve listened to…
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Swagger Wagon: Here's How I Like My Cultural Appropriation
By now, I’m sure most people have seen the commercial/video for the 2015 Toyota Sienna minivan. It features a new version of the Sienna family (The Neuberts) from the original “Swagger Wagon” video from 2010. There’s one big difference between the 2010 version and this latest 2014 version. The 2014 version is exactly how I like my cultural…
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10 Thoughts About Beyoncé's Remix of "Flawless"
1. I found out that there was a remix to “Flawless” – one of my favorite Beyonce songs because it had me saying “I woke up like dis” for months – at exactly 5pm on Sunday, August 3, 2014. I’m guessing this was 17 hours after it dropped online. At the time of my first…
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Why I Love Natural Hair
[I’m speaking on a panel entitled, The Men’s Perspective Panel, on Sunday, August 3, about men’s opinions on women and natural hair. I figured I might as well get a few thoughts out in advance spread my wings a bit. The panel is apart of the Naturalista Hair Show happening in Silver Spring, MD, on…
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The Thing About Relationship Panels
Last night, I was apart of a relationship panel in DC. It was the focal point of a larger event called The Loves Jones Cafe which featured some spoken word poets and a live performance from my boo and yours, Teedra Moses, to bring it to a close. For quite some time now, I’ve strayed…
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Artists Who Probably Only Listen To Their Own Music
I listen to a lot of comedy stations via Sirius XM in my car. There’s tons of comedy bits by a gazillion comedians and its a great way to kill an hour or two. Well, there was a particular bit by Aziz Ansari talking about the time Kanye West invited him to his house, presumably in…
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#ThatsSo90s: Jade – Don't Walk Away
While perusing this list on Buzzfeed entitled, “14 Forgotten R&B Girl Groups” I decided to listen to one of my favorite songs of the 90’s, Jade’s “Don’t Walk Away” via YouTube. This video is hilarious on many levels, which we’ll get to, but it’s also EXTREMELY 90’s. What do I mean by that? I mean…
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VSB Interviews: Tonja and Berook Bring you CINEMA BUN!
Every now and then something new (no Sanaa Lathan) hits the scene that heals the world and makes it a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race. Cinema Bun is not one of those things. *rimshot* What it is, however, is a new podcast brought to you by some of…
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The Kind of #Columbusing I Don't Mind
There’s been a lot of discussion about “columbusing” or effectively the art of people (read: white people) claiming to discover shit that has already been common knowledge to others. Like braids. And jazz. And well, the world. You know, like how America got “founded” when there were people already here. It’s that imperialist bullshiggedy. But…
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#NerdStuff: They Killin' Archie Out Here. Hide Your Kids.
I came across an article today about a comic strip that I used to read pretty religiously as a youth. It turns out that they’re going to kill of Archie Andrews from Life of Archie pretty soon. Whatever will Betty and Veronica do? This blew my mind. Hell, I didn’t even know the comic strip was…
