30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 17: Queen Latifah, 'Ladies First'Queen Latifah’s video for her single, “Ladies First,” has stayed with me since the first time I saw it, probably…ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 18, 2020
30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 16: 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre, 'California Love'June 16 is Tupac Amaru Shakur’s birthday. Today—June 16, 2020—he’d be 49 years old. Since it’s Tupac’s birthday and…ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 16, 2020
30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 15: Cameo, 'Word Up!'One day, Cameo will get the documentary they truly deserve. One trip through their video archives makes want to know…ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 15, 2020
30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 14: The Roots 'What They Do'The mid-to-late 90s ushered in an era of opulence in hip hop. While Sean “Puffy” Combs gets most of the credit for…ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 14, 2020
30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 13: Michael Jackson, 'Thriller'I mean, I couldn’t “well duh” think of a video any harder than this one. “Thriller” is probably the most iconic…ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 13, 2020
The Root Jams Weekly (6/12/2020): 'A Roller Skating Jam Named Blackness'Its Black Music Month, and summer is on the way. One of the funnest old school summer night activities was going to…ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 12, 2020
30 Days of Iconic Video Music Blackness With VSB, Day 12: Juvenile 'Ha'I first saw the video for Juvenile’s “Ha” on Rap City in, maybe, October 1998. I was sitting on my couch in my house…ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 12, 2020
30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 11: Ciara 'Oh'You and I both know exactly why this video is on the list: the car scene. And here’s how fucking iconic that car…ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 11, 2020
30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 10: D'Angelo 'Untitled (How Does It Feel)'There are no-brainers and then there are no-brainers. This one: is a no-brainer. ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 10, 2020
30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 9: Eddie Murphy 'Party All the Time'Eddie Murphy singing was a thing in the ‘80s. And not just a random thing. He released three music albums. While…ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 9, 2020
30 Days of Iconic Video Blackness With VSB, Day 8: Total, 'Kissin' You'I like Total, always have. Their brand of interesting-note sonics always appealed to me as a person who couldn’t…ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 8, 2020
A Thoughtful Rumination on Lawmakers' Performative Wearing of Kente Stoles to Unveil the Justice in Policing Act of 2020SMH.ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 8, 2020
30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 7: TLC, 'Waterfalls'To call TLC’s “Waterfall” video iconic is almost underselling it. This award-winning video owned MTV back when that…ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 7, 2020
30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 6: Rick James & Smokey Robinson 'Ebony Eyes'Have you ever watched something so ridiculous that it becomes both perfect and almost life-changing? That for me is…ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 6, 2020
30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 5: Missy Elliott 'The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)'Let’s go ahead and get a few facts out of the way about Missy Elliot’s song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly).” For one, the…ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 5, 2020
The Root Jams Weekly (6/5/2020): 'Say Her Name'Breonna Taylor would be 27 years old today. Unfortunately, she is now with the ancestors, cut down prematurely by a…ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 5, 2020
30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 4: Jade, 'Don't Walk Away'Jade’s video for “Don’t Walk Away” is one of those joints that you could toss into a 90s time capsule, open it 50…ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 4, 2020
30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 3: The Whispers, 'Keep On Lovin' Me'This video perfectly reflects black cool...and I love it.ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 3, 2020
9 Observations About the Video of the News Anchor Getting Hit By a Flying Hennessy Bottle In CincinnatiLet me start by saying that I neither encourage nor condone violence towards anybody (who doesn’t deserve it),…ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 3, 2020
30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 2: Janet Jackson, 'Rhythm Nation'When I think of iconic music videos, several come to mind. Janet Jackson is responsible for several of them. While…ByPanama JacksonPublishedJune 2, 2020