Music
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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Season 2: Episode 10 Recap
Last week I took a bit of a flyer on the recap by “talking” to Shanda about why she wanted so badly to get back on that pole. Luckily, this week, we got to SEE her on that pole – as God intended, apparently – though we only got the PG version considering, ya know,…
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Ben Carson Released A Hip-Hop Ad. It Is Some Shit.
Hey African Americans, Ben Carson is targeting you. He has a radio ad out now that’s intended to reach urban demographics. Uh oh. You know what this means. Dammit. And of course it’s as bad as you think it would be because it’s EXACTLY what you think it is. In case you weren’t sure just…
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This Generation’s R&B Music is Asswater. Stop Paying For It.
A couple weeks ago, while driving to Ann Arbor for the homecoming of my alma mater University of Michigan, Donny Hathaway’s “A Song For You” popped up on the shuffle. He didn’t write the song, but he made the definitive version; much like with Isaac Hayes’ “By The Time I Get to Phoenix” or Luther…
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An Exclusive (Totally Real) Interview With Shanda (Willie's Wife) From LHH Hollywood About Getting Back On The Pole
One thing we have here at VSB is amazing connections. After last night’s airing of Love & Hip Hop Hollywood’s Episode 9 (we’ll get to a full episode recap later), we we were able to reach out to Willie’s wife, Shanda, to see if we could talk to her about her decision to get back on…
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Adele Is Coming For You Even Though You Didn't Send For Her
Unless you live under a rock, you probably heard and saw Adele’s new song and video for her first single off the upcoming November release, 25, entitled “Hello”. She’s coming for you. She’s coming for me. She’s coming for us all. Adele saw that Taylor Swift was set to gross (on average) a million dollars a…
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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Season 2: Episode 7 Recap
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan listen. I don’t even have a good lead in for this episode except that all I kept seeing in my mind when Miles told Amber that he was bisexual was this: That was effectively Amber’s reaction. But let’s back up for a bit. When we last left our unsuper villain, Miles, he was at the…
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Dear Jayceon "The Game" Taylor: We Know You're Not Gangbanging Anymore, So Stop Pretending
Hey there, Jayceon. Can I call you Jay? J.T., perhaps? Let me start by saying that I love your music. You’ve been consistent for a decade now, your ear for beats is impeccable, your industry connections are amazing, and I’ve looked past your hackneyed conspiracy theories and the fact that you drop names on wax…
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Things Drake Does In The "Hotline Bling" Vid That Men Not Named Drake Can Never Do
Yesterday, Drake released a video to “Hotline Bling.” The song, the video, and the reaction to the song and video is quintessential Drake. It is perhaps the most quintessentially Drake thing Drake has ever done, which is saying something because everything Drake does is quintessentially Drake. What exactly does quintessentially Drake mean, you ask? Well, quintessentially Drake means that if literally…
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The Game's "The Documentary 2" Is The Album I Wish Kendrick Lamar Would Have Released
I know that sounds absurd. But follow me. Kendrick Lamar dropped a seminal work in To Pimp A Butterfly, a work so full of Blackness and filled with so many musical styles and elements that even if you don’t love it you have to appreciate and respect his ability to articulate his worldview in his…