Very Smart Brothas
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A Case For Why Turkey Is A Trash Meat We Should Never Eat Again
Let’s just cut to the chase: Turkey is wack. It tastes like mashed printer paper and primetime CBS programming. Yet, every year we find the bird back on our tables on Thanksgiving, in the refrigerator on Black Friday, on a sad-ass turkey sandwich on Cyber Monday, and in the trash sometime after that. Before you…
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Ask Agatha: Boob Implants Vs Butt Implants And How Spades Teaches You How To Be An Adult
Asia from Brooklyn, NY asks: Who is your favorite TV couple? Ooooh. This is a hard one. I immediately want to say Martin and Gina. The most true to life relationship. A lot of shit talking. And a lot of affection. With most of the time everything just being cool. But then there’s Doug and…
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Laquan McDonald And The Slow Death Of Black Joy
This is how it happens. This is how it fucks you up. It’s Tuesday. It’s a little after 7pm EST. On most Tuesdays, at this time, I’m either walking my dog or feeding my dog before walking him. After walking the dog, I usually go to the gym. And then, after the gym, I pick…
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Cuffing While Celibate: Homie For The Holidays?
In conjunction with TVOne in support of the show, Born Again Virgin, we’re taking a look at the idea of cuffing while celibate during this “Cuffing Season”. Find out more about Born Again Virgin here! New episodes of Born Again Virgin premiere December 8 on TVOne! You know, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that cuffing…
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Babies Aren't Birth Control. Day Care Is Birth Control.
There really is no way to prepare for a baby. Not necessarily the baby itself, but the impending change to your life once you become a parent. It’s one of the few instances in life where you may think you know, but you truly have no idea. See, even though they know, show, and care…
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Maybe You're Single Because You're…Wait, Who Gives A Fuck?
Last week, we published “Maybe You’re Single Because You’re Wack” — a piece from Dustin Seibert articulating possible reasons why some of the more physically attractive and financially fit women in his sphere of influence seemed to be perpetually single. Like the rest of Dustin’s work on VSB, it was a long, verbose, and admittedly entertaining…
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An Interview With Independent Black Filmmaker Alton Glass
A few weeks back, I wrote a post entitled, “Dear Netflix, You Are A Liar”. In this post, I spoke about the Black movies that Netflix was alleging were popular that I found hard to believe. Now, as a cultural arbiter of Blackness, Black movies are my bag, baby, but still, lies are lies. Well,…
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Anthony Hamilton and the Blackest, Most Soulful, Most Beautiful Rendition of "Hotline Bling" Ever
Ever since Drake released “Hotline Bling,” we have been inundated with remake after remake. Some of them have been awesome, some of them have been interesting, one of them has even been anointed. But a couple of weeks ago I came across a “Hotline Bling” remake that deserves its own distinction as the blackest version…
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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Season 2: Episode 11 Recap
Well it’s another day, another dollar, back up in the heezy baby. And our favorite nincompoops out in Hollywood are up to their usual shenaniganery. So let’s get down to business, bitches. On this last episode of Love & Hip Hop Hollywood, there really are only like two things I can remember, which is sad…