Very Smart Brothas
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Yep, Guys Really Are Just As Messy As We Claim Women Are
Monday nights in my life are good for two things: vh1’s Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta and Hit The Floor (and now apparently Atlanta Exes). They provide just the right balance of ratchet and “WTF did I just see on my television” to keep me balanced, especially in the wake of the past week’s on-going and non-stop…
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Video: John Oliver's Take On What's Happening in Ferguson, MO
Full disclosure: I’m a huge fan of John Oliver. I watch Last Week Tonight because it’s such a good show to me. His monologue segments are informative, engaging, entertaining, and well researched. John Oliver, a foreigner mind you, seems to get it. Especially when it comes to whats happening in Ferguson, Missouri. For most of…
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Unsettling Sunscreen PSA Puts People In Ultraviolet Light
A recent sunscreen PSA manages to be both enlightening and super uncomfortable…all while managing to keep a healthy hipstery glow and a sense of muted quirkiness made to leave you feeling warm inside. If it makes you feel any better, the puns will be the least stressful part of your next couple minutes. The video…
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Police Assassinate Michael Brown's Character. Then Say They're Not Assassinating His Character.
Earlier today, it was reported, along with video, that Michael Brown was the primary suspect in a convenience store robbery before being fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson. He, and eye-witness to the shooting Dorian Johnson, allegedly robbed a store of a box of Swisher Sweets and on the way out of the store,…
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On J. Cole's "Be Free" and Hip-Hop In Times of Protest
One thing I have stopped doing over the years is looking at hip-hop artists to be a voice for our social conscious. Of course when things in Ferguson, Missouri started getting out of control I had a quick thought: “What’s Nelly going to do?” But I dismissed it as quick as it entered my head.…
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Negro Supercriminal Michael Brown Apparently Deserved To Die
This title is not hyperbole. There is also no sarcasm here. Well, let me rephrase that. For rational, clear-thinking, and thoughtful people, the sentiment expressed in the title is not true. This is also not true for Americans — Black, White, whoever — who’ve learned not to believe everything — or, in some cases, anything…
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R. Kelly, World's Weirdest, Most Disgusting Human, Releases Bump N Grind Remix Video/Cologne
Robert Kelly’s record company recently released a remix to his Bump N Grind video about a nerd who transforms into a dancing machine after spraying — wait for it — Bump N Grind Cologne on himself. Of, course the cologne intrigued me more than the video, so I had to ponder a bit on what I think Bump N Grind…