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Is Alicia Keys the New Super Head? (Mashonda Speaks Out)

September 28th 2009

I mentioned this issue in passing the other day but due to recent developments I felt it necessary to really take a hard look at this whole Swizz Beatz/Alicia Keys/Mashonda love lust triangle. I’m really beginning to wonder why no one is calling out Alicia on some Karrine “Super Head” Steffans type stuff for her [...]

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You Better Upgrade Me (Why You Should Listen to Beyoncé)

September 24th 2009

If y’all don’t mind, I feel like trying something a little bit different today. Bare with me and I think you’ll get the message. Consider this an answer blog. Here goes… Mic check, 1, 2.
(Chorus)
Uh huh, you better listen to Beyoncé, girl. I ain’t never been no block and I don’t be’z the block, but [...]

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#50 I Fear For the Next Generation (Saving Our Grace)

September 15th 2009

I had planned to write something else tonight. Admittedly, it was going to be totally lighthearted and frivolous, as I try to keep it light for the second post of the day. However, I came across something that inspired me.
As I logged in to one of the many sites I peruse throughout the day I [...]

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#48 Late Start Strong Finish (Plus Lil Mama & Kanye)

September 14th 2009

Okay, yesterday I woke up to my biggest fear come true—my computer crashed. Luckily after running around the city all day I was able to get that resolved and retrieve all of my information. Today, I woke up to more drama. For the first time during Ramadan I overslept and didn’t wake up till 8am.
I’m [...]

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#16 Michael Jackson Never Spoke To Me (Until Now)

August 29th 2009

Michael Jackson would have celebrated his 51st birthday today. Maybe I’m alone but it’s actually hard for me to believe he was that old. I guess it makes sense when you actually think about, his career started when he was just five-years old and he was such a constant figure in the worlds of music [...]

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#14 What’s Your Favorite Rain Song? (Ode To The Rain)

August 28th 2009

I forget how old I was, but there was this song that I made about the rain. Actually, it really wasn’t a song, just one bar I would always say to myself as a kid on rainy days. I’m not sure what part of the world you’re in, but today is one of those rainy [...]

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Soundtrack to a Break Up (Part 3)

May 19th 2009

The beautiful thing about music—R&B in particular—is that there’s usually a song that can capture a specific moment in your life almost perfectly. The lyrics may not have anything to do with what you’re going through at all, but hearing certain songs can remind you of what you were doing at a particular time. For [...]

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Ciara Is a Cheap Date (Who Should’ve Paid?)

May 5th 2009

When I heard that Ciara’s new album, Fantasy Ride, was coming out today I was reminded of my first and only date with the pop diva. Technically, it was a chaperoned interview over dinner, but I’m calling it a date damn it. This is my fantasy ride so let me be. LOL.
Anyway, I was on [...]

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Could You Date a Little Person?

April 14th 2009

I was reading my homegirl Starr’s Television blog on BET.com the other day and found out that Plies was working on a new reality show called Goonette. Based on the foolish title, which evolved from Plies’ fascination with calling himself a Goon, I assumed this was yet another Of Love… type show. But in the [...]

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R.I.P. Big Pun (Was He Better Than Biggie?)

February 7th 2009

“I just lost a hundred pounds, I’m tryin’ to live, I ain’t goin’ nowhere, I’m stayin’ alive, baby…”
—Big Pun, “It’s So Hard,” 2000
Damn, it’s hard to believe but today marks nine years since Christopher “Big Pun” Rios passed away. As the first solo Latino rap artists to go platinum, Pun has his place in the [...]

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Jazi’s Back: Lions, Tigers & Bears

February 1st 2009

Shout out to the ladies over at Parlour Magazine for putting me on to this. My girl Jazmine Sullivan just dropped a new video for “Lions, Tigers & Bears,” one of the best songs off her debut album, Fearless. Faithful readers will know I’ve been President of the Jazmine Sullivan fan club from jump. [...]

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The Day Biggie Died (Rest in Peace/Live in War)

January 16th 2009

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you know that Notorious, the long awaited Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace biopic, is finally in theatres. Since I spoke on the film way back when in my “Sunday Movie Madness” when the trailer first dropped, I decided not to retread the same [...]

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