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July 21, 2009 at 9:00am

By Summer M.

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Let’s Gogh Again (and Again and Again)

Yesterday (July 20) was Muhsinah’s birthday. As a gift, The Golden Girl offered The Oscillations: Square, a 13-track digital exclusive, to her loyal fan base. I’m two tracks in, and I love it already. With Muhsinah, it never takes much. I heart her now and forever.

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July 20, 2009 at 9:36pm

By alexm

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Topics: Empowerment, Media, Music, Women

The Beauty of Perserverance

As I was perusing twitter the other day, I came across the following link that was posted by @afrobella. The video is of Lauryn Hill performing at the Apollo in 1987, getting boo’d off stage (yes back in the day you could boo at kids). As a person who has chosen writing as her lifelong [...]

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July 9, 2009 at 3:31pm

By Supernerd

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Topics: Homophobia, Music, Women

Some Black women and gays love denegration?

As we prepare for CNN’s Black in America 2 (July 22nd & 23rd), let’s “keep it poppin’” with a discussion about some black women and black LGBT folks. In my experience, some women and black LGBT folks are into being disrespected. Disrespect for me ranges — from dancing and signing songs that screams: bitches, punk, sissy, battyman and [...]

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July 9, 2009 at 10:23am

By Leigh

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Topics: Music

Happy to Have Maxwell Back!

I’d been waiting for Maxwell’s return for what seemed like forever. Yesterday, after an eight-year hiatus, he released his fourth studio album, BLACKsummers’ night. This highly anticipated album is the first installment of a trilogy—the other two albums, which have already been named are set for release in 2010 and 2011. The second album, blackSUMMERS’ [...]

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July 7, 2009 at 2:59pm

By Summer M.

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Topics: Girls, Media, Michael Jackson, Music, Pop Culture, Women

A Word (or Several Hundred) on the BET Awards

It’s taken about a week for my feelings about the BET Awards to be articulated as something beyond, “I hate Debra Lee,” or “If Harriet Tubman got frequent flyer miles, she’s now really upset there weren’t more blackout dates,” or “Where’s Nat Turner and Denmark Vesey when you need them?”** or “How long before they [...]

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July 2, 2009 at 8:41am

By Summer M.

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Topics: Media, Michael Jackson, Music, Pop Culture

Black Man in the Mirror

Any of the following jargon can essentially be boiled down to this: I love Michael Joseph Jackson. Always have. Always will. I don’t dance, but I know how to moonwalk. (Don’t ask. I won’t do it for you. You’ll just have to ask my mama or one of the homies if you don’t believe me.) [...]

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July 1, 2009 at 8:18pm

By stephanie

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Topics: Michael Jackson, Music, Pop Culture

On Michael

My weekend was amazing and bittersweet. Everywhere I went, people were celebrating Michael Jackson. Friday night, my 21 year old cousin and I went to the Lupe Fiasco concert at the Chicago Theatre. Lupe is one of the most high energy rappers. He danced, jumped, and preened onstage – a couple of times jumping so [...]

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July 1, 2009 at 11:03am

By Leigh

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Topics: Music, Pop Culture

The Musician and the Music – Should We Separate the Two?

Last week, as the news of Michael Jackson’s death spread, I noticed that people’s reactions were very different. I got word that he was in the hospital on my Facebook news feed and immediately flipped back and forth between CNN and ABC News, waiting for the rumors of his death to be confirmed. I kept [...]

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June 29, 2009 at 3:51pm

By Fallon

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Topics: BET, capitalism, Community, consumption, Media, Michael Jackson, Music, Pop Culture

The Feasting of Michael Jackson’s Flesh

I am deeply troubled by the buffoonery of the 2009 Black Entertainment Television Award Show where “blackness” guaranteed BET’s ownership of honoring Michael J. Jackson’s life. Of course, there is an endless laundry list of technical, sexist, homophobic, and simply tone death performances that I could blog about. However, the most compelling issue for me [...]

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June 29, 2009 at 2:03am

By Supernerd

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Topics: Homophobia, Music

Bow Wow vs B-Scott: HipHop homophobia

Black Men being Hard together In mid-April 2009, Little Bow Wow told a “funny story”, which was over a live web-chat, about not wanting to get his haircut by a barber that he assumed was gay. His comments sparked some controversy among gay media when his remarks were leaked. One such critique came from [...]

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