Very Smart Brothas
Very Smart Brothas
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You Know, Leaving Him Is An Option, Too
“A lot of chicks really don’t have a choice, to be honest.” “Wait, what? How do you figure that?” “I mean, I’m just coming from a place where I know so many of my friends who are still smashing chicks on the side. If every chick threw their dude in the bushes for cheating, no…
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Horace Silver Dies, Song For My Father Lives Forever
As I write this, YouTube is open in another window. I’m listening to Song for My Father. If it were possible to create a list of songs I’ve heard the most times, this would definitely be on it. Because of my dad, of course. As I hear it now, my mind races back to when…
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Jason Whitlock, Greg Howard, And Speaking Around "Company"
Because of some mechanical issues, a Megabus trip last week from D.C. to Pittsburgh — a journey that’s usually six hours long — ended up lasting close to nine. Aside from spending an hour cursing my decision not to just drive to D.C. and back, I spent a good part of that trip reading Greg…
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VSB Presents: The #Blackestname in America Tournament, Round 1 Day 2
[If you haven’t done so already, download and print out the bracket to play along and see how well you do!] Welcome to day 2 of VSB’s Blackest Name in America tournament!! *handclaps and loud applause* When I see some of the names of the people in our beloved tournament here, the hook from the…
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Aaliyah's Family Says "No" To Aaliyah Biopic, For…Reasons
1. The family — represented by Barry Hankerson (her uncle and former manager) — is apparently pissed no one contacted them from Lifetime. Which is understandable. Shit, I get pissed when my fiancee uses my lotion without asking. But, he also says “The family is not opposed to a big, theatrical film, but thinks a TV…
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Seriously, Though. F*ck Robin Thicke
Look. I would be lying to you if I told you that the sight of a White man publicly debasing himself at the heels of a Black woman doesn’t put a little rooter in my tooter (I don’t even know what that means), but this shit has got to stop. If you haven’t heard, Robin…
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VSB Presents: The #BlackestName In America Tournament, Round 1 Day 1
Detroit. The first season of Frank’s Place. The second verse on Lift Every Voice and Sing. Frosted Flakes with added sugar. ?uestlove’s name. ?uestlove’s beard. Your auntie. Grape Kool-aid. Killah Priest. Every character Isaiah Washington has ever played. Delta Sigma Theta. Uncles named “Unc.” The list of things undeniably and unquestionably Black stretches from here to Gary,…
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i am not good in bed
***Editor’s note: VSB has partnered with Twitter book club #NRBR to regularly feature new authors. Hitting lead-off will be VSB Senior Writer Samantha Irby, whose collection of essays — Meaty — will be discussed by the club tonight at 9pm. If you want to join the discussion, look for the hashtag #NRBR.*** I AM NOT…
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Idris Elba Is Scary In "No Good Deed." (And His Accents Are Scarier!)
Idris Elba is in a new movie terrorizing a mother (Taraji P. Henson) and her daughter in their own home. In case you didn’t realize something terrible was about to happen when mom left her daughter in the kitchen unsupervised with a knife to answer the door, he suddenly ends up inside with them, and…plays…