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No Shots? Everybody Is A Winner at the 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards*

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
  Editor's Note: Ang and I love men. Trouble is, sometimes (and I'm mostly speaking for myself) we don't know what's going on in their, er um, big heads. That's were Tony Grands from Reading & Writing is For Dumb People comes in. We've been thinking about adding another voice to Proper Talks for awhile now; why not let it drip testosterone? Of course we've invited Grands to conversate with us for… Read More

The “Phattest Rapper” Out

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Yes, yes, this is another Common post. But this features some vintage Common, so it's a little different, right? Eh, whatever. Here a younger, finer Rashid, still going by the name Common Sense, is interviewed on BET on a show called Video LP. They're discussing songs from Can I Borrow a Dollar?, so I imagine this is 1992-ish. That would make me 7-ish years old at the time. Good. Lawd. Anywho, I thought it was interesting hearing Common talk about his sound and explain his reasoning behind Heidi Hoe, arguably the most misogynist song he's ever… Read More

L.L. Cool J….In a Suit!

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

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Viacom’s New Network for Black Grown-Ups. I Smell a Fail.

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
  [caption id="attachment_2631" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Will Harlem Heights be "Centric" material?? Let's hope not."]Will Harlem Heights be "Centric" material?? Let's hope not.[/caption]     Viacom wants to crush compete with Kathy Hughes' TV One (aka the only channel my momma watches religiously). I guess they figured out that most of the young people who are entertained by the… Read More

BET Tries to Tap Into “Bourgie” Black Life…Again

Friday, February 20th, 2009
It's "Baldwin Hills" for the grown and sexy crowd. Yeah...I don't even know how to feel about it.  
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His Name Wale, You Probably Know Him From the Rap

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

I wasn't going to post this newly released video for y'all because this song is extra old (it was actually released last November), but Angela shot me a text message saying I should because she knows Wale is my dude.  Her words, not mine, but I do love this guy.   After one mixtape Wale got me to do what Kramer and 'em never could - enjoy Seinfeld.  Now my ipod is full of Wale mixtapes and features.   Old or not, "Nike Boots"  is still probably… Read More