My Grandmama thinks Obama may be the Anti-Christ because of how enamored his supporters are with him!! (myself included) after watching this video I can see where she’s coming from. Enjoy another Star Studded Video ( Cameos from Jessica Alba, Regina King, Tichina Arnold, Tyrese, George Lopez and a host of others that I either didn’t know or just can’t remember), Courtesy of Will.I.Am- “We Are the Ones”
I do think it’s hot fire! I’m going to have “O-bama, Obama” stuck in my head for a while. Dang it! I just stopped humming “Yes We Can!” yesterday!
This young man is informed about his candidate! You should be too. Knowledge is hot!! I felt like testifying after I watched this! in this political season, so filled with passion and “emotion” ( I never imagined we’d all be using that word like a curse word) it’s nice to hear somone who speaks from knowlege and logic. No matter who you vote for, have your stuff together! Use him as an example,and use the interviewer as an example of how not to engage in a political disscussion. He handled himself well!
I’m not telling you who to vote for, just showing you this great discourse!
So BET’s launching in the UK, and this British artist, Estelle is making a splash here in the U.S. Sounds like a good trade to me. I’m feeling the song and her style! And you know I love some Kanye!!!
Enjoy!!
This letter was featured on the Steve Harvey Morning show today. A friend of mine was so outraged that she asked me to post it to see what other people think about it. Is this the way men think about fidelity? Speak on it!!
DEAR STEVE,
WHATS UP MAN IM WRITING IN TODAY TO GET ANOTHER MALE PERSPECTIVE ON A SITUATION. I’VE BEEN MARRIED NOW FOR 11 YEARS AND I’VE CHEATED ON MY WIFE BEFORE WE GOT MARRIED, AND AFTER WE GOT MARRIED. WELL RECENTLY I’VE DECIDED TO STOP WITH ALL THE LIES AND CHEATING BECAUSE I’VE FATHERED 4 KIDS DURING MY MARRIAGE BY OTHER WOMEN, SO I DECIDED TO CONFESS MY SINS TO MY WIFE AND REPENT. WELL AFTER I DID SHE BROKE DOWN AND TOLD ME THAT SHE WANTED A DIVORCE, I DID THE USUAL BEGGING AND APOLOGIZING TO GET HER TO STAY, I EVEN PROMISED THAT WE CAN GO TO MARRIAGE COUNSELING TOGETHER. WELL I SLIPPED AGAIN BUT ONLY ONCE AND THAT WAS A WHILE AGO AND I HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL EVER SINCE, HOWEVER A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO MY WIFE OF 11 YEARS CAME TO ME AND TOLD ME THAT SHE’S PREGNANT, NOW THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT IF THE CHILD WAS MINE BUT I KNOW ITS NOT BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO SLEEP WITH ME EVER SINCE I TOLD HER ABOUT THE CHEATING SO WHEN SHE CAME TO ME AND TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT BY ANOTHER MAN I CLICKED. I GOT SO ENRAGED THAT I THREW HER AND ALL OF HER CLOTHES OUT, I TOLD HER I WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF ANOTHER MANS CHILD AND SINCE SHE HAD THE NERVE TO NOT ONLY CHEAT ON ME BUT TO DO IT WITH NO PROTECTION THEN SHE NEEDS TO GO AND BE WITH HIM!!! NOW DON’T GET ME WRONG YES I DID DO THE EXACT SAME THING MORE THAN ONCE HOWEVER SHE DON’T EVEN KNOW ABOUT MY OUTSIDE KIDS THAT I FATHERED SO SHE CAN’T EVEN BRING THAT UP. BESIDES ITS DIFFERENT FOR A MAN TO CHEAT THAN A WOMAN, SHE WAS SUPPOSE TO BE MY WIFE AND BE MY WIFE AND BE FAITHFUL TO ME AND ME ONLY. I SUSPECTED HER OF CHEATING THOUGH BECAUSE WE WAS A COUPLE THAT HAD TO HAVE SEX AT LEAST 5 TIMES A WEEK AND AFTER I CONFESSED SHE DIDN’T WANT TO DO IT ANYMORE. ANYWAY STEVE MAN PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK I SHOULD DO BECAUSE AFTER I TOLD MY MOMMA WHAT HAPPENED SHE CURSED ME OUT AND TOLD ME THAT IM NO SON OF HERS, BUT I EXPECTED THAT REACTION FROM A WOMAN, SO STEVE MAN-TO-MAN WHAT DO YOU THINK? AM I WRONG? BESIDES BACK IN THE DAY MEN USE TO HAVE 10 AND 15 DIFFERENT WIFES AND I SAID I WAS SORRY!
Well what do you think? is there a double standard when it comes to fidelity? is it justified??
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Special thanks to Mr. Keyz for that hot Album Review ( “How Disciplined is Ms. Jackson”), my Hllywood Hottie, Dblackness and all of my friends and facebook buddies for the support!!!
Because I Absolutely LOVE this Song I couldn’t resist posting it!
our Star is none other than Zoe Kravitz, Daughter of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet ( You know, Denise from the Cosby Show). Everyone’s got there own idea on what the Video is about. Feel free to post yours. ENJOY!
Sometimes it seems like we form opinions that other people just don’t seem to share. It seems like the world just doesn’t see eye to eye with you. Well I’m going to share my unpopular opinions. I hope they make you laugh and I encourage you to do the same!
I think the “Oscars” suck! I just watch the pre-shows for the clothes. It’s just a bunch of pretentious people getting excited about pretentious movies, which most people haven’t watched and wouldn’t have watched if they hadn’t been nominated. The best celebs in attendance are not even nominated for anything. Not to mention the excruciating lack of diversity that plagues the awards. Of course there have been a few times when minorities get a little shine, but lunar eclipses happen more often.
Rihanna better to learn to either sing better or learn to dance better. Right now she’s mediocre at both. Please don’t confuse this as hating, this is an observation. Entertainers with long lasting careers are either really great singers ( Patti, Whitney, Gladys) or really super Dancers ( Janet). She needs to choose one or her career will be headed down Ashanti lane(where is she by the way?)
Gary Bussey’s really funny, in a scary, stalker kind of way.
That “Smell yo ****”song (by Bartow Florida’s Riskay) is hilariously sad. Why would you be with someone who’s behavior is so lackluster that you’re compelled to smell his privates?? This ain’t CSI !! Have male/ female relationships gotten this sad?? I mean really?
Most rappers and rap songs display symptoms of manic depression.
I miss the good ole Bush Debates! Although I sleep easy knowing that the Bush Administration is almost over, those debates provided so a lot of hilarious quotes, like “I mean, there needs to be a wholesale effort against racial profiling, which is illiterate children.” (Presidential Debate #2, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Oct. 11, 2000)
Share your unpopular opinion!!! Please keep it clean offensive (vulgar, racist etc) crap will be removed.
P.S- Don’t get on here acting all pissed for no reason! this is all in fun, you’re not supposed to agree with me, that’s why the opinions are unpopular!
So the Pop diva that is Janet Jackson rolls out her tenth effort this week in the form an electronic laced Discipline.Signs of a revived Jackson surface with the album’s first single; “Feedback” helmed by Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins. The high energy continues to one of the album’s jewels, the very infectious “Luv”(also Darkchild produced). It’s obvious from the very beginning that Janet yearns to return to her dance roots this “go round”.
Although the absence of longtime collaborators Jam & Lewis from this effort is evident, one signature still remains; very accommodating interludes. Unlike some of the interludes from Janet’s previous album “Damita Joe”, these actually help guide the album and add to its appeal. One downside is that some of the tracks used in the interludes sound like they should replace certain ballads on the project. Also, still in effect is Jackson’s sexed up song lyrics. One may have thought the name Discipline would be similar to the statement Jackson was trying to make with Control (especially after a dismal performance of it’s 20-year anniversary disc that graced our shelves in 06), but that notion is thrown out the window once the first lyric of the Dominatrix themed title track hits the ears. Despite its raunchiness and constant calling out to “Daddy”, The Neyo pinned slow jam actually makes the list of stand out tracks on the album. I can see closet freaks jamming this on the low everywhere.
All in all Discipline is a very solid album with classic Jackson moments and a hint of new direction as well.Unfortunately some of the new direction does fall flat in a few areas, but the classic moments show that Janet’s still got it to a certain extent. If you’re a Janet fan, this is definitely a disc you want to cop for 08.
Stand out tracks:“Luv”,“Can’t B Good”, “Discipline”, and “Curtains”
Black History month is almost over and soon the programs, forums, discussion groups and special events will pretty much be over until next year’s Martin Luther King Day. This month was filled with deep probing discussions about the state of black life in America. We gathered in our classrooms, forums, churches, lodges, and fraternity or sorority houses.We piled into university lecture halls, and conference centers, and banquet dinning rooms to talk about African Americans and economics, class, gender, and health care and we asked which presidential candidate would really do what’s best for the community. Then we combine all of our degrees, and doctorates, professional experience and common sense and ask, “What’s wrong with the rest of the Negroes?” During the rest of the year, we read “Losing the Race”, Tavis Smiley’s “Covent with black America” and Bill Cosby’s “Come on People” and we continue to question what’s wrong with the rest of the Negroes? Why are our kids doing so poorly in school? Why are so many of our men put in prison? Why are those people in the mall so crude? Why don’t our people listen to the history, statistics, and change? WHY?Without fail the conversations turn to the same issues, closing the economic disparity gap, black on black crime, the state of young black men, single mothers, and the impact of negative images on young black people. I saw it at local events that I attended and on Tavis Smiley’s “State of the Black Union.” Almost every conversation touches on what’s wrong with our society and how the information should be shared with everyone so that we can grow and improve the overall status of African Americans. We all exchange ideas and cheer each other on ad we inform ourselves on the best way to empower ourselves. We all leave or turn off our TV’s feeling energized.And yet nothing really changes maybe it’s because one very important element is usually missing when we discuss the plight of poor, young, or uneducated blacks: poor black people, young black people or uneducated black people. I have heard some really great speeches of inspiration for young people and in a room where only five people were younger than 30. I’ve seen some really great presentations about the importance of education for a group of college educated individuals, and opinion changing arguments on why/how the media’s influence is negatively affecting our kids in a room with no actual kids in sight. I know, I know what you’re thinking. “State of the Black Union” was aired in TV they could watch it just as well as I did”, “Books are free at the library why don’t they go read them?” That discussion forum was advertised in the public, everyone knew about it” and so we blame. It’s there fault that we can’t all progress.Come on! How many people watch Cspan on a Saturday morning? Wouldn’t more young people have been reached if it had aired on “BET”?Come On People and the ”Covenant” had messages that were targeted towards young and/or poor blacks. But it’s a well known fact that many of our children in poorer neighborhoods are not reading at the right grade level. When a child doesn’t read well they stop reading all together and many times poor readers raise more poor readers. And yes many educational events are advertised, but how comfortable or appealing would an event be to you if it were held in a private organizations’ house? Would you want to come to an event that’s being held at a university if you don’t feel educated?We cannot continue to keep our rousing discussions in arenas that are only appealing the people that are like us. We have to learn to reach people all people where they are. Stop expecting them (depending on who you they are) to come to you! So many of us like to boast about being a part of DuBois’ “Talented Tenth” but we forget one very important part of DuBois theory. It’s the job of the “tenth” to pull up the other 90%. It’s time to take these messages of empowerment, history and change to the streets! Be the change you wish to see in your communities. Let’s make a plan of action to go out and positively affect our community. Jump out of your ivory towers and infest the hood with good! What should we do to better reach the community? Send me your ideas! Happy Black History Month!
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