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Jeff Chang

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politrix :: parties + bulls%!t...

Vibe.com@DNC :: Day 3: The Battle O...

Wednesday was the day that the party and its discontents decided to party. At highly exclusive big-donor events, the Black Eyed Peas and Fergie rocked a prObama concert for the entertainment industry foundation, The Creative Coalition, while K...(more)


Shirea L. Carroll

Invite Only

Industry Events, Lessons, Shine, and Nonsense. For those new and old to the industry, who want the real story.

The Realest Dude in the Room...

Shirea and Young Jeezy it's the only way to go...and so...I did. Last night, August 26, 2008, at New York City's Blender Theatre I went into the standing room only venue on a mission to see why the hood thinks Jeezy is soooo real. Here's the be...(more)


Jalylah Burrell

Hello, Babar

Seattle-bred, Brooklyn-based cultural critic Jalylah Burrell riffs on anything and everything.

Getting it Wrong: Class Commentary...

In advance of Michelle Obama's address to the Democratic National Convention last night, Jezebel published a post forecasting it's impact titled: "Michelle Obama At The DNC: An Opportunity To Define Barack, The Black Middle Class." The pull qu...(more)


Chris Yuscavage

Where's My Ball

Sports and life - in that order.

Baron Davis + Steve Nash = Step Bro...

The WTF? moment for today. (Worth watching. Seriously.)...(more)


Erika Ramirez

Roses y Handcuffs

Music, Lit, and Love in the City of Angels

I am her...

Daughter of two Mexican parents. Untamed curls (other than in the photo above) and three beauty marks over my upper lip. R&B kills me softly and sweetly. San Jose-bred, New York-unraveled, becoming in Los Angeles and all the while telling it how...(more)


Danyel Smith

Everything is Everything

An inside look into the world of VIBE's Editor in Chief.

Hall of Famers: Pt. 1 feat. Aretha ...

I put on a dress and went to the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame 2007 Induction Ceremony/Show last night. Hub wore a suit. I swear ... maybe it's the fact that the event took place in an old-fashioned, schmancy hotel (NYC's Waldorf Astoria), maybe ...(more)


Humanity Critic

The Nappy Diatribe

One man's throat-chopping reportage.

A Quick Take on Hillary's Conventio...

As much as I wanted this Democratic Convention to be all about Barack Obama, there were early indicators that every underlying storyline this week would be about one of the most famous pant-suit wearers ever - Hillary Clinton. If the American pu...(more)


Mark Anthony Neal

Critical Noir

Remembering the "Old Man"...

W. E. B. Du Bois died quietly in Accra, Ghana on August 27, 1963 at the age of 95. Du Bois had been living in Ghana for several years at the invitation of Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah. Du Bois's death marked not simply the end of an era an...(more)


Oliver Wang

Side Dishes

O-Dub's Weekly Serving of Soul

BROTHERMAN: SAVED AT LAST...

The Final Solution: I Don't Care The Final Solution: Brotherman From Brotherman OST (Numero Group, 2008) High school friends John Banks, Allen Brown, Darrow and Ronnie Kenney were one of many aspiring artists from Chicago hoping t...(more)


Jozen Cummings

Speak Easy

Vibe's online editor blogs for himself and others

Barack Star Power...

Last week, John McCain launched a "negative" attack on the stature of Barack Obama, which became all the rage for pundits on talk shows, blogs, and newspapers. For those who haven't seen it, check out the clip below. When I first saw the ad, ...(more)


Sean Fennessey

RapidShare

Breaking it down, one single at a time.

D'Angelo: The Exhumation...

D'Angelo: "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"(Album Version) from Voodoo D'Angelo: "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" (Single Version) from The Best So Far... D'Angelo: "She's Always In My Hair" (Prince Cover) from Scream 2 OST/The Best So Far... ...(more)

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