Blogs 
Chris Yuscavage
Where's My Ball
Sports and life - in that order.
Barkley, Wade and T-Mobile Win Agai...
Most great ideas for commercials get old after a month or two. Lately, sports ones haven't. The Coors Light joints using the old press conference clips from various NFL coaches are still getting better. And so are the T-Mobile ads featuring Dw...(more)
Jalylah Burrell
Hello, Babar
Seattle-bred, Brooklyn-based cultural critic Jalylah Burrell riffs on anything and everything.
Revive Da Live: Live Music Advocate...
"I listen to a lot of music y'all, don't mind me," announced Large Professor two Thursdays ago from the stage of New York City's Le Poisson Rouge. The noted producer and rapper co-headlined Revive Da Live's inaugural flagship concert series an...(more)
Mark Anthony Neal
Critical Noir
Is Michelle Obama's "Ass" Off Limit...
At the crux of Erin Aubrey Kaplan's humorous and cute Salon.com essay, "First Lady Got Back," is the simple admission that Michelle Obama--and by extension the First Family Obama--represent a "realness" that hasn't existed in Washington politi...(more)
Jeff Chang
zentronix d+h
politrix :: parties + bulls%!t...
It's A New Day...
Throughout the north side of Pittsburgh, one of the city's three major Black districts, they lined up before dawn, hundreds deep in the 47-degree weather as if they were waiting for history to be made. Even after the polling places opened into a...(more)
Erika Ramirez
Roses y Handcuffs
Music, Lit, and Love in the City of Angels
If I Were a Boy...
Beyonce unveils her video for "If I Were a Boy," being one of two tracks (other being "Single Ladies") that flowed through the air waves this past week. The video, holding slight resemblance to B's "Irreplaceable," is in black and white, which ...(more)
Danyel Smith
Everything is Everything
An inside look into the world of VIBE's Editor in Chief.
I'm at twitter...
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Humanity Critic
The Nappy Diatribe
One man's throat-chopping reportage.
Johnson&Jonson "Up All Night"...
You know that a song is pretty good when you completely forget what you were doing before the tune started. Moments after witnessing my old man snatched from the mortal coil, to this day I can still hear that flat-lining sound in my quietest m...(more)
Oliver Wang
Side Dishes
O-Dub's Weekly Serving of Soul
ILLA J: THE OTHER YANCEY...
Illa J: Timeless Illa J: All Good From Yancey Boys (Delicious Vinyl, 2008) I have to admit - there's something just slightly unsettling about the younger brother of the late J-Dilla releasing an album, featuring all Jay Dee beats...(more)
Jozen Cummings
Speak Easy
Vibe's online editor blogs for himself and others
If Girls Could Be Boys...
I've been chewing on Beyoncé's "If I Were A Boy" for a good minute now. From the moment I heard the ballad, something about it rubbed me the wrong way, and I couldn't quite put my finger on it. But thank goodness for Shawn Stockman's remake. Al...(more)
Sean Fennessey
RapidShare
Breaking it down, one single at a time.
Live: Lil Wayne Rocks Out, Jay-Z Br...
Power 105.1's Powerhouse Concert Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo, D-Block Izod Center October 28, 2008 To look at Jay-Z and Lil Wayne's set lists from last night's performance in beautiful New Jersey's Izod Center wouldn't reveal much. Both artists--p...(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.
Pure Smokey...
So I thought meeting Jay-Z and having him smoothly declare, "I have a thing for tall girls," to me at the VIBE anniversary photo shoot was my ultimate VIBE moment, but last Wednesday, Sept. 17, all that changed. I had the opportunity and honor ...(more)
The Ultimate 100
100 sites we hit up every day
Hip Hop UpdateAfronerd Radio
Annansi Chronicles
The Hip-Hop Chess Federation
The Hip-Hop Chess Federation Blog
Crunk & Disorderlya
Gabe Said "We're Into Movements"
Oh Word
Free Darko
Concrete Loop
What About Our Daughters
Guanabee
Racialicious
Black and Missing But Not Forgotten
Latin Gossip
Nah Right
Young, Black and Fabulous
Bossip
Catchdubs
The Stencil
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: Jeff Chang
Cocaine, Blunts and Hip Hop Tapes
D-Nice
Notes from a Different Kitchen
She Real Cool
Soul Sides
Wayne and Wax
Uggh... Nice Watch
Black and Missing But Not Forgotten
Houston So Real
Lynne D. Johnson
Dallas Penn
Davey D
Lyrical Swords: Adisa Banjoko
Dub CNN
dj / rupture
Just Blaze
Hua Hsu
OnSmash
Afrobella
Pop Matters
Thoughts of An Angry Black MF
Daily Views, Pop Culture, Rants and News
Afronerd
Gridskipper
Counterpunch
Metal Lungies
Wizz Nutz
Jezebel
Scoop Jackson
Roy G. Johnson
Gilbert Arenas
LA Lakers blog by Flea of Red Hot Chilli Peppers
TV Tattle
Fashionista
I Am Weblog
The Futon Critic
DListed
Toshi, Chris & Angela on the Rhapsody Blog
Kanye West
Flor y Canto
Pop Licks
Loteria Chicana
Clay Cane
?uestlove
Real Talk NY
Black in Business
Tyra Banks
The Smoking Section
Funky Brown Chick
Ill Doctrine
BlackProf
Average Bro
New Jack Swing 4Ever
tcritic.com
TalkingPointsMemo
Hustlenomics 101
Wolrd Up: International Hip Hop Collective
Sandra Rose
Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network
Shiny Shiny
Turntable Lab
Sneaker Freaker
StyleSlut
Blackflix.com
Okayplayer
Bomani Jones
The 50 Million Pound Challenge
National Alliance for Hispanic Health
BlackHealthCare.com
Forward Ever
Model Minority: Thugs, Feminists & Boom-Bap
Angry Asian Man
Village Slum
DJ Technics' Baltimore Club Tracks
The Satorialist
The Fashion Bomb
Chic and Untroubled
Around the Way Girls
Mama's International Secret Society (M.I.S.S.)
Pop + Politics
New American Media
Art Crimes
Bookslut
Chanfles!
Hype Beast
Dawson Promotions