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New Year’s Eve Spin-Off of Valentine’s Day? Already been done.

Producers are already planning to capitalize on the massive success of “Valentine’s Day” with “New Year’s Eve,” another film sure to be packed with big name celebrities in revolving stories about trying to find love and happiness on a special night. First came the successes of “Love Actually” and then “He’s Just Not That Into You,” and now with [...]


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On My Mind: Beauty Mags Have it All Wrong

There’s a magazine I started grabbing off the newsstand recently, and now, it kinda makes me sick. It’s a fashion and lifestyle publication that targets young women with flashy covers of recognizable white women in bright party dresses and wind-swept hair. 
As someone who’s kind of a tomboy, reading this magazine has served as a monthly [...]


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Tune In: Nneka

 
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You’ve probably heard the progressive sounds of Nneka by now. If not, consider yourself officially pulled from underneath your rock.
This Nigerian-German singer and lyricist has been taking over stages, iPods, and Best New Artist lists since her debut U.S. release, Concrete Jungle, hit the masses this month. Check out this review courtesy of Okayplayer and [...]


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The Most Influential Albums by African-Americans

TheGrio.com, a “video-centric news community” documenting the African-American experience in partnership with NBC News, published a slideshow of the 25 most influential albums created by African-Americans. The feature spotlights Curtis Mayfield’s Super Fly, Dr. Dre’s The Chronic, and Rick James’ Street Songs among others.
Here’s a sample (along with some tunes from featured album, Kind of [...]

 
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