Ok, you know I had to go on the record and talk about this one. This weekend, I was on a non-stop Twitter campaign to plug the blog and started hearing rumblings about somebody with the username @fatbellybella, which turned out to be none other than eclectic soulstress Erykah Badu, known for her legendary contribution [...]
This weekend, I was asked by a Twitter follower (yes, I engaged myself in an all-weekend Twitter marketing campaign for the blog this weekend, so no need to point out the obvious contradiction to last Friday’s anti-Twitter post #cantbeatemjoinem) to discuss Jill Scott’s commentary in Essence on interracial dating. I read it once… Twice… Three [...]
“That’s a nice fur…no homo.” Let me start by saying that the color pink in and of itself is not gay. Also, I have no idea how Cam’ron himself feels about homosexuality. The picture’s just funny. Whatever genius came up with the term “no homo” needs to get smacked with a slouch sock full of [...]
Just when I was thinking HBO was an incredible waste of a good portion of my cable bill (I was thinking of getting rid of it altogether), I managed to catch the second episode of the new series How To Make It In America and and I was back on the team. The upcoming original [...]
Alright, so yesterday I posted an article discussing Wale’s video for “Pretty Girls”, which featured a lot of non-Black, vaguely ethnic and lighter-skinned women. To be fair, I also want to post the video for “My Sweetie” featuring local artist Tabi Bonney, which seems to feature a more diverse mix of skin tones and an [...]
Yes, I’m a grown man…and yes, I do watch 106 & Park on a fairly regular basis. Something about watching Terrence & Rocsi (who seem to have 356 teeth between the two of them) grin and play music videos I feel at times I’m too old to fully comprehend that relaxes me at the end [...]
Welcome to For-real Wednesdays. Every Wednesday, Front-Free will present a serious issue in typical Front-Free fashion…minus the propaganda, hidden agenda, or posturing. Cards will be pulled, feelings will be hurt, but the aim is to provide perspective, provoke independent thought, as well as to entertain. Enjoy…or don’t. I just read an article on washingtonpost.com discussing [...]