I’m trying to write this quasi-intellectual thing for theloop21.com on the Prince show I went to last night. It’s kind of a look at the devaluation of vagina in the zeitgeist. This isn’t to be confused with the real world, where vagina, once again, has topped hotcakes on Amazon’s Top Zillion. Yes, I’ll be using …

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So I tried to hurriedly do a Top 5 singers I’d never hang out with. I missed so many. So, I’m gonna do some copy-and-paste with the old list, some re-ordering, and add some new names that demand attention from the committee. So here they are, re-compiled. 13. Teddy Pendergrass. Nobody’s hating on Teddy for …

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I forget who I was talking to, but something dawned on us: based on the music we hear, we could never see us hanging out with none of these R&B singers. Not just the modern, lip-glossy generation, either. We mean all-time. Sure, there were plenty of cats that carried it like the dudes I kick …

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Jalen Rose sure got the world heated with this whole “Uncle Tom” thing. You may have read Jason Reid’s column in the Washington Post on it, which is really about Jason Reid, but worth a read. I’m torn about blogging on this for two reasons. 1. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with acknowledging the …

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