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I went to the link and looked at the page and I have one question: Why is Beyonce’ front and center? Don’t get me wrong, I would kick you — yes, you — down a flight of stairs just to be rejected by her (Thanks for that line, Bo. It’s hot!), but what does she have to do with Black History Month? Knowing the second verse of the Negro National Anthem doesn’t qualify you to be in a collage of newsworthy and historical Black Americans. For that matter, what does Will Smith have to do with B.H.M.? “A Brand New Funk” was hot, but is it history? I don’t think so. There were other ways to go with that.
O.K. — I have decompressed. Thanks for allowing a brotha to vent.
Bomani’s note–Do you think she knows the second verse? And good lookin’ out for mentioning “Brand New Funk,” one of the most underrated records ever.Bomani’s note–Do you think she knows the second verse? And good lookin’ out for mentioning “Brand New Funk,” one of the most underrated records ever.
See I was thinking the same thing about Beyonce but since I have been known to DC bash I’ll leave that alone. The girl was the first Black woman to win the ASCAP Song Writer of the Year Award. Does that count? But that doesn’t constitute center stage in a Black History Month picture. And Will Smith, first Rap Group to win a Grammy maybe?
My first thought was with all the accomplishments of Black folk they choose to put Beyonce at the center of the pic. Well you cant really blame them for using what is hot right now. But aww well
oh and no more pic on this site please. I am a single, celibate woman and I can do without the temptation. Thank You very much.
first off…yes bo, that’s my line from Track 13 of In my lifetime vol. 1 (underrated Jigga track-BTW..i’m so glad i didn’t buy the Black Album)…
Ok…that pic is a muthafuckin’ shame. At least they could’ve put Dr. Rice (and you know I don’t like her Bo) in the front, she’s only the first black female Sec. of State, the most powerful woman in the Bush Administration, so on and so forth.
Is Barack Obama even in that picture? He could be president in ’08, barring a right-wing conspiracy to undermine the brotha (paging Bill O’Reilly).
What Beyonce did that had impact on our lives, besides profess her love for Popeye’s chicken? Not a damned thing. Writing songs like Bootylicious isn’t the same as forging policy to guide the world’s most powerful nation.
Man, Brand New Funk…man that was the jam man..and you can see the people shakin’ (jeff cuts)…you can see the people shakin’ and dancin and moving and groovin (check the lyrics, I think i’m off a little).
Now Will winning the Rap Grammy back in the day has far more impact than winning the ASCAP award…hell who won the BMI award? college football has better division than music clearinghouses..
Fred, I started to say something about putting ya girl Coondaleeza up front, but I didn’t wannt get yo blood pressure up. I agree that, despite her politics, she’s worthy to be front-and-center, especially given the recent nature of her appointment. One thing folks have got to remember is that Black history is still being made and didn’t stop with Malcolm and Martin. (I know Dr. Rice is from Bombingham and knew one of the girls that was killed at the 16th St. Baptist Church — I wonder if she knows the second stanza of “Lift E’vry Voice and Sing”? I wonder if she likes Popeye’s chicken?)
Yeah, that would be me buying a CD (I’m not savvy enough on the computer to download it and I don’t have an i-pod) for just the one song I want.
Shoot, I guess I’ll be buying a copy of the Fresh Prince’s greatest hits in the next couple of days or so. In the meantime and in-between time:
Hold up, wait a minute Jeff, play it.
He just smiled and said, “Yeah–def, ain’t it?”
It was funk, it made me wanna get, get down…
and we knew almost at once it was a brand new funk…
There’s no right answer to this debate. One thing to put in Beyonce’s plus column, though, she knows how to make white men (and all men really) spend their money. She’s the most compelling black female entertainer of the last couple decades. The woman has been in music, movies, and the forefront of the entertainment industry for the last couple years without equal. She is the new Madonna, but without the slut factor.
Solomeen,
Would that be an image if we get a pic of Dr. Rice eating a 2-piece white with some cajun rice on the side up in here????!!!!!!
Shid…i was doing the dances like in the video at the crib when in reminisced on the good days of BET (read: Donnie Simpson and Video Soul, Rap City and LIVE broadcasts of black college football games).
Now switchin’ gears!!!
Beyonce? the most compelling black female artist in the last couple decades? Ha! Don’t make me laugh. I can reel off some names of black female artists that have been just as compelling, even more, than Beyonce in the last 20 years.
1. Whitney Houston
2. Anita Baker
3. Natalie Cole
4. Deniece Williams
5. Prince (I’m jokin’ y’all)!
6. Jennifer Holliday
7. Mary J. Blige
8. Janet Jackson
9. Lauryn Hill (because of that album/who her baby daddy was/and the Fugees)..
10. Queen Latifah
Movies, bruh..she just had a bit part in an Austin Powers movie…I doubt she’ll beat Hillary Swank or Nicole Kidman for some roles. Besides, she’s just this two-year-period’s Jennifer Lopez and where the hell is the big booty Boricua at now? …(remember, you only get two or three years to be the “it” person..then you fall off).