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BET, Nike Present A Cypher For The Ages

The next time MTV, or VIBE, or any other institution with capital letters or acronyms for names decides to make a list of the best MCs in the rap game, they should be forced to watch the cyphers that BET...

Harlem  |  10/28/2009 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (5)  |  Permalink

SoulTube

Lalah Hathaway's Been 'Killing' It Lately

It's Friday, which means it's time to hit you with a Lalah Hathaway post. Donny's eldest daughter has been gracing us with her presence a lot lately, from the recent episodes of the LAH! & RAH! Show, to her appearance...

Harlem  |  10/16/2009 at 4:15 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Let's Dance, Let's Shout!

Now that BET has been put on blast, now what? [BV]Natalie Cole has triumphant return after her recent kidney transplant. [LAT]Which Queen of Hip Hop Soul cut class to watching the "Thriller" video as a child? [MTV]Quincy Jones has...

Ro  |  09/11/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Leave a Comment  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Just Wanna Be Your Girl

Maxwell scored the number one album in the country. Take that, haters and naysayers! [MFF]BET and Grey Goose have a new series in the works featuring "emerging" artists that  hopefully won't make us want to hit the sauce. [BB]The...

Butta  |  07/15/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (8)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: It's Got Me Plushed On Some Luxurious

"BET, why do you hate us?" [CM]Jay-Z freestyled and made some rappers mad. Life went on. [2DB]Was Los Angeles able to brace itself for Michael Jackson's funeral? [NYT]Here is your list of artists performing at the services today. [IDOL]...

nOvaMatic  |  07/07/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink

Listicle

The Top 10 Reasons Why The BET Awards Made Me Want To Vomit

I know I am very hard on REGGINS (If you don't know what a Reggin is, spell if backwards), but there is a war going on outside between intelligent, educated, driven Black Americans. BET is a Reggin's greatest weapon in...

Tazz  |  06/29/2009 at 2:00 PM  |  Comments (85)  |  Permalink

SoulTube

Live-Blogging The 2009 BET Awards!

BET is in an usual situation for this year's awards show. They cannot just resort to their usual three hours of tomfoolery just because they can. Nope. Not this year. The biggest, most influential entertainer of our time, Michael Jackson,...

Blue  |  06/28/2009 at 7:45 PM  |  Comments (10)  |  Permalink

Listicle

Which Of These 8 Toxic Music Heads Do You Know?

 I think we can all attest to, at some point, displaying some disturbing characteristics when it came to our consumption of music. Eventually we all grew up (hopefully), but maybe some of our familiars didn't. If you find yourself still...

nOvaMatic  |  04/03/2009 at 2:43 PM  |  Comments (15)  |  Permalink

Crowd Participation

FULL DISCLOSURE: How Do You Discover New Music?

Sometimes it's good to be cynical when it comes to music, and distrustful of selections depending on the source of recommendation as long as you don't wallow in it. Music that appeals to you because it was shoehorned into your consciousness by overwrought PR tactics,...

nOvaMatic  |  12/02/2008 at 2:00 PM  |  Comments (29)  |  Permalink

SoulTube

BET's 'Family' Shows Lack True Value

We are all painfully aware that the American Black family comes in many different shapes, sizes and circumstances. Throughout the years, television has given us many images of "the way it is" in our communities, from Good Times to The...

Harlem  |  11/11/2008 at 1:00 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

I'm Mad

Is There A Way To Make Sure This Dumbass Never Sells Records Again?

You know what? If you plan on excusing Soulja Boy's garbage-ass statement about slavery then I wish for you never to visit this site again. It's totally worth the loss. I have had it with this child. Granted, he's an...

nOvaMatic  |  10/30/2008 at 4:10 PM  |  Comments (30)  |  Permalink

Industry & Culture

Billboard Honored 'Women In Music,' But Wait--

This past Friday, Billboard honored Women in Music with a special breakfast held at the Hotel St. Regis in New York. The Ciara "Women of the Year" nod spread across the Internet quickly, eliciting a fair amount of rage, confusion...

nOvaMatic  |  10/27/2008 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink

SoulTube

From the Comfort of the SoulBounce Couch: Live-Blogging The BET Hip Hop Awards 2008

7:59  If the above image of crappers T-Pain and Soulja Boy is any indication of what's ahead on this year's BET Hip Hop Awards, then pray for me, y'all. No amount of Jamaican rum is going to make up...

Butta  |  10/23/2008 at 10:00 PM  |  Comments (19)  |  Permalink

Admin Announcements

Join Us Tonight For The BET Hip Hop Awards Live-Blog & Drinking Game!

Did you know the 2008 BET Hip Hop Awards are airing tonight? Fashizzle! And our lovely Butta is on duty this evening with another one of her rollicking live blogs! Also, what's a BET awards ceremony without a fawty ounce? Or an economy-sized bottle of...

nOvaMatic  |  10/23/2008 at 3:00 PM  |  Comments (9)  |  Permalink

SoulTube

Barack Obama Appears on '106th & Park', Devil Laughs Heartily

So... You gotta hand it to Sen. Barack Obama. When this man says "change," dammit he means CHANGE. It is because of him that the audience and hosts of BET's 106th & Park didn't make me want to cringe in...

nOvaMatic  |  10/21/2008 at 11:15 AM  |  Comments (8)  |  Permalink

Industry & Culture

If FemCees Weren't So Busy Being Cute, They'd Have a Job?

My inner feminist is in fight-mode right now because of a widely-circulated quote from an industry insider. We've spent the last few weeks lamenting the lack of female MCs in Hip Hop because, seriously, who else will? But the folks...

nOvaMatic  |  10/03/2008 at 2:20 PM  |  Comments (13)  |  Permalink

Soul Cynic

BET To Q-Tip: Get To The Back Of The Line

You would think that after being part of the wave of artists ushering in hip hop's "Jazz Age" and having your videos played an innumerable number of times on BET would get you some love from an afterthought network such...

ill Mami  |  10/03/2008 at 12:00 PM  |  Comments (9)  |  Permalink

Media Watch

EW Bemoans 3rd Annual BET Sausage Party

The great thing about Entertainment Weekly's "Popwatch" blog is they often post about Hip Hop. If you're lucky, you'll happen upon an entry that decries a reality that not enough blogs (specifically Hip Hop blogs) are willing to decry, like...

nOvaMatic  |  09/19/2008 at 11:45 AM  |  Comments (6)  |  Permalink

Media Watch

Would You Trust a Man that Once Wore His Hair Like This? [Updated With Flex Rant!]

Hopefully this will bring an end to the long national nightmare called The R. Kelly Verdict Pontification Parade, but it won't end his career, unforch. Recently, The R. went to the most trusted news source on cable television to talk about...

nOvaMatic  |  09/18/2008 at 1:25 PM  |  Comments (6)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Spend the Night Together, Wake Up and Live Forever

Reginald Hudlin is no longer President of Entertainment for BET, but it's unknown if he left or was forced out. [VIBE]Kanye West and his manager were released from jail; $20,000 bail could never contain that much ego. [MTV]Congratulations to...

Ro  |  09/12/2008 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink