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Monday October 26

I Was There, Reviews

Bobby Brown Does Broadway

Whether you hate him, love him, or are simply confused by him, if Robert Barisford Brown is booked to perform at a venue in your area, you should run, not walk, to go see that man. Yes, we've seen the...

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Thursday October 22

Industry & Culture

The Good New Days

Do you remember the good old days of music? Depending on your age, that era may vary. My parents nurtured my young ears with the sounds of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross. In the '80s, I walked the...

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Wednesday September 23

Video SoulBounce

Why Watching Next Month's VH1 Hip Hop Special Might Be An 'Honor'

So, say you were like me and really not excited to watch this year's VH1 Hip Hop Honors telecast next month. Say that the idea of Tracy Morgan hosting once again made you want to run for the hills, wishing...

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Thursday August 06

Soul Cynic, SoulTube

Diddy's A 'Starmaker'? Really?

So, the other night, as I was flipping channels, minding my own business, I came across MTV, where the show Making His Band was on. The music channel must've wanted me to turn the channel immediately, because, as if on...

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Wednesday July 22

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: No Way, You're Never Gonna Shake Me

Congrats to unhappily married couple, Nas and Kelis, on the birth of their son just in time for their divorce. [AHH]Michael Jackson's This Is It tour rehearsal footage may be coming to a theater near you. [BB]The reports of Janet...

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Thursday June 04

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Just Get Involved

  Anthony Hamilton is waiting to hear if the track he's contributed to Dr. Dre's years-in-the-making disc Detox makes the cut. [SR] R. Kelly's newest release is, according to him, "a demo tape to my fans." [IDOL] VH1's annual Hip...

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Wednesday February 25

SoulTube

Kanye West Has A Story To Tell On VH1

If you been tuned into VH1 this week to watch For the Love of Ray J, don't act like I'm the only one, then you've probably seen commercials for the Saturday night premiere of Kanye West's episode of Storytellers. Ye...

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Tuesday December 16

A Soulful Noise

Ne-Yo and VH1 Save The Music Bring Holiday Cheer to an Atlanta School

In case you're a sitting on a large trust fund and know nothing of the plight of the common folk, you understand that this recession is no joke. And when it comes to already fledgling public school arts programs, it's...

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Tuesday October 21

Pause For A Cause

Tamia, Gavin DeGraw and Others Ask You to Please 'Save the Music'

With the full effects of the current economic recession still looming in the not-so-distant future, it's hard to say how it will impact the US education system, exactly. Generally when things get tough, arts programming gets hit hardest. (Or, you...

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Friday October 03

Admin Announcements, SoulTube

VH1's 2008 Hip Hop Honors Is In the Can, Live-Blog Monday Night Is In the Plan

While most of us were glued to our television screens last night watching the Joe Biden/Blinking Barbie debate, it was going down in New York City at the taping of VH1's 2008 Hip Hop Honors. Although we won't get to...

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Friday October 03

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...

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Wednesday October 01

Rap Snacks

NWA is 'Most Dangerous' in New VH1 Doc

Possibly the worst thing to come as a result of N.W.A.'s tenure in the game was the term "Gangsta Rap," which to this day is used to define a genre of reprehensible Hip Hop that isn't very "gangsta" at all....

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Monday August 25

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Loving You All Through the Night

With his new reality dating show on VH1, Ray J is the new Flavor Flav but much less classy. [VH1]Mya loves the kids. So much so that she even looks like one. Has the woman aged at all? [RG101]Da...

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Thursday August 21

A Soulful Noise

Stan for Raphael Saadiq and Win Big!

Oh snap! Raphael Saadiq will be treating a devoted fan to a taping of VH1 Soulstage and a live performance in NYC if they can answer 5 questions correctly: 1. Where was Raphael Saadiq born and raised?2. After high school,...

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Wednesday August 06

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Kick Off Your Shoes and Relax Your Feet

Don't get it twisted, Jazmine Sullivan is no Lauryn Hill clone. [AHHA]Speaking of Lauryn Hill, is she misunderstood or is something seriously awry? [XXL]With the Monday night premiere of more faux-reality tom foolery courtesy of Diddy, we say shame...

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Wednesday June 18

Video SoulBounce

'Miss Rap Supreme' Divas Pass The Mic

As much as I loved the (White) Rapper Show, I loved Miss Rap Supreme that much more. Aside from the obvious of loving the show because it featured female emcees battling it out for the title of "Miss Rap Supreme"...

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Thursday April 24

Rap Snacks

MC Serch Puts Khia in Her Place... Again

If anyone has been keeping up with VH1's Ego Trip's Miss Rap Supreme, you saw the way Khia, known for her hit "My Neck, My Back", got booted off the show. The competition calls for the femcees to spit original...

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Monday February 04

Reviews, SoulTube

Salt-N-Pepa's Hair, Er, Here (Again)!

If you're a Salt-N-Pepa fan like I am, you had to wonder what in the "spinderella" VH1 did to The Salt-N-Pepa Show, which went on an abrupt "hiatus" this past December after only seven episodes. (Meanwhile, we've seen Scott...

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Thursday November 08

SoulTube

VH1 Soul VIBE Awards Winners Announced

The VH1 Soul VIBE Award winners have been announced over a week before the show is scheduled to air. Talk about anti-climactic. When we first heard that VH1 Soul and VIBE were joining forces to put this year's awards special...

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Wednesday November 07

BlogBeat

BlogBeat: A Spin on Reality

"I wouldn't say that I'm addicted to The Salt-N-Pepa show on VH1, though I do have my DVR set to tape every episode. What's been interesting about VH1 and its reality shows has been the ability to cast artists...

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