Tag Archives: Queen Latifah
‘Single Ladies’: Episode 2 Review
My thoughts on episode two of VH1’s “Single Ladies.”
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Posted in Single Ladies Episode Reviews, Television
Tagged Akeem Smith, All of Us, Anthony Montgomery, Atlanta, black bourgeoisie, black television, black upper middle class, boughetto, bougie, boy band, Charity Shea, Chilli, Common, D.B. Woodside, Dee LaDuke, Designing Women, Eve, Girlfriends, Jackie's Back, Kelsey Grammar, Kim Porter, LisaRaye McCoy, Mara Brock Akil, Mark Alton Brown, Queen Latifah, Sex and the City, Shakim, showrunner, Single Ladies, Stacey Dash, Stacy A. Littlejohn, Take 5, Tilky Jones, Travis Winfrey, Tyler Perry, VH1
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‘Single Ladies’: Series Premiere Review
My thoughts on the series premiere of VH1’s “Single Ladies.”
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Posted in Single Ladies Episode Reviews, Television
Tagged Akeem Smith, All of Us, Anthony Montgomery, Atlanta, black bourgeoisie, black television, black upper middle class, boughetto, bougie, boy band, Charity Shea, Chilli, Common, D.B. Woodside, Dee LaDuke, Designing Women, Eve, Girlfriends, Jackie's Back, Kelsey Grammar, Kim Porter, LisaRaye McCoy, Mara Brock Akil, Mark Alton Brown, Queen Latifah, Sex and the City, Shakim, showrunner, Single Ladies, Stacey Dash, Stacy A. Littlejohn, Take 5, Tilky Jones, Travis Winfrey, Tyler Perry, VH1
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Five Great Black Woman Performances
My thoughts on five of my favorite black female characters.
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Posted in Film
Tagged Aunt Mozelle, black female characters. Robin Givens, Boomerang, Cleo Sims, Cleopatra Sims, Debbi Morgan, Eve's Bayou, female characters, Girl 6, Jacqueline Broyer, Jessica Rabbit, Jessie, Lady and the Tramp, Love and Basketball, Monica Wright, Mozelle Batiste Delacroix, Queen Latifah, Sanaa Lathan, Set It Off, Superman II, Theresa Russell, Total Film, Toy Story, Ursa
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Vibe’s Best Rapper Alive? Not So Much
click to embiggen* So Vibe slouched toward further irrelevance among black people by putting together a Best Rapper Alive contest where fans could vote on a series of head-to-head “battles” and end up with a consensus of the Best Rapper … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged appropriation, Bahamadia, Big Daddy Kane, emcee, Eminem, hip hop, Kool Moe Dee, KRS-One, Lil Wayne, Native Tongues, Queen Latifah, Vibe
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All Hail the Queen. Take Three.
The Queen is everywhere with her movie, The Secret Life of Bees, opening next week and a new hip-hop album (!!!) droppin in December. The New York Times magazine has an in-depth article on The Queen that shows her as … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Film, Music
Tagged Flavor Unit, hip hop, New York TImes, Queen Latifah, Shakim, Terrance Howard, The Secret Life of Bees
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