This Week On Vibe.com

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Check it! Every Friday on the OurStage Blog, we will be featuring exclusive content from the one-and-only VIBE.com. Stay tuned for weekly photos, music, news and reviews coming straight from the source that’s redefining hip hop.

The BIG Review: Breaking Down Rick Ross’ ‘Teflon Don’

Teflon Don or T-rash? Rick Ross has made some big proclamations in his career and turned off some listeners because of his tall tales. Still, hate it or love it, his albums are always a, what’s the word we’re looking for… cinematic event. VIBE decides whether the Boss’ fourth work of art is really unbreakable. Continue reading on Vibe.com…

Mehcad Brooks Talks Sex Scene Discussions With Mom & Embracing Thirty

Between battling V-loving Vamps in True Blood and making an impact in Calvin Klein’s X Marks The Spot boxers campaign, Mechad Brooks isn’t the arrogant sex symbol you’d expect him to be. In fact, he’s quite the scholarly nerd… who tends to take his shirt off. VIBE hooked up with the 29-year-old actor to pick his brain about uncomfortable conversations with his mother, America’s big obesity problem, and why he can’t wait to turn 30. Continue reading on Vibe.com…

Car Stereo: 10 Automobile Anthems Rappers Should Make

If naming songs after cars is working for Rick Ross, why haven’t other rappers started doing it, too? At best, they might able to produce a hit song like Ross. At worst, they might be able to get an endorsement deal (or, at the very least, a free car rental?) for their efforts. To help them out, we came up with 10 potential song titles that incorporate the names of a current car models and a bunch of rappers who would sound right at home rapping on them. Get behind the wheel and take ’em for a spin. Continue reading on Vibe.com…