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Backtracking Forward: Desert Island Disc Vol. 2
posted: February 11, 2010
When someone like me is up to their eyebrows in vinyl, a collection of top-selling commercial LPs doesn’t elicit the same excitement as stacks of unknown rarities that received minimal distribution before fading away. In…
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Ife Lessons
posted: February 8, 2010
Sometimes respect is won not by showing others what you can do, but rather what you won’t do. Like demonstrating your vocal chops with self-indulgent acrobatics, or showcasing your production skills by overloading a song…
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CATTLE CALL
posted: October 30, 2009
The term maverick gets thrown a lot these days, but only a fraction of the people who use it truly earn the title. The word dates back to Samuel A. Maverick, an American pioneer who…
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAT
posted: October 2, 2009
A model, a singer and a scholar walk into a bar ¦ Might sound like a joke, but in fact it’s one serious triple threat”Brooklyn’s Maiysha. The singer is a graduate of the prestigious Sarah…
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SOUL SISTER
posted: August 28, 2009
Ladies, have you had your fill of dubious dudes who ask for your number then never call? Or pursue you relentlessly, and then when you finally start to respond, lose interest and move on? Jess…
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MESSIN' WITH TEXAS
posted: June 29, 2009
The road to stardom can be bumpy at times. There can be financial difficulties, relationship strains ¦ or a run-in with the law in Fort Worth, Texas that leaves you tased and incarcerated. So goes…
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