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why did i big chop? glad you asked…

On February 3, 2012 I did one of the most daring things I’ve probably ever done… (Yes, I know that doesn’t speak much to be being a risk-taker.) I big chopped and cut off probably about 95% of my hair. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, a big chop (otherwise known as a […]

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blog love – i love you, but i don’t need you and you certainly don’t complete me

Today’s Blog Love post is from one of my favorite bloggers, Ms. GG Renee of All the Many Layers. A few months back, I made a post about Tamar Braxton’s new single, Love and War. I briefly touched on the type of relationship that evokes two very different dynamics… the feeling of love and the feeling […]

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a new day… and I’m feeling good

Birds flying high, you know how I feel… Sun in the sky, you know how I feel… It’s a new dawn, a new day, a new life for me, and I’m feeling gooooooood!! No, this is isn’t an advertisement for Weight Watchers, but the song does make me feel fabulous… Do you know what else […]

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the new workout plan

I know… I know what you’re saying… “It’s been a long time… shouldn’t have left you… without a dope beat to step to (in my Timbaland voice) or without a strong rhyme to step to (in my Rakim voice for all you hip hop heads out there)”. Well, I’ve had a lot on my plate […]

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blog love – five songs we’d like to forget we loved

I really had to LOL at this one… For his guest post with the good folks at Ebony, Damon Young, a.k.a. The Champ, one half of Very Smart Brothas drops a list of five songs that he’d like to forget he ever loved. I also sometimes get into the nostalgic rut of thinking the R&B […]