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February 7, 2012 – 8:51 am | 5 Comments | 

I cowered at the revelation that our soul brother number one, musical architect Don Cornelius, whose funky good time was always buoyed by a distinguished gentleman aesthetic, had taken his own life. Not by a pill popping escapade gone woefully astray, but rather a volatile projectile to the dome. This was personal. A profound proclamation of sadness with a mountainous burden: Do you hear me now?

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Ask Ed & Sugar: Hennessy Pimps Obama Bottle

January 17, 2009 – 12:15 pm | 5 Comments | 

There is a reason there is a liquor store on almost every corner where black folks congregate. Furious Styles, Laurence Fishburne’s character in Boyz NThe Hood, said it best: “They want us to kill ourselves.” In his groovy yet illuminating song “The Bottle,” noted poet and vocalist Gil Scott Heron details the seduction of drugs better than my blog response ever could…

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