Lifestyle Archives

Freestyle of the Week Review: Freeway – “Back Room Freestyle”

When I finally fell fatally in love with Rap music I was living in Southeastern, Pennsylvania, halfway between Philadelphia and Reading, and lacking a rap scene of any consequence in…

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Do-It Yourself: How to Shape Your Eyebrows

Tired of paying the salon to do it? Think plucking eyebrows is self-torture and unnecessary? Never shaped your eyebrows before? It’s really not that painful or complicated. With a few…

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Why Everyone Should Try Writing A Novel

Not everyone is a writer—but almost everyone’s thought about writing a book and most of us have at least one story worth telling. A lot of people talk about it—”one…

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How To Cope With Heartbreak

Before we start I want to make two things very clear: (1) learning how to cope with heartbreak isn’t a quick fix process to mend the broken heart. Heartache takes…

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Meek Mill Releases Cover and Tracklist for Debut Album Dreams and Nightmares

October 30th is the day for Meek Mill, who has waited patiently to release his debut album for years, dating back to his days in a rap group. The time…

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Politics

Don’t Block The Vote!!!

When we go to the ballot box this November we should go with two things in mind, the importance of the selection we are making and the sacrifices of those…

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Op-Ed

A Quick Curtain Call For Lyor Cohen & His Time At WMG

Just a few days ago, Lyor Cohen announced that he will resign from his position at Warner Music Group on September 30, 2012. In case you don’t know, Lyor Cohen…

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Music
Op-Ed

Freestyle of the Week Review: Macklemore, Back Room Freestyle

It takes a special kind of man to show up on 106 & Park in a profuse fur coat–which he describes as “Hungarian Tiger” before hedging and checking down to…

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The Importance of the Traveling Sisterhood

The aura of female bonding is an amazing, incredibly powerful sometimes indescribable, yet undeniable phenomenon. Women, need other women in their lives and it starts from an early age. Our…

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Politics

Apollo Uptown Hall Series: Vote Like Your Life Depends On It

The world famous Apollo Theater in Harlem played host to the first in a new series of events this past Monday, Uptown Hall, which included somewhat less of a showcase…

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