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I love the internet. Along with allowing me to order shit off of Amazon and it be at my doorstep before I hit “Place…
Panama Jackson
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Panama Jackson is the Senior Editor of Very Smart Brothas. He's pretty fly for a light guy. You can find him at your mama's mama's house drinking all her brown liquors.
Apr 7
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On March 18, 2021, Mark Morrison’s “Return of The Mack” reached its 25th birthday. To commemorate this…
Apr 1
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I have four children—a daughter and three boys. My daughter is 12 and the youngest boy is almost 6 months old. The…
Mar 31
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Y’all really don’t talk about the movie Trippin’ enough. Released in 1999 and starring everybody’s favorite…
Mar 25
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Ever since the SWV versus Xscape Verzuz was announced, my soul has been awash with joy and good tidings and cheer. I…
Mar 25
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Up until last week, I had a very vague knowledge of Derrick Jaxn. I’d heard his name of course. He and a slew of…
Mar 22
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Do you know what song you know but maybe don’t know that you know? I’m glad you asked: Creative Source’s “I’d Find…
Mar 19
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Mar 18
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One of the funnest things to do as a parent is to simply watch your kids. Over the course of every single day (and…
Mar 16
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Last summer, in a never-ending attempt to find things for our kids to do that were as safe as possible and also as…
Mar 15
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It’s been documented here before, but the onset of the coronavirus over a year ago seems to have turned everybody…
Mar 11
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A few years ago, my family took a trip to Atlanta to celebrate my nephew’s graduation from college. We all stayed…
Mar 10
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It’s been almost a week since Coming 2 America dropped on Amazon Prime Video. The movie–highly anticipated by most…
Mar 4
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Ever since Ricky Baker caught a few 12-gauge shells to the legs and back in 1991's Boyz N The Hood—holy shit it…
Mar 2
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Coming to America Questions That Need Answers: Was McDowell's Better than McDonald's? An Examination
This week at VSB, in dedication to and preparation for Friday’s release of Coming 2 America, we’ll be digging…
Feb 28
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Another year, another Black History Month coming to a close. For the past 28 days, The Root has been celebrating…
Feb 28
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I mean, bruh. If this ain’t one of the Blackest album covers of all time then I don’t know what is. Wilson Pickett…
Feb 27
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I don’t need a ton of words to describe the way I feel about the cover for Public Enemy’s sophomore album, 1988's It…
Feb 26
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Ain’t no way in the world this monthlong series would pass without a nod to one of the greatest albums ever that…
Feb 26
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It all started over the past year when like many of us, I made a very hard turn into damn near exclusively buying…