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Mel Smith

4 months

New year, updated site! If you’re an artist, producer, musician, or exec, visit and let’s work this year!

JS Creative Consulting is a boutique A&R consulting firm aimed to help artists identify and execute foundational and supplementary elements for their repertoire.

www.jscreativecon.com

Mel Smith

@iamMelsmith

1 year

🚨NEW ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨 Introducing my new business venture, JS Creative Consulting. It’s been a long time coming but I am locked and loaded, and ready to partner with artists and executives to make some magic. Take a peek

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Mel Smith

@iamMelsmith

4 years

Yo what the fuck is this caption on LaToya’s leg?

Thee Yoncé Archives

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4 years

DC shot by Michael Zeppetello & Eugene Adebaru for Maxim (Sept 1999)

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1 year

Y’all

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Mel Smith

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8 months

This don’t make no sense

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Are you demonized or are you demons?

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Mel Smith

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3 years

We all just need a budget. Dassit.

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Mel Smith

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4 months

This just made my spirit leap

Victoria

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4 months

“You want it because your future self already has it”

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Mel Smith

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3 months

When we say new vocalists don’t have that dog in ‘em, this is what we mean. Insane.

Historic Vids

@historyinmemes

3 months

The moment Celine Dion changed the music industry after recording that incredibly hard note

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Mel Smith

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2 years

I wish we would all stop underestimating entertainment, how it influences weak-minded individuals, and the implications of that pipeline. The lack of awareness in dressing your child up as Dahmer is off the charts.

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Mel Smith

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3 months

IMAGINE AN ELEMENT SAYING THIS ABOUT YOU

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3 months

Earth, Wind & Fire’s @VerdineWhite raves about @VictoriaMonet at Grammys red carpet: “She’s the one. She’ll end up being an icon” #VictoriaMonet #earthwindandfire

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Mel Smith

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3 months

If you haven’t noticed 2024 is for the lovers and yearners. Why you here?

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3 months

fast replies in the early stages is a turn off. where’s the suspense? where’s your job?

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Mel Smith

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3 months

Pay attention to how people write about this Beyoncé era…. It’ll play into everything.

Variety

@Variety

3 months

Two new Beyoncé songs, titled "Texas Hold 'Em" and "16 Carriages," are now streaming, and they have strong country influences

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Mel Smith

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1 year

Being Black on a roadtrip is one of the eeriest things ever. We can see 400 years of trauma in one road trip. Like… the cotton fields are still here. Acres of cotton. And you just know. You pass certain trees and just feel sick. You cross certain town lines and just get scared.

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Mel Smith

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9 months

That half is starting to kick up a little in the face

Lemon Pepper Rising

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9 months

What’s wrong with this nigga man lol

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Mel Smith

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2 years

Imagine a sea of whites saying “nigga” that loudly back to you. My body would shut down.

Wave Check🌊

@thewavecheckk

2 years

Roddy Ricch had the crowd in London singing “The Box” word for word #WirelessFestival2022 📦🔥

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Mel Smith

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1 year

Please stop with the “he had a big year” bullshit. I hate when NIGGAS play center like that. Bad Bunny literally had the longest running #1 of the entire year. A LATIN ALBUM ON AMERICAN CHARTS. 13 WEEKS. If there was any album beating Renaissance, it was UN VERANO SIN TI.

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Mel Smith

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7 months

Trayvon was a canon event for a lot of us. I’ll never forget baby boy. Or that trial.

bring heifer back

@__itsniaj

7 months

They have his flight suit in the Afrofuturism exhibit at the Black history history museum in DC and it almost made me cry

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Mel Smith

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8 months

Legality vs ethics killed America a long time ago.

Complex

@Complex

8 months

UPDATE: Halle Berry does not own the rights to the photo used on Drake and SZA's cover art. MORE:

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Mel Smith

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5 years

Rih will go down as one of the most iconic artists of all time. She has navigated all mediums of art seamlessly. I’m amazed by Rih as a creator and a brand manager. Her ability to innovate herself and her brand is arguably the best I’ve ever seen. Brilliant.

British Vogue

@BritishVogue

5 years

“You can have all the clothes in the world, and it’s like, ‘what does my body want to wear today?’” Vogue takes you behind the scenes of @Rihanna 's @FentyOfficial launch in Paris:

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Mel Smith

@iamMelsmith

4 years

You mean snapped my arm and gave me emotional distress?

OLONI BABY 🤠

@Oloni

4 years

What would you do if Jay-z snatched your phone from your hand?

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5 years

I can see why Future is bitter.

TV One

@tvonetv

5 years

Family time. ❤️ @ciara @DangeRussWilson

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Mel Smith

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2 years

I love this response. Normalize being too good for something

Baller Alert 🚨

@balleralert

2 years

Usher Believes Participating In a Verzuz Battle Will Be A Waste Of Time: “I’m Cut From A Different Cloth”

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Mel Smith

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10 months

The timeline rn

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Mel Smith

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4 years

Lucky Daye singing D’Angelo’s verse on “Be Here” is all I needed to know. Lucky is fucking it.

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Mel Smith

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2 years

Lizzo makes joints that, under censored conditions, can go hard at a middle school dance and that’s been a wide open lane since artists started trying to be “edgy”

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Mel Smith

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10 months

There’s a TikTok of this Black man who is teaching himself how to read and realizing in real time how f*cked up everything is.

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Mel Smith

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4 years

I love this. Friends... how many of us have em?

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Mel Smith

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1 year

My favorite clip of Tina Turner. 🫶🏾

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Mel Smith

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10 months

Her decision to forsake "pop" commerciality in order to exclusively invest in creating and performing Black sound is probably the greatest risk + pay off we'll ever see in modern music.

About Music

@AboutMusicYT

10 months

Post your opinions on Beyoncé:

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Mel Smith

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3 years

We had Janet, Aaliyah, Mya, Beyoncé all at the same time. Multiple Black pop girls all at the same time. Therefore, I’m rooting for Tinashe, Normani, Victoria Monet, & Justine Skye to break all at the same time. Pop, as it stands, desperately needs them…all at the same time.

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Mel Smith

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5 years

Black 90s tv shows had the BEST live audiences. Who Black ass auntie was in the audience weak???? Lmfao

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Mel Smith

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4 years

No.... Chris would not.

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Mel Smith

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2 years

“Superstar” by Usher is the perfect R&B song/record.

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Mel Smith

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27 days

The fact that a sect of Christians interpreted yesterday’s eclipse as the doom of God and not the beauty and brilliance of God is super telling of how they process the function of God.

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Mel Smith

@iamMelsmith

4 months

Big Fat Liar hive stand up

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@yarrumhm

4 months

paul giamatti has deserved an academy award ever since this moment...

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Mel Smith

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2 years

Tiny Desk should really release live EPs. I need the Usher tiny desk, the Jazmine tiny desk and DEFINITELY the Yebba tiny desk.

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Mel Smith

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11 months

This the album cover right here guys

Film Updates

@FilmUpdates

11 months

Halle Bailey covers the latest issue of @WhoWhatWear

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4 years

The wildest display of justice is that the world knows and pronounces “Beyoncé” with ease now. It’s not that white people “can’t pronounce” your “colorful” name; it’s that they don’t deem Black folks valuable enough to learn how to say that shit correctly. Fuck them.

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Mel Smith

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1 year

It’s getting harder and harder to cope with the fact this is not a community based society. It feels really selfish out here, if that makes sense.

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30 days

Maaaaannn when this kid gets of age and researches his grandpa… whew…

Kemani🇳🇬

@Kemani_0718

30 days

WE LOVE TO SEE IT🥹🖤

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1 month

I love Beyoncé release days. Her NDAs are so tight-lipped that it’s like going to a probate.

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Mel Smith

@iamMelsmith

4 years

Solange wasn’t lying when she wrote “I got a lot to be mad about” Probably the most profound lyric of the past decade.

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Mel Smith

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7 months

I liken Drake’s descent into paranoia and misogyny to Kanye’s descent into madness and fame excess. It’s interesting how they’ve used their discographies to timestamp of their spirals.

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Mel Smith

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3 years

Two Eleven.

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3 years

BET Awards has an opportunity to be epic next year. All these new Black R&B and pop stars. Book them. Give them a chance to show up.

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Mel Smith

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1 year

“Cranes In The Sky” is one of the greatest songs and records of all time

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Mel Smith

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2 years

The absence of music education in public schools has a direct impact on the music industry.

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Mel Smith

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3 months

Nah Texas might be undefeated when it comes to Black women.

Texas Democrats

@texasdemocrats

3 months

Beyoncé, Solange, Erykah Badu, Megan Thee Stallion, and Yolanda Adams have crossed genres and pushed musical boundaries while using their platforms to bring attention to social issues impacting their communities. We are so proud that they call Texas home. 🎶 #BlackHistoryMonth

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Mel Smith

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8 months

Y'all see the DIVERSE crowd this woman attracts. THAT'S how you measure the weight of a superstar. That's what MJ did. He brought everyone from everywhere together. Diana. Tina. Prince. Whitney. Janet. BEYONCÉ. That's a SUPERSTAR.

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Mel Smith

@iamMelsmith

5 years

So the same thing y’all do on here?

Xavier Cornelius

@Izzy_ohsopretty

5 years

Willow really be sitting at that Red Table, agreeing with shit she ain’t never experienced .

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Mel Smith

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2 months

Part of me is super happy that it’s still February. I wouldn’t mind this year taking the scenic route. Where are we all rushing to?

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Mel Smith

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4 years

Usher’s ‘Confessions’ is the last R&B album to go diamond (has sold an excess of 10.3m units in the US) And for that album to be STRICTLY and unapologetically R&B.... really reflects the year called 2004.

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Mel Smith

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8 months

Re: Victoria Monet It’s very clear that VMAs/MTV are catering to what’s pop. They’re not wanting to break new performers, ESPECIALLY in R&B/soul — something that’s been very clear with that specific brand for years. What’s insulting is the excuse they gave her team.

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Mel Smith

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3 years

No, it finally humanized their relationship. I stand by the opinion that ‘Lemonade/4:44/The Carters’ is one of the greatest conceptual album trilogies of all time. Bey and Jay got to tell their sides of the story and reaffirmed their union with a reconciliatory grand finale.

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Mel Smith

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28 days

TDE coming out the shadows to stand with Kendrick is the real display of humanity lol once TDE, always TDE.

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1 month

This is worlds apart from RENAISSANCE. Beyoncé, man…

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Mel Smith

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4 years

@baby_face_alpha @MatthewACherry *racist

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1 month

No fr yall… did this pic mean nothing to yall?

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1 month

If Bey did gospel. I got chills thinking about what her, Naomi and Chandler’s voices from Maverick City would sound like

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Mel Smith

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6 months

ICU vs On My Mama vs Snooze is SCARY. Whew 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Recording Academy / GRAMMYs

@RecordingAcad

6 months

Congratulations 66th #GRAMMYs Best R&B Song nominees: @hallebailey ; @robertglasper ft. @inglewoodsir & @lovealexisley ; @therealcocoj ; @victoriamonet ; and @sza . Watch live:

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3 months

Beyoncé only stole Usher’s moment if you can’t chew gum and walk at the same time. Talk about both. You can do it.

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8 months

I honestly think Black people who make statements like this are the opps. Or they just weren’t alive well enough to experience Michael Jackson. No one will ever be bigger than Michael Jackson. And that’s okay.

L. Banner

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8 months

Beyonce's stardom has reached a peak where she MAY even be bigger than Michael Jackson was. It seems like every famous person is at her show

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3 years

Y’all have 24 hours to find Kelly Price deadass.

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3 years

The fact that Whitney has had more docs about her indiscretions than her impact and WORK is insulting to me and my niggas

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Mel Smith

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6 months

I dig all of Bankhead’s work but him with Normani was just special.

Invisible Cowboy 🤠 🐝

@Jimerald1

6 months

Y’all don’t recognize them when they’re black artists.

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1 year

Do y’all understand that without Tina Turner, we get a very different Beyoncé?

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Mel Smith

@iamMelsmith

4 months

To add on: Jasmine Guy for Whitley Gilbert Erika Alexander for Maxine Shaw Tisha Campbell for Jay Kyle

LaDarrion Williams

@ItsLaDarrion

4 months

If the Emmy’s were fair to Black women comedic actresses: These three Black women gave some of the best comedic acting and they were paid dust. Wendy Raquel Robinson for Tasha Mack “The Game” Tichina Arnold - Rochelle Everybody Hates Chris Tracee Ellis Ross - Girlfriends

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1 year

Jonathan is special in a way we haven’t seen in a while. You see his work and quickly understand that it is a calling for him, and honestly, in a time where the arts are used as just a means to an end, it’s refreshing to see someone be intensely upright in making it a calling.

Glock Topickz

@Glock_Topickz

1 year

Jonathan Majors is filled with emotion when @TamronHall surprises him with his College (North Carolina School of Arts) Acting Teacher 🔗:

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Mel Smith

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4 years

When I tell you... Missy Elliott would beat almost anybody’s ass in a catalog battle. Like. Damn a gender. Missy Elliott is one of the greatest songwriters/producers of all time. Period.

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3 months

“16 Carriages” is a Grammy winner if I’ve ever heard one

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2 years

Donald Glover, Issa Rae, & Quinta Brunson are generationally significant. The way they've included and uplifted those who have been under the radar is more than honorable.

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Mel Smith

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2 years

And THAT’S how you clear a bitch. COGIC’s own Martha Wash.

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10 months

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3 years

Let’s be real... Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is an album that if the artist didn’t want to make a follow up, it would be perfectly fine. Artists kill to have ONE album as brilliant and signature as Miseducation.

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Mel Smith

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1 year

May I suggest that no more Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner movies include the Black race. I think we’ve had enough.

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2 years

Between this and Bun B being an award winning restauranteur, I’m happy that our rap legends are finding joy in other pursuits.

Redman

@therealredman

2 years

I worked HARD for this !! 27 JUMPS and Studied Hard for my Written Exam and Passed TODAY !! I'm an OFFICIAL A LICENSED SKYDIVER !! I'm WILDING IN THE SKIES

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Mel Smith

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3 months

Said it earlier and I’ll say it again. It is time for Brandy to be honored by musical institutions. R&B, pop, and even alt sounds and looks different without her specific contributions.

Variety

@Variety

3 months

Coco Jones sings part of Brandy's "When You Touch Me" on the carpet at the #Grammys . | Variety On the Carpet presented by @DIRECTV

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Mel Smith

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1 year

Random but does anyone remember this movie? Before Boss Baby… late ‘90s classic.

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Mel Smith

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2 years

I’ll always encourage Black kids to explore the entirety of Black music. As much as they can. Go back decades. Discover and audit the sounds. Study the contexts. Live with Black sound. There’s so much that belongs to us and the babies should know that it’s not just 2 genres.

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2 years

I think Jazmine Sullivan has one of the most interesting positionings in the music industry. She’s super popping now so most people would think that she’s an artist of this time, but she came up with Jill, Floetry, Kindred, etc. She’s a veteran.

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Mel Smith

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6 months

You’re only as good as your tools. The rappers and producers of the 90s are elite (to me) because of how deep their musical wells go. They got enough of rap to establish their sensibilities but can reference music before the invention of hip hop. Those entry points are limitless.

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Mel Smith

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3 years

Let Black folks be pop artists.

American Music Awards

@AMAs

3 years

. @theweeknd accepts the award for Favorite Album - Soul/R&B at the #AMAs !

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9 months

Nicole is intimidatingly good. Like I’d be nervous to be in a dramatic scene with her because of the tools —written and unwritten— you know she’s going to bring to a scene. All of her work is so lived in

tallulah bankhead

@diandrasdiandra

9 months

never not thinking of this serve though

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Mel Smith

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4 months

Synclaire and Overton have the best love story ever. Two weird people just choosing each other from the first episode to the very last episode.

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Mel Smith

@iamMelsmith

6 months

Copyrights matter. Salute to Tracy Chapman

CMA Country Music

@CountryMusic

6 months

And your #CMAawards Song of the Year goes to “Fast Car” written by @tchapmanonline , 35 years after it was originally released! 🏆 Congratulations! 👏

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10 months

The flyer for the 1st Essence Festival in 1995. Wow. What a legendary line up.

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3 months

Yes! Da’Vine is beautiful.

#PettyPendergrass

@ashoncrawley

3 months

she’s so pretty #TheHoldovers

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6 years

@madisongesiotto Walk towards it sis

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2 months

The uncomfortable truth is that we do owe something to each other. No one becomes by themselves nor does anyone sustain by themselves.

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3 years

Victoria Monet was brought up under Darkchild... she's not like these other girls.

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Mel Smith

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1 year

Boyz II Men “Let It Snow” and Donny Hathaway “This Christmas” deserve the same mainstream attention as “All I Want” especially as it relates to Holiday themed songs in the ethos.

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Mel Smith

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5 months

This film doesn’t get enough credit for its cinematography.

The Princess of Soul

@princessofsoul_

5 months

Dreamgirls is a Christmas movie.

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3 months

The queen of the music industry. She’s the standard that everyone in that room wants to reach but never will. It’s incredible. Her existence in that room is quite paradoxical to the legitimacy of the Recording Academy. Never having that moment in the sun yet being the sun herself

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@docebey

3 months

YEAH 😭

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Mel Smith

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2 years

Bey wanted to make an album that honored her gay uncle. In order to do that, she created a spin off on the type of music he introduced her to, which included vogue joints. In order to do that, she featured, sampled, & commissioned LGBTQ talent instead of interpolating everything.

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Mel Smith

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1 year

Not gon lie… if you’re looking for sensical and logical, “in love” might not be for you yet. This shit is the most illogical and nonsensical thing…probably, ever. It’ll throw all of your sensibilities out of whack and demand you to just surrender to the ride.

sunshinedelrey

@Wetvogue

1 year

Falling in love after 3 months sounds genuinely insane to me

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3 years

Steve (Blues Clues) was actually super important to us as kids. Him leaving actually sucked. It’s a close second to AJ and Free leaving 106 and Park. Y’all remember that damned episode.

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5 months

Nah this is some legendary shit. Now I’m mad because WHAT WOULD THAT COLLAB HAVE SOUNDED LIKE?!

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1 month

I agree with this. Beyoncé isn’t someone you “relate” to and that’s what makes her who she is. She’s more than a star, she’s magic, and that is a rarity.

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Mel Smith

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4 months

I'm ready for this woman to have a sweeping award season. I'm ready for it.