***Couple quick announcements before we get started today***—You may have noticed (and by “you may have noticed” I mean “you definitely didn’t notice, but I’ll tel...
If you were to ask 1000 random Black women to name the single sexiest and most attractive man in American pop culture today, I’d bet a month’s pay that Idris Elba would come out on top. I...
Name: R.G.Location: Los AngelesHello People of VSB!!I would say I’m excited to have this opportunity, but that makes me sound like a desperate broad. I’ll rephrase and say that I’m ...
0:01: As the ridiculous trailer to “Qualified, Yet Single: Why Good Men Remain Single” — a new film created by “psychotherapist and relationship counselor” Dr. Dwayne L....
Full disclosure: I’m a “Nas guy.” What this basically means is that even though I recognize the fact that Jay-Z has had a (much) better career, better albums, and generally seems li...
I had this whole post idea ready to go for today then I realized that I couldn’t come up with a title for it. So I scrapped it.Yes, you read that right. I scrapped an entire post because I coul...
Heed the signs ninja.One of my absolute favorite songs right now is Usher’s “Climax”. For various reasons: 1) its a sadly beautiful song that most people I’ve talked think has...
If you follow Twitter and hip-hop sites over the past few days, you no doubt came across a new song by Lupe Fiasco entitled, “Around My Way (Freedom Ain’t Free)”. If you’re li...
I will wash my ass with this soap.This ain’t funny so don’t you dare laugh, but some men just don’t understand some things that women do. I’m fairly sure I’ve written ab...
Moon...or New Mexico?? You tell me.Conspiracy. (noun). An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act.I think too much (and I also know that I shouldn’t give too much ...
Still a bit confused on how this whole points thing works***This is a revised version of an entry that originally posted three years ago. Enjoy***In August of 2008, Panama blessed the VSB pulpit with...
Although it was a forgettable song (well, forgettable sans for Pharrell’s hook) on an even more forgettable album, the video for “Excuse Me Miss” remains underrated in regards to ho...
Kevin Durant, making his own personal protest for not winning MVPEarlier in the week, I joked that a degree in Black Studies is about as useless as thumbs on a roach. Now, I obviously wasn’t se...
"Im smiling now, but if you bite my neck again, thisll be the last time we have pier sex"One of the best (and worst) things about being an adult is the occasional realization that certain t...
Last weekend, one of my homegirls invited me to go see “The Dutchman” — a 45 minute long one act play that’s intended to serve as an allegory for Black/White relations in Amer...
I’d like to send a shout-out and a personal thank you to all of the mother’s out there on this Mother’s Day. While people definitely think the world of mothers, there’s still ...
The Big Ph.D.So why for come ain’t nobody not tell me that Shaquille O’Neal got a Ph.D. in some Ph.D. sh*t from Barry University?By the way, that last sentence was brought to you by publi...
So today, Obama said in an interview that he supports same-sex marriage. This is a stark departure from his stance in 2008 when he pretty much opposed same-sex marriage but over time has stated that ...
I see PRIDE! I see POWER! I SEE A BAD ASS MUDDA WHO DONT TAKE NO CRAP OFFA NOBODY!!!!I remember the first time I heard the theory that people are more intimately familiar with who they think they are...
The only NWA I can get with nowadays! Take that Dr. Dre!Personal growth is a motherlover. Especially when you don’t see it coming. And in some ways it can make you ashamed of who you were just ...
911 Emergency. Reconnect The Community.I’ve made a lot of interesting discoveries since I became a parent. I’ve learned that the Disney Channel has a lot of cool shows. I know who Selena ...
Writing books, throwing parties at the SAME. DAMN. TIME!!!A year in a half or so ago, I wrote an entry talking about our plans to launch Very Smart Singles — a service created to help the thous...
"Why are you smiling?" "Just thinking about how lucky you are that I like your cologne."I’m generally a fan of things Jason Segel has a hand in — “Forgetting Sar...
A couple weekends ago, I went out with a group of a dozen or so people to celebrate my homegirl’s birthday. And, as people in the greater Pittsburgh-area are wont to do after a night of drunken...
It’s been a long time, we shouldn’t have left you, without a newsletter to skim thru. It’s your main ninja behind the motherlovin’ trigga, Panama Jackson, and I’m here t...
An episode of “the shitty” — the drunk sleep that occurs when you go to bed while inebriated and, for whatever reason, wake up far earlier than you would under normal circumstances ...
Pic only chosen because I thought it was funny that this image was the first thing to pop up when googling "single black man"While most will probably remember 2012 as the “Year ...
EXACTLY!That damn Lloyd Price…you go boy.Long time ago (long long time ago…long time ago <—- name that reference, and if you get that you are WAAAAY good) here on VSB, we used to...
So I’m black.(Don’t you love when I open up with that line? It’s like a precursor to some race based observation on something race-related. Like NASCAR. Thank you.)I had the privilege of growing up i...
Thats the same thing I did Mr. Benjamin.I saw the movie Marci X this past weekend. My random movie game is not to be trifled with. Not a bad movie, but not exactly one I’d recommend anybody spend tim...
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