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Views From The Studio: The Year In Forgiveness, Faithfulness And Fullness
Honesty embedded within an artist's music isn't only therapeutic for its creator, but the listeners who see melodies as a source of refuge. In a good way, 2016 bombarded consumers with full-length projects that showcased forgiveness isn't a sign of weakness, talking to God isn't just reserved for the confines of your bedroom, and despite the things that tear us apart inside, rhythm and rhymes can piece...
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Little Simz's 2016 Was Everything But A Still Wonderland
We may be running out of legends according to Little Simz, but the UK rapper is definitely leaving her mark. The Forbes “30 Under 30” MC exposed us to the Stillness In Wonderland this past Friday (Dec. 16) with her sophomore project and accompanying film. [speedbumplink prefix="LISTEN:" url="http://www.vibe.com/2016/10/kehlani-table/" content="Kehlani Tells Us What She Brings To The “Table”...
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For The Culture: The 25 Best Albums Of 2016
2016 proved to be a revolutionary one in music. Genre bending artists like Kaytranada, Rihanna and Solange blessed us with three of the most intriguing albums of the year. While rap's most wanted helped keep the fire going with projects like Blankface LP, Coloring Book and Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight READ: Fists Up: The 20 Blackest Albums Of 2016 You can consider all the excessive name-dropping...
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Fists Up: The 20 Blackest Albums Of 2016
In the midst of all that has happened around us, the year in music turned out to be very powerful and unapologetically black. Like always, the cultural and hasty political climate fueled the rhymes, ballads and beats that flowed through our speakers. [speedbumplink prefix="READ" url="http://www.vibe.com/featured/latinos-who-raised-the-bar-2016/" content="20 Standout Latinos Who Raised The Bar In...
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20 Standout Latinos Who Raised The Bar In 2016
As the year comes to a close, we look back on those who took a stand, made a statement, or just did something incredibly rad, forging their legacies in sectors across entertainment, music, politics and the arts. VIBE Viva sheds light on a bevy of Latinos who soared above and beyond the call of duty in their respective fields. Some are new to the game. Some are seasoned vets. And some exist outside...
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Run It Back: The 60 Best Songs Of 2016
2016 has been one helluva of a year for music. Those that continue to say "hip-hop and R&B are dead" do not work at VIBE -- and are dead to us. Yes, it's true: it takes some digging these days to find music with substance -- especially in rap -- but we're never underwhelmed with what we find. READ: Wake Up & Jam: The 13 Slept On Albums Of 2016 Artists like Chance The Rapper, Anderson.Paak,...
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This Is Fine: 50 Moments Of Black Magic From 2016
If right now the only thought about 2016 that comes to mind is “good riddance,” then we don’t blame you. At all. For a lot of us, this year was a less than cheerful reminder of one, our standing as it pertains to our respective races and two, the country that we (sometimes grudgingly) call home. Since the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012, the black community seems to have been taking hit after...
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Ears To The Streets: 10 Artists To Watch In 2017
It’s been an eventful, engaging and disappointing 2016 for some of our favorite rappers. A$AP Rocky and Lil Wayne feigned ignorance and the futility of #BlackLivesMatter. Legends Beanie “Beans” Sigel and Kanye West also took physical and verbal L’s this year. Former Roc-A-Fella artist Beans was sucker punched and knocked to the ground at Puff Daddy’s Bad Boy Reunion tour stop in Philly. Yeezy...
