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Rashena
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Username: Rashena
Post Number: 34
Registered: 08-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 12:14 am: | 
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Sheeeid, the covers even catch MY eye, I buy King from time to time too and I find it to be very entertaining!
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/31/arts/design/31king.html
Fellas: How many of you will slum it and read these kinds of magazines? Fess up. *snicker*
Ladies: Am I alone? |
Yukio
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Yukio
Post Number: 718
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 12:47 am: |
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i look at the women, I've never read an article...
They need to a male counterpart of Essence... |
A_womon
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: A_womon
Post Number: 598
Registered: 05-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 06:57 am: |
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Didn't they try that with EBONY MAN some years ago? What happened to that? |
Rashena
Regular Poster
Username: Rashena
Post Number: 35
Registered: 08-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 07:50 am: |
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Okay, I thought they had some good articles, though I haven't read it since Trina was on the cover. LOL
What about Smooth magazine? Is that a watered-down Black Men or King? What about NV?
That's a good point, which magazine would you say came close to being an Essence for men?
Essence is launching Suede this month for younger sisters, I'm thinking it will be very similar to Honey...I read somewhere that Honey was a "happy-to-be-middle-class" magazine. LMAO |
Abm
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Abm
Post Number: 961
Registered: 04-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 10:48 am: |
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Well, yawl no' dat "All I wanna do is zooma zoom zoom zoom in hur boom boom. Jus' shake yer rump!"
Seriously, though, I typically avoid these mags as they frequently include topics (e.g., "Baby Mama Drama and You", "Are Those 20's Rims Really Chrome", "How to Screw Your Wifey and her Sister on the Same Day", etc.) that are not particularly interesting to me. And if I want to see 1/2 naikid, bubble-bottom hoochies (& LAWD know I do!), I can spy them on BET almost any nite of the week. Cuz there, I can always count on a Nelly to treat a brothah to his 'classic' "Tip Drill". (Hehe!)
But if somebody bought me a year's subscription to "King", I'd check it out, for 'research' purposes only, of course.
I think the rag biz needs a male version of Essence like Lambd needs (another) hole in his head. What Essence does is adequate for women. But men are not entertained via the same format and subject matter that women enjoy. The former Code attempted to be the male yin to Essence's yang. But after only a couple years on the market, the mag closed up shop by 1999.
Face it: The guys coming along these days like it ruff/raw (and at least a wee bit nasty). So the style of "King", "Black Men", "Smooth" and the rest of that ilk probably best typify what the average Black male 18 - 35 year old is most interested in (thus their burgeoning success). Us older guys are probably more entertained by Time, Black Enterprise and Car & Driver. |
Cynique
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Cynique
Post Number: 1162
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 12:42 pm: |
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Can anybody say: Meterosexual Male. Demographic. Profit. |
Rashena
Regular Poster
Username: Rashena
Post Number: 41
Registered: 08-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 01:36 pm: |
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ABM, I think I love you. LMAO!!!
Not "Baby Mama Drama and You" though....
So, I kept on hearing about this daggone "Tip Drill" video and I downloaded and watched the "derrrty" version the other night.
CLAWD HAVE MERCY!!!!
Cynique, I guess you just broke it down so it will be forever and consistently broke, huh? LOL |
Abm
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Abm
Post Number: 966
Registered: 04-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 02:31 pm: |
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Rashena says: ABM, I think I love you. LMAO!!!
ABM says: Great! Hey! I need for you take a few pics(clothing optional). And don't worry(not that much). The editor at "King" promised me they would "tastefully done"(oxymoron). You would do this if you "love" me (wink!)
Rashena says: "Not "Baby Mama Drama and You" though...."
ABM says: Yeah, right. Dat's what the last chick I mistakenly impregnated said too.
Rashena says: "I kept on hearing about this daggone "Tip Drill" video and I downloaded and watched the "derrrty" version the other night."
ABM says: One of the more ennobled reasons to opt for DSL.
Rashena says: "CLAWD HAVE MERCY!!!!"
ABM says: The "CLAWD" say's, "Naw yawl don't even TRY to blame DAT mess on me!"
Rashena says: "Cynique, I guess you just broke it down so it will be forever and consistently broke..."
ABM says: Yeah. And believe me, after Cynique has "broke it", it can’t be fixed. Jus' ask Lambd's erectile surgeon. |
Cynique
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Cynique
Post Number: 1166
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 02:41 pm: |
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Why is it necessary to ask Lambd's surgeon,Abm, when you can give Rashena first-hand info about Lambd's genitals; that is, if you can stop coveting them long enough. |
Abm
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Abm
Post Number: 968
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 02:54 pm: |
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Cynique,
Naw! I learn a long time ago to "Never sweat the 'small stuff'."
Whassamatah? Still suffering from that hysterical paranoia about Lambd and I being on the DL, huh? Skurred you’re a @#$hag and don’t even know it? |
Lambd
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Lambd
Post Number: 426
Registered: 01-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 03:44 pm: |
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You and Cynique crack me up with this ongoing fued...Oh and not 'sweatin' the small stuff' was almost as funny as me having another hole in my head. You sho' got a way wit wordz Abm. I think I lub you too. Notwithstanding any hysterical paranoia. |
Cynique
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Cynique
Post Number: 1170
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 04:05 pm: |
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I will exercise some much-needed restraint and distance myself from this conversation. My book calls. |
Abm
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Abm
Post Number: 974
Registered: 04-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 04:27 pm: |
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Lambd,
Thanks! I'm just a dabbler. You are the comedian around here. Dude, seriously, you should go on tour with Dave Chappel and Chris Rock. And hey, maybe you can take your favorite roadawg/groupie Cynique with you...for "'immoral' support". |
Yukio
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Yukio
Post Number: 720
Registered: 01-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 04:36 pm: |
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abm: When I said that black men need a male version of Essence, I didn't mean the "format," but the substance...not to say that Essence is particularly "deep." You at least get political commentary there....
KING, et al...don't talk about handling money(i know there is black enterprise); I particularly believe we need info. on the criminal justice system...dos and don'ts--driving will black, etc..;they don't have politically conscious black men talking about interesting issues, they don't talk about male/female relationships--although men don't think that is necessary...IT IS. For example, the "dilemma" W/Women w/ higher salaries, another is being a husband and fatherhood....wouldn't it be interesting to have bill cosby and some other fathers of varied generations talking about fatherhood...there would be a real dialogue; what about raising community conscious black men; what about all men growing up w/o viable father figures...this wisdom, u like to talk about...this would have a staple of the magazine.
I wouldn't compare CODE w/ Essence, cuz the articles were thin/superficial. |
A_womon
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: A_womon
Post Number: 604
Registered: 05-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 05:44 pm: |
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Yukio,
Let's me and you make that magazine you talkin about HAPPEN!!! I think its a great idea. Man, why did you have to go and GIVE your idea away???? |
Rashena
Regular Poster
Username: Rashena
Post Number: 42
Registered: 08-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 11:50 pm: |
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How many of y'all read Don Diva? Or FEDS? Those two are something else...I enjoy them and like the idea of them keeping "the streets" informed.... |
Chrishayden
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 584
Registered: 03-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 05:39 pm: |
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You know I was going to go into my usual Chris Hayden Midwestern Hyprocritical Holier Than Thou Thang because I do not read those magazines--unless of course I see them lying around somewhere and then only for the articles--and then I remembered that I don't have to because I have a lot of female pulchritude around to leer at almost every day.
You should have seen this one fine foxy number today, short skin the color of devils food cake, tight red pants, buxom, foxy hair down to her waist (it was hers. She bought it all. She owned it, cash money) haha! She looked better than Halle Berry because she was here live and in the fine brown foxy flesh. Who needs that fake stuff when you are an old reprobate and every damn thing you see looks good to you!
What kind of women do I like? Live ones, mostly!
Hahahaha! |
Abm
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Abm
Post Number: 1032
Registered: 04-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, September 04, 2004 - 09:51 am: |
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Chris,
Thanks for dealin' it straight, man.
Yeah, ain't nothing quite like waking up in the morning next to that erotic aroma of Korean Hair and Afro Sheen, huh?
See Lambd. No need to hide. I told you you weren't the only lecherous philander up in hur. Our ranks abound! |
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