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Feel free to post your music video(s) in the Megathread and as a general post in the community.

Thank you in advance for participating!!!

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Happy Melanated Music Friday!!!💃🏽🕺🏽🪩

TODAY is the day we've all been waiting for!!!

This week's MMF theme is Road Trip Songs.

Post all of your favorite music (videos), in a separate post, that you listen to while on your way to some great destination, music that you listen to on your daily work commute, etc. Also, post songs where any kind of travel or vehicle is referenced.

As always, feel free to post all of your other favorite music as well.

Thanks so much in advance for your participation!!! Looking forward to a great day of music.

Stephen A. Smith gonna cry in the car.

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) handed out five Thumbs Down Awards at its annual convention in Atlanta on Saturday.

One recipient overshadowed the others: Stephen A. Smith, who has Black women Michelle Obama, Jasmine Crockett & Kamala Harris to thank.

The ESPN host and YouTube personality was singled out for his “recurring public pattern of disparaging commentary directed at prominent Black women across politics, sports, and media.” Those include Oprah, Michelle Obama, Jasmine Crockett, and Kamala Harris.

Other thumbs down awardees include CBS News, The Washington Post, Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr, and local TV station owner and media executive DuJuan McCoy.

The decision to include Smith rang out within the convention halls and social media, drawing immediate coverage from blogs and mainstream news.

Smith, who has worked with NABJ in the past, responded, promising to make his own case for why the organization is failing Black communities. He can start inward with the specific accusation, his treatment of Black women and work from there..

#nabj #stephenasmith #blackwomen #espn #journalism

You might have seen that Essence magazine recently released their list of the 50 Greatest R&B Songs of All Time. It’s a pretty marvelous list, filled with some of the most talented artists and most moving songs ever created. In my opinion, they got a lot right. Their list is definitely better than some of those othermagazines and sites that try to compile the best of what musical artists have to offer and wind up showing just how much they don’t know music. I would quibble with some of the positions of artists and some of the some choices for particular artists, but Essence did pretty good—though, no Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin is diabolical!

In any event, Essence extended an invitation in the write-up of their list. They said: So yes, debate the rankings. Tell us what should have been higher. Tell us what we missed. Defend your favorite with your whole chest. That's part of loving R&B, too.
They ain’t have to tell me but one time!

List: https://robertjonesjr.substack.com/p/the-witness-top-50-greatest-r-and