Music4/21/21Apr 21SaveMusic4/21/21MusicJodeci Is Unbeatable In a Verzuz Battle: A Scientific Breakdown of Black Excellent ProportionsPanama Jackson9As is often the case after Verzuz “battles,” folks get to ruminating on potential matchups, etc. Also, I’m folks; I…
Can I Kick It?4/20/21Apr 20SaveCan I Kick It?4/20/21Can I Kick It?I Hope You Already Got That Pair of Kobe's That You Wanted Because If Not, You're About to Pay Stupid Prices For ThemPanama Jackson7On December 24, 2020, Nike (and I presume the Kobe Bryant estate, headed up by his wife Vanessa Bryant) decided to…
Social Media4/16/21Apr 162Social Media4/16/21Social MediaMan Saves Wife From Bobcat in Viral Video, Becomes Legend in 2 Games Like Pee Wee KirklandPanama Jackson63By now, if you’re lucky, you’ve seen this viral video circulating the social medias. In it, a man whose name I do…
Pass the Peas4/14/21Apr 14SavePass the Peas4/14/21Pass the PeasAward-Winning Author Topé Folarin Joins Pass The Peas to Talk About His Life, His Time at Morehouse College, His Debut Novel, A Particular Kind of Black Man and Res' How I DoPanama Jackson1One of the coolest parts of this entire journey with Very Smart Brothas is the sheer amount of cool people I’ve had…
Mental Health4/13/21Apr 133Mental Health4/13/21Mental HealthI Think I've Started to Use Avoidance As Self-CarePanama Jackson24“...so how you feel, frustrated, irritated, sometimes I don’t know myself, I be too numb, to feel something…
Movies4/7/21Apr 71Movies4/7/21MoviesThere's a 'Black Movie Test' Floating Around That's Too Easy. Here's a 'Black Movie Test' to See If You're Really Dedicated to the CausePanama Jackson104I love the internet. Along with allowing me to order shit off of Amazon and it be at my doorstep before I hit “Place…
Pass the Peas4/7/21Apr 71Pass the Peas4/7/21Pass the PeasIs 'Return of the Mack' the Greatest Song Ever? A Debate With The Root's Shanelle Genai, Who Disagrees (She's Wrong), on Pass the Peas With Panama JacksonPanama Jackson8On March 18, 2021, Mark Morrison’s “Return of The Mack” reached its 25th birthday. To commemorate this…
Family Matters4/1/21Apr 11Family Matters4/1/21Family MattersI Think My Kids Tried to End Me (Again) Yesterday: Another RequiemPanama Jackson28I have four children—a daughter and three boys. My daughter is 12 and the youngest boy is almost 6 months old. The…
Movies3/31/21Mar 31SaveMovies3/31/21MoviesAn Ode to My Favorite Poem of All Time—From the Movie Trippin'—Whose Title I Can't Put Here Because It's ProfanePanama Jackson8Y’all really don’t talk about the movie Trippin’ enough. Released in 1999 and starring everybody’s favorite…
Music3/25/21Mar 252Music3/25/21MusicCan We All Agree That SWV's 'You're The One' Is a First Ballot Hall of Fame Cheat Jam?Panama Jackson14Ever since the SWV versus Xscape Verzuz was announced, my soul has been awash with joy and good tidings and cheer. I…
Entertainment3/25/21Mar 255Entertainment3/25/21EntertainmentDerrick Jaxn and Co. Are Living Proof That When STFU Is An Option, It Should Be Strongly ConsideredPanama Jackson72Up until last week, I had a very vague knowledge of Derrick Jaxn. I’d heard his name of course. He and a slew of…
Music3/22/21Mar 221Music3/22/21MusicAn Argument for Creative Source's 'I'd Find You Anywhere' As The Greatest Stalker Jam of All TimePanama Jackson19Do you know what song you know but maybe don’t know that you know? I’m glad you asked: Creative Source’s “I’d Find…
Pass the Peas3/19/21Mar 192Pass the Peas3/19/21Pass the PeasIntroducing Pass The Peas With Panama Jackson, a New Podcast Brought to You by Very Smart Brothas and The RootPanama Jackson4Hey, Young World!
Family Matters3/18/21Mar 184Family Matters3/18/21Family MattersI Miss My ImaginationPanama Jackson12One of the funnest things to do as a parent is to simply watch your kids. Over the course of every single day (and…
News3/16/21Mar 161News3/16/21NewsTwo Giraffes—One Adorably Named Waffles—Died in a Zoo Fire and Man, That's Some Super Sad NewsPanama Jackson6Last summer, in a never-ending attempt to find things for our kids to do that were as safe as possible and also as…
Can I Kick It?3/15/21Mar 151Can I Kick It?3/15/21Can I Kick It?Dear New Sneaker People, Just Because You Usually Wear a Certain Size Doesn't Mean You Always Wear That SizePanama Jackson30It’s been documented here before, but the onset of the coronavirus over a year ago seems to have turned everybody…
Culture3/11/21Mar 11SaveCulture3/11/21CultureDear Spades Players, It's Time We Offer an Olive Branch to Our Non-Spades Playing Friends and Unite in the Name of Black ExcellencePanama Jackson29A few years ago, my family took a trip to Atlanta to celebrate my nephew’s graduation from college. We all stayed…
Movies3/10/21Mar 104Movies3/10/21Movies10 Thoughts I Had about Coming 2 America—The Sequel to the Best Black Movie of All TimePanama Jackson43It’s been almost a week since Coming 2 America dropped on Amazon Prime Video. The movie–highly anticipated by most…
Movies3/4/21Mar 41Movies3/4/21MoviesThe 10 Most Significant Black Cultural Institutions or Entities That Never Actually Existed, RankedPanama Jackson33Ever since Ricky Baker caught a few 12-gauge shells to the legs and back in 1991's Boyz N The Hood—holy shit it…
Movies3/2/21Mar 2SaveMovies3/2/21MoviesComing to America Questions That Need Answers: Was McDowell's Better than McDonald's? An ExaminationPanama Jackson38This week at VSB, in dedication to and preparation for Friday’s release of Coming 2 America, we’ll be digging…