These days, you don't hear nearly the amount of love songs on the pop charts as you did in the '80s. When there is a noticeable absence of black love in popular culture (whether music or otherwise), it always leads people to question: is this life reflecting art or vice versa. But we know black love still endures, so we take every opportunity to celebrate love when we see … [Read more...]
7 Songs Every Man Listens to When He’s Falling in Love
Okay I know when we think of love songs, we always think of the ladies being sappy and in love, but you haven’t seen anything until you watch a man fall in love. Men might do it in the privacy of their own homes, but we get just as sappy and all those love songs start speaking to us too. Maybe it was just me…now I KNOW it wasn’t just me…but I remember being on the phone for … [Read more...]
Does Your Spouse Have Your Back When No One Else Does?
It’s no secret that I love John Legend. I think he is talented and the lyrics to his songs typically touch me in a pretty powerful way. His music speaks to me on so many levels, and it has for years. Like so many of you, I just adore his song, “All of Me.” Talk about a song that really gets to the bottom of what it means to truly be vulnerable and love someone. But there is … [Read more...]
My Top 5 Hip Hop Love Songs
Aiight…for some quick background on me, I’m a DIE HARD HIP HOP HEAD! I have lived and breathed this culture since I was a shorty back in Philly in the early 80’s. I may be a relationship coach on the side, but first and foremost, I’m hip hop ALL DAY! So the other day during one of my rap sessions at the teen center I run, some of the girls were saying that they don't like … [Read more...]