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Glover’s Lane
On December 5, 2014, musician Childish Gambino was nominated for two Grammys, for his album Because the Internet (Best Rap Album) and song “3005” (Best Rap Performance). One week later, on December 12,...
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‘Serial’ Season 2: Funkmaster Flex and the Curious Case of the Unnamed Shots
Tell Flex to drop a bomb on it, indeed. One-hundred-and-four times in eight minutes and 18 seconds. Last night, on New York’s Hot 97, DJ Funkmaster Flex spent a portion of his show getting some things...
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Bragging Rights: The ‘Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip’ Pilot Episode
Bragging Rights is a new Grantland series with a single goal: to determine which member of a cast, a team, a band, a presidential cabinet — is killing it the most, years later. Different Grantland...
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Bill Belichick Responds To DEFLATEGATE Accusations
“Let me just say that my personal coaching philosophy, my mentality, has always been to make things as difficult as possible for players in practice, and so with regard to footballs, I’m sure that any...
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‘Rembert Explains’ Podcast: Chris Hayes
MSNBC host Chris Hayes and Rembert Browne launch Season 2 with a discussion on the State of the Union address, The Nightly Show, and the NBA’s unpredictable Eastern Conference. Listen to the podcast...
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Songs of the Week: The ‘Sorry 4 the Wait 2’ Mixtape Wayne Edition
Rembert Browne: Lil Wayne has a new mixtape out, Sorry 4 the Wait 2. This is worth noting because Wayne mixtapes are, historically, big deals. Mixtape Wayne is one of the best rappers who has ever...
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Famous Adult Men at Sundance: Your Jackets Suck and You All Look Terrible
This is going to sound harsh, but just hear me out. If you’re at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, and you’re a famous man and you’re wearing clothes, you look terrible. Everyone. Actors,...
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‘Revival! The Experience’ Is a Major Motion Picture Musical About Black Jesus...
In 2014, out of nowhere, I decided to track the rise of Christian films in the mainstream. It was certainly a landmark year for the genre, with a number of these films holding their own at the box...
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‘Rembert Explains’ Podcast: Marshawn Lynch, Shonda Rhimes, and Black History...
The Nation‘s Mychal Denzel Smith joins Rembert to discuss Marshawn Lynch, the NFL’s Super Bowl ad, Shonda Rhimes, and Black History Months of days past. Listen to the podcast here. Subscribe to the...
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CBS Week Viewing Diary, Day 1: There Is Nothing Better on TV Than ‘NCIS’ and...
For the past six years (and 11 of the past 12), CBS has been the most watched network in the United States of America. It’s been a few months since Grantland’s Rembert Browne has hazed himself, so he...
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CBS Week Viewing Diary, Day 2: The Pally Show, ‘Mike & Molly,’ and a...
For the past six years (and 11 of the past 12), CBS has been the most watched network in the United States of America. It’s been a few months since Grantland’s Rembert Browne has hazed himself, so he...
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CBS Week Viewing Diary, Day 3: Sean Hayes, the Ghost of Maya Rudolph, and...
For the past six years (and 11 of the past 12), CBS has been the most watched network in the United States of America. It’s been a few months since Grantland’s Rembert Browne has hazed himself, so he...
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CBS Week Viewing Diary, Day 4: Watching ‘Criminal Minds,’‘Stalker,’ and ‘The...
For the past six years (and 11 of the past 12), CBS has been the most watched network in the United States of America. It’s been a few months since Grantland’s Rembert Browne has hazed himself, so he...
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CBS Week Viewing Diary, Day 5: America’s Most Watched Network Will Pay Dearly...
For the past six years (and 11 of the past 12), CBS has been the most watched network in the United States of America. It’s been a few months since Grantland’s Rembert Browne has hazed himself, so this...
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We Love (And Hate) Kanye West Because He Says What We Think
Three hours into the 2015 Grammy Awards, Prince walked onstage to present one of the night’s few televised awards, Album of the Year. It’s an award he’d been nominated for twice, losing both times. In...
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Being Real Black for You: Who Kendrick Lamar Is Rapping to on ‘The Blacker...
I don’t remember the first time I heard “To Be Young, Gifted and Black.” I do recall, however, the first time I was instructed to listen to it. The version was Donny Hathaway’s take, from his 1970...
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‘Rembert Explains’ Podcast: Pablo Torre
Pablo Torre joins Rembert to consider whether NYC is a good fit for NBA All-Star weekend, discuss the embarrassing personal nuggets hiding on Google’s servers, and more. Listen to the podcast here....
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Drake, at Night
Over my shoulder, in a bar, on a Sunday, before midnight, but not by much, I heard this: Oh, so this is what my 2015 is going to look like. There were equal parts eye-roll and These are my people in...
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Second Banana Update: The Dumb, the Smart, and the Dumb-Smart Voting Issues...
You people. That’s what I think every time we do a bracket with voting. Because sometimes you people nail it, and other times you people make decisions that are imprisonable offenses. There have been...
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‘Rembert Explains’ Podcast: Fashion Week, the Rise of Big Sean, and More With...
Jezebel’s Julianne Escobedo Shepherd joins Rembert to talk Fashion Week, the rise of Big Sean, JNCO jeans, and the expensive wardrobe of Kim and Kanye’s daughter, North West. Listen to the podcast...
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