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Name: Viqi French
Dateline: Chicago, Illinois
Weblog: www.viqifrenchfever.blogspot.com [RSS]
Articles: 11
First Published: Saturday, September 17, 2005
Last Published: Friday, November 11, 2005
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  1. Movie Review: Get Rich or Die Tryin'

    — Before seeing 50 Cent's new film, I wondered if I'd "Get Vic'd and Leave (the theater) Cryin'". I'm happy to report I left with

    REVIEW in Video on November 11, 2005

  2. Samuel Betta Do the Right Thing Like Spike Lee

    — Samuel L. Jackson makes a point about rappers eating into Hollywood's meager opportunities for trained black actors, but...

    OPINION in Video on November 03, 2005

  3. Rosa Parks Has Left Life's Bumpy Bus

    — Rosa Parks has died at the age of 92. Finally, she got off the bus — that bumpy ride called "life."

    OPINION in Culture on October 25, 2005

  4. Funky Halloween: Hellish party treats for your tricks

    — If you want your party guests to really shake dem Halloween bones, here's what to dust off now to get their dancing knees a-clacking.

    REVIEW in Music on October 19, 2005

  5. Dwele's 100% Baby-Maker CD: Some Kinda Review

    — Detroit's own Dwele of Slum Village fame has birthed a gem in the fine tradition of Motown legend Marvin Gaye.

    REVIEW in Music on October 06, 2005

  6. Fela Kuti: New Book on the Man, Myth, Music Legend

    — New book about the Motherland's answer to James Brown gives fresh perspective on his colorful, post-colonial government-chiding life.

    OPINION in Books on October 02, 2005

  7. Join Lil' Kim's Book Club Today! (CD Sold Separately)

    — Yes-yes, y'all. From Sing-Sing. Here's the Queen Bee's prison reading list. It, of course, is a biotch.

    SATIRE in Music on October 01, 2005

  8. Modern Music: How O-old Are You?

    — Hendrix might have blazed on some "Purple Haydn" if W.C. Handy hadn't done what he did this day in 1912.

    SATIRE in Music on September 28, 2005

  9. Neo Soul: Funk 'n' Grits 'n' Gravy

    — There are many Soul music tributaries today, but only Neo Soul aspires to stay rooted firmly in the past.

    OPINION in Music on September 26, 2005

  10. Get Rich, Or Die Horse Ridin'

    — A major film about the troubled turned triumphant life of Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson hits theater screens on Nov. 9th. Ready for exponentially more

    OPINION in Music on September 20, 2005

  11. N'Dambi: Neo Soul's other favorite Texan making new music moves

    — Most Neo Soul fans know that one of Erykah Badu's back-up singers — N'Dambi — is equally funky. As in awesome.

    REVIEW in Music on September 17, 2005

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