3x Award-winning music/canna multimedia journalist. He/him. JSU /G\. MBraboy17@hotmail.com
Joined July 2009
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13 May 2023
Tonight I just won my very first award in Music Journalism. Holding this is so crazy right now because I never would have imagined winning one of these...the gravity of it all is something else. So it's official: IM AN AWARD WINNING MUSIC JOURNALIST!!!!!!!!
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May 14
Concerts are where you realize how beautiful it is to be alive in this fucked up world
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May 13
getting addicted to a video game is good actually cause it means you spend less time on social media
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May 14
I think people think artist are a brand to protect which is part of the issue. And you’re honestly doing art a disservice to dehumanize it.
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May 13
I thought journalists don’t matter? I thought we should ignore reviews? But the evil writing man said a bad word and suddenly I have an opinion on his job!
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May 14
The life of gamers who don’t play single player games is so pitiful lmao
Call of Duty is dead.
Arc Raiders is dead.
Fortnite is dead.
Battlefield is dead.
GTA is still not out.
What is anyone even playing anymore these days?
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yall are being too sensitive about this shit man. That album sucks. And he'd say it to Chris Brown's face, and he's not doing this anonymously. So that's the difference.
No serious publication should have this as a headline and I hate that we’ve normalized bizarre shit like this.
Bring back professionals.
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May 13
I think non gamers underestimate how many people use gaming as their way to decompress after work, stress, burnout or just life.
For a lot of adults:
gaming IS self care.
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I think we gotta understand journalists don’t abide by the same standards of censorship as broadcast media
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“bring back professionals” you mean the ones who were telling musicians and film directors that their work sucks and that they should stop creating in the 70s, 80s, and 90s? I dare y’all to go read older reviews by Ebert and Greg Tate and get back to me about “professionalism”
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Honestly, many of you all wouldn’t know an Op-Ed from a Co-Op so I’m not surprised that people think like this.
Bootlickers, the lot of them. If this how they act for an artist…
I respect honest, objective journalism.
The pitchfork review of Chris Brown’s album TO ME seems like they’re being shady because they know they can & they see that social media has been dragging it. That’s not honest, objective journalism.
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May 13
Music reviews are not objective and they don’t have to be. They aren’t covering current events, politics, the economy or medical breakthroughs. Stop conflating editorial standards of wider journalistic practices with every medium that covers the arts.
I respect honest, objective journalism.
The pitchfork review of Chris Brown’s album TO ME seems like they’re being shady because they know they can & they see that social media has been dragging it. That’s not honest, objective journalism.
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10 years ago @chancetherapper released ‘coloring book,’ a monumental project for chicago, streaming, and mixtapes in general. for @complex, i interviewed chance, @camobi, @nicosegal, and @petercottontale about making one of the most unique records in rap:
complex.com/music/a/grant-ri…
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May 13
Essence deleting the post about Kevin Hart's alleged business woes is where most Black entertainment journalism stands today: all fluff and not enough substance. What's worse is that the article pretends to be critical coverage but still seeps into celebrity worship w/these lines
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I mean, CB can take solace in knowing that he is a baseball stadium act. He can sell out 31K-47K venues. His albums are now a means for cheap streams for certification pushed by his cult. He's been done as an albums act. Dude is on the nostalgia train.
Chris Brown’s ‘BROWN’ is aiming for a top 5 debut on the Billboard 200 with ~70K units first week (via @HITSDD)
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May 13
y’all really soft as baby shit man 😭😭😭
No serious publication should have this as a headline and I hate that we’ve normalized bizarre shit like this.
Bring back professionals.
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May 13
I also very much judge reporters based on the quality of their gossip. Did you fact-check? Back up with secondary sources? Check with the person you’re gossiping about?
Or just spread it without any reporting whatsoever?
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May 13
One thing I think about a lot as an editor: if you’re a journalist that has the time to gossip about other journalists, you’re probably not on assignment
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May 12
Alphonse had legit criticism of the music. Yall gotta stop calling everything a hit piece
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It’s actually this simple. A critic liking or disliking art should have zero impact on you. Also shouting at us about how successful something is doesn’t mean we are wrong nor will it change our position. Let’s move on from that.
Adults attacking pop culture journalists for doing their jobs and reviewing pop culture. Your emotions should not be that wrapped up in a celebrity or tv show that you take someone else’s dislike to heart.
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May 10
10 Greatest Hip-Hop Feature Runs (not to be confused with GOAT MCs)
10 Cole
9 Scarface
8 Busta Rhymes
7 pre MAGA N*cki
6 Nas
5 pre Certified Lover Boy/Lawsuit Drake
4 T Pain
3 Andre 3000
2 Wayne
1 Nate Dogg
(Honorable mentions: Da Brat, Em, pre-KKK 'Ye, Pimp C)
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