An exploration of the intertwined lives and philosophies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, alongside their impactful wives, Coretta Scott King and Betty Shabazz.

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A humorous and biting commentary on the paradox of Black Excellence, and a majestically high-quality American story, that is multi-layered, provocative, beautiful, affirming, and funny. 

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Black Pumas represent Black Excellence in music. This hard to classify performing duo lays down music tracks that sound out of the box, yet oddly familiar.

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Think Superfly meets The Matrix. Go deep in this comedic sci-fi conspiracy. So much more beneath the surface of this apparent plot line. You'll be laughing and then be like "what??"

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Watch out. What if the tables were turned, and women had physical dominance over men? The global thriller poses that very question and we look into it...

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The Stoop is a well-produced, thoughtful, funny, and poignant podcast series that covers issues from a Women's perspective, a Black perspective, and most surely, a human perspective. Well worth subscribing to!

Join us for our Flash Review where the ladies of The Stoop get four rocks.

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Trevor Noah is a visionary. Exiting The Daily Show at the top, Noah returns to his comedian roots in the Netflix special "I Wish You Would".

Join us for our Flash Review where Trevor gets four and a 1/2 rocks.

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The Editors of The Obsidian review Elie Mystal's book 'Allow Me To Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution' and give it 4.75 'Rocks'.

Mystal cuts right to the chase in identifying the fallacies and subterfuge on the part of one of the major political parties, from the perspective of the Constitution. Read his timely treatise on the Constitution and what it really says about our times.

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The Editors of The Obsidian review the release from Lizzo 'Special' and give it 4 1/2 'Rocks'.

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The Editors of The Obsidian review the release from Belgian musician Stromae called 'Multitude' and give it 4 1/4 'Rocks'.

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