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Black Men and Fashion: THE SUIT

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Every man should have at least ONE suit. And every man who is trying to be better should probably have around three (I only have one oops) and here’s why:

Black Men VALUE Respect – there is something about a man in suit that commands respect from the ignorant. The ignorant instantly thinks a man is better than them when they wear a suit. They would never admit it. As a matter of fact nobody even talks about it. But a man in a suit gets a psychological advantage in a lot of situations.

Black Men Want to be Fly – I don’t know what it is but in MOST of our DNA we have the need to be fly.  Maybe it started with our humble beginnings and ends with us finally being able to consume. But we all know the story, there’s a reason why we spend most of our income annually; Being Fly!

Black Women love to see us in them – another thing that people see in a man wearing a suit is POWER. Fellas if you do it right and get the right suit for your body type you will instantly develop a cone of influence! You will look and more importantly feel IMPORTANT. And homie, rock that shit once and awhile and see how the women respond to you when you change it up.

Suit Buying Guide

I am no expert so read this:

Men’s Suit Buying Guide: Everything You Need To Know (Click Here)

Where do I Buy my suits?

I personally am not beholden to any brand, I shop for deals. I refuse to pay full price for pretty much anything and a suits no different. But I got my last suit at a Banana Republic Outlet store. I got a suit pretty much like this (see below) that fit almost perfectly off the rack for under $200. Right after Cyber Monday too I think.

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Go ahead and get yourself some fly ass shoes too. This is who I fuck with on that tip!

 Gilt (click here)

While you are at it get some accessories to complete your look. I get my ties, pocket squares and other accessories from this monthly subscription box called SprezzaBox.

Sprezzabox (click here)

Enjoy Fellas and if you would like to hear more tips like this shoot me a comment or hit the like button.

Also if you have any black owned companies that can make a nice suit let me know and I will shout them out.

 

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Community Corner – BUTTER AND SCENTS

I don’t know about you but I love to smell good and being clean. Better than that I like to smell good and be clean whilst also supporting black businesses.

Nothing better than keeping our money within the community

Well the homie Wayne “Wizzle” Johnson and his his lovely wife Neka Nash Johnson have provided a solution with Butter and Scents.

All of their products are handmade and are made with all natural , chemical free ingredients.

Butter and Scents offers:

Bar Soaps

Body Wash

Sugar and Salt Scrubs

Hand Foaming Soap

Gift Sets

and Candle Waxes

Great thing about dealing with Butter & Scents is that they always have your pocket in mind. Most items are under $20. And if you shop now and spend $15 you 25% off your order.

Perfect opportunity if in search of an Xmas gift. Click here to shop now!

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BLACK REVIEWS OF WHITE SH$T- The TYPE of Restaurants I Like!

I have been fortunate in life to have eaten at a lot of nice restaurants in a lot of different cities in different countries. And I would consider myself to be a foodie (even though my palate aint shit!)

Having said all of that I am not hard to win over.

It doesnt take much to make me tell everybody who listens how good your food, drinks and coffee cake is. I’ll do that all day if I like your food.

But the restaurants that always keep me coming back and telling my friends and family about are the restaurants that offer FREEBIES.

I mean free bread, significantly cheaper drinks, free desserts, etc…. You Got me dawg!

There have been a few restaurants in my life that stood out in this instance. Carrabas or Pastabilities (in Syracuse, NY) always stood out because of thier fantastic bread and dipping offerings. Carrabas has the Tuscan Spice and Olive Oil mix and Pastabilities has this Hot Tomato Oil concoction that the gods have hidden from us!

Victoria and Albert’s in Orlando Florida has you and your dates name on the Menu when you arrive and then they give you your own waiter, waitress and sommelier.

Breadwinners (in Dallas) hits you off with the most fantastic dessert breads during brunch for the free!

And the newest addition to the Fam Knife Restaurant here in Dallas hit us off with the best freebies throughout the night as I just cant help but share the deets!!!

To start I have to ask you guys a question. Have you ever been to a restaurant that has a chefs table? Don’t they always try to tax you somehow on that reservation? Well at Knife the Chefs table is not only free but probably has the dopest view in the house. Its like having a bomb ass meal and watching a cooking show at the same time. And if you end up in a place that has chefs that have personality then you dont know what you will end up getting for free. ( I once got an entire bottle of wine for free at Fat Rice in Chicago)

So we got to sit at the Chefs bar for free and then they slid us a complimentary Crudite. (Dont worry I didnt know what the hell it was before they slid that shit in front of me either) But Crudities are just pieces of raw vegetables (such as celery or carrot sticks) served as an hors d’oeuvre often with a dip,

Them weird looking little vegetables were hitting!!!

After that we got to the food we ordered that looked like THIS!!!

Yeah yall see that shit!!! And it tasted just as good as it looked. Dont even ask me what any of it was either, Go find out for yourself.

So after kicking our asses with all of that food they slid us this for the free!

Then they slide ME this:

Knifedallas Restaurant is located at 5300 E Mockingbird Ln, Dallas, TX 75206

Website: Knife Restaurant

Oh and Top Chef fans will recognize the Restaurant owner and executive chef, This dude here:

I thank the YELP community for helping out with the pictures (Mine sucked).

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Why don’t BLACK MEN like Russell Wilson?

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Russell Wilson is a black man (mixed heritage) who played college football for the University of Wisconsin during the 2011 season, in which he set the single-season FBS record for passing efficiency (191.8) and led the team to a Big Ten title and the 2012 Rose Bowl. Wilson played football and baseball for North Carolina State University from 2008 to 2010 before transferring to Wisconsin. Wilson also played minor league baseball for the Tri-City Dust Devils in 2010 and the Asheville Tourists in 2011 as a second baseman.

Wilson was selected by the Seattle Shehawks with the 12th pick in the third round (75th overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft. In 2012, he tied Peyton Manning's record for most passing touchdowns by a rookie (26)
and was named the Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year. Only 6 black quarterbacks have played in a Super Bowl and only 2 have won it. In 2013, he led the Shehawks to their first ever Super Bowl victory, and in 2014, led them to a second straight Super Bowl berth. Wilson has won more games (56) than any other NFL quarterback in his first five seasons, and is currently the second highest rated NFL passer of all time behind Aaron Rodgers, at the time, the second highest paid player in the NFL. But BLACK MEN don’t
seem to like him (not counting Shehawks fans).

Here’s why:

“Russell Wilson isnt black enough”

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Back in 2014 there were stories circulating saying that some Shehawks players claimed that Russell Wilson isn’t black enough. Those are some sentiments that I’ve heard from friends and throughout social media about Russell Wilson and other brothers that speak in complete sentences regularly. A smart man would understand that blackness comes in all shares, shapes and personalities.

Even if a man doesn’t act like you and your dumb ass friends doesn’t mean he is less black than you.

“Russell Wilson is a Simp”

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That article sums up my opinion on this matter. Read HERE

I don’t know when it became cool to worship all the worst shit about ourselves. Maybe it started in the 70’s when they started getting the black father out of the house. But hopefully we eventually go back to how we were in the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. Back then the black community held themselves to the highest
of standards.

Now we have emotional men being raised by emotional women without their emotionless fathers in the house. And most of these young men’s fastest path to popularity is through dysfunction. SO I can understand how we are where we are now.

How a young man who is happily married to his wife can be called corny for publicly honoring her. How that same man can be called corny for doing the job of raising another mans son. I think it is interesting how we think his behavior is abnormal but don’t think the same of the shit on Worldstar.

I never really liked Russell Wilson because he is the quarterback of the Shehawks (I am a Niners fan). But I respect how he handles himself on the field and how he is with his family. Russell Wilson is a good dude. I wish we had more like him.

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BLACK REVIEWS of WHITE SH$T – Album Review – Raised Under Grey Skies (deluxe) – JP. Cooper

So before I begin I have to admit something….

…I LOVE all of those white R&B dudes that a lot of folk like to hate on. Jon B., JT, Robin Thicke, Daley, man I just LOVE that shit. They all have put out great music and every time they release something new I am there.

That brings me to J.P. Cooper. I first heard of him with his song “Satellite” that i just loved and subsequently couldn’t wait until he came out with his album.

“John Paul Cooper (born 2 November 1983), known professionally as JP. Cooper, is an English singer and songwriter. He is best known for featuring on the Jonas Blue single “Perfect Strangers“. The song was certified platinum in the UK. His follow-up solo single is “September Song“. He is signed to Island Records”. per Wikipedia

Now about this new album “We Were Raised Under Grey Skies”. Let me ask you a question. When is the last time you have listened to every song on an album and liked it? I mean EVERY song! Well that is what happened when I listed to this. I enjoyed all 17 songs after the first listen.

I honestly couldn’t tell you the genre of music this album represents. It’s some kind of soulful amalgamation of r and b and pop.

I think it would be a great listen while driving a long commute or during dinner.

I give J.P. Coopers Raised Under Grey Skies 🍗🍗🍗🍗😊

Listen here: