1. manchild wrote:

Dwayne Wade shows bad sportsmanship,that’s why…
and Doc….the whole Rick Ross/Fifty is so childlike…
why can’t they just fight it out on youtube.

2. Dale J. Thomas wrote:

Wasn’t it wonderful to see Michael Eric Dyson pound conservative blowhard Andrew Breitbart on national television?

(Yes it was!, I often wonder Marc, why aren’t intelligent conservatives put on TV instead of the windbags?)

Why does Color Me Badd have a greatest hits album?

Marcthat is a good question, Marc Here is the track listing:

1. I wanna Sex you up
2. I wanna Sex you up
3. I wanna Sex you up
4. I wanna Sex you up
5. I wanna Sex you up
6. I wanna Sex you up
7. I wanna Sex you up
8. I wanna Sex you up
9. I wanna Sex you up
10. I wanna Sex you up
11. I wanna Sex you up
12. I wanna Sex you up

Oh my bad, I just realized I had the Greatest hits disc on repeat with that one song.

With Bobby Jindal, Roland Burris and Michael Steele embarrassing themselves in front of the nation, has America learned that people of color are not interchangeable?

Very good question, I guess they have, maybe just maybe we get looked at by our first names, and not our color.

3. Tom Penn wrote:

“Wasn’t it wonderful to see Michael Eric Dyson pound conservative blowhard Andrew Breitbart on national television?”

It is always wonderful to see Michael Eric Dyson; especially in person!

“Now that they’re down with Jimmy Kimmel, aren’t The Roots the best house band in late night television history?”

First, The Roots are the house band for Jimmy Fallon, not Jimmy Kimmel. I know, all those late night talk show hosts look the same

However, as a fan of The Roots, I have mixed feelings about them takin’ this gig. It’s kinda like they had to take a day job, cause their music gig was not happening. They are labeless now right? Didn’t Def Jam drop them? And if they have to go to “work” every night at NBC, then how are they gonna tour and do concerts? Will they become a weekends only band?
Plus as great as it is to see them every night on my TV, they only play like 15 second intros/outros for the show. Yet how wicked awesome was it to see them back up Ludacris? And imagine what it will be like if The Roots back up lil’ Wayne one night? Just for the hell of it, I wanna see The Roots back up “rapper” Joaquin Phoenix!

4. ChgoSista wrote:

LMAO @ Dale Thomas!!! HAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

5. Samuel wrote:

“Instead of asking why Obama is using a teleprompter, shouldn’t we ask why Bush didn’t use one?”

They tried that. it was like Rocky Balboa reading for a commercial…

“Am I the only one who doesn’t trust the AIG executives who agreed to give back their bonuses instead of having Congress impose a 90 percent tax?”

I trust no one… not even Congress in this situation.

“After seeing his new video with Ciara, aren’t we tired of seeing Justin Timberlake exploit Black women?”

No, because the black women look sexy and they allow themselves to be exploited… not his fault.

“Wasn’t it wonderful to see Michael Eric Dyson pound conservative blowhard Andrew Breitbart on national television?”

MED is arguably pound for pound the best verbal fighter this decade.

“Child psychologists be damned, isn’t “because I said so” the best answer to give your kids sometimes?”

“Because I said so” can be looked at as a cop out but only to those that are overly sensitive to their kids needs. My motto is, “I put a roof over your head, so you shut the f*ck up and do what the hell I just told you to do!”

“Why does Color Me Badd have a greatest hits album?”

Hey Dale, you forgot the 12 other “I Wanna Sex You Up” remixes. Did they have a techno version?

“Isn’t it scary that Flavor Flav just celebrated his 50th birthday?”

Is he still even worth talking about?

“Why are there 5 layers of security to get into public schools but, once you get in, no one stopping you from leaving?”

Joe Clark (Bat-man) tried chains on the doors but that didn’t work…

“Why isn’t Dwyane Wade, who’s putting together one of the best seasons in recent memory, mentioned in the same breath as Kobe Bryant and Lebron James?”

Could it be because of the Charles Barkely commercials? A little bit of guilt by association? DUIs can kill a brotha’s sports career and the ones around them too.

“Don’t you hate when people say “reinerate” instead of “reiterate”?”

I hate when people say “REAL-a-ter” instead of “Realtor”… “axe” instead of “ask” stills makes me cringe, too.

“How long do we have to wait for another Black romantic comedy as good as Love Jones?”

That’s a good question. I absolutely lovededed Love Jones. I have a fascination for Poetic Justice too. Watched it again last night. I think that’s more because of Janet’s booty though.

6. Clifton Harrison wrote:

*bonus question*: After seeing the recent antics of an over-bearing pig..i mean cop, when will we hear Obama say “Fuck the police!”?

ok..maybe that’s a pipe dream…but let me dream…

7. Clifton Harrison wrote:

Did anybody see that interview with Michael Steele were he tried to say that all of what he’s been going thru was “strategic”? Smh. Why does he keep digging??

8. ChgoSista wrote:

Don’t you hate when people say “reinerate” instead of “reiterate”?—> Or “bogish” instead of “bogus?”

I have 2 to add:

1. With their billions of dollars in revenue, shouldn’t McDonald’s coffee be free EVERY day and not just on Mondays?
2. Couldn’t Oprah have, just this one time, put the First Lady on the cover ALONE without sharing it with her?

9. Samuel wrote:

ChgoSista,

Has there ever been a volume of O where she wasn’t on the cover and allowed someone else to shine? I only see it in the grocery lines but have always seen just Oprah or someone sharing the cover with her. Has she ever made anyone else feel that special? I heard she’s also supposed to be sharing the cover with Ellen DeGeneres soon too. I imagine if anyone deserves to be on the cover alone it would be the First Lady. But who else deserves that mighty honor?

10. DCI74 wrote:

· How is Justin Timberlake exploiting Ciara?

· I’m more scared that at 50, Flav still acts like a child. When your own children tell you to grow up that’s a sign a big one.

· The Roots were already legendary but now their place is set in the hall of fame. @ Tom Penn, go to okayplayer.com and your questions are addressed by ?estlove. He breaks down why the band chose to accept the gig and how it will impact touring.

· Marc I’m disturbed you’re even paying attention to those clowns Rick Loss and Ishtty Cent. Two marginal rappers with borrowed street personas going back and forth over who’s the bigger thug is like two fake heart surgeons arguing over who has the best open heart procedure, ridiculous.

· Dude you’re talking to the wrong people. Everywhere I turn people are saying it’s a 3-man race between Wade, Kobe and Lebron with no clear winner. This may be one of the closest races in recent years.

11. Jameelah wrote:

Umm, Dr. Hill, you have a Facebook page dedicated to Lesbians who want to marry you (among others) what are you complaining about?

12. ChgoSista wrote:

Samuel–I’m confused by your post–but I guess here’s the answer: The First Lady is the VERY FIRST person to be on the cover of O magazine.

My ‘question’ was that Oprah bragged forever that the First Lady was gonna be on the cover–and then when we finally saw it–SHE was on it with her! That just tickled me, that’s all. At that moment I thought, “Damn–Oprah–you coulda let her, of ALL PEOPLE, be on the cover alone.

Yes–she will be sharing the cover with Ellen DeG. next.

13. ChgoSista wrote:

The First Lady is the VERY FIRST person to be on the cover of O magazine. —>I MEANT, VERY FIRST PERSON BESIDES OPRAH

14. SWEETS wrote:

OMG, I SIMPLY LOVED YOUR ‘20 QUESTIONS’ LIST. PLEASE, PLEASE ADD – WHY DOES NO ONE CORRECTLY PRONOUNCE THE WORD ‘MISCHIEVOUS’? THE WORD IS NOT ‘MIS-CHEEE-VEE-OUS’. I AM NOT A ‘JUDGE MATHIS SHOW’ FAN, BUT RECENTLY WHILE CHANNEL SURFING, HE MISPRONOUNCED THIS WORD AND I FELL ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING, THINKING ‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’.

15. Samuel wrote:

Just wanted to know who you feel today deserves the honor of being on the cover of O magazine alone besides the First Lady. No one has done it and you know Oprah will make it huge deal if she ever makes that decision.

DC, thanks for the Roots info.

“After seeing the recent antics of an over-bearing pig..i mean cop, when will we hear Obama say “Fuck the police!”?”

The same night he stops blaming everything on “the last 8 years of this Congress.”

16. zak wrote:

I can’t answer (or try to) all of these questions but I’ll put my two cents in:

Shit. Justin can exploit me if he wants to. Sorry, Marc…I’m kinda gay for J.T.

Rick Ross and 50. I already wasted my own time–and finger strength–just typing those two names.

Love Jones? I still don’t know why everyone on this blog loves that movie. It’s good, but I didn’t think it was the Lord’s greatest gift to Black Cinema. Maybe it’s Larenz Tate; that dude kinda annoys me. The soundtrack is hot, though.

Love the Roots. Love Jimmy Kimmel. Jimmy Fallon can go suck a bag a dicks, the prick.

Dyson smeared a dookie train onto Breitbart’s neck.

Wade is amazing.

Reinerate? I hate that shit. I hate “lookted” instead of “looked” even more.

If Shaq is allowed to release a greatest hits album, so should Color Me Badd. Shaq-Fu? Word?

The Nigerian Fraud thing? I can totally see people falling for that. Have you been out there in the world? People are stupid.

Fuck the Mets.

17. haey wrote:

How about tired of seeing Face Book status updates show up the way some people think bc they write like they think? Not using periods, commas, or any punctuation until they get to the end of a sentence? UUUUGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!

Wait…am I guilty?

18. marland wrote:

1. yes
2. yes
3. yes
4. no
5. no
6. yes
7. more than yes. I had a ‘when harry met sally’ moment between that and the O’Reilly interview w/Dr. Hill
8. yes
9. They do?
10. The only color that would benefit Bobby Jindal is a purple Barney the Dinosaur costume
11. yes
12. yes
13. yes
14. Pimpin’ Curly is my daddy
15. They want the kids to get out. There’s an escape hatch in the library
16. Who?
17. lol – no. I like reinerate and am also a big fan of “phantom” vs. “fathom”.
18. Why you playing with us? ‘Can I be your slave?’
19. Huh?
20. T minus 3

My questions:
1. Why if a dog humps on your leg, people laugh, but if you do that to a dog, nobody thinks it’s that funny?

2. Speaking of, when is Tiffany Pollard (aka New York) coming back to tv? I’m having withdrawals.

3. Is it me, or has populist rage over [insert random incident here] become like third grade kickball between the dems and repubs? e.g., “We have shocking and revealing news about octomom’s fertility doctor…our sources tell us that he is a democrat!” Some $h!t Hannity would say.

19. JBoogie wrote:

I had 2 sign up just 2 comment on the justin timberfake remark- hellz yeah i’m sick of seein punk ass rich white males exploit people of color, in particular womyn of color, in order 2 further their manifest destiny great white father capitalistic bullshit! Justin Timberfake a rich lil white boy from the south with a rich ass family who started his ‘career’ on the mickey mouse club! Dude did nothin but bubble gum pop while that was the fad for the white teeny bopper with money crowd, until hip hop was appropriated by the same white teeny bopper click, then started rippin that shit 2 get money. Sure females of color have the choice whether or not 2 allow themselves 2 get further exploited, however hundreds of years of capitalistic brainwashing does take it’s toll on those who grow up with no resources, and see that if they dance a jig 4 the great white father they’ll get something shiny in return! Damn realz Ciara need 2 wake up n realize that $ aint got shit 2 do with respect or a soul, but aint nothin but reality 2 point out that dude aint done nothin but disrespect since decidin “i can sho make some money off em negros now that this n sync thing aint workin out no more!” Thank you Marc Lamont Hill for bein one of the only REAL folks out there who see this! Good Lookin Out!

20. anom wrote:

“Child pychologists be damned, isn’t “because I said so” the best answer to give your kids sometimes?

http://a-nut-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-boys-need-mothers.html

hehehehe

21. anon wrote:

#7. Child pychologists be damned, isn’t “because I said so” the best answer to give your kids sometimes?

Yea, unless you want to invite them to be daredevils so you can snap pics like this…first one sticking a knife in an outlet…second one…see for yourself here

//a-nut-in-a-nutshell dot blogspot dot com/2009/03/why-boys-need-mothers dot html

22. EminemsRevenge wrote:

WHY does this always come out at least a week after it’s in Metro?

23. mzanthrope wrote:

Frequent lurker, never posted before, but I want to say that I LOVE the new page!

24. DCI74 wrote:

Like the new look Marc.

25. Clif Soulo wrote:

The new look is great!! (this is clifton, figured I’d switch it up now too since Marc upgraded)

26. Robert wrote:

I hate when people say irregardless and whole-nother……………………….Love Jones was the best loves story of ALL TIME and Larenz Tate can still get my paycheck every week!

27. bluwisdom1914 wrote:

Clearly, D.Wade is the league’s MVP and this season, and the reasoning is simple, he has done more with less. I live in South Florida and I have watched him all season. What he has done on both ends of the floor has been quite ridiculous for someone barely 6′4”, and it doesn’t take away from what Kobe and Lebron has done either. He doesn’t have an all-star ridin’ shotgun with him like Kobe and Lebanon (oops…I mean Lebron). Kobe has Gasol, Derek Fisher & Lamar Odom. Lebron has Mo Williams and a host of seasoned role players. Take Wade off the Heat, they seriously sub .500 & more like sub .300. Remove Kobe and Lebron from their respective teams, they are between .500 and .450. If he is not the clear winner, he is certainly co-mvp with Lebron in my opinion.

28. Confused wrote:

I’m totally do not understand the comment regarding J Tim and Ciara….do none of you realize that it is HER video? I’m tired of people with no career exploiting someone who has a career just to get people to look.

This question is so ridiculous!

29. Confused wrote:

PS – any of ya’ll happen to catch the videos she did with Petey Pablo, T-Pain, or 50 Cent. Ain’t NOBODY exploiting that girl. She has done it to herself.