"Let Your Soul-Glo": The Experience Returns

[Lightning Strykez!]

Well, after many requests over the years, the long-awaited Soul-Glo Experience has returned! This is a corner of Community where peeps can discuss Hip Hop Culture and its affect on your life and America's mainstream.

Do you listen to Hip Hop or R&B Music? Do you have fond memories of TV comedies i.e. The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air ? Do you think that America is a more culturally tolerant country now that Barak Obama is POTUS? If you have thoughts on these matters, then this is the place for you!

Here is just a sampling of some of the categories that we will explore...

Fashion
Possible Topics For Discussion:
Skinny Jeans vs. Baggy Jeans: How are these trends surviving?
Does the Hip Hop Culture affect the way you dress?
Discuss how the Hip Hop has affected Asian and European Markets

R&B & Hip Hop Music
Possible Topics For Discussion:
Is Hip Hop REALLY dead and what is the future of R&B?
Is Beyonce overrated?
Can Whitney Houston make a comeback?
How will Michael Jackson's death impact the Music Community?

Television & Film
Possible Topics For Discussion:
Reminisce about The Cosby Show, The Wayans Brothers, Sanford & Son, etc.
How will the Success of Slumdog Millionaire affect the future of Bollywood?

Interracial Relationships
Possible Topics For Discussion:
What do you think of celebrities i.e. Brad and Angelina and Madonna raising multi-cultural families?
Have you ever dated outside your race?
Do multi-cultural people face unique experiences of discrimination?


...and well, anything else you guys want to chat about. Sports figures, sex, soul food, whatever is on your mind.


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As we successfully did before let's keep the conversation civil, balanced and educational. WARNING: If you bring any kind of stupid ignorance here I will destroy your Hype account--give no quarter. This thread is meant for everyone whose lives have been touched in some way by the Hip Hop culture.

Regards,

Caliph (AKA Lightning Strykez!)

What IS Soul-Glo Anyway? The Video Below Will Explain Everything!
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[Manic]

Soul-Glo is back?! Hooray!


Has anyone read I'd Rather We Got Casinos by Larry Wilmore? Hilarious book. The first chapter won me over when he suggested black Americans rebrand ourselves by changing our title from "African American" to "Chocolate." Nobody gets offended when you call them Chocolate. The mayor of New Orleans once referred to his city as "Chocolate City." You can use it internationally, as black people from different countries are just "different flavors" of Chocolate. I embarrassed myself by laughing like a jackass as I read the book in public.

And I'll be honest. I'm gonna start using the term "Chocolate" in real life.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

And I'll be honest. I'm gonna start using the term "Chocolate" in real life.

Um...me no likey. I am only half African American. My father is German. So....I'm not exactly chocolate. I'm more...cafe lattee with a lot of creme in the mix. LOL

Anyway, what is the beef going on between Mariah Carey and Eminem? I heard something about it on the radio but only got the tail end of it. Something about her latest video is a diss on him? I thought that rapper beefs on wax got played out in like...the '90s???

 

[Ion Kenshin]

I'll spread it around. I was never to fond of the term African-American seeing as all black people are not from Africa.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Finally!

 

[Manic]

Um...me no likey. I am only half African American. My father is German. So....I'm not exactly chocolate. I'm more...cafe lattee with a lot of creme in the mix. LOL

In a latter chapter of the book, he comes up with terms to describe different types of Chocolate.

Half Black/White - Chocolate Milk
(not to be confused with...)
Black & Light Skinned - Milk Chocolate
(there's also...)
Black & Dark Skinned - Dark Chocolate
Part Black/Multiple Races - Whitman's Sampler

He had specific definitions for Caramel and Cafe Au Lait, but I'll have to grab the book to look them up again.

Anyway, if your dad is German, you can easily call yourself (wait for it...) German Chocolate.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

In a latter chapter of the book, he comes up with terms to describe different types of Chocolate.

Half Black/White - Milk Chocolate
(not to be confused with...)
Black & Light Skinned - Chocolate Milk
(there's also...)
Black & Dark Skinned - Dark Chocolate
Part Black/Multiple Races - Whitman's Sampler

He had specific definitions for Caramel and Cafe Au Lait, but I'll have to grab the book to look them up again.

Anyway, if your dad is German, you can easily call yourself (wait for it...) German Chocolate.

That...was woeful.

 

[E-Man]

Hehe nice thread. It's time to fill it up so silky smooth in this bad boy.

Considering that my nickname in high school was Sexual Chocolate, I wouldn't mind being called chocolate again.t:

 

[knowsbleed]

<~ 1st non-black (chocolate?) guy to post in here!

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

<~ 1st non-black (chocolate?) guy to post in here!

'Bleed, you're of Asian descent right?

 

[knowsbleed]

Hey! Not all those stereotypes are true!

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

Hey! Not all those stereotypes are true!

Que?? What stereotypes? LOL

 

[chaseter]

The Belgiums and Swiss make a far superior chocolate than the Germans.

The German chocolates are so full of spite and ze angerz.

 

[E-Man]

Since this is a Soul Glo thread, I think we need to use it's power to erase one of the biggest frauds in American history. We as Soul Glowers need to let people know the truth........that truth is that Joe Louis was 137 years old when he fought Rocky Marciano.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

My life is incredibly touched by Hip Hop culture, seeing as how I grew up around nothing but Hispanics, Asians, and Blacks, in a very urban area, so I already grew up around Hip Hop culture.

So while people may see me as a white boy wearing Hip Hop clothes, and be quick to judge me as a "******", I assure you that I actually come from that culture.

I also know that I am no thug, and dressing in Sean John and Rocawear does not make me "hard" - I just enjoy that particular style of fashion.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

My life is incredibly touched by Hip Hop culture, seeing as how I grew up around nothing but Hispanics, Asians, and Blacks, in a very urban area, so I already grew up around Hip Hop culture.

So while people may see me as a white boy wearing Hip Hop clothes, and be quick to judge me as a "******", I assure you that I actually come from that culture.

I also know that I am no thug, and dressing in Sean John and Rocawear does not make me "hard" - I just enjoy that particular style of fashion.

Do you believe your background has influenced your view on interracial relationships? Would your family have a problem if you brought a woman of color home?

 

[knowsbleed]

Since this is a Soul Glo thread, I think we need to use it's power to erase one of the biggest frauds in American history. We as Soul Glowers need to let people know the truth........that truth is that Joe Louis was 137 years old when he fought Rocky Marciano.

Oh man, you lyin'. You ain't never met Martin Luther King.

 

[knowsbleed]

My life is incredibly touched by Hip Hop culture, seeing as how I grew up around nothing but Hispanics, Asians, and Blacks, in a very urban area, so I already grew up around Hip Hop culture.

So while people may see me as a white boy wearing Hip Hop clothes, and be quick to judge me as a "******", I assure you that I actually come from that culture.

I also know that I am no thug, and dressing in Sean John and Rocawear does not make me "hard" - I just enjoy that particular style of fashion.

Wow! I never knew you were a white dude!

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

Do you believe your background has influenced your view on interracial relationships? Would your family have a problem if you brought a woman of color home?

I can tell you 100% for sure and for certain that my family would have zero problems with me bringing home a girl outside of my race.

And I'm sure that my background has had a very heavy influence on my view of interracial relationships.

It's a very common viewpoint that the "girl next door" is a nice, pretty blonde white girl. Well for me, the pretty white girl is exotic. The girl next door for me is the dark haired Mexican girl, or the kinda nerdy Asian girl with glasses. To me, growing up, it was pretty much an expectation that I was probably going to end up with a Hispanic girl or something.

I've only had one girlfriend that was white. Most of the girls that I've dated were Asian, to be honest. Gone out with a couple Hispanic girls. My high school girlfriend was black.

It's only been within the last few years that white girls have become any kind of actual option for me, especially the last year and a half since I'm living in a completely new location now.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

Wow! I never knew you were a white dude!

Really? I've posted quite a few pictures of myself on here, and have mentioned my ethnicity a few times.

I'm surprised it's still a shock to people the revelation that I'm white, lol.

 

[terry78]

Nell just has negro tendencies. We let him in the club a while back.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

Really? I've posted quite a few pictures of myself on here, and have mentioned my ethnicity a few times.

I'm surprised it's still a shock to people the revelation that I'm white, lol.

It's the "Nell2ThatIzzaaaaaaay" that throws people off.

It's only been within the last few years that white girls have become any kind of actual option for me, especially the last year and a half since I'm living in a completely new location now.

So are you not living in an urban area now? I've dated outside my race too but only in recent years. Interestingly enough, all of the white individuals I've been involved with I met in corporate circles, are extremely educated, and yet have urban sensibilities if you know what I mean. For example, my ex was a lawyer, but yet he bumped the hardest rap you could think of in his jeep. I swear he used urban slang tougher than the people on my mom's side of my family! Even the way he cussed was street...HOWEVER, when he got around white folks (i.e. his family etc.,) though, he knew how to talk the talk and walk the walk. All of his ebonics dissapeared. It was weird.

He grew up in the city and got an extensive college education. Yet, even though he was making six figures a year and moved up into an all-white affluent suburban neighborhood, his interests remained totally street. He'd rather watch "The Jeffersons" over "4400". Even his haircut and stache/goatee were styled like "a brovahz". LOL A total oxymoron of a man if there ever was one.

But that's the case with a lot of people today. Hip Hop has really crossed all the gender and color lines. I wonder how much of that has impacted the country in terms of electing Barack Obama? I don't think he could've become POTUS if it hadn't been for the influx of urban culture in America.

 

[AndThePickles]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! So glad this thread is back :heart: :heart: :heart:

Anyway, what is the beef going on between Mariah Carey and Eminem? I heard something about it on the radio but only got the tail end of it. Something about her latest video is a diss on him? I thought that rapper beefs on wax got played out in like...the '90s???

She made that stupid video, and he responded with a diss of his own. I think I'd get banned for posting it here, so look it up on youtube- it's hilarious. She's pretending that they didn't have sex, when he has quite a lot of evidence that they did...he also claims he has compromising pictures of her.

<~ 1st non-black (chocolate?) guy to post in here!

First white woman to post in here!!! (I win )

 

[knowsbleed]

First white woman to post in here!!! (I win )

If I didn't know you and if I were a black woman I'd... umm...



well... if I were a black woman I'd probably never be able to leave my apartment that has lots of mirrors.

 

[E-Man]

Oh man, you lyin'. You ain't never met Martin Luther King.