Good afternoon. My name is Speed on the Beat and, as always, I review the crap so you don’t have to. Today, we’re taking a big ol’ fashioned look at…commercials. Since, ya know, it’s not like I can get any less like a Black Nostalgia Critic. But, instead of international or even nationwide spots, I’m talking […]
Read more@TrueGodImmortal Presents UPN in the 2000s: Was It Really That Bad?
Long ago, I sat down in front of the TV in Baltimore, turned to channel 24, and enjoyed what I saw in front of me…for the most part. Whether it was Moesha, the awful Shasty McNasty, the putrid Homeboys In Outer Space, the middle of the road Malcolm and Eddie, and some others. While the […]
Read moreWIRTB Review: Love Don’t Cost a Thing
A 2000s update (read: urbanization because Black film was “in” in mainstream Hollywood) of the 1980s non-Brat Pack teen film Can’t Buy Me Love. Nick Cannon as Patrick Dempsey. What could go wrong, right? I’m Speed on the Beat and welcome to another exciting edition of WIRTB Review, where I review films and ask that […]
Read moreRetro Review: Prince’s Around the World in a Day
On this day in 1986, Prince started a run of five nights at Wembley Arena in London (H/T ThisDayInMusic.com). In honor of this, I’m going to look at one of the Prince albums from the 1980s that I didn’t with True a couple months back.I’m, of course, talking Around the World in a Day. I’ve made […]
Read moreWIRTB Review: Notorious
(Ed. Note: This one is “dedicated” to the guy who made me do this one, @BMDontCheat) I tried to be nice to this film mainly because Gravy looked like Biggie. No, seriously. That’s one of the only reasons why. But, when I saw this film, back in 2009, it was like God told me “Speed, one […]
Read moreWIRTB Review: Albert Belle in Baltimore
The Albert Belle acquisition is one that, as an Orioles lifer, has both kept me up at night on ocassion and brought joy to me when it was still on the books. It’s a pretty polarizing chapter in Orioles history. On top of that, I know I wasn’t supposed to “like” Belle, especially since, quite […]
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