Shades of Us
Movie, TV, music and book reviews for Africa, Africans and people of African descent.
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Thursday Nov 23, 2017
Thursday Nov 23, 2017
We reviewed Straight Outta Compton on this episode of #TheReview and you can listen to it here.
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Credit: Straight Outta Compton
Tuesday Nov 21, 2017
Tuesday Nov 21, 2017
Queen Latifah stood up for women everywhere with her hit song, U.N.I.T.Y and we discussed it on this episode of the review.
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Credit: U.N.I.T.Y by Queen Latifah
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
A review of Ride Along starring Ice Cube and Kevin Hart.
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Credit: Ride Along
Tuesday Nov 14, 2017
Tuesday Nov 14, 2017
Eminem's new song with Beyonce is hot! It is called Walk on Water and we reviewed it in this episode of The Review.
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Credit: Walk on Water by Eminem featuring Beyonce
Thursday Nov 09, 2017
Thursday Nov 09, 2017
A review of Cadillac Records written and directed by Darnell Martin.
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Credit: Cadillac Records
Tuesday Nov 07, 2017
Tuesday Nov 07, 2017
We reviewed Getting Older by Indie pop artist, Arlissa on this episode of Shades of Us: The Review.
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Credit: Getting Older by Arlissa
Thursday Nov 02, 2017
Thursday Nov 02, 2017
In a first, we review a film series on Shades of Us: The Review. The series, Everything in Between, is a Nigerian series which explores homosexuality and marriage pressure in Nigeria. It was produced by The Initiative for Equal Rights in Nigeria (TIERS) and Alleykat Media.
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Credit: Everything in Between
Tuesday Oct 31, 2017
Tuesday Oct 31, 2017
We look at Bruno Mars' 'That's What I Like' off his third studio album, 24k Magic.
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Credit: That's What I Like
Thursday Oct 26, 2017
Thursday Oct 26, 2017
A new episode of Shades of Us: The Review focuses on Ice Cube's 'Barbershop: The Next Cut', the third in the Barbershop series.
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Credit: Barbershop: The Next Cut
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
In this episode of Shades of Us: The Review, we discuss Nate Parker's The Birth of a Nation.
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Credit: The Birth of a Nation
Thursday Oct 12, 2017
Thursday Oct 12, 2017
Tyler Perry wrote, directed and produced an adaptation of Ntozake Shange's 'for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf' and we are here for it! Listen to our review of For Colored Girls.
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Credit: For Colored Girls
Tuesday Oct 10, 2017
Tuesday Oct 10, 2017
Almost everyone is raving about Simi's 'Joromi, off her sophomore album, Simisola. Why is the song such a hit? We review in this episode of Shades of Us: The Review.
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Credit: Joromi by Simi