1Blessed Natural Mag

  1Blessednatural: 7 Creative R&B and Neo Soul Videos from the '90s and 2000s by Naturals (photo courtesy of Flickr- Isaac Campbell - under CC by 2.0 ) Hey, my blessed naturals! I remember when music videos were so creative that they looked like mini movies! Here are 7 creative R&B and Neo Soul videos from the '90s and 2000s by artists who wore natural hair: 1. "On & On" by Erykah Badu Ms. Badu was having a Cinderella moment in the "On & On" video. It seems like everything was working against her getting her chores completed. The house was a  mess. The kids were running all of the place. The dog snatched her laundry off the line. She also falls in the dirt, but she made it out of the house to sing at her favorite club. I love the story and "back in the day" feel to the video. Oh yeah, be sure to peep her putting the little girl's hair in a ponytail. That girl has a lot of hair! Speaking of hair, Eryka...

1BlessedNatural: 4 Funny Things Naturals Say... "photo courtesy of Flickr- " Abdullah Bin Sahl " under the Creative Commons license ) Happy Wednesday, my blessed naturals! In matters of our natural hair, we often say funny things. They might not seem funny to us right away, but I can see my friends who aren't natural cracking up! Here are a few things we say! 1. Length check! Many of us may yell "length check" indicating that we are going to measure the growth of our natural hair, and we can get quite excited about it too! We may get so excited that it sounds like we won a prize on a game show. 2. Natural hair lingo (acronyms for everything): When we are having a conversation with a fellow natural, the conversation may go like this... Friend 1: Girl, you hair looks so nice! What do you use? Friend 2: Well, after I did my BC last year, I started using JBCO and EVOO! My goal was to reach BSL, and I passed it! But, I still have problems ...