Black by Unpopular Opinion

Let’s keep it a buck: just because we look alike doesn’t mean we think alike. In this episode, we’re breaking down the hard truths about navigating Black identity when everybody ain’t on the same team. Who’s really for the culture, and who’s just playing the part? We’re calling it like we see it – no sugarcoating, no holding back. Pull up, grab a seat, and get into this family meeting. It’s about to get real. Faithful listeners, if you like what you hear, please don't hesitate to support the show! All of your contributions help us keep being Black, especially by Unpopular Opinion. If you want to support with tips, we greatly appreciate you! Can't get enough BBUO? For even MORE special content, subscribe to our Patreon for access to The Vault of our OG unreleased content, as well as super EXCLUSIVE topics we DEEP dive into! So stay tuned, keep listening, and welcome to a safe space to be Black, millennial, and full of unpopular opinions. When you're not tuning in to Channel BBUO, check us out at: Articulation of a King for all things intellectual and conscious. Sports commentary and curated music at no extra fee. ThoroughBred Wellness for all things, well, wellness. Fitness, nutrition, personal training, self-care, luxury, and feeling good overall included.

A conversation about visible areolas, among other things. We start off by ... you know what? Nevermind. We'll talk. You listen. Enjoy. Faithful listeners, if you like what you hear, please don't hesitate to support the show! All of your contributions help us keep being Black, especially by Unpopular Opinion. If you want to support with tips, we greatly appreciate you! Can't get enough BBUO? For even MORE special content, subscribe to our Patreon for access to The Vault of our OG unreleased content, as well as super EXCLUSIVE topics we DEEP dive into! So stay tuned, keep listening, and welcome to a safe space to be Black, millennial, and full of unpopular opinions. When you're not tuning in to Channel BBUO, check us out at: Articulation of a King for all things intellectual and conscious. Sports commentary and curated music at no extra fee. ThoroughBred Wellness for all things, well, wellness. Fitness, nutrition, personal training, self-care, luxury, and feeling good overall included.

Who run the world?! GWORLS! WOMEN! ALL MY LAAAADIES RUN THIS MUTHAF-! But that don't mean all men recognize that. One did. May 22, 1962. Los Angeles, California. He made it CLEAR. Ladies and gentlemen, THIS IS THE ORIGIN OF THE LOOSELY TOUTED, RARELY REGARDED, AIMLESSLY ABIDED, HARDLY HONORED PHRASE: "PROTECT BLACK WOMEN". In what one could only hope to be an early birthday gift to himself, Malcolm X (born May 19, 1925) delivered his passionate speech: a raw, unfiltered, love-laced and necessary ode to the Black American woman. This episode brings a powerful close to our celebration of Women's History Month with a bang. This will be the season finale of our Women's History series ... BUT ...! That doesn't mean the party stops just because the club shuts down. We'll continue to celebrate women, especially BLACK WOMEN, EVERY SINGLE MONTH. So stay tuned, keep listening, and welcome to a safe space to be Black, millennial, and full of unpopular opinions. When you're not tuning in to Channel BBUO, check us out at: Articulation of a King for all things intellectual and conscious. Sports commentary and curated music at no extra fee. ThoroughBred Wellness for all things, well, wellness. Fitness, nutrition, personal training, and feeling good overall included.

Who run the world?! GWORLS! WOMEN! ALL MY LAAAADIES RUN THIS MUTHAF-! In today's episode, we detail heart-filled fondness of the most powerful and inspiring women in our lives. We share tales and express admiration and adoration of the women who made us and continue to shape us into who we are today. This is Hol' Up! Episode 2. So stay tuned, keep listening, and welcome to a safe space to be Black, millennial, and full of unpopular opinions. When you're not tuning in to Channel BBUO, check us out at: Articulation of a King explores both the intellectual and conscious. Sports commentary & curated music at no extra fee. ThoroughBred Wellness for all things, well ... wellness. Fitness, nutrition, personal training, & good feelings all around included.

Who run the world?! GWORLS! WOMEN! ALL MY LAAAADIES RUN THIS MUTHAF-! Happy SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALI-DOSE OF BELATED INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY! In today's episode, we bring in International Women's Day (recorded right before and during the first couple of hours of March 8, 2024) with Flavor Flav-type hype about how women could and should celebrate this day all March and every single day. BUT ...! The conversation soon takes an unanticipated pivot into a Soft-Era level heart-to-heart about how CiCi truly feels about being a woman and her sentiments regarding other modern women. We engage in an honest, vulnerable discussion full of introspection and candid truths about CiCi's views on femininity and womanhood amidst a day and a month of acknowledging the incredible achievements of women who set ablaze the path before her. Ladies and gentlemen, there will be no bulleted breakdown of this episode because we'd like to formally welcome you to: Hol' Up! Episode 1. Don't trip! We'll introduce what that means and what you can expect each time we do one of these. So stay tuned, keep listening, and welcome to a safe space to be Black, millennial, and full of unpopular opinions. When you're not tuning in to Channel BBUO, check us out at: Articulation of a King for all things intellectual and conscious. Sports commentary and curated music at no extra fee. ThoroughBred Wellness for all things, well, wellness. Fitness, nutrition, personal training, and feeling good overall included.

Who run the world?! GWORLS! WOMEN! ALL MY LAAAADIES RUN THIS MUTHAF-! Happy SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALI-DOSE OF BELATED INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY! In today's episode, we bring in International Women's Day (recorded right before and during the first couple of hours of March 8, 2024) with Flavor Flav-type hype about how women could and should celebrate this day all March and every single day. BUT ...! The conversation soon takes an unanticipated pivot into a Soft-Era level heart-to-heart about how CiCi truly feels about being a woman and her sentiments regarding other modern women. We engage in an honest, vulnerable discussion full of introspection and candid truths about CiCi's views on femininity and womanhood amidst a day and a month of acknowledging the incredible achievements of women who set ablaze the path before her. Ladies and gentlemen, there will be no bulleted breakdown of this episode because we'd like to welcome you to formally: Hol' Up! Episode 1. Don't trip! We'll introduce what that means and what you can expect each time we do one of these. So stay tuned, keep listening, and welcome to a safe space to be Black, millennial, and full of unpopular opinions. When you're not tuning in to Channel BBUO, check us out at: Articulation of a King for all things intellectual and conscious. Sports commentary and curated music are available at no extra fee. ThoroughBred Wellness is for all things wellness. Fitness, nutrition, personal training, and feeling good overall are included.

Cue that good Karyn White (IYKYK!) and belt your lungs out ladies! Happy Women's History Month and Disability Awareness Month! As we segue from our previous, initial series on a month full of conversations around romantic Black love, we dive into Season Two, on Black SELF and Black woman love! Don't get it twisted, loving yourself and a Black woman is romantic AF. However, in Series Two, we are truly going to take the time to celebrate Black women both now and then, and their limitless accomplishments amidst being deemed by society, at minimim, a trio of marginalized intersectionality. Women are Superwomen, but that S on our chest might sometimes need to stand literally for Something Different Every Day. It might be Super, Soft, Super Soft, etc. So in this second series we will also be deeply unpacking how to continue celebrating ourselves as a people beyond the short month of February (woohoo, we got an extra day this leap year ...) through the awareness of invisible disabilities. In the disability category, mental health challenges are often deemed unqualified by the greater population and especially within the Black community in terms of what disabled persons endure. As two individuals with our own experiences, we discuss our personal challenges and how our community can heal through mental health awareness. In this episode, we: If you're looking for somewhere to be authentic, Black, and unpopularly opinionated, you've come to the right place. Welcome to a safe space to be just that. Fill your time wisely when you're not listening to BBUO by visiting us at the links below! Intellectual Indulgence: Enlighten yourself at Articulation of a King. Keep up with all things politics, get fired up on passionate conversations of social justice, keep score with sports news, know the vibes with Phillip's personally curated music playlists, and more at akingsvibes.com. For the Baddies Wanting That Bawdy, Inside and Out: It's not too late to start. Nourish your way into your new era by optimizing your wellness with ThoroughBred Wellness. Looking for a personal trainer? Coach Ci is that. Need nutrition coaching? Coach Ci does that. Want the total well-woman experience with an entire wellnesss makeover? Coach Ci brings that, both training and cheerleading you to becoming your best self. Get started by booking a free session at thoroughbredvitality.com. It's never too late to start. NO EXCUSES.

Episode three of our first topic series. In this third installation of our first thematic series, we host an interview with a BM(MM), Black Man (Millennial & Married). Tonight (or today, whenever you're listening), Phillip answers some important and often underrated, understated questions and concerns about the role of men in relationships. We cover: If you're looking for very Black, very bold, very unpopular opinions, you've come to the right place. Welcome to a safe place to be just that. Our respective spots: Articulation of a King: akingsvibes.com ThoroughBred Wellness: thoroughbredvitality.com

This is episode two of our first topic series. This is the apoca-list; the aftermath, our post-restaurant list episode where we discuss things such as entitlement, greed, and all things (un)popular in dating. In this second installment of our first thematic series, this episode entails: If you're looking for very Black, very bold, very unpopular opinions, you've come to the right place. Welcome to a safe space to be just that. Fill your time wisely when you're not listening to BBUO by visiting us at the links below! Intellectual Indulgence: Enlighten yourself at Articulation of a King. At akingsvibes.com, you can keep up with all things politics, get fired up on passionate conversations of social justice, keep score with sports news, know the vibes with Phillip's personally curated music playlists, and more. For the Baddies Wanting That Bawdy, Inside and Out: It's not too late to start. Nourish your way into your new era by optimizing your wellness with ThoroughBred Wellness. Looking for a personal trainer? Coach Ci is that. Need nutrition coaching? Coach Ci does that. Want the total well-woman experience with an entire wellness makeover? Coach Ci brings training and cheerleading to becoming your best self. Get started by booking a free session at thoroughbredvitality.com. It's never too late to start. NO EXCUSES.

Welcome to Episode One of a new series we're unveiling! In this series, we discuss all things love, relationships, marriage, dating, and everything in-between! This is episode one of our first topic series. Tonight (or today, whenever you tune in), we're breaking down the infamous 28-Place, No-First-Date, not even Cheesecake list created by presumably single women banding together to let their stances, and absolutely refusals be known. As a now married millennial couple, having previously dated in some of these spaces, we share our very Black and very unpopular opinions on said list, with what may come as very surprising takes from us. In this initial installation of our first thematic series: If you're looking for very Black, very bold, very unpopular opinions, you've come to the right place. Welcome to a safe space to be just that. Fill your time wisely when you're not listening to BBUO by visiting us at the links below! Intellectual Indulgence: Enlighten yourself at Articulation of a King. At akingsvibes.com, you can keep up with all things politics, get fired up on passionate conversations of social justice, keep score with sports news, know the vibes with Phillip's personally curated music playlists, and more. For the Baddies Wanting That Bawdy, Inside and Out: It's not too late to start. Nourish your way into your new era by optimizing your wellness with ThoroughBred Wellness. Looking for a personal trainer? Coach Ci is that. Need nutrition coaching? Coach Ci does that. Want the total well-woman experience with an entire wellness makeover? Coach Ci brings training and cheerleading to becoming your best self. Get started by booking a free session at thoroughbredvitality.com. It's never too late to start. NO EXCUSES.

How supportive are you of Black businesses on the "I Support Black Business?" spectrum? Are you a "go-out-of-my-way-even-if-it-costs-a-grip-and-some-extra-gas?" supporter, a "I buy what I want and need no matter who sellin' it" shopper, or a "Black folks charge too much, so NO" detractor? Learn where you may fall on the spectrum in today's episode, where we talk about the Keith Lee x Atlanta restaurant reviews, the "rules" of one particular restaurant, the overall state of Black businesses, and our opinions on the value and how supportive we personally are and should be towards our people's businesses. Welcome to a safe space to be just that. Fill your time wisely when you're not listening to BBUO by visiting us at the links below! Intellectual Indulgence: Enlighten yourself at Articulation of a King. At akingsvibes.com, you can keep up with all things politics, get fired up on passionate conversations of social justice, keep score with sports news, know the vibes with Phillip's personally curated music playlists, and more. For the Baddies Wanting That Bawdy, Inside and Out: It's not too late to start. Nourish your way into your new era by optimizing your wellness with ThoroughBred Wellness. Looking for a personal trainer? Coach Ci is that. Need nutrition coaching? Coach Ci does that. Want the total well-woman experience with an entire wellness makeover? Coach Ci brings training and cheerleading to becoming your best self. Get started by booking a free session at thoroughbredvitality.com. It's never too late to start. NO EXCUSES.

Well ... This episode is pure gold. Invaluable. Today, we have some amazing and exceptional people for our first guests where, well, you guessed it! We discuss WELLNESS! This is a topic so rich and integral to all communities, and particularly ours in the Black community, one that needs to happen DAILY. It should be an HONOR and a privilege to treat your temple with such care and love, and today we dive into all of what that looks like and means. Books referenced: Plug Talk: Articulation of a King ThoroughBred Wellness For business inquiries and POSITIVE COMMENTS or CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM ONLY (haters will be called out on our show and BLOCKDT), hit up: Tune2BBUO@gmail.com

In today's episode, we discuss and debate the current state of one of our most beloved and timeless ancestral crafts -- Black music. Do you think our music has taken an ever disappointing descent, or do you think it is more acoustcally appealing than ever before? Listen to learn what we think on today's episode of Black By Unpopular Opinion.

Happy Juneteenth! Are you Black, or do you know anyone who is? Is there a list of things you inherently will or won't do? In today's episode, we unpack the cultural limitations we as a people have commonly set up for ourselves. IT'S REAL. IT'S RELATABLE. AND IT. IS. FUNNY!

In this special VERSUS battle: BBUO Edition, we debate the plight of a melancholic artist shedding pale tears and mayo-flavored madness over the generalized under-appreciation of her genre compared to that of a far different group of talented women. Later, it's the battle of her "blues" versus both the origin of a very infamous baseball bat, and a much less exciting Hot 20th Century Summer.

In this special VERSUS battle: BBUO Edition, we debate the plight of a melancholic artist shedding pale tears and mayo-flavored madness over the generalized under-appreciation of her genre compared to that of a far different group of talented women. Later, it's the battle of her "blues" versus both the origin of a very infamous baseball bat and a much less exciting Hot 20th Century Summer.

In this episode, we discuss California's propositions that appear on this election's ballot, how we feel about them, and whether we're going to vote "yes" or "no".

These trying times for black people have caused black emotions to boil over. We speak our individual and collective truths in this episode. Malcolm X - Malcolm X Speech at the Founding Rally of the Organization of Afro-American Unity. Kimberly Jones - How Can We Win

These trying times for black people have caused black emotions to boil over. We speak our individual and collective truths in this episode. Malcolm X - Malcolm X Speech at the Founding Rally of the Organization of Afro-American Unity. Kimberly Jones - How Can We Win

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