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Shoe Review: Sexy “Ruby Slipper”-inspired Pump Not Worth Future Foot Surgery

With a shoe addiction starting at a very early age, I've naturally been on a search for Dorothy's famous ruby slippers from Wizard of Oz since childhood. What I've found over the years just didn't quite cut it until I bumped into the Bordello by Pleaser Teeze 10 Glitter Platform Pump in red, ...

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By theComplex| No Comment | Fashion & Beauty, Reviews
Drake’s ‘Take Care’ Will Not Disappoint

Many of you have had the opportunity to get your hands on the November 7th leak of Take Care. For those of you who feel the album is worth supporting and hearing in full quality, please do so by purchasing at iTunes and Amazon. A few weeks ago, upon reading that Drake's Take Care would ...

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By theComplex| 3 Comments | Music, Reviews
From Our Readers: “Scammed by JobFox”

It's been almost a year since one of our most controversial articles was published concerning scammy practices by national job board/resume service, JobFox. We still get emails, tweets and comments from people who have had the misfortune of dealing with the company. Although holding a glowing ...

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By Julianna| No Comment | Business, Jobs, Reviews
Machine Gun Kelly’s “On Fire” ft Mike Posner Fails To Meet Expectations

Machine Gun Kelly announced that a new track would drop on Friday and naturally, with expectations being high for Bad Boy's newest member, we were hyped. Unfortunately, the song — featuring annoying whisper-singer Mike Posner — does not deliver. "On Fire (Drug Dealer Girl Pt. II)" is a fo ...

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By theComplex| 3 Comments | Music, Reviews
Fall in love with Caroline Smith & the Good Night Sleeps + new tour dates

"Good things are worth waiting for" is how I console myself when I feel I've taken "too long" to notice an amazing artist or band. It takes just one song to realize what I've been missing. In this case, Minnesota-based Indie/Folk band Caroline Smith & the Good Night Sleeps captured me wit ...

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By theComplex| 1 Comment | Music, Reviews
Video: Mr. Composition – “Heart Of What” ft Lon G & Krunk Starr

San Antonio, Texas-based rapper Mr. Composition has released the video for "Heart Of What," the first track from his upcoming EP Genius Conflicted. Produced by Maserati Marcus, the song combines introspective lyrics over a somber orchestral loop. It features fellow Texas rappers, Lon G whose ...

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By theComplex| No Comment | Music, Reviews
Love Rob Dyrdek, Hate ‘Ridiculousness’

Love, love, love Rob Dyrdek! The 37-year-old Ohio native has built quite an empire and is constantly giving back as a professional skateboarder, producer, philanthropist, and reality TV star – he is my entrepreneurial crush. I faithfully watched both of his shows Rob & Big and Rob Dyrd ...

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By theComplex| 11 Comments | On TV, Reviews
Notice any changes to Tumblr’s interface?

Popular micro-blogging platform Tumblr has recently pushed out a new user interface. Most known for their ease of use, the service allows users to post text, images, videos, links, quotes and audio to their a short-form blog. While anyone can create a Tumblr blog, many well-known brands inc ...

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By theComplex| No Comment | Design, Reviews, Technology
ABC gets ‘scandalous’ in new series starring Kerry Washington & Columbus Short

Scandal, which seems to be another hit mid-season series for ABC, is created by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers — the master-minds behind Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice. The beautiful Kerry Washington plays the lead role as Olivia Pope, a sassy media relations consultant to the Preside ...

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By theComplex| 2 Comments | Film, On TV, Reviews
Wanna see a shitty movie? Go see ‘Bridesmaids’

Let's get right to the point. While most of the reviews are glowing, if Bridemaids was supposed to convince the world that "chicks are funny," we're screwed. Dubbed "the female Hangover" by someone who was obviously high or paid to say it, the Universal film directed by Paul Feig fails to com ...

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By theComplex| 2 Comments | Film, Reviews
ABC’s ‘Once Upon a Time’ series combines fairytales and modern life

Part of ABC's Fall line-up, Once Upon a Time plans to bring us to an alternate world "where fairytales are real." The series will rival NBC’s Grimm — a supernatural crime drama. Once Upon a Time's Executive Producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, the folks behind Lost and Tron, ...

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By theComplex| No Comment | Film, On TV, Reviews
Can ABC’s ‘Charlie’s Angels’ live up to the ʽ70s series?

ABC's Fall 2011 line up will be kicking off sooner than we can blink and people are eagerly waiting to see if Charlie's Angels can live up to the popular 1970's series and successful TV films. Do we like chicks that kick ass? Yup! Does it help if they're hot? More than not. Is this show dynam ...

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By theComplex| 1 Comment | Film, On TV, Reviews
Jill Scott’s new song featuring Eve is a “Shame”

The minute you tell me that Jill Scott has a new song my eyes widen and a few snippets of my favorite Jill songs speed through my brain. "Shame," which features Eve — a femcee that we've been wanting to hear something new from for a while, premiered on stupiddope.com — one of my favori ...

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By theComplex| 2 Comments | Film, Music, Reviews
Jhené Aiko’s ‘.sailing soul(s).’ mixtape

Jhene Aiko's .sailing soul(s). mixtape follows her release of "Hoe" featuring Miguel and Gucci Mane (side eye). What can you expect from this project? To put it simply, a great listen. We've heard "July" ft Drake and "Growing Apart" ft Kendrick Lamar before but the other tracks are new ...

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By theComplex| 15 Comments | Music, Reviews
New Music: M.I.A.’s Vicki Leekx Mixtape

The mixtape opens with a female narrator echoing sentiments for freedom of inspiration inspired by Julian Assange’s recent campaign. Keeping with the "Internet is going to get us theme" from the last album, M.I.A. sonically and thematically creates a landscape that chatters a mile a minute an ...

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By theComplex| 1 Comment | Music, Reviews
Moving Day: Review of Low Rate Moving Service in Brooklyn

I could not have decided a less convenient time to move (dead of frickin' Winter) but an opportunity arose and I had to get things moving! Two problems: I had only one day to get my things moved out and I've accumalated a lot of stuff in the past couple of years. My biggest concerns were a very ...

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By theComplex| No Comment | Around NYC, Reviews
The Haterazzi Radio Show: Episode 14

I had to focus on other things week so Lanaé Mc'Levans didn't make an appearance on The Haterazzi Radio Show this week. But don't let that keep you from enjoying the laughs! In this 14th episode Dark Hater recounts his horrible Thanksgiving experiences, the way white people talked in the 30 ...

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By theComplex| 1 Comment | Laugh, Press & Features, Reviews
Video: Adele – “Rolling In The Deep” + album news

Adele first captured my senses as I was visiting my parents in Virginia. I was watching MTV and the video for "Chasing Pavements" began to play. It was around 4 or 5 am so I had the volume very low but the faint voice I heard was just not matching the face I saw. As I began to squint and searc ...

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By theComplex| 4 Comments | Music, Reviews
Video: Jay-Z & Cornel West discuss ‘Decoded’ w/ Paul Holdengräber in NYC

Last night I watched along with many others as one of the most intellectual discussions of Hip-hop transpired at the New York Public Library. The three men discussed in detail Jay-Z's new book, Decoded and touched on other subjects along the way including love, politics, religion and Jay-Z for ...

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By theComplex| 1 Comment | Around NYC, Reviews
Album Review: Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II (OB4CL II)

I was extremely excited after the leak of "House of Flying Daggers," however the album version sounds different and disappoints. Not a good way to start but I kept listening to the full album. I guess the great thing is that the album doesn't totally fail, as that was the fear for most fans c ...

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By theComplex| No Comment | Music, Reviews