Opinions While Black

This week, it's a "good time, not a long time" episode. Oz and Fluent discuss the idea of kindness and our relationships with Black owned businesses; Ray J's arrest on Thanksgiving morning and the Top 3 STFUs. Pour Up! Song of the Week: Nesta- "Worthwhile"

This week, Oz, Euphonic and Fluent give flowers to martial arts legend, Michael Jail White; The Boys look at the latest craze with quarter zips and their proximity to respectability politics; Tekashi's mother was robbed; Plus, your listener letters and the Top 3 STFUs. Pour Up! Song of the Week: Jada Moss- "Can't Take My Eyes Off You It's HDY SZN!  https://tinyurl.com/2p9wf78v Bec...

This week, Oz, Fluent and Euphonic give flowers a young campus hero as well as Outkast and Salt N Pepa; Oz questions the community's focus on racist stunts; The boys unpack the Brick Lady's sentencing and the people's responses to it; Plus, another installment of Elections Have Consequences, your listener letters and the Top 3 STFUs! Pour Up! Song of the Week: C-Mill and the Scripts- &...

This week, Oz, Euphonic and Fluent celebrate The Root being Black owned again, the entitlement of traveling to countries enduring strife; The boys discuss there being no hip hop in the Top 40; Angela Rye apologized to the Joe Budden Podcast and Oz wishes she hadn't; Plus, whatever is going on with Erika Kirk and JD Vance, your listener letters and the Top 3 STFUs. Pour Up! Song of the Week: Re...

This week, Oz and the Boys salute the women of Alpha Kappa Alpha on a historic new chapter; The Boys unpack people bringing the effectiveness of protesting into question; Oz takes a look at people criticizing Tyler The Creator's old tweets and his original fanbase; The internet comes after Keke Palmer; Plus, Anime King Von, your listener letters, the Top 3 STFUs and MORE! Pour Up! Song of the...

This week, Oz, Euphonic and Fluent sit down to give flowers to a woman standing up to ICE agents; The Boys look back and appreciate the life, art and legacy of the dearly departed D'Angelo; The ongoing saga of the Turkey Leg Hut Cartel continues; The Boys unpack the recent viral video of Marc Lamont Hill falling out with another member of the Joe Budden Podcast; Plus, another Roundtree Fact, y...

This week, Oz, Fluent and Euphonic give flowers to A'ja Wilson putting numbers on the board; The Boys unpack the inherent misogynoir behind the Ayesha Curry backlash and what that says about the community's relationship to the institution of marriage; The "Blexit" Tour is kicking off and our heroes have opinions; Plus, the return of Ridiculous Roundtree Facts, your listener lette...

This week, Oz, Fluent and Euphonic salute the new host of Reading Rainbow; Oz unpacks the responses to Bad Bunny announced to perform the Super Bowl and urges people to think globally; The Boys discuss Dave Chappelle's comments during his performance in Saudi Arabia; Disturbing updates on the cases of both Kyren Lacy and Trey Reed. Plus, your listener letters and the Top 3 STFUs! Pour Up! Song...

This week, Oz and Fluent salute Solange for launching a digital community library, The Boys unpack what the backlash to Cardi's pregnancy says about us as a community; Remembering Assata Shakur; Plus...the return of Jimmy Kimmel, your listener letters and the Top 3 STFUs. Pour Up! Song of the Week: Anoop feat. Ogi- "RUNNING IN PLACE"

This week, Oz and Fluent salute poets coming together for community awareness, Oz discourages fighting with your pants down; The Boys unpack AI music artists and whether algorithm music will take over; Looking back at the body of work left behind by the late Robert Redford; brief afterthoughts on the Canelo/Crawford fight; Molly Qerim leaving First Take; Plus, your listener letters and the Top 3 S...

This week, Oz and Fluent salute a friend of show making big college advancements and unpack civilian obsessions with street culture; The Boys discuss the murder of Charlie Kirk and why Black people are not obligated to care; Oz recaps his viewing of the Netflix doc Unknown Caller: High School Catfish; Plus, your listener letters and the Top 3 STFUs. Pour Up! Song of the Week: Radio Galaxy- "A...

This week, Oz, Euphonic and Fluent....take time to salute Venus Williams; Oz discusses the community obligations of an Uber; Thoughts on the latest rumors about The Rock; The Boys get their jokes off about Young Thug; Plus, your listener letters and the Top 3 STFUs. Pour Up! Song of the Week: Naomi Sharon- "Bittersweet" Become a Patron!!! Patreon.com/OpinionsWhileBlack 

This week, the Boys return as Oz discusses being awake while having his wisdom tooth removed; Oz salutes the award winning Black Nerd Problems; The Boys remind Gender Wars combatants to have kindness; the rise and fall of Ozempic; Dr. Umar wants women to pay to go out with him; Plus, your listener letters and the Top 3 STFUs. Pour Up! Song of the Week: Boy Soda- "I Write Sins Not Tragedies&qu...

This week, Oz, Fluent and Euphonic salute former No Limit recording artist Mia X; Oz rants about "relationship goals"; Dr. Umar is panhandling again and the Boys want answers; Trump rolls out the National Guard in DC; Plus, your listener letters and the Top 3 STFUs. Pour Up! Song of the Week: Wizkid feat. Jazmine Sullivan- "Bad For You" Become a Patron!  https://tinyurl.com/y57...

This week, Oz, Euphonic and Fluent give flowers to the first Black woman to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame; Oz rants about the community surrendering Black power for Black capitalism; The Boys unpack the indefinite suspension of the Soul Train Awards and the BET Hip Hop Awards; Oz has a bone to pick with Ice Cube; Plus, your listener letters and the Top 3 STFUs. Pour Up! Song of the Week: I...

This week, Oz, Fluent and Euphonic show their appreciation to folks giving aid during the Gaza conflict; Oz discusses Coach Prime beating cancer; The Boys unpack Dr. Umar's latest call for funding; Ari Lennox expresses childhood feelings about the show Martin; Plus, your listener letters and the Top 3 STFUs! Pour Up! Song of the Week: TheARTI$t- "Risk It All" feat. Honey Bxby

This week, Oz, Fluent and Euphonic give flowers to Shaq for defending Angel Reese, unpack Southern expelling Omega Psi Phi, Tyler dropping a new album and ICE agents quietly quitting left and right. Plus, your listener letters and the Top 3 STFUs. Pour Up! Song of the Week: Leon Thomas- "Sneak" Become a Patreon for BONUS CONTENT!  https://tinyurl.com/4x4zf6fm

This week, Oz, Euphonic and Fluent salute to a VERY good neighbor as well as Baltimore's mayor; Oz urges everyone to check on the elderly in their communities during these hot summer days; The Boys discuss Marc Maron's podcast coming to an end and what it suggests about the current and future landscape of podcasting as a whole; What happened to Essence Fest this year?; Plus, your listener...

Oz and Fluent welcome Euphonic back from a safe trip to Africa before they get into looking back at A Different World as grown adults; Oz extends a disclaimer about watching how they discuss certain topics online; The Boys look at the verdict in the Diddy trial; Plus, your listener letters and the Top X*  Song of the Week: Olamide- "Luvaluvah" Official OWB Playlist (for Spotify listeners...

This week, Oz and Fluent salute Zohran Mamdani's first step in his road to the NYC mayoral race; Oz warns the people against abusing ChatGPT; The boys give opinions and predictions about the conflict between Israel and Iran; Kevin Durant comes to Houston; Tyler The Creator's beef with podcasts. Plus, your listener letters and the Top 3 STFUs. Pour up! Song of the Week: kwn- "Back of t...

This week, Oz and Fluent discuss crashing out at your job, B. Simone being a bad friend, Stephen A. Smith playing Solitaire on the job...and what the optics say about sports coverage as of late. Plus, your listener letters and the Top 3 STFUs. Pour Up! Song of the Week: Reuben Vincent feat. 9th Wonder- "Anything"

This week, Oz, Euphonic and Fluent salute another white woman Oz has never heard of, remember the lives of Sly Stone and Ananda Lewis, discuss Michael Beasley and Lance Stephenson playing 1 on 1 basketball and Oz's takes on the BET Awards. Plus, the ICE raids, your listener letters and the Top 3 STFUs. Pour Up! Song of the Week: Jenevieve- "Head Over Heels"

This week, Oz and Fluent salute a local voice actor friend; Oz stands with Deante Kyle in holding Black men accountable; The Boys discuss Travis Hunter deciding not to get a prenup; Presidential pardons; Oz gives a brief update/retrospective on Ryan Clark, RGIII and the Angel Reese/Caitlin Clark debate; Plus, your listener letters and the Top 3 STFUs. Pour Up! Song of the Week: Tanerelle- "Let Me...

This week, Oz, Euphonic and Fluent salute a local artist acquaintance; Oz is annoyed at social media making a gender war out of a TikTok prank; The Boys unpack Kid Cudi taking the stand at Diddy's trial; Oz and Fluent question whether the Knicks' good run has come to an end; Plus, another installment of Elections Have Consequences, your listener letters and the Top 3 STFUs. Pour Up! Song o...

(Seriously, Trigger Warning: There's a lot of conversation unpacking coercion, abuse and assault this week just because of the nature of this week's news.) This week, Oz, Euphonic and Fluent salute the Black Nerd Problems collective before discussing the responses to Halle Bailey's custody battle with DDG, Tory Lanez being stabbed in prison, Chris Brown's arrest and the Diddy trial...