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STICK N MOVE 3 by Shawn Black

Daniel — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:55:33 +0000

Serosa becomes the subject to information that could financially ruin and possibly destroy the lives and careers of many prominent people involved in the government if this data is exposed. As this intricate plot thickens, speculations start mounting and a whirlwind of death, deceit, and betrayal finds its way into the ranks of a once impenetrable core of the government. Will Serosa fall victim to the genetic structure that indirectly binds her to her parents causing her to realize there s NO WAY OUT!

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Book 1: Stick N Move
Book 2: Stick N Move II
Book 3. Stick N Move III

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STICK N MOVE 2 by Shawn Black

Daniel — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:58:46 +0000

Scorcher and Yasmina’s low key lifestyle was interrupted when they were taken down by the Feds, but their daughter, Serosa, was left to be raised by the foster care system. Will Serosa become a product of her environment or will she rise above it all? Her bloodline is undeniable, but will she be able to control it?

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Book 3. Stick N Move III

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STICK N MOVE by Shawn Black

Daniel — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:55:32 +0000

Stick and Move is the story of young Yasmina who loss her parents to a gang of Jamaican druglords at a young age during a random act of violence for initiation into the gang. Yasmina is forced to go live with her grandmother in Miami after the death of her parents. However, her life will come full-circle with her parents’ killer when she meets, Scorcher, a young man who woos her with his money, affection and power. As Yasmina falls for Scorcher, she soon finds out he was reponsible for the murder of her parents. Along the way, the drug money and lifestyle have also put a stranglehold on Yasmina. Will she choose money and love over the revenge of her parents? Find out as we embark on the journey of Yasmina and her crew, the Platinum chicks, as they make their way to the top of the drug underworld.

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Book 1: Stick N Move
Book 2: Stick N Move II
Book 3. Stick N Move III

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TYRELL by Coe Booth

Daniel — Sun, 02 May 2010 21:14:32 +0000

Tyrell can’t get a break. His dad’s in jail, his mom’s no help, his brother’s just a kid, and his girlfriend, Novisha, wants more than he can give. He’s living in a shelter, but he doesn’t want to be there long.

So he comes up with a plan. It could save him. Or it could backfire completely.

Tyrell doesn’t really have a choice. With everyone relying on him, he can’t rely on anyone but myself.

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FIRST COMES LOVE by Shana Johnson Burton

Daniel — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:51:37 +0000

Two broken-hearted best friends plus one wild night in Las Vegas equals disaster for 29-year old real estate agent London Harris and restaurateur Bernard Phillips. After both getting dumped by their mates, London and Bernard jet off to Vegas to forget their problems, only to wind up with new ones when they wake up in bed together and realize that they’re married.

As best friends, London and Bernard were totally in sync, but as man and wife, they are polar opposites. They end up fighting about everything from dirty laundry to overdue bills, and soon find their lifelong friendship starting to crumble under the pressure.

They plan to annul the marriage, but when London’s grandmother, Essie stumbles upon their secret, she challenges them to seek God and His plan for marriage. Convicted by Essie’s words and the Bible, London and Bernard agree to try to make the marriage work. But after a while, will Essie’s constant encouragement and scriptures be enough to hold the sinking marriage together?

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Iceberg Slim’s Pimp was Hobbesian

Daniel — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:33:44 +0000

According to Lee Server, in The Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction, “Pimp was powerful in effect, bluntly Hobbesian in philosophy, sizzling with matter-of-fact, unapologetic violence and sexism, contained a vivid self-portrait of Slim himself, the ego-driven, unsentimental, hedonistic, whip smart inner-city overachiever.”

“Slim’s great success would make him ruch, a ghetto folk hero, and influence on the entire ‘blaxploitation’ era in American movies of the 1970s.”

“[Iceberg Slim] influenced a thriving subgenre of street pimp memoirs and exposes, like:

Trickshot by Randolph Harris
The Art of Mackin’ by Tariq Nasheed
The Pimp’s Rap by Master Pimp (154)

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Ice T on Iceberg Slim

Daniel — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:26:52 +0000

In his introduction to Doom Fox, Iceberg Slim’s (Robert Beck) last book, Ice T wrote:

“He spoke my language. The language of the ghetto. He wasn’t writing from the perspective of some brother who got outta the hood, but from the perspective of an insider.”

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Autobiographical Form of the “Bad Man”

Daniel — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:45:12 +0000

“One reason why the form [urban fiction] has never been seen before is due to the fact that Robert Beck is the first urban slum-born-and-bred writer in the history of letters. Beck was born where Bigger Thomas was invented, had a father whose pedagogical methodology consisted of smashing his kid’s head against the wall and disappearing.” (24)

from Iceberg Slim: The Life as Art by Peter A. Muckley

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CAUGHT ‘EM SLIPPIN’ by Al-Saadiq Banks

Daniel — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:24:58 +0000

Miranda Benderas, born to an infamous Cuban kingpin, and his trophy wife, an African American supermodel. Miranda grew up with all the luxuries that other girls could only dream of. Her daddy proved that crime does pay. But isn’t there always a cost to having it all? By age 13, Miranda’s father was sentenced to life in prison. Has Miranda’s father given her enough to navigate the world without him?

Three short years later, Miranda falls into the arms of Philadelphia’s Bad Boy, Sha-Rock. The beautiful flower of a woman that Miranda’s father planted has turned into a weed, thanks to Sha-Rock.

Sha-Rock is sentenced to a short prison bid. Years later, Sha-Rock steps back onto the scene, realizing that the game has changed. Yet Sha-Rock is still determined to make it back to the top at any cost. The help he needs lies in the hands of Miranda. Just how far will she go to prove her loyalty?

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SHATTERED SOULS by Dywane D. Birch

Daniel — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:24:31 +0000

At first glance, Britton Landers, Indera Fleet, Damascus Miles, and Chyna Littles appear to be living their dreams. However, only Britton, a psychologist, knows the secrets lurking beneath each shiny façade. After he abandons his past for a seemingly carefree life in the Dominican Republic, he realizes that some memories will haunt you forever. Indera runs a successful beauty salon, but when it comes to men she believes they’re only good for one thing: sex. Damascus is a stripper with a deceptively healthy appetite for women…especially when it puts more money in his G-string, and Chyna is a good girl trapped in a marriage that is starting to unravel.

The demons that have haunted these friends since childhood are rising up, but it’s the painful truth that could destroy them…

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