In praise of Vibe magazine

Pitched as a Rolling Stone for hip-hop, Vibe magazine was dazzling, irresistable, sometimes too slick, but always compelling – which makes its demise all the more aggravatingVibe magazine, the demise of which has just ended a pretty shitty week for Quincy Jones, started its life in 1993 out of conversations between Jones and Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons. The intention of both was clear – in a market dominated by fan-bible the Source, Vibe was going to be sexier, classier, mor...

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