Ebony's Coolest Black Men.

[life_interrupts]

Originally Posted by jpeirpont

I remember his sister, Buffalo stance? Buffalo something. He is about as cool as Obama.
Neenah Cherry, "Buffalo Stance" was the song off of the Raw Like Sushi album. She was mad hot. Eagle Eye is the classic one-hit wonder.

 

[jpeirpont]

Originally Posted by matadorpoeta

it's lame that on any list of coolest men, it is taken for granted that they will all be entertainers. (if we count athletes as entertainers, in a sense.)

True, but you need people familiar to everyone.

 

[jpeirpont]

I think they generally ignored anything before 1960. Which is good because the Jazz players clearly would have dominated that list.

 

[Mark from Plano]

Originally Posted by jpeirpont

I think they generally ignored anything before 1960. Which is good because the Jazz players clearly would have dominated that list.

Or blues:

 

[Southern-Nupe]

Originally Posted by jpeirpont

I think they generally ignored anything before 1960. Which is good because the Jazz players clearly would have dominated that list.
True

 

[Manton]

Do you have to be alive to make the list? Otherwise, where is Duke Ellington?

I think Wynton Marsalis is cool, but I know that will be controversial.

 

[Eason]

Originally Posted by Southern-Nupe

Having met Clarence Thomas at my undergrad graduation.....there is nothing cool about him.

Sexual harassment is kinda cool, isn't it?

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by Manton

Do you have to be alive to make the list? Otherwise, where is Duke Ellington?

I think Wynton Marsalis is cool, but I know that will be controversial.

You don't think Clarence Thomas is cool?

 

[Ambulance Chaser]

Idris Elba (Stringer Bell from "The Wire")?

I would put Coltrane above Miles on any cool list, but my view is probably the minority.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by RJman

You don't think Clarence Thomas is cool?

Cool? No. But I admire him very much on a number of levels, and am prepared to defend him against all manner of attacks.

Coolness isn't everything.

 

[Mark from Plano]

Originally Posted by Manton

Coolness isn't everything.


Bite your tongue!

 

[Ambulance Chaser]

Clarence Thomas has a black Corvette with a license plate that reads RES IPSA. I think that's really cool.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by Ambulance Chaser

Clarence Thomas has a black Corvette with a license plate that reads RES IPSA. I think that's really cool.

He also has a plaque in his chambers that says "Please do not emanate into the penumbras." That too is really cool.

 

[jpeirpont]

Originally Posted by Manton

Cool? No. But I admire him very much on a number of levels, and am prepared to defend him against all manner of attacks.

Coolness isn't everything.

Have you read his biography?

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by jpeirpont

Have you read his biography?

Yes -- or I assume you mean his autobio, My Grandfather's Son. Fantastic book.