Contest: Who Are We?

Thembi Ford 31 March 2008 10 Comments

I have some nerve even posting this. If you can remember what this 80’s group looked like back in the day let alone imagine what they’d look like after having aged 30 or so years, then you’ve sped right through impressive territory and into Oldhead Mental Illness-land. But I’m sure someone will get it…Hint: There used to be more of them, but the main ones are in this photo.

UPDATE: What’s funny is that I almost used a pic I found of Club Nouveau, which many of you guessed, but this is Atlantic Starr and hottnikz of Below Da Radar got it first. Are you all getting that used to how my mind works or was it just a light n’ curly elimination game? It all started because I heard the song “Masterpiece” on the radio … sappy-sweet R&B about plain ol’ love and admiration without the words “boo” or “wifey” used a single time. Please enjoy the video!

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jjbrock said:

Frankie Beverly and Maze.

# 21 March 2008 at 12:46 pm

Joy said:

club nouveau

# 21 March 2008 at 1:37 pm

Ill Mami said:

Club Noveau mos def. The lead singer looks exactly the same with his Wave Nouveau!

# 21 March 2008 at 11:54 pm

Malcolm said:

My first thought when I saw the guy on the right was that it was Club Nouveau.

# 23 March 2008 at 9:37 pm

Thembi said:

Its not Club Nouveau. Hint: Light n curly man used to be a little prettier.

# 23 March 2008 at 9:43 pm

hottnikz said:

I’m going to go with Atlantic Starr on this one.BTW, hey Thembi long time no see, I’ve finally crawled from under my rock,lol.

# 24 March 2008 at 12:48 pm

Malcolm said:

Like Hottnikz, I was thinking Atlantic Starr. In case it isn’t, my 2nd guess is Midnight Star.

# 24 March 2008 at 1:46 pm

Ill Mami said:

Damn! Not Club Nouveau? If there used to be more of them, who are these people?

The Jets?

Just kidding. I have to go put on my thinking cap a bit more for this one.

# 24 March 2008 at 3:54 pm

justjudith said:

the bearded dude makes me think atlantic starr. or mtume.

# 25 March 2008 at 8:18 pm

I. Nicole said:

Atlantic Starr… Now I cant get “Secret Lovers” out of my head.

# 26 March 2008 at 10:19 am

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Police Sketches of Black Dudes

By Thembi Ford on September 26, 2007

Police sketch artist drawings of black people are notoriously poor and rarely look like anyone in particular. I’m convinced that when asked to describe the suspect, witnesses just describe the last black male they saw, even if they last saw a black male on television. So I did a little Thembi-style experiment by going online and digging up dozens of sketches of black suspects to see just who the strong arm of the law is looking for.

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