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List Price: $47.88
Our Price: $14.95
Your Save: $ 32.93 ( 69% )
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Binding: Magazine
First Issue Lead Time: 6-10
Format: Magazine Subscription
Issues Per Year: 12
Label: Vibe
Magazine Type: Consumer magazine
Manufacturer: Vibe
Number Of Issues: 12
Publisher: Vibe
Release Date: 2001-11-23
Studio: Vibe
Subscription Length: 365
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Just Isn't Carrying The"Vibe" Like It Used To (Rating: 7 out of 10- -3.5 stars)
Comment: I started reading the Vibe magazine back in late '02/ early '03 (which ever issue that had Snoop Dogg's Paid Tha Cost to Be Da Boss as their featured review and gave it a 3.5). Since then Vibe magazine has been one of the three magazines that I consult before I buy an album (the other two were The Source and the XXL). Vibe magazine is good when you want to know whats on your favorite artist's mind for the most part. What I seem to notice is that they interview the same artists over and over again and never have any substance to show for it.
What really pains me is their review section. Just about a year ago, they stopped giving out ratings on albums (at one point they are records and then became, what I call, "V-Stamps"...sort of like Mics from The Source). Why, I don't know. (It made my day when I saw someone get a 2.5 on their album). Also I've gotten under the impression that they use reviews from other magazines and put them in theirs (did anyone else find it odd that Lil Kim received 5 V-stamps on "The Naked Truth"?) Since they stopped giving out ratings, they crammed in more reviews into their magazine, most only a paragraph long, and never really go into detail.
Vibe still gives information that I'm looking for, but not as much as I would like it to. I read this magazine every once in a while (especially looking foward to the "20 Questions" part at the end), but not as much as I used to. But if you're looking to read about whats going on in the Rap and R&B, this magazine would be a good starting point, especially for someone who is a fan of a lot of overrated artists (I seem to notice that they have expanded widely into pop culture). I wouldn't recommend you subscribe to this magazine unless you're in your teens and a fan of a lot of popular artists. Peace.
Customer Rating:
Summary: With No Other Options Available....
Comment: The problem with Vibe magazine is that while it proclaims itself to be a partisan of the 'hip-hop' lifestyle, none of the 7 artists it continuously puts on its cover influence that lifestyle. They're all "pop-artists". There was a time when Vibe took chances. Once upon a time, Vibe was the consumate urban mag. Diverse and influential. More and more now, it's looking like a Black version of Tiger Beat. But without any viable alternatives, it's going to have to do.
For now...
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent Magazine
Comment: This magazine is very accessible when in comes to current music news and also offers alot of others sections as well that are equal interesting. It informs you about upcoming artists as well as established acts.
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Summary: hhmm....Nope....
Comment: I'de have never read Vibe in the first place, but i won a free years subscription in some online contest. And i must also mention i'm a huge fan of hip-hop and hip-hop culture, so i'de think Vibe would be tight.....daamn, was i ever wrong. First off, half the mag is Advertising....then what little reading there is....it's all bullsh**. The interviews they have with artists are totally weak & watered down. They never ask any worthwhile questions. Vibe also contradicts itself constantly. In one issue, they'll give an album a low rating & a poor review, then at the end of the year they name that same album one of the years best....what the f***? Vibe has it's decent moments, but i def. won't be paying for it anytime soon.
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Summary: Avoid at all costs
Comment: I started reciving Vibe magazine in the mail announced and unexpected. This wouldn't be the first time this happened, turns out my Grandmother bought me People magazine as a gift and the copies were sent to my house. I figured that somebody had got me this magazine as a gift. Next thing I know a charge for the magazine appears on my bank statement.
I called Vibe immediately and asked them what had happened. They told me that there was nothing they could do and that their company didn't directly deal with the payment issues and subscription services. They gave me a toll free number that I was too call from an outside company that handled the payments. When I called this company, it was completely automated service, could not speak with an actual person regardless of what extension I used.
I eventually had to go down to my bank and find out what I could do. Turns out Vibe had illegally gained my bank account number and had been charging me for months, but I had only just recently started to recieve the magazine. I had to close down my checking account and open up a new one, which resulted in me being charged by my gym and other other companies that had access to my account in order to subtract monthly bills. It was as if I had written them a bad check, something that I had never done in my life and now greatly questioned my credibility.
Please do not support these people, they are theives and on top of that the magazine is terrible and uncredible. I seriously hope that my review will help deter any and all people from subscribing to this magazine.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Vibe, the nation's leading hip-hop magazine, drops the hottest in music, fashion, sports, art, technology and entertainment every month. Connect yourself to the beat of the street and stay one up on urban scenes across the county - NYC, D.C, Chi-town, L.A., Houston, Atlanta, and Miami - from wherever you are.
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