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Publisher: Vibe
Category: Magazine

List Price: $47.88
Buy New: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars 30 reviews
Sales Rank: 467

Format: Magazine Subscription
Type: Consumer magazine
Subscription Issues: 12
Subscription Length: 12 Months
Issues Per Year: 12
First Issue Lead Time: 6-10 Weeks

ASIN: B00005N7TE

Release Date: November 23, 2001
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 months
Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Review
Slicker and more uptown than competitors The Source and XXL, Vibe covers hip-hop culture in its many forms. The primary focus, of course, is music, but urban fashion also receives lavish treatment, and each issue contains a least a dash of movies, technology, sports, and politics. Celebrities tend to dominate its well-photographed and well-designed pages, but there's also room for more substantive fare (such as a touching report on "chickenheads"--rap-world groupies--who deserve better than they get from their often-abusive lovers). Covering a culture that is frequently misogynistic and homophobic, Vibe is both women- and gay-friendly, and surprisingly broad in its interpretation of who's cool enough for hip-hop: Elton John (for his Grammy duet with Eminem), maverick senator Jim Jeffords, and Seattle Mariners baseball star Ichiro Suzuki. --Keith Moerer

Product Description
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.

Customer Reviews:   Read 25 more reviews...

2 out of 5 stars Pop, Pop, Pop Culture   September 21, 2008
As the traditional print media contiues to lose ground to other news/entertainment sources, the coverage of issues must become more focused on what sells in the marketplace. Simply, the era of cutting-edge reporting in magazines has about run its course.

At one point, Vibe attempted to merge the more puff features of pop culture, with hard news and angles on artists not found in other competitors. But it now mostly relies on the puff over anything else.

Though the magazine does try to cover the independent music scene and continues to minimally attempt news stories, the pages are dominated by chart-topping artists, those bring pushed for stardom by the record companies and models marketing clothes and accessories.

It lost its hip some time ago, but Vibe hops to the "pop" within pop culture, though not stepping out of line through the critical analysis that once made the magazine a true alternative.


3 out of 5 stars Just Isn't Carrying The"Vibe" Like It Used To (Rating: 7 out of 10- -3.5 stars)   September 1, 2007
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.


3 out of 5 stars With No Other Options Available....   April 5, 2007
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...


5 out of 5 stars Excellent Magazine   November 2, 2006
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.


2 out of 5 stars hhmm....Nope....   May 9, 2006
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.