Vibe Magazine to Close Down Immediately

[becca]

Most of these mags are vehicles for advertising and promotion and companies have cut their ad budgets and even suddenly reneged on reserved space in some cases. I've never paid for any of them out of principle and because people give me their used back copies (sometimes with CD sometimes not). R&B seemed a lot more happening a few years ago and has mostly gone into a big gloop of formula lately like rap often has (aimed at suburban white kids with money like Eminem or whatever). There was some great stuff coming out for awhile that wasn't a formula, now I'm just burnt out by too many second-rate knock offs.