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DiscountDelight - Vibe
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List Price: $47.88
Our Price: $14.95
Your Save: $ 32.93 ( 69% )
Availability: Usually ships in 6 to 10 weeks
Manufacturer: Vibe
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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
Studio: Vibe
Subscription Length: 365
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
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.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Worth my money!
Comment: This magazine is ill! I learn about all the new albums coming out, read the review,and if they say they are good, i go out and buy 'em. The reviews are also accurate, giving the appropiate number of stars. I also love the sections on the new artists on the verge. The cover stories never seem to dis-please me, always givin' me plent of info. The mini articles are cool, too, from stuff like Warren's Sapp's all-star football team, to all about how Mike Jones was discovered. One last thing I love about the magazine - they are never thin issues, and you know what that means!!!
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Summary: VIBE Magazine - Thank god my subscription has run out
Comment: If I could give it a zero or negative rating I would. When VIBE was introduced, it was a relevant, interesting magazine that exposed me to new alternative, r&b and hip hop artists. The mag featured all kinds of artists not just who's hot right now, it also featured hard hitting expose articles that were relevant to not only the hip hop community but the world.
Lately I've noticed that it's nothing more than a fluffy version of The Source. I hate a lot of new rap music that's out and didn't appreciate mags with rappers I dislike on the cover. And is it me or does it seem like since Mimi took over, all of the female r&b singers' covers and stories are HORRIBLE (we won't even discuss that disgusting Brandy cover)!
This magazine SUCKS now and the only time I check it out is while I'm in line at the grocery store. Yes, the subscription rates are cut to the bone now but that is because the quality is supremely lacking. I'd advise the curious to check issues out at newstands or where ever before wasting your hard earned money on a subscription.
Customer Rating:
Summary: You can't beat the price
Comment: For the price Vibe is okay, but it lost it's sizzle somewhere during the last five years. I look forward to Vibe Vixen, perhaps it will stir up my interests again. True, there are a lot of ads now, but the articles are interesting. What I miss about the magazine is that it seems like they never "break" any news anymore. Perhaps it's the Internet's fault, but I remember a time when the details of an artists Vibe interview really created a buzz (like in 99 when Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes balked to Vibe her personal feelings about the "Fan Mail" album), but now everything is just pretty mediorcre with this magazine. It's also totally predictable. When someone they consider "hot" has a product coming out you know they will be on the cover, and when I saw Pharrell and Gwen Stefani on the cover I thought that was a bit of a stretch. It's still a good magazine but I find I enjoy Blender and Sister 2 Sister much better, but for the price I will continue to support this magazine.
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Editorial Reviews:
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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
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