00:00Be careful, Essence is putting these celebs on the spot left and right.
00:04Noni here with the top 5 B-side videos of 2019.
00:11If you're just tuning in, the B-side is a game we play here at Essence
00:15where we put celebs' black pop culture knowledge to the test,
00:18and the results are hilarious.
00:20Here are some of our faves from 2019.
00:24Number 5, The Real Housewives of Potomac.
00:28Housewives Gisele Bryant and Karen Huger faced off in one of our most memorable B-side battles.
00:34Memorable because Karen's lack of TV knowledge made it no contest.
00:39I know Gisele, you're going to take this personally.
00:40You may win, girl, because I don't watch a lot of TV.
00:43But let's go for it.
00:44How many black girl housewives can you name in 15 seconds?
00:47NeNe, Gisele, Robin, Ashley, I don't know what she's half.
00:52Me, Kenya, NeNe, Candy, Portia, Phaedra, Eva, Shamari, my girl Cynthia Bailey, Eva,
01:06how much more time I got?
01:07Okay, okay, okay, okay, wait, who am I missing?
01:10Katie, Sharice, Monique, and Candice.
01:15I got them all.
01:17Okay, did I win?
01:19I think I won, okay?
01:21Just a few, but it's okay.
01:23Yeah.
01:23Well, I think they're important ones.
01:25Number 4, Issa Rae.
01:27The Insecure creator graced the cover of our April issue, and while on set, we got the
01:32chance to put Issa's black card to the test.
01:34Check it out.
01:38The Issa meme, which is the bane of my existence, came from 21 Savage on a Blah TV interview talking
01:44about Issa knife.
01:46And then, now people, just when I got them to pronounce my name right, I still get Issa Rae.
01:51It sucks.
01:53But thanks, 21 Savage.
01:54Free 21 Savage.
01:55Number 3, Ciara vs. Tiana Taylor.
02:00The two dancers slash songstresses graced the July-August issue of Essence magazine alongside
02:05Iman.
02:06While shooting the cover, we had Ciara and Tiana face off against each other to determine
02:11who really had the goodies when it came to black culture.
02:14Tiana and Missy have a song with Pharrell.
02:28Boom, boom, boom.
02:30And they got, um, music make you lose control.
02:34Have it called me?
02:35And it's called Put It On You.
02:37Got it.
02:38Nailed it.
02:39Number 2, Ray Shremard vs. Chloe and Halle.
02:45Our inaugural episode of the B-Side kicked off with Essence digital cover stars Chloe and
02:50Halle and Ray Shremard squaring off in an intense battle for black culture supremacy.
02:55You know, y'all got so old, but we better prove that we're blacker than y'all.
02:58First of all, we're from Atlanta and you all are from Mississippi.
03:02Atlanta is automatically blacker than Mississippi.
03:04So we got you all beat.
03:05Yeah, I think so.
03:06You can hide behind the trap beat.
03:08You can do all of that, but we're still blacker.
03:10Sorry.
03:11Yes.
03:12Like, I'm y'all brother.
03:13Like, we all know that.
03:14I'm y'all brother.
03:14But I'm blacker than y'all.
03:18Oh, I know.
03:19Lift every voice and sing.
03:25The black national anthem is Jim, smack the button.
03:28Ha!
03:28Swag surfing.
03:29I will accept it.
03:31But it's lift every voice and sing.
03:34Before we unveil the number one B-Side video of 2019, here are a few we just had to mention.
03:40The term creamy crack is used to describe relaxers, of which I used to get very often on my hair,
03:48but no longer.
03:49We threw the creamy crack away years ago.
03:50Fo-sheezy, my kneesy, keep my arms so greasy.
03:53H to the iso, V to the isay.
03:56Wait.
03:59Um, not guilty.
04:01Y'all got to feel me.
04:03H to the iso, V to the isay.
04:06Fo-sheezy, my nizzle used to dribble.
04:07I don't know, man.
04:11There's a lot of them.
04:12He said a lot of s***.
04:13McDonald's money.
04:14Is there an English version of that?
04:17No.
04:18You got fish and chips?
04:19Uh, yeah.
04:21Yeah, um.
04:23I don't know if we have a phrase for that, like a saying for that.
04:28I guess it would be, so you're rich then.
04:30Rashida Jones, Halle Berry, um, Lenny Kravitz, Zoe Kravitz, um.
04:36Oh!
04:38Oh!
04:39Oh!
04:41Tracy Ellis Ross!
04:43Evan Ross!
04:45I failed!
04:47Oh my god!
04:49There's so many more!
04:51Number one.
04:53Diddy Sons.
04:54In May of 2019, Diddy, along with his sons, daughters, and mother, graced the issue of Essence magazine.
05:02While on set, Christian, Justin, and Quincy teamed up and put their knowledge of their dad to the test.
05:08This is our number one B-side video of 2019.
05:12Check it out.
05:12Mace, Total, Biggie, uh, Shit, Cherry Dennis, um, Paul Thomas, 112, King Combs, King Combs, G-Denis, um.
05:32B-5, boys!
05:38Do you think you can do better than these celebrities?
05:43Make sure you watch all the videos in full.
05:45Go to Essence.com slash video and see the full episodes.
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