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Sharing pieces of chicken is one of The Community’s favorite pastimes. In fact, when gobbling down our poultry we always play a game in which we blurt out the names of people we wish were eating chicken with us. Above are the names that have come up most often.

We assembled a panel of everyone we’ve ever actually eaten chicken with (chicken nuggets, chicken bones, chicken breasts, chicken strips, chicken cordon bleu, everything) to decide which one of these urban contemporary/slow jam/new jack swing artists is the most ideal to eat chicken with.

Any time greats such as Tevin Campbell, Father MC, and Babyface exit in the first round, you know you’re dealing with a hardcore tourney! And it was unfortunately too hardcore for some R&B royalty. I mean, we’d love to share chicken with En Vogue, SWV, and Salt-N-Pepa — but let’s face it — there’s not enough comeraderie in sharing chicken with divas. And while Heavy D is a gifted dancer, he’d probably end up eating all the chicken (no offense, Heavy). Color Me Badd? A bit erotic for our tastes. Montel Jordan? I’m afriad that’s not quite how we do it. (This is!)

There were four artists who stood out from the rest —  Jodeci, because they’re known for having a quality chicken hook up — BBD, because Michael Bivins is one chill-ass bastard — Shai, because they went to Howard University — and Silk, because their career needs the biggest boost.

In the end it was Silk who prevailed because they sang a beautiful song about chicken called ”Freak Me“ – barely edging Shai’s chicken anthem “If I Ever Fall in Love.” But more important than chicken chants, The Community thought it would be decent to share pieces of chicken with struggling artists. That’s just something we’re about — sharing chicken with dudes who could probably use a bite to eat.

So, congrats to Silk for winning our tourney. If you happen to read this, shoot us an email and we can set up a time to share some chicken with you. For everyone else, maybe go halves on some chicken with someone in need — it’s the decent thing to do!

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