Here's my list of best and worst male black performers:

Worst: Lex Steele, Sean Michaels, Mr.Marcus, Julian St.Jox, Jake Steed and Brian Pumper.

I don't like these guys because I've seen them in too many movies already and/or because they have a way too big ego. I try to avoid every movie they're in (especially Mr.Marcus).

Best: Justin Slayer, Boz, J.Monty, Mandingo, Jack Napier, Darren James, Wesley Pipes, Cuntree Pipes, Mark Anthony, Sledge Hammer, Biggz, Byron Long, Franco Roccaforte, Kid Jamaica, Johnny Depth, Silvio and of course Lil'Pimp Hand but he's gone.

I like these guys because they're great performers who always do a great job without acting like some big star.

I can only hope more new black performers will start doing movies, Climax 9 Productions is already doing a great at that using mostly unknown black performers for their Black Attack GangBang serie.

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Sean Michaels: He's been around forever, but he still can put out great scenes. Women seem to like him and he remains hard with a huge cock. His only drawback really is weak popshots.

Justin Slayer: Much younger, although not as endowed as Sean. Justin has fucked the girl good every time I've seen him. Justin is often vocal in his scenes which can enhance the action for some or possibly detract from the sex for others. It depends. He has his own company and may be tough to hire.

Darren James: Very consistent. His problem is that he doesn't have a big dick, so there goes the big dick in white chick fantasy. However, he's easier for girls to take anally, which is a big plus if you want to shoot anal scenes.

Mandingo: He's good, except that his videos often have subpar direction. If you could help him out in this aspect, then you have a winner.

Kohl Mynah: I have no idea why this guy does not get more work. On camera, he doesn't really have a flaw. He's big, in shape, and I've seen him deliver big loads to girls. You may wanna look for him also because he is not in as many videos as these other guys.

Franco Roccaforte: Funny guy. Brings good comedic aspect and probably can make most women feel comfortable. That is huge. He's a very solid performer. I also appreciate that he does not mind sucking on a girls toes (Sean Michaels and Justin Slayer have done this in the past as well). I'm not sure if Franco is available for work in the United States.

Mark Anthony: Seems like a nice guy. Women seem to be attracted to him. His cumshots are very weak, unfortunately.

Sledgehammer: He can be good. The minus with him is he isn't in great shape. He's stocky. Also, he is a light skinned black male and thus does not provide the type of color contrast that many IR fans enjoy.

Boz: Skinny guy with a big dick. I haven't seen him get a lot of work, except for being involved in multiple guy scenes with either Justin Slayer or J. Monty. He doesn't provide a great contrast either, but much more of a contrast than Sledgehammer can.

Mason, if I personally had to rank these guys in regards to their value for IR scenes you are interested in shooting it would be:

1. Justin Slayer
2. Sean Michaels
3. Franco Roccaforte
4. Kohl Mynah
5. Mandingo
6. Mark Anthony
7. Darren James
8. Boz
9. Sledgehammer

They all are good, really. Boz & Sledgehammer are at the bottom because neither really provides that sexy contrast of dark black to go with ivory white

Hope this helps.

Edited by - f5 on 2/7/2004 7:59:43 AM

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Edited by - M.B. on 2/7/2004 9:58:48 PM

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I agree Slayer is a fine performer, and Mason would be foolish not to use him. Similarly Mandingo is a beast, a huge cock, and his best work is yet to come I think.

I'm not keen on Napier, despite his pound-for-pound superiority. He is fun, but arouses nothing in me as a performer, and for some reason I always end up seeing his asshole in various forms in scenes, and his is not a photogenic asshole.

Byron long is underrated, but if we're going to dig at Pumper for being in a lot of films, so has Long. In fact, I like Pumper. He's often funny, a handsome man and a good performer, although he has had some dubious moments, as in XXX Road Trip 4, which count against him.

Sledgehammer and J.Monty it's certainly worth seeing more of, and I think Mason should target these guys along with Slayer and Mandingo. All are solid looking guys who turn in strong performances in what i've seen.

Kid Jamaica I love, he has the cutest nutsack in the business, and his star is only starting to shine, but he's in Europe, if I'm not mistaken. Similarly, Roccoforte is a star, a charismatic sexual beast who actually provides frissons in his performances, for me and the talent he's fucking. These two are really the two best black male performers in my opinion, because they bring a little sweetness and a lot of sexiness to their work. They're not powerfuckers so much as charismatic and balanced porn stars.

However Mason, you could do worse than to find someone new, someone who is in sync with what you try to bring to porn.

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Sledgehammer, is certainly strong, as well as a strong performer, check out Service Animals 10 if you'd like proof, and I think he's been in other volumes of this series as well.

I will agree with Ramsey on Julian St. Jox being one of the worst performers, just something about him, so I try and avoid his scenes, and have been lucky so far.

Brian Pumper, is a big small guy, relatively short, heck, when I met him, I was expecting him to be bigger, but he does have a tendency to be egotistical, which is my only complaint, never saw a bad scene of his.

- - - B-I-G-m-i-k-e, over & out! - - -

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Lexington Steele
Mandingo
Franco Roccaforte
Justin Slayer
Mark Anthony
Boz
Darren James
J. Monty
Sledge Hammer
Jack Napier

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Lori

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I only saw one Max Blacc scene (with Petal Benson) and he could work out just fine because it seems he got all it takes!

I wish F.M. Bradley would make a comeback, I always kind of liked that guy.

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"That's brutal,son!"
-Tony T

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1. Justin Slayer---he has the best chance of all male talent black or white, to be the next big superstar male talent. Like Rocco, Sean Michael and Lexington Steele did in their day. I think he needs some seasoning working with a great production team director, camera man, and editor. Yes I am still referring to infront of the camera.

Mandingo----have potential ---however he needs assertive female to literally demands that he fuck her hard and deep....ie Judy Star in Mandingo volume something ??, or Mandy Bright in Sex Shooter II

Boz---J.Monty---their best stuff seems to be when they work together or in the trio including Slayer. give these guys---Great director, camera and editor...then a solid scene is in the bag.

Wesley Pipes,----Yes Pipes doesn't project a very negative image of black men to white america....However more times than not the females he works with respond to him...especially the new girls who need more verbal direction--personally I would rather hear him and the director speaking in a scene.

Biggz----See Mandingo selection...assertive female...a greater chance of a boiling scene.

Lastly, I tend to agree with picman's reply to this post. However given the right director and prep work before the scene...i.e. chemistry and comfortably between the "strong" black male talent and the "I like my sex aggressive" white female. I am willing to bet that mason could get the best of that "strong" black male talent.

Chgo Porn Fan

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For assertive female, get Ann Coulter to spend a day with him.

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Ah yes, I love interacial porn, nothing like seeing a black dude with a huge dick banging the shit out of a cute little white girls ass :)

Anyways I would like to see you guys go out there and get some new guy. Why dont you find some big ass basketball player or something, some guy like 6-6, super fit and packing one huge dick. There must be some guy out there that is absolutely massive, like bigger than Mandingo, I would love to see some anal with a guy around 13 inches or something,that would be awesome! Also, I would like to see the exact opposite as well, find a little ass black dude, could be fat or whatever, but happens to have a huge dick, that would be awesome seeing the girls expression when he pulls it out.
Another thing, I would love to see a series focusing on hung black guys and white girls with big asses, similar to the west coast series Phat ass white girls. I know Ramsey and me would love to see this lol

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Tony is not black

wesley can give a rough scene I heard, but I held a girl as she cried after her scene cause she said he has said terrible things in her ear during the scene, terrible as in calling her a bad performer and such, I am not sure if it was wesley pipes or some other newcomer.

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Because these guys deliver!

Mason, hope you feature BIG Black guys
penetrating small slim white women

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Edited by - Asmodeus on 2/8/2004 10:16:10 PM

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Mason's scenes are very very intense, I love jack but his style is a shy giggly kinda feel, masons movies are more an experience in levels of submission. I can't see jack slapping hundreds on a whores ass or dunking a chicks head in the toilet. I think it's good that there are diffrent types of performers, that gives us the variety we need!

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Mr. Marcus is good looking and I can tell that some of his partners like having sex with him because they seem genuinely turned on and well lubricated from the scenes I have seen. He is o.k. at eating pussy too so he is not too bad overall.

I would give the top spot here to Franco Roccoforte. This guy seems to be the best overall at sex and is perhaps not as good looking as the other two here, but despite being big and strong, he has a respectful and sensitive side at times which can be a turn on.

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*slaps Canuck Chick*

*takes off earrings*

*takes off noserings*

*pulls out tonguering*

*pulls out nipplestud*

*rubs Vaseline on face*

*puts up dukes*

Maybe you ain't heard, but thems are fightin' words!

Sue Riankar,
Sargeant-At-Arms
Franco Roccaforte Fan Club
Teo Division

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My favorite performers are Mr.Marcus and Brian Pumper at the moment

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I know he comes off as a softie, but put a girl in front of him and dress her in England colours and I'm sure he'll fuck her like a demon. I imagine he's hung, and he's black enough for you.

You want him all for yourself, dontcha Mason?

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RoccoForte is the man!
I don't know, though, about a goodly number of the black guys. Not playa-hating by any means here, but it often seems like the huge cocks take the place of really energetic performances. Like, I was just watching Sledge Hammer in a Joey Silvera movie, and I really like the guy --- he seems like someone the girls like --- but he's so mellow. Guys like Lex and Sean Michaels and Pumper clearly earned their dough, and I doubt they have any true competition on these shores, but I'd much rather see some new and different talents. Silvera certainly seems able to recruit these fellas, because his movies feature so much interracial, and he pulls it off to a "tee." So, Mason, I would advise you to check out the last 5 or 6 Silvera "hetero" titles, and see who you like!

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I love his hot round ass globes, you just want to spread those muscular cheeks & chow down!
nasty talker, gorgeous face, a body you want to grab hold of, & thick rich spurts of protein!

& a gives a nasty MESSY fuckin!!!

i'm into Family, Friends, Food & Fuckin.

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I also like Byron Long, who has an incredible body and a massive tool, but he always seems to be on drugs or something.

Ones that are the ultimate turnoff: Wesley Pipe (just plain homely, scrawney, and obnoxious) and Julian St. Jox (creepy and out of shape).

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Apart from Lex who's pretty good and the ladies all seems to wants to impale themself on his cock, the rest are pretty much stereotyped except for maybe Brian Pumper.

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XoXo
Trinity James

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I live miles from the microsoft campus, and housing prices are crazy. Million dollar homes that are worth about a third thier price on a national scale. When I meet people that live say 2-3 counties away (60+ Miles) they imediately think I'm a snob. It's unfortunate that some people in my zipcode act a certain way, but I'm guilty by proxy.

Wesley is a second stringer at best, but he's getting more attention than better lookin, better behaved, and from his on screen persona, better educated black performers. I don't want Wesley to represent me, the same way I am going to assume you don't want Max to represent you.

Then again I would say that there are 5 times as many A level white stars than blacks, so let's say there were 5 other guys walking around action like Max, or Wesley...? Get my point?

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SNP.
BTW slightly off-topic although Mason did stress 'strong' black males: Brain Pumpers pectorals are almost unbelievable his nipples virtually point straight down, most professional bodybuilders don't have tits like him. Now, black, white, rich or poor I find it hard to envisage someone getting pecs quite that full without more than a little chemical assistance and whilst that kind of stuff is supposed to damage your performance BP never seems to be lacking for wood when the occasion demands. My point? I don't know really, just thought I'd mention it.

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Sorry I got to this discussion a little late. I am a long time porn afficiando who primarily digs interracial and big-butt women themed stuff.

I guess that makes me and Ramsey twin sons of different mothers. Smile.

Anyway, I guess in my opinion the most verstatile black male performer over the years has probably been Byron Long. He is equally at home doing the "thug" type brother, (without going into Wesley Pipe's annoyance zone), or the silly, just kinda happy to be here, Jack Napier style. About the only thing that would be a stretch for him would be the dapper, elegeant brother, ala Sean Michaels, Lexington steele or Brian Pumper.

And sometimes Long has trouble keeping wood.

But he has been an outstanding performer over the years and has been in all kinds of theatrical situations. He might work for what Mason wants.

If you gotta have a younger guy, I would probably go with Justin Slayer. He seems to me to be the heir apparent to Sean Michaels.

Mr. Marcus had a good career, but he's just mailing it in now. And as big a star as Steele is, I just have never been able to get into him. Franco is a good all around performer, however he's too identified with his goofy kinda comedic T.T. Boy act. Mandingo? Please. He just seems to be a massive tool with a body attached for life support. The next time he actually acts, or even looks interested, let me know.

I like all the other brothers out there working, but most are just supporting guys and not really star quality types. Like Darren James. I like him, he's a hard working, good looking actor, but he just doesn't seem cut out for star status.

Anybody who casts Julian St. Jox again, should be barred from the industry. There are too many young and hungry guys out there with talent and energy, that are willing to work for Happy Meals, for that guy to get ANY more screen time. St Jox actually achieved what I thought was impossible. He made a one on one scene with Katja Kassin, uninteresting. I'd pay money to watch Katja just stand there, and this guy actually messed it up. Brutal, just brutal.

Viva Johnnie Keys!

BSD

Edited by - BSD on 2/16/2004 3:46:45 AM

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Yeah, FM Bradley was one of my earliest porn heroes.

He was about as "everyman" as they come. I figured that if he could be a porn star, anybody could.

At least Ray Victory looked the part.

BSD

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