Players Vol. 25 # 8

FEATURES
28 What 2 Do 4 Y2K
by Steve Altes
It will be the single biggest party of your lifetime. People will talk about it for years to come. The good news is, there are dozens of options to have a bomb-ass New Year's 2000. The bad news is, most of the good shit is already taken.
34 In Your Grill
Lisa Nicole Carson
46 Mase's High
interview by Cornelius Milligan
We suppose if you were going to break out on a label for your first ever rap experience, it might as well be just as Puffy Combs' Bad Boy Entertainment starts breaking world sales records. A peep into life in the fast lane from Mase's ride.
50 In Your Grill
Beverly Johnson
52 Menspeak
Gil Robertson IV
Gather round this inaugural installment, a round-table discussion on the pitfalls and close calls of male-female relationships in the '90s. You may not agree with everything that's said, but you won't be bored.
67 The Booty Brothers Picnic
A first-ever glimpse at the brand new Players/Vivid feature, coming to a video store near you.
72 Desk Jockeys
by Tracy Grant
Look, no one wants to create a "hostile working environment," but just about everybody has someone at work whose boots they wanna knock so bad they can taste it. So, rather than being fatalists, we're gonna show you how to do it the smart way.
PICTORIALS
18 STARR
pictorial by Bill Schwanke
36 MOCHA & CHOCOLATE
pictorial by Laurien
60 Tashawna
pictorial by Falcon Foto
DEPARTMENTS
6 Letters to the Editor
7 The 411
entertainment news, buzz, and interviews
12 Body and Soul
virtues and vices
24 Ear to the Street
music reviews
33 Did You Know?
African American history
44 Comic Relief
cartoons
56 Peep This
video reviews
78 Dateline
U.S. news and world reports
80 Hook-Up Alley
strictly personals