Okay so I just so happened to be a victim of Laryngitis. And the timing sucks lol cause I always look forward to participating in class and Tuesday was a fun day with the Ducky Fuzz/Fuzzy Duck game and the great disscussion off of Tara's presentation. So I'm just going to say my piece now.
Sooooooo Mr. Soulja Boy Tell Em'. Okay I personally don't think he's a great rapper at all. I mean I can't sit here and completly "hate" him b/c I did fall into his trap of the infamous superman dance and up until she got a donk...buuut the bird walk and kiss me threw the phone ish...yeaaaa i'm tired of him now I feel that that whole phase he created is getting old & needs to end to be honest, but with the industry now he's still gonna be around {sadly} Anyway we got into a huge disscussion about him in class with people saying how he's not an authentic rapper b/c you can't see him next to Nas or Jay-Z all he does is rap about nonsense blah blah blah. I did agree with that until I believe it was Kashi who said that isnt' what he's doing the definition of Hip Hop aka reinventing and so on and so forth. So what I mean my views of Soulja Boy doesn't change b/c I still think he's whack as a rapper, but according to what he's putting out there for people to hear he's not trying to be the next Nas or Jay-Z because he knows he can't. So that level isn't even a consideration for him {at least I hope not}. He's sticking to what he knows which so happens to be a 3 phrase verse repeated over and over a party beat. He's successful in it so he's gonna continue doing it. I mean if you're going to be making money off it and you love it then why stop. Also if you don't like him don't bump him on your Itunes...I'm just sayin
Then we have Bow Wow...whoooooo I think he's a poser trying to be something he's not. I was in love with him when I was younger, but I was naive not knowing any better lol. I mean he was living the good life since he was 4 and made it a point that he doesn't need to cuss or be vulgar in his lyrics....buuut now that he's older he has parental advisory stickers on his album...hmmm someone is trying to fit in....I'm just sayin
The word BITCH!
Man do I wish I was able to talk lol....So someone said that women like to be called Bitches, hoes, skeezers, ect.....really? If any woman thinks that being called a four legged ANIMAL that is trained to OBEY their master as a good thing then you obviously have some SERIOUS issues...like you need to see someone....and then there's the issue with "o if a girl calls another girl a bitch then why can't a guy" blah blah blah....look we all know that when a girl calls another girl a bitch it's cause they did something wrong like betrayal or something...but a guy means it as in you're my friend/girl...naaah just call me Charrell and leave it at that.....I'm just sayin..... thank you..
I mean we can get into a loooooong discussion about the word, buuut I said my piece about it for now....
The degrading of women in music videos. Has it changed? I do believe it has changed from the past. The industry is taking action on the way women are portrayed on the screen. From the video Tip Drill...I'd post the video but I'm good everyone has seen it and if you haven't youtube it.....and then you have 50 cent's I like the way she do it video http://youtube.com/watch?v=g6Xiy5EXXgY&feature=related and the women aren't half naked or showin goodies and shit {when they lyrics say differently}...it's actually toned down a lot to me personally...and if the song was released during Tip Drill {2004) the video would be completely different. I do remember when 50 premiered the video he said that there are rules now to what can be shown in a music video and that they can't have women exploited in the ways they were....So I do believe actions are being taken, but again it won't fully disappear in my opinoin because as we all know "Sex sells".....
I'm just sayin...
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So on the Soulja Boy piece, lord knows that I can't stand him, but I had fallen victim to the crave, but then I reallized shortly after, like really..WHAT is this garbage? Whereas, I don't necessarily respect his lyrics and his image as a whole, I do respect his "hustle" of mastering the commerciality of the I guess hip hop genre, even though I don' consider him "hip hop". In this day and age, hip hop has become commercialized I feel. But as you said, he's going to do what sells, who wouldn't? I feel like he's the same as 50 Cent who has mastered the art of "Gangsta Rap", I don't consider 50 a gangsta despite having been shot 9 times, I'm going to chill though cuz that's a different story for a different day. But the fact still remains what sells is what sells. I don't knock their hustle.
ReplyDeleteIf we were in church I'd say "Amen" lol...but yea 50 is up there with a big question mark these days...and I guess there's an unwritten rule about how being shot 9 times makes you a G.....more like blessed that you're still alive
ReplyDeleteThat game was funny fuzzy duck and ducky fuz.. i was confused as hell sometimes
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