You Can't Say That Anymore

[rainbowdemon]

April 26, 2007 - At least one good thing came may have come out of the ugly Don Imus affair. When the talk-show host claimed that he didn't say anything worse than what he'd heard on hip-hop radio--"I know that these young women and young black women all through that society are demeaned and disparaged and disrespected by their own black men and that they are called that name"—he reopened the perennial debate over misogyny and offensive language in hip-hop.

[Excrement_Cranium]

Once again Rainbow, I say that if these "mainstream artists" are the ones forming your opinion of Hip-Hop, it's like judging rock music based on Creed.

Hopefully it's just those kids with their boomboxes waking you up from your 4pm nap that makes you hate it.

:p

[porky]

lol words are words and some words sell.

[DudeAsInCool]

lol words are words and some words sell.

Yep, the latter is the ticket But..the writers should be more inventive and come up with other messages that go beyond 'spend all the money you can get on sex, champagne and material things' while you are still alive

[Excrement_Cranium]

You mean like Immortal Technique?

[DudeAsInCool]

You mean like Immortal Technique?

Yeah. The Passion of Weiss does a pretty good rundown on contemporary rap and hip hop groups that are decent

[slum_goddess]

lol words are words and some words sell.

'take away the word 'fuck' and you've taken away the ability to say 'fuck the government' (John Lydon paraphrasing Lenny Bruce)

[Redneck4sure]

But..the writers should be more inventive and come up with other messages that go beyond 'spend all the money you can get on sex, champagne and material things' while you are still alive

True. A person should save at least 25% of his income for guns and ammo so he can stay alive.