Posted on 08/24/2006 5:19:52 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
August 24, 2006 - 07:32
Talk about your culture clash! A hip hop music site juxtaposes a report on Bill Cosby's condemnation of that musical genre with news of the latest criminal doings of hip hop stars. AllHipHop.com bills itself as 'The World's Most Dangerous Site.' Currently up on the site is an article reporting a recent speech in which Cosby . . . "went on the offensive against rap music."
States the article:
"'They put the word 'nigga' in a song, and we get up and dance to it,' Cosby said.
"The two-hour Coppin State University-hosted event dubbed 'Fatherhood Works,' was the last stop on the entertainer's day-long visit to the city.
"In addition to hip-hop, Cosby expressed his views on teenage pregnancy, re-emphasized the importance of a good education and urged fathers to take a more active role in raising their kids, as he visited three West Baltimore elementary schools and the church."
So here was AllHipHop [which bills itself as The World's Most Dangerous Site] respectfully passing along Cosby's anti-hip hop message. Meanwhile . . . to the right of the Cosby article is a column with links to the latest news from the hip hop world. But while reports of new record deals and other doings were mixed in, much of it read like a 'rap' sheet of an altogether different sort. Examples:
Foxy Brown Misses New Jersey Court Date, Must Attend Next Hearing
Estate of Slain Man In CCC Club Files Lawsuit Against Proof Estate
Man Who Was Allegedly Beaten By Busta Rhymes Planning Civil Lawsuit
Busta Rhymes Arrested After AmsterJam
Young City Appears In Baltimore Court, Bail Set At $75,000
C-Murder Back On House Arrest
Judge Defends Decision in C-Murder Case
Lil' Wayne Arrested In Atlanta For Drug Possession
Young City Jailed On Armed Robbery Charge
Police Seek Suspects In Skanbino Mob Murders
Lil' Kim Off House Arrest Aug 3., Preparing Season 2 Of 'Countdown To Lockdown'
If proof were needed that the problem that Cosby spoke of is very real, here it was.
Juan Williams has recently written a book whose title tells it all: "Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-end Movements, And Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America." Interestingly, in his column of this morning, A Triumph of Felons and Failure [subscription required], NY Times columnist Bob Herbert praises the book and reiterates its message in these terms: "It is up to blacks themselves to embrace the current opportunities for academic achievement and professional advancement, to build the strong families that allow youngsters to flourish, and to create a cultural environment that turns its back on crime, ignorance and self-abasement."
Could Cosby's message be part of a hopeful trend among black leaders?
Hip Hop/NewsBusters ping to all my homies in the Today show hood.
RAP/HIP-HOP a dangerous delving into the gutter. It needs to wiped out along with Islam.
Word Yo!
-Eric
Fo' Shizzle.
[Having said that, I can't really say that rap is actually music anymore. There are no actual instruments being played, it's all electronic. It's more like karaoke.
Rap could be called poetry (bad poetry), but to me it's what some like to call music that is made for black AND white men who can't sing or dance.]
Tell me about it. I long for the days when the Beastie Boyz hit it old schoold. What ever happened to Hambone and Run DMC style hip hop?
Word?
Hip-hop isn't my native language, so I had to look this one up:
"fo shizzle ma nizzle" is a bastardization of "fo' sheezy mah neezy" which is a bastardization of "for sure mah nigga" which is a bastdardization of "I concur with you whole heartedly my African american brother"
Blacks are getting ill listening to it ............. along with whitey.
There, I feel better. (Doo-Wap was MUSIC!)
:-)
Yes, but it was so long ago that there could lyrics like those below from 'Who Wrote the Book of Love?' in which 'gay' could be used without irony:
Why do birds sing so gay
And lovers await the break of the day
Why do they fall in love?
Black conservatives have been harping on this theme for years, heck, for decades. But watch the MSM herald Cosby and Williams as if they are the smartest and most courageous black men in the world to have come to this conclusion.
It's welcome to hear this viewpoint expressed, but as long as the Revs. Jackson and Sharpton are the ad hoc spokespeople for blacks, the message will continue to be that white people are to blame and only government, run by Democrats, can provide solutions.
That's really what they are (not that there's anything wrong with that).
LOL - that movie was hilarious!
Surely you can't be series...
"Looks like I picked a bad day to stop sniffing glue."
The only "band" I know of that has any integrity to their music at all in the hip-hop genre is a white guy named Kid Rock. Dude kicks it old school man!!
Maybe I misunderstand your post, but this is never going to happen. The MSM is totally on board with the genre and will actually emphasize Coz's "being out of the mainstream," as they push the notion that rappers are simply misunderstood and they should be free to explore the depts of their "oppresion".
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