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Alicia Keys: 'gangsta rap' was merely government ploy to convince black people to kill each other
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| April 12, 2008
Posted on 04/12/2008 3:14:52 PM PDT by Joiseydude
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To: Joiseydude
A natural Obama supporter for sure. Probably could be named to his cabinet — Maybe Secretary of the Dept. for the Elimination of Typical White People, or something.
To: appleharvey
A pretty face, and a brain stem. LOL!
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posted on
04/12/2008 3:27:53 PM PDT
by
livius
To: Joiseydude
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posted on
04/12/2008 3:28:03 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Steely's First Law of the Main Stream Media: if it doesn't advance the agenda, it's not news.)
To: appleharvey; Joiseydude
>
No surprise for me. A pretty face, and a brain stem. Oh well, you rarely can get it all.
Alicia would attend the prestigious Professional Performance Arts School of Manhattan, where she studied both jazz and classical composition, crediting influences ranging from Nina Simone to Stevie Wonder to Oscar Peterson to Frederic Chopin to Tupac Shakur. After graduating as valedictorian of her class, she entered Columbia University at just 16, but soon took a leave to pursue her professional career.
Writing songs which reflected both her roots and her eclectic musical education, Alicia changed her last name to Keys and signed with Clive Davis’ J Records which released the five-time Grammy-winning Songs in A Minor in 2001.
Skyrocketing to superstardom, she’s since collected four more Grammys, plus eleven Billboard Awards, three American Music Awards, two MTV Video Awards, three NAACP Image Awards, six Soul Train Awards, a VH1 Award and a People’s Choice Award.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE LATELY?
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posted on
04/12/2008 3:28:14 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: Joiseydude
gangsta rap’ was merely government ploy to convince black people to kill each other”
I guess the abortions have gone down, eh?
To: Joiseydude
Keys, 27, said she's read several Black Panther autobiographies and wears a gold AK-47 pendant around her neck She's whack, yo. Down with it and fully dope, foo.
The panthers is phat, dawg. Word. Fo' shizzle. Phat like that, yo.
To: Joiseydude
The bicoastal feud between slain rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. was fueled "by the government and the media, to stop another great black leader from existing Yeah, thats it!
They were both potential leaders, for sure.
To: dayglored
“four more Grammys, plus eleven Billboard Awards, three American Music Awards, two MTV Video Awards, three NAACP Image Awards, six Soul Train Awards, a VH1 Award and a People’s Choice Award.”
All crap.
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posted on
04/12/2008 3:33:16 PM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(Vote for McCain but trust in the Lord)
To: San Jacinto
Where is that thread of ~80 things typical white people like to do? It needs addin’ to now, we missed one.
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posted on
04/12/2008 3:34:00 PM PDT
by
txhurl
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To: Joiseydude
What about midnight basketball? Predicated on the notion that there’s only one thing black people enjoy more than theft, rape and murder.
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posted on
04/12/2008 3:36:01 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Who's worried about the Bolsheviks? They couldn't be worse than the Tsar!)
To: Joiseydude
Blacks don't need an excuse to kill each other..
RAP music is so bad they deserve it..
Everytime I hear RAP, I know its killin me.,.
Embarrassment must be killing Alicia..
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posted on
04/12/2008 3:36:29 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
To: Berlin_Freeper
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“four more Grammys, plus eleven Billboard Awards, three American Music Awards, two MTV Video Awards, three NAACP Image Awards, six Soul Train Awards, a VH1 Award and a People’s Choice Award.” > All crap.
As another musician, I applaud her creativity and energy. Her politics suck, well, surprise. But to say she's just a stupid pretty face dishonors musicians and composers.
As does your comment about awards being crap. You're welcome to your opinion, of course.
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posted on
04/12/2008 3:36:31 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: Joiseydude
I was thinkin’ ‘bout Alicia Keys, couldn’t keep from crying
When she was born in Hell’s Kitchen, I was living down the line
I’m wondering where in the world Alicia Keys could be
I been looking for her even clear through Tennessee
Bob Dylan, Thunder on the Mountain
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posted on
04/12/2008 3:37:44 PM PDT
by
newheart
(The Truth? You can't handle the Truth. But He can handle you.)
To: Joiseydude
Just imagine Karl Rove and Dick Cheney meeting in the White House basement to write gangsta rap's 2009 hit.
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posted on
04/12/2008 3:38:00 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Rattenschadenfreude: joy at a Democrat's pain, especially Hillary's pain caused by Obama.)
To: dayglored
She’s an otherwise very smart girl who is just reflecting the cultural background noise around her. Older people she respects people say these things in front of her and she unwisely repeats them, forgetting that she is too famous to get away with conspiratorial talk.
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posted on
04/12/2008 3:38:32 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: Joiseydude
Alicia...shut up and sing!
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posted on
04/12/2008 3:39:09 PM PDT
by
gc4nra
( this tag line protected by Kimber and the First Amendment (I voted for McClintock))
To: Nightshift
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posted on
04/12/2008 3:40:44 PM PDT
by
tutstar
(Baptist Ping list - freepmail me to get on or off.)
To: Mr. Jeeves
>
She’s an otherwise very smart girl who is just reflecting the cultural background noise around her. Older people she respects people say these things in front of her and she unwisely repeats them, forgetting that she is too famous to get away with conspiratorial talk. Well put. That sounds about right.
She should lay off the politics and stick to what she does well.
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posted on
04/12/2008 3:41:11 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: the invisib1e hand
And Alicia Keys is also half-Typical White Person (by way of her mother).
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posted on
04/12/2008 3:41:49 PM PDT
by
fightinJAG
(RUSH: McCain was in the Hanoi Hilton longer than we've been in Iraq, and never gave up.)
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