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A flood of words (IN DEFENSE OF KANYE WEST)
Chicago Sun-Times ^ | September 5, 2005 | JIM DEROGATIS POP MUSIC CRITIC

Posted on 09/05/2005 7:52:32 AM PDT by Chi-townChief

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To: MEG33

As do I. But I don't see the kind of repudiation from NBC that such drivel should receive.


61 posted on 09/05/2005 9:21:47 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Pardon me while I have a strange interlude. " - Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding)
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To: Hoof Hearted; aspiring.hillbilly
aspiring.hillbilly: "The inherently evil hip-hop culture that this piece of filth and others of his ilk promote, where crime is glorified, is directly responsible for enabling the roving gangs of thugs raping, looting and murdering their way through flooded NOLA"

Hoof Hearted: Yeah, I know. Not like the good old days in Watts before hip hop came along when the thugs were singin' Soul and RnB, huh?

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Hoof Hearted: Read these Kanye [c]rap lyrics and get back to us on that...

Just to get by
Nigga I sold coke, nigga I pushed lah
Carried a fo'five
Claimed I was ready to die
Promised never to cry
Held it all inside
Reality was too much to take so I
Kept my mind fry
Slimmed for most of mine
Soon as I closed my eyes
Then I woke up behind
Nigga either I load up these nines
Or blow up with rhymes
cause this flow of mine is like blow up but lines of coca
And your folks think Hov' just wrote stuff to rhyme
Nah, I'm a poster for what happened seein your moms
Doin five dollars worth to work just to get a dime
So pardon my disposition
Why should I listen to a system that never listened to me?
Picture me working McDonald's
I'd rather pull a mac on you
Sorry Ms. Jackson but I'm packin

Nothing there to encourage what we've all witnessed this week, right?

You were saying...?

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BTW, notice any words in there that would get us white folks instantly labeled, "Racist!"??

62 posted on 09/05/2005 9:24:22 AM PDT by TXnMA (Iraq & Afghanistan: Bush's "Bug-Zappers"...)
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To: Chi-townChief

bump


63 posted on 09/05/2005 9:31:16 AM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: Chi-townChief

I wonder how many people who thought about giving are not going to give now because of what he said.


64 posted on 09/05/2005 9:41:32 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Chi-townChief

>>>"If you see a black family WITH A TV IN THEIR HANDS, it says they're looting. See a white family WITH WATER AND CHIPS IN THEIR HANDS, it says they're looking for food. ... They've given them permission to go down and shoot us."

That is not true in all cases because there were plenty of black people who were not looting for anything but food, and plenty of white people who were also taking advantage of the situation and stealing merchandise, but HE is the only one not seeing the difference.


65 posted on 09/05/2005 9:42:11 AM PDT by sandbar
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To: Conservative til I die

What I couldn't figure out was the next line in the review which said the declaration was met with boos. I am not sure if the boos were directed at the dopey singer or the President. I would assume the latter considering the crowd that Green Day attracts but hopefully I am mistaken.


66 posted on 09/05/2005 9:48:10 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: Republican Wildcat

Wow. Read the lyrics to "it all falls down". A true racist moron. If a white entertainer had voiced similar sentments about blacks, he would be on the cover of time, but not to accolades.


67 posted on 09/05/2005 9:49:18 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Dig deeper, more ammo.)
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To: WOSG

""I hate the way they portray us in the media," West said. - (With an outburst that reinforced the portrait.)


68 posted on 09/05/2005 9:51:09 AM PDT by finnigan2
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To: Chi-townChief
"the most controversial statements by a popular musician since Sinead O'Connor tore up a picture of the pope on "Saturday Night Live" in 1992. "

Off Topic Side note. NBC knew she was going to tear up a picture, and they were happy with it. She had told them it would be a picture of the sitting President, George the Elder. They flipped when they saw it was the Pope.

69 posted on 09/05/2005 10:00:13 AM PDT by sweet_diane ("Will I dance for you Jesus? Or in awe of You be still? I can only imagine..I can only imagine.")
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To: Chi-townChief

the funny think about all of this the very people they are calling racist are the ones they are looking to for help the best think to come of all of this is some of those people will get a real job and not depend on the gov.


70 posted on 09/05/2005 10:02:12 AM PDT by blkman6ft6
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To: Eagles6

The one about group sex is actually the most tasteful - no exaggeration. Why in the world would anyone spend their money on this garbage? Why in the world would anyone think this guy is to be taken seriously?


71 posted on 09/05/2005 12:22:14 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

Could only stomach reading the one. What happened in NO was due to the fact that the people who stayed look to a$$hole$ like this as heroes and leaders.


72 posted on 09/05/2005 12:30:09 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Dig deeper, more ammo.)
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He made "Jesus Walks", so he can't be all that bad. And what's so bad about "All Falls Down"? He did bash black people for being materialist, after all.


73 posted on 09/05/2005 8:38:07 PM PDT by Centerie
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very upset with this outburst..never been a big fan of rap and hip hop and i just recently bought his cd's... in fact kanye west was the first rap/hip hop cd i have ever bought. once i heard this outburst though i gave my cd's to my roomate..


74 posted on 09/06/2005 2:53:09 PM PDT by SPC Milam (Janet Reno is a GUY!)
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