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stay on topic please, the video and lyrics to the song 4:44
And I have the right to elaborate on the CD release. And expose white supremacy trash. You may not like it, but it is what it is.
The Story of O.J.
JAY-Z
[Intro: Nina Simone] Skin is, skin, is Skin black, my skin is black My, black, my skin is yellow
[Chorus] Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga Still nigga, still nigga I like that second one Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga Still nigga, still nigga
[Interlude] O.J. like, "I'm not black, I'm O.J." …okay
[Verse 1] House nigga, don't fuck with me I'm a field nigga, go shine cutlery Go play the quarters where the butlers be I'ma play the corners where the hustlers be I told him, "Please don't die over the neighborhood That your mama rentin' Take your drug money and buy the neighborhood That's how you rinse it" I bought every V12 engine Wish I could take it back to the beginnin' I coulda bought a place in Dumbo before it was Dumbo For like 2 million That same building today is worth 25 million Guess how I'm feelin'? Dumbo
[Chorus] Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga Still nigga, still nigga Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga Still nigga, still nigga
[Interlude] You wanna know what's more important than throwin' away money at a strip club? Credit You ever wonder why Jewish people own all the property in America? This how they did it
[Verse 2] Financial freedom my only hope Fuck livin' rich and dyin' broke I bought some artwork for 1 million 2 years later, that shit worth 2 million Few years later, that shit worth 8 million I can't wait to give this shit to my children Y'all think it's bougie, I'm like, it's fine But I'm tryin' to give you a million dollars worth of game for $9.99 I turned that 2 to a 4, 4 to an 8 I turned my life into a nice first week release date Y'all out here still takin' advances, huh? Me and my niggas takin' real chances, uh Y'all on the 'Gram holdin' money to your ear There's a disconnect, we don't call that money over here, yeah
[Chorus] Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga Still nigga, still nigga Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga Still nigga, still nigga
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Naw... Jzee is one fake rich nigga... The power of symbols should have made him realize that nothing in that video is enlightening, uplifting or revolutionary. The Story of Oj & 4:44 are some low charkra sh!t that show clearly where he is mentally. Jay Z ultimately feels beneath his woman, Beyonce has surpassed him as an ICON. She is his superior so he feels like a Nigga, and what he feels is the music that he makes. He is instead traumatizing a younger generation with is emotional abuse/traumatizing images without an emotional victory. ( See Joseph Campbell The Power of Myth) & ( The Hero's Journey) that he is misdirecting away from Beyonce his feelings of inferiority on to the general population of young African Americans. At the same time White folk love these images it is total black suffering porn and voyeurism for them.
This generation, the younger one don't need another slave movie, or stepin fetchit video/movie. They have the Internets they can google that if they are interested.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15bMg8bnetw (From an era where black women 'aspiring' entertainers were often used in openly burlesque forms of entertainment, which goes back to the Cotton Club and before).
Symbolically that video has to crack head looking fiends doing a weird dance in slow motion showing the devolution of black culture. The high point of rap was 30 years ago. This is purely garbage and nowhere close.
And that is the whole meaning and message. The only change that has come to black society is for the worse. Negroes got integrated and assimilated but instead of producing art of value and merit they produce 'ni%%er' rap and crackhead tracks. THAT is the only message I get out of this. All these black folks that done 'made it' in the entertainment industry and yet what have the built? What are they producing? How are they empowering the folks who created America's sound track? They aren't. They are coons looking for a pat on the head and perennial token status parading like dandies as if they really have accomplished something. Meaning they go to all these functions and balls run by white institutions and get token awards recognition and money for what? To produce garbage? That is devolution from ragtime, blues, jazz, soul, disco, r&b and hip hop to this.... Negro please.
But this is what all these black token entertainers are there for, going back to Sammy Davis, Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway and so forth....
That is the whole secret. Media mind control and psyhcological manipulation to enrich non black corporations. Selling black dysfunction to the masses.
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Its just that I see the "leadership" that is being groomed for this generation by white educational institutions, think tanks, industry and media and they are coons.....
Black music is all but dead but to the crackhead generation things are "great". That mushmouth rap is 'divine'. Right.
Black folks made more conscious rap in the 80s starting with "the Message". No crackhead symbolism. Just straight and to the point. They weren't millionaires and running around getting awards from white folks. They were just young black folks with creative energy and spirit living in the projects or average neighborhoods. Now negroes got a little money and what do they put out.... garbage.
The point being that if black folks with no record deals and contracts or no money were making ART 30 years ago, Negroes today should be doing A LOT better. But they aren't. They are going backwards and trying to pass it off as 'conscious'.
Symbolically that video has to crack head looking fiends doing a weird dance in slow motion showing the devolution of black culture.
There are tons of websites talking about this video. I would like to see one where they interpret the dancing as supposed to be like crackheads
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quote:Originally posted by Ish Gebor: [QB] stay on topic please, the video and lyrics to the song 4:44
And I have the right to elaborate on the CD release. And expose white supremacy trash. You may not like it, but it is what it is.
So you're saying that Jay Z song is an example of white supremacy trash or is it exposing white supremacy?
(other people please give Ish Gebor a chance to answer it)
I predict he won't. He just put it up to see what everybody else says. So if they go one way he'll go that same way. I know how he works, its an Ish bluff
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quote:Originally posted by Andromeda2025: Naw... Jzee is one fake rich nigga... The power of symbols should have made him realize that nothing in that video is enlightening, uplifting or revolutionary. The Story of Oj & 4:44 are some low charkra sh!t that show clearly where he is mentally. Jay Z ultimately feels beneath his woman, Beyonce has surpassed him as an ICON. She is his superior so he feels like a Nigga, and what he feels is the music that he makes. He is instead traumatizing a younger generation with is emotional abuse/traumatizing images without an emotional victory. ( See Joseph Campbell The Power of Myth) & ( The Hero's Journey) that he is misdirecting away from Beyonce his feelings of inferiority on to the general population of young African Americans. At the same time White folk love these images it is total black suffering porn and voyeurism for them.
This generation, the younger one don't need another slave movie, or stepin fetchit video/movie. They have the Internets they can google that if they are interested.
What he did in "The Story of O.J." and 4:44 was awesome.
It's a rude awakening for the young black generation of America and abroad, because blacks globally associate with black America.
You can see the stupidity some young black Americas do and how the world looks at them, ridicules them, mock them in 4:44.
"The Story of O.J." takes it back to "make America great again" and shows the history of black America within the cartoon.
And "charkra" is Asian spirituality, so Jay shows a slave ship with enslaved Africans, where "one" get's ahead like the HNIC like an egocetric maniac.
Anyway, the "charkra" of many black is underdeveloped so he hits them where it hurts, low. Low Down N***.
I listened to the entire LP yesterday, while working out during fitness routine. Artistically it appeals more to the young generation, but it's still great work.
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I fail to see how this song or its video is profound in the least. What esoteric truths did he reveal in that song? There are underground artists that are so much more adept at conveying truly intelligent, revolutionary, inspirational and uplifting ideas... and they can do that with a soul.
If *personalities* like Jay Z, P. Diddy, Dr Dre and the others in Hip-Hop that have ostensibly accrued substantial resources... were as intelligent, ambitious and independent as they would have people believe -- why then do they not combine their wealth and create their own record labels, instead of being mere subsidiaries of far more wealthy and powerful corporations?
Even if they did not wish to greatly reconfigure the message (s), the narrative (s), image, directions, trends and its consequences... why not at least aspire to manage, control and profit from it?
Answer? Because that would be dangerous, and only that would be worthy of praise, recognition and discussion.
Nothing in the mainstream is by accident. Everything has a political dimension; when you have virtually every popular Hip-Hip 'artists' glamorising self-destructive violence, ignorance, stupidity, misogny and infantilisation and looking like unclean human filth as they do it... that has a purpose behind it and people directing it.
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quote:Originally posted by sudaniya: I fail to see how this song or its video is profound in the least. What esoteric truths did he reveal in that song? There are underground artists that are so much more adept at conveying truly intelligent, revolutionary, inspirational and uplifting ideas... and they can do that with a soul.
If *personalities* like Jay Z, P. Diddy, Dr Dre and the others in Hip-Hop that have ostensibly accrued substantial resources... were as intelligent, ambitious and independent as they would have people believe -- why then do they not combine their wealth and create their own record labels, instead of being mere subsidiaries of far more wealthy and powerful corporations?
Even if they did not wish to greatly reconfigure the message (s), the narrative (s), image, directions, trends and its consequences... why not at least aspire to manage, control and profit from it?
Answer? Because that would be dangerous, and only that would be worthy of praise, recognition and discussion.
Nothing in the mainstream is by accident. Everything has a political dimension; when you have virtually every popular Hip-Hip 'artists' glamorising self-destructive violence, ignorance, stupidity, misogny and infantilisation and looking like unclean human filth as they do it... that has a purpose behind it and people directing it.
These videos show the "nigger culture" for what it is and how destructive it really is. It's really a confrontation of self-image and introspection. The way the world sees / looks at black people when they look at these "real clips". (I know because I travel)
The graphic effects in this are important.
Btw Jay Z, P. Diddy had or still have their own record labels. Don't know much about Dre. From what I know Dre is not on that level. Dre had the Beats company and probably still holds shares.
Jay Z and P. Diddy are not just rappers, they have become business men with lots of revenue from different investments. This is how they have build financial empires, worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Jay Z's Net Worth: $810 Million In 2017 (this was obviously not by selling rap-records)
So there are many more… who have invested in technology etc.
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Also, I don't understand why the ADL is complaining:
"You ever wonder why Jewish people own all the property in America? This how they did it"
Jay goes on explains why:
Financial freedom my only hope Fuck livin' rich and dyin' broke I bought some artwork for 1 million 2 years later, that shit worth 2 million Few years later, that shit worth 8 million I can't wait to give this shit to my children
Jewish Billionaires Worth $812 Billion, Forbes Israel Reports Of the top 10 richest Jews in the world, eight are from the U.S., while two are from Russia.
Jews are a marginalized and disenfranchised people, but still hold themselves together by self controlled power (it doesn't mean every jew is rich or wealthy), unlike black people who get kicked from left to right up and down for 400 years now.
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: ^ How is this exposing white supremacy?
How it explains that no matter how good you do, how well you do as a black person, white supremacy will always see you as a nigga and that's that.
The cartoon is amazing and it elaborates on the 4:44 video and vice versa.
This is the lyric:
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[Chorus] Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga Still nigga, still nigga Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga Still nigga, still nigga
^ this does not illustrate the point you mention. It doesn't say anything about white supremacy.
At the end where he says " Still nigga" he did not say "they still think you a nigga"
Therefore he could be saying "I'm still a nigga" And in the song he makes no judgment about the word. And we know in Hip Hop Jay z voluntarily calls black people "niggas" so he sees his own people as "niggas"
The sentence is incomplete there is no personal pronoun like "I'm" or "They" so the perspective is left out to be guessed in the chorus - but it's answered later
And in the animation all the old stereotypes but there is nobody who is not black calling a black person a nigg** in the video
Wait a minute, he says "I'm a field nigga" in the video
"financial freedom is my only hope" "me and my niggas taking real chances"
So the word is not rejected by the video.
No the video is not a direct indictment of white supremacy.
The message of the song is that the stereotypes are not going to change so we need to focus on getting money and property as the key to freedom. That is most certainly the message of the song, the opposite of what you think it is
And that is reflected in the title and where he says "i'm not black I'm O.J."
Similarly in the Nina Simone song that was sampled, the lyrics that were not sampled include:
" My skin is black My arms are long My hair is woolly My back is strong Strong enough to take the pain Inflicted again and again What do they call me My name is AUNT SARAH My name is Aunt Sarah
My skin is yellow My hair is long Between two worlds I do belong My father was rich and white He forced my mother late one night What do they call me My name is SAFFRONIA My name is Saffronia
My skin is tan My hair is fine My hips invite you My mouth like wine Whose little girl am I? Anyone who has money to buy What do they call me My name is SWEET THING My name is Sweet Thing
My skin is brown My manner is tough I'll kill the first mother I see My life has been too rough I'm awfully bitter these days Because my parents were slaves What do they call me My name is PEACHES" ______________________________
Jay Z's song is a comment on this It is the Nina Simone song where "they" is called out. The "they" is white supremacy.
So where Nina Simone was getting angry about the oppression, Jaz Z's attitude is not angry, it's C'est la vie on racism, instead success is the best revenge and -own- the stereotypes
I'm not saying that is wrong or right but that is the message coming from the jay Z song.
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: ^ How is this exposing white supremacy?
How it explains that no matter how good you do, how well you do as a black person, white supremacy will always see you as a nigga and that's that.
The cartoon is amazing and it elaborates on the 4:44 video and vice versa.
This is the lyric:
quote:
[Chorus] Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga Still nigga, still nigga Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga Still nigga, still nigga
quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: Therefore he could be saying "I'm still a nigga" And in the song he makes no judgment about the word. And we know in Hip Hop Jay z voluntarily calls black people "niggas" so he sees his own people as "niggas"
LOL Surely when you see the graphics.
Black people in Hip Hop did not start voluntarily call black people "niggas". As always you are clueless.
Wise Intelligent (Poor Righteous Teachers) - The Attack on Hip Hop 2009 Convention…
quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: The sentence is incomplete there is no personal pronoun like "I'm" or "They" so the perspective is left out to be guessed in the chorus - but it's answered later
LOL Indeed it is incomplete. It has people confused and wondering.
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As everybody except you knows rappers do voluntarily call black people "niggas" in songs all the time
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quote:Originally posted by Ish Gebor: [QB] Also, I don't understand why the ADL is complaining:
"You ever wonder why Jewish people own all the property in America? This how they did it"
Do Jews own most of the property in America?
You already stated that you aren't great at finances. So it will be a waste of time trying to explain. You barely can manage a household, let alone understand the capital market.
Btw, as a kid I use to read Africana books like Soul on Ice etc. In these books they explained financial positions of people in society, who owned property and how this was accomplished. I guess you the "Africana expert" read them also?
Nowhere did Jay said it a bad thing, but he explains to the black population that they need to be financially independent.
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As everybody except you knows rappers do voluntarily call black people "niggas" in songs all the time [/QB]
LOL Wise Intelligent (Poor Righteous Teachers) opened up a book about the music business. A business you know very little about, like most people.
Evidently in early rap music this was uncommon, until gangster rap became popular.
Tell me, which rap group popularized the word "nigga" in rap music?
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: Wait a minute, he says "I'm a field nigga" in the video
So, explain what is a "field nigga"?
quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: "financial freedom is my only hope" "me and my niggas taking real chances"
So, show the still images, where this "financial freedom is my only hope" "me and my niggas taking real chances" is intercepted.
quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: And that is reflected in the title and where he says "i'm not black I'm O.J."
He actually pauses for a second, like what the f***, then says "Okay" (with a Jay giggle).
quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: Similarly in the Nina Simone song that was sampled, the lyrics that were not sampled include:
My skin is black.
quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: It is the Nina Simone song where "they" is called out. The "they" is white supremacy.
Back then whites called blacks nigger on any occasion. Now, some try to revamp it. However, let's not get into the "nigger jokes", 2017. In 2017 they still make jokes about unarmed blacks being killed by law enforcement, this amongst many other horrendous expressions.
quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: So where Nina Simone was getting angry about the oppression, Jaz Z's attitude is not angry, it's C'est la vie on racism, instead success is the best revenge and -own- the stereotypes
Yep, as a black person you are still a nigga, successful or not.
(C'est la vie) That is life on racism, indeed. Something you know very little about.
quote:"The systemic racism in Baltimore’s police force"
In the Justice Department’s damning, astonishing report on the ingrained, systemic racism in Baltimore’s police department, one tidbit captures the larger picture. It describes an email by a city police supervisor containing a template for officers making trespassing arrests, with blanks to be filled in for date, location, suspect’s name and address — yet, oddly, no prompt for race or gender. Instead, the words “black male” were automatically included.
As everybody except you knows rappers do voluntarily call black people "niggas" in songs all the time
LOL Wise Intelligent (Poor Righteous Teachers) opened up a book about the music business. A business you know very little about, like most people.
Evidently in early rap music this was uncommon, until gangster rap became popular.
Tell me, which rap group popularized the word "nigga" in rap music? [/QB]
The word "niggas" was already popular in black neighborhoods on the East and West coast regardless of rap. Now when they first started putting it on records most of the big companies didn't want to play it. And then some of it came out and started to sell
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Who came up with the name N.W.A? It was between Dre and Eazy....
Were you listening to a lot of Richard Pryor comedy albums? All that was influencing us: Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Cheech and Chong, Red Foxx, as well as Black Panthers, Crips and Bloods. In the ‘70s there was a barrage of shit thrown at you, then in the ‘80s it manifested through us. -- Ice Cube
The Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) was an American committee formed in 1985 with the stated goal of increasing parental control over the access of children to music deemed to have violent, drug-related or sexual themes via labeling albums with Parental Advisory stickers.
Ice-T's "Freedom of Speech" states: "Hey, PMRC, you stupid fuckin' assholes/The sticker on the record is what makes 'em sell gold./Can't you see, you alcoholic idiots/The more you try to suppress us, the larger we get."
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Whose lyrics is this, take a guess before you try and google it >
How do niggas know that it's me when i come Cos' one hands on my nuts and the others on my gun nuff...
Hip-Hop's like this no matter where niggas rest Recognize post-its
Niggas run for cover cos' I'm wile in the game Kill a rapper pon' stage cos' it's all in the game
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Jay Z and his company tidal doesn't even hire and promote black folks. This guy is simply a token and nothing about his album is remotely 'conscious'.
Please. This is a travesty of culture.
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: The word "niggas" was already popular in black neighborhoods on the East and West coast regardless of rap. Now when they first started putting it on records most of the big companies didn't want to play it. And then some of it came out and started to sell
No one is talking about that it didn't exist in the black community already. It (nigga) was meant different from nigger. Like blacks are still using it towards each other in sarcasm.
But the question was, what group popularized it in gangster rap. It was indeed N.W.A.
Before this time it was conscious rap dominating the scene. This doesn't mean that it didn't exist. lol
And while you are at it, tell who was the manager by N.WA. and who owned most of these record labels where this phenomenon was spread on records?
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: The Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) was an American committee formed in 1985 with the stated goal of increasing parental control over the access of children to music deemed to have violent, drug-related or sexual themes via labeling albums with Parental Advisory stickers.
Everything you post is from wikipedia, or other forums. lol
The 1995 committee formed had little to do with Rap music. As can be read here "In 1985, the PMRC also released what they called the "Filthy Fifteen", a list of the 15 songs they found most objectionable.[1]"
The above once shows again that you don't know what the heck you are talking about. All you have is the quick google searches.
From what I remember it was early 1990s the sticker "parental advisory" was demanded. Daddy 'O was one of the people in that committee. The stickers wasn't for vulgar language such as "nigga", but for more common street language. Of course it did open the door for the usage of the word nigga and bitches. Mostly used by the foolish folks.
quote:Originally posted by the lioness,:
Ice-T's "Freedom of Speech" states: "Hey, PMRC, you stupid fuckin' assholes/The sticker on the record is what makes 'em sell gold./Can't you see, you alcoholic idiots/The more you try to suppress us, the larger we get."
Yo, Tip, what's the matter? You ain't gettin' no dick? You're bitchin' about rock ’n’ roll—that's censorship, dumb bitch The Constitution says we all got a right to speak Say what we want, Tip—your argument is weak
quote: A-yo Ice, man. I'm working on this term paper for college. What's the First Amendment?
[…]
Verse 3
Let me tell you about down south Where a motherfucker might as well not even have a mouth Columbus, Georgia, said they'd lock me up If I got on the stage in my show and said "Fuck" So I thought for a minute and said "No I wasn't even gonna do a damned show" Cos for me to change my words from my rhymes Is never gonna happen cos there's no sell outs on mine But I vowed to get those motherfuckers one day They even arrested Bobby Brown and Cool J Yo, they got their's comin', cos I'm mad and I'm gunnin' Homeboys, and there's no runnin' I'm gonna tell you how I feel about you No bull, no lies, no slack, just straight fact Columbus, Georgia, you can suck my dick You ain't nothin' but a piece of fuckin' shit on the damned map
Verse 4
Freedom of Speech, let 'em take it from me Next they'll take it from you, then what you gonna do? Let 'em censor books, let 'em censor art PMRC, this is where the witch hunt starts You'll censor what we see, we read, we hear, we learn The books will burn You better think it out We should be able to say anything, our lungs were meant to shout Say what we feel, yell out what's real Even though it may not bring mass appeal Your opinion is yours, my opinion is mine If you don't like what I'm sayin'? Fine But don't close it, always keep an open mind A man who fails to listen is blind We only got one right left in the world today Let me have it or throw The Constitution away
Outro (Jello Biafra)
What they're trying to do with radio, with this, uh, McCarran-Walter Act and a lot of other ways, is start by saying that they're protecting the public from wicked rock bands, or girlie magazines, or whatever. But, if you follow the chain of dominoes that falls down what they're really trying to do is shut off our access to information itself
If they can't do it by law they know there's other ways to do it
[Verse 1] This is it, dope from the fly kid The Ice mic is back with the high bid Suckers you've lost, 'cause players you're not, gangstas you ain't You're faintin', punk, if you ever heard a gunshot Yo, the pusher, the player, the pimp gangsta, the hustler High Roller, dead pres folder Is cold lampin' like a black king on a throne Evil E...turn up the microphone So I can ill and break on the rollin' tape Another album to make? Great Islam turn the bass kick up a bit Hype the snare, now I got a place to sit And ride the track like a black mack in his 'lac Hit the corner slow where the girls are at And kick game the way it should be done How you gonna drop science? You're dumb Stupid ignorant, don't even talk to me At school you dropped Math, Science and History And then you get on the mic and try to act smart Well let me tell you one thing, you got heart To perpetrate, you're bait, so just wait Till the press shove a mic in your face Or you meet Boogie Down or Chuck D Stetsasonic or the Big Daddy And they ask you about the game you claim you got Drop science now, why not? You start to sweat and fret, it gets hot How'd you get into this spot?
[Chorus]You played yourself...
Yo, yo, you played yourself...
[Verse 2] I'm no authority but I know the D-E-A-L When it comes to dealin' with the females What you got they want, cash is what they need Slip sucker and they'll break you with speed But you meet a freak, you try to turn her out Spendin' money's what I'm talkin' about But you fool out, your pockets got blew out And after the date, no boots, you got threw out Mad and shook 'cause your ducats got took Call her up, phone's off the hook But who told you to front and flaunt your grip? You can't buy no relationship
You played yourself... Yo, homeboy, you played yourself...
[Verse 3] I'm in the MC game, a lot of MC's front And for the money they're sell out stunts But they claim that they're rich and that they keep cash Yo, let me straighten this out fast Two hundred thousand records sold And these brothers start yellin' 'bout gold? You better double that, then double that again And still don't get souped, my friend You think you've made it, you're just a lucky man Guess who controls your destiny, fans But you diss 'em 'cause you think you're a star That attitude is rude, you won't get far 'Cause they'll turn on you quick, you'll drop like a brick Unemployment's where you'll sit No friends 'cause you dissed 'em too No money, no crew, you're through
You played yourself... That's right, you played yourself... You played yourself... Yo, yo, you played yourself...
[Verse 4] You got problems, you claim you need a break But every dollar you get you take Straight to the Dopeman, try to get a beam up Your idle time is spent trying to scheme up Another way to get money for a jumbo When you go to sleep you count Five-O's Lyin' and cheatin', everybody you're beatin' Dirty clothes and you're skinny 'cause you haven't been eatin' You ripped off all your family and your friends Nowhere does your larceny end And then you get an idea for a big move An armed robbery...smooth But everything went wrong, somebody got shot You couldn't get away, the cops roll, you're popped And now you're locked, yo, lampin' on Death Row Society's fault? No Nobody put the crack into the pipe Nobody made you smoke off your life You thought that you could do dope and still stay cool? Fool
You played yourself... You played yourself... Ain't nobody else's fault, you played yourself
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: Were you listening to a lot of Richard Pryor comedy albums? All that was influencing us: Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Cheech and Chong, Red Foxx, as well as Black Panthers, Crips and Bloods. In the ‘70s there was a barrage of shit thrown at you, then in the ‘80s it manifested through us. -- Ice Cube
You don't even understand the psychology and psychometry behind the usage of the word "nigga". It's hurt… hurt… hurt. smh It was borne out of ignorance and hurt, this is why it attracts "nigger culture" the most.
quote:After accepting his apology, the rapper and actor detailed why Maher's words were unacceptable stating that, in the past, white people have used the word against black people “like a knife.”
“I think it’s a lot of guys out there who cross the line because they’re a little too familiar, or they think they’re a little too familiar,” he said. “Every now and then, they think they can cross the line, and they can’t.”
“That’s our word now,” he said. “And you can’t have it back.”
The Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) was an American committee formed in 1985 with the stated goal of increasing parental control over the access of children to music deemed to have violent, drug-related or sexual themes via labeling albums with Parental Advisory stickers.
Thankfully someone still had it and put in on Youtube:
Parental Advisory Label Arrives Summer 1990
I apologize for this generic News Broadcast, but the importance cannot be denied. Back when "Tower Records" were Paradises of Pop-Culture, the familiar "Parental Advisory Explicit Lyrics" Label rocked the Record industry. Debuting in July of 1990, I fondly recall purchasing "Banned in the U.S.A. by 2 Live Crew and rockin' to "I've got the Power" by "Snap." just because these Cds had that sexy Black and White label affixed to it. I know in today's mp3 world, with Itunes at your convenience, this label doesn't mean a whole lot. But Dee-Snider and "Daddy O" here thought otherwise. Recorded in May of 1990, from "U.S. news tonight," a syndicated newscast that aired Late nite weeknights
quote:DOES THE PARENTAL ADVISORY LABEL STILL MATTER?
The first album to bear the standardized label in the lower right-hand corner was 2 Live Crew's Banned in the U.S.A., released that July. By then, '80s pop had run its course; rap was the new battleground for the censorship fight, with no group as embattled as Miami's 2 Live Crew. With songs like "Me So Horny" and "Bad Ass Bitch," the group's previous album had been ruled legally obscene by a district court in Florida. A full decade before Eminem terrorized parents with The Marshall Mathers LP, 2 Live Crew members found themselves arrested on obscenity charges, along with a record store owner who sold their 1989 disc to an undercover cop. Later, states like Missouri and Iowa tried to pass bills banning minors from explicit performances.
quote:Originally posted by Doug M: Jay Z and his company tidal doesn't even hire and promote black folks. This guy is simply a token and nothing about his album is remotely 'conscious'.
Please. This is a travesty of culture.
Twitter users hit out at Jay Z and Beyonce's 'almost all white' Tidal staff picture.. before realizing it was of their Norway office
quote:Originally posted by Doug M: Jay Z and his company tidal doesn't even hire and promote black folks. This guy is simply a token and nothing about his album is remotely 'conscious'.
Please. This is a travesty of culture.
Twitter users hit out at Jay Z and Beyonce's 'almost all white' Tidal staff picture.. before realizing it was of their Norway office
quote:Originally posted by Doug M: Jay Z and his company tidal doesn't even hire and promote black folks. This guy is simply a token and nothing about his album is remotely 'conscious'.
Please. This is a travesty of culture.
Twitter users hit out at Jay Z and Beyonce's 'almost all white' Tidal staff picture.. before realizing it was of their Norway office
And where did Jay Z or other employees of Tidal post pictures of other offices with all black, mostly black, or significantly black employees?
And Jay Z isn't the only one. Dame Dash is surrounded by white folks in most of his business ventures that I have seen.
Troy Carter same thing with his Atom Factory and other ventures.
So it is a perfectly valid argument against these multimillionaire tokens.
That is probably because these business ventures are predominately white?
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this comment is deleted , you are calling black people "negroes" in a condescending manner while at the same time criticizing use of the N word, that doesn't work --lioness
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quote:Originally posted by Doug M: They were founded by said black folks. So how could they be predominantly white unless the black founder hired them and excluded black folks. […]
Tidal is a Tech Company and Norway is predominantly "white", like 97%.
Folks up there know what they are doing when it comes to Technology and I assume Norway has tax benefits as well, but I have not looked into that.
quote:Originally posted by Doug M: But the folks buying Tidal are buying it not for the tech, but for the music.
Tidal provides hi-fidelity music, this runs on dedicated servers. The software on those serves is based on complex algorithms.
Spotify also comes for that region.
Norwegians are known for producing high equally products.
quote:Originally posted by Doug M: Black folks create the culture in the hood around a bunch of other black folks and few if any whites and no record deals or contracts from white record companies.
I am confused here. What do you mean? The culture …?
Tidal is a Tech company. I don't see what that has to do with the hood ?
Jay Z needs have his company run properly. And not run into the ground. People with experience need to run the company, experience in software development, server maintenance etc.
quote:Originally posted by Doug M: And how do Negroes defend a standard of 'color blindedness' when it comes to black owned businesses but don't apply that same standard to white owned, Korean owned, Indian owned or Mexican owned businesses?
This brings us back to Dr. Wesley Muhammad. "Most blacks get into humanitarian / Africana studies."
So there you see the result people.
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quote:Originally posted by Doug M: And as far as American music goes and Negroes using the N-word. You don't see these clowns on records talking about killing cra**as do you? Why not? Why is that offensive but rapping about killing ni**as is OK? See the contradiction? But the difference is that white folks aren't going to come out and cosign that nonsense. Spanish people aren't going to come out and cosign rapping about killing sp*cs. Asians aren't going to come out and cosign rapping about killing ch**ks. No Mexican is going to come out defending rapping about we***cks. No artists or comedians are on TV or radio defending the user of such terms, even though they have gangs and crime just like anybody else and they also have rappers and elements of hip hop as well. Only Negroes do that.
What happened to blacks in the USA is not the same as what happened to other groups. Certainly not immigrant groups. And it's not like everybody is talking like that in black neighborhoods. Blacks in the USA systemically have been marginalized and disenfranchised. It literally has been attack after attack. And as Wise Intelligent for the Poor Righteous Teachers explained, it is usually poor blacks who will not turn down such offer.
Dr. Wesley Muhammad said that black people in America need a deniggerfacation process.
From what I understand Reggaeton derived from Dancehall.
The fact that it is hard to find proper Reggaeton mixes from early 2000 speaks volumes.
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But the question was, what group popularized it in gangster rap. It was indeed N.W.A.
Before this time it was conscious rap dominating the scene. This doesn't mean that it didn't exist. lol
No, except for Public Enemy in the late 80s conscious rap was not dominating the scene.
Straight Outta Compton was released August 8, 1988
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Top 40 Hip Hop Songs 1987
1. Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause
2. Eric B & Rakim - I Ain't No Joke
3. Audio Two - Top Billin'
5. Just Ice - Going Way Back
6. LL Cool J - I'm Bad
7. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
8. Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
9. Public Enemy - Public Enemy No. 1
10. Boogie Down Productions - The Bridge Is Over
11. N.W.A - Dopeman
12. Eric B & Rakim - Move The Crowd
13. Ice T - Squeeze The Trigger
14. J.V.C. Force - Strong Island
15. Ultramagnetic MCs - Funky
16. Public Enemy - Bring The Noise
17. Juice Crew - Juice Crew Allstars
18. Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul
19. Big Daddy Kane - Raw
20. T La Rock - Lyrical King
21. Boogie Down Productions - Poetry
22. Salt N Pepa - Push It
23. Eric B & Rakim - As The Rhyme Goes On
24. Too Short - Freaky Tales
25. Big Daddy Kane - Somethin' Funky
26. Public Enemy - You're Gonna Get Yours
27. LL Cool J - I Need Love
28. Biz Markie - Nobody Beats The Biz
29. EPMD - It's My Thing
30. Boogie Down Productions - Dope Beat
31. Kool Moe Dee - How Ya Like Me Now?
32. MC Shan - Kill That Noise
33. Just Ice - The Original Gangster Of Hip Hop
34. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Just One Of Those Days
35. Rodney O & Joe Cooley - Everlasting Bass
36. T La Rock - Bust These Lyrics
37. Steady B - What's My Name?
38. Spoonie Gee - The Godfather Of Rap
39. Heavy D - The Overweight Lover's In The House
40. Dana Dane - Cinderfella Dana Dane
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^ As we can see only a couple of the songs are "conscious". KRS One was not even a conscious rapper at that time.
it's a myth that conscious rap was dominating the chart in terms of the number of conscious songs that were popular.. It's basically Public enemy with a few big hits, they come in around 1987 and were popular for a few years
If you look at the charts Public Enemy had hits in these years at the same time as N.W.A and Ice T and Geto Boys.
So conscious rap and gangster rap happen at the same time
What about way back in 1982 when the Message came out? The hits was that and Kurtis Blow, Africa Bambaataa, club songs
How about 1983, no except if you want to count "white lines" by Grandmaster Flash
1984, it's Run DMC, Roxanne Shante, Whoodini dominating
1985, Doug E Fresh, LL Cool J, Salt & Pepper - and the first gangster rap song: P.S.K.-What Does It Mean? (Park Side Killers) - Schoolly D (from Philly)
The beginning of rap was basically party songs, conscious rap groups don't even come in until, 87,88, 89. Except for Public Enemy they never dominated the charts
So was all this early rap pure and beautiful? No, most was commercial pop party music but some very creative and entertaining Gangster rap got bigger in the 90s coinciding with the Crack game. And a lot of gangster rappers were and are funded by drug dealers before they got signed to labels
Who were the biggest conscious rap groups besides public enemy? X Clan, came out in 1990, they didn't have big hits one or tow small ones, Poor Righteous Teachers, Dead Prez, thats mid 90s, The Coup And ironically the audiences for Public Enemy and Dead Prez shows was mainly white,
Except for Public Enemy and Grandmaster Flash "The Message" conscious rap was not dominating the charts, nor does rap music start that way in the early 80s, Conscious is mostly a short trend in the late 80s.
How do I know this? I was one of the original B-Girls
Don't take my word for it, start looking at the rap songs popular in the early years. look at the top 40 of each year
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quote:Originally posted by Ish Gebor: This brings us back to Dr. Wesley Muhammad. "Most blacks get into humanitarian / Africana studies."
So there you see the result people. [/QB]
Most blacks do not get degrees in Africana studies or Islamic studies as Wesley Muhammad did ( so he is in no position to even comment, most of his lectures are on religion)
Top 10 Majors Held By African-American Degree Holders
The song is basically a heartfelt apology to Beyonce and his kids, the lyrics are not controversial
I like the video because of the random clips really catch your attention, some of it news clips or cell phone clips. It makes you think the way it is edited. Does it all add up and make sense? No, it's kind of put together in an abstract way. It's mysterious in a certain interesting way
No I don't like other songs where Jay Z at 47 years old is still dropping lines about selling dope in the 80s like its cool but I give him props for some of this album which is a lot less commercial than his typical work and more thoughtful in places
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quote:Originally posted by Ish Gebor: This brings us back to Dr. Wesley Muhammad. "Most blacks get into humanitarian / Africana studies."
So there you see the result people.
Most blacks do not get degrees in Africana studies or Islamic studies as Wesley Muhammad did ( so he is in no position to even comment, most of his lectures are on religion)
Top 10 Majors Held By African-American Degree Holders
My post said humanitarian / Africana. Dr. Wesley Muhammad said humanitarian / Africana. The above posted by you, are in the humanitarian / Africana sector.
Btw that link doesn't work.
Wesley Muhammad did never claimed that most blacks get degrees in Islamic studies, as a matter of fact he stated that he didn't pay for his training in Islamic studies, rather yet it was an extension of his other degrees in theology.
As matter of fact he himself stated that he is part of a small percentage (2%) of blacks in Islamic studies, so that is what makes his degree relevant.
He also warned that blacks need to do more particle studies, so they don't have to complain about other communities such as described by Doug.
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Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human culture. The humanities are more frequently contrasted with natural, and sometimes social sciences as well as professional training
Humanities
1.1 Anthropology 1.2 Archaeology 1.3 Classics 1.4 History 1.5 Linguistics and languages 1.6 Law and politics 1.7 Literature 1.8 Performing arts 1.9 Philosophy 1.10 Religion 1.11 Visual arts
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Whose lyrics is this, take a guess before you try and google it >
How do niggas know that it's me when i come Cos' one hands on my nuts and the others on my gun nuff...
Hip-Hop's like this no matter where niggas rest Recognize post-its
Niggas run for cover cos' I'm wile in the game Kill a rapper pon' stage cos' it's all in the game
Answer N word lyrics from the song by "Wise Intelligent", Steady Slangin
So do you understand the song?
If you choose to inhale just don't abuse it Harl up a lickel wicked ex-slave talk never could hurt nuttin Never would write chore Chicks off tip as i kick politricks, black kids wuhent supposed to make $1 kid Now we get good and plenty, Shot outs props and thangs All the came from the use of the slang So what you talkin' when you say you'll ban this You'll get a cock back la inna red hot clip ! A lickle summin summin, from the slang in me You can't change me, I'm an ex-slave see My lips, my nose, my coco black skin, subject to the slum and I'm steady slangin
quote:Originally posted by Doug M: And as far as American music goes and Negroes using the N-word. You don't see these clowns on records talking about killing cra**as do you? Why not? Why is that offensive but rapping about killing ni**as is OK? See the contradiction? But the difference is that white folks aren't going to come out and cosign that nonsense. Spanish people aren't going to come out and cosign rapping about killing sp*cs. Asians aren't going to come out and cosign rapping about killing ch**ks. No Mexican is going to come out defending rapping about we***cks. No artists or comedians are on TV or radio defending the user of such terms, even though they have gangs and crime just like anybody else and they also have rappers and elements of hip hop as well. Only Negroes do that.
What happened to blacks in the USA is not the same as what happened to other groups. Certainly not immigrant groups. And it's not like everybody is talking like that in black neighborhoods. Blacks in the USA systemically have been marginalized and disenfranchised. It literally has been attack after attack. And as Wise Intelligent for the Poor Righteous Teachers explained, it is usually poor blacks who will not turn down such offer.
Dr. Wesley Muhammad said that black people in America need a deniggerfacation process.
From what I understand Reggaeton derived from Dancehall.
The fact that it is hard to find proper Reggaeton mixes from early 2000 speaks volumes.
The fact that what happened to American blacks is worse than those other folks makes it even more ridiculous for black folks to be the only group DEMANDING that we use the term in entertainment, art, culture and everyday speech. None of those other folks even remotely promote such nonsense....
Yes, raggaeton is derivative of Raggae overall, but as noted, the song Danza Kuduro reflects a strong Angolan influence in Raggaeton which also strongly influences Zumba. And it is this combination of the popularity of Zumba and the influence of Angolana music that has led to the popularity of Despacito. Not to mention the popularity of movies like The Fast and Furious that featured Danza Kudoro in the sound track.
Funny enough on the topic of the N-word, today the supreme court allowed people to copyright racial slurs and already a dude has filed a copyright for the term "ni**a" and said he wants to make t-shirts with positive messages featuring the term..... Now show me Asians doing the same or Mexicans and so forth....
quote:Originally posted by Doug M: The fact that what happened to American blacks is worse than those other folks makes it even more ridiculous for black folks to be the only group DEMANDING that we use the term in entertainment, art, culture and everyday speech. None of those other folks even remotely promote such nonsense....
It is usually the ignorant who signs deals like this. It is a promised getaway out of the ghetto or projects.
I think it is all a bit more complex, from how you propose it to be. Most of these guys aren't well educated to make balanced decisions.
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quote:Originally posted by Doug M: Yes, raggaeton is derivative of Raggae overall, but as noted, the song Danza Kuduro reflects a strong Angolan influence in Raggaeton which also strongly influences Zumba. And it is this combination of the popularity of Zumba and the influence of Angolana music that has led to the popularity of Despacito. Not to mention the popularity of movies like The Fast and Furious that featured Danza Kudoro in the sound track.
It has literally nothing to do with Jay Z's album.
However, Jay Z did incorporated a few reggae songs / samples.
Sister Nancy -Bam Bam
Jacob Miller - Tenement Yard
Nicodemus, Super Cat and Junior Demus - Prerogative
Including Afro Latin: Totó La Momposina's La Verdolaga Totó La Momposina La Verdolaga
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quote:Originally posted by Doug M: Funny enough on the topic of the N-word, today the supreme court allowed people to copyright racial slurs and already a dude has filed a copyright for the term "ni**a" and said he wants to make t-shirts with positive messages featuring the term..... Now show me Asians doing the same or Mexicans and so forth....
I understand that over time it has become deeply ingrained into the culture.
Why would I need you to show you anything?
It is ignorant and foolish black people in America who do the things. They are mental slaves, who refuse to admitted that and will fight that with all they've got. This is why "The Story of O.J." video is so strong.
Now show me Asians or Mexicans and so forth … being subjected to the mental terror that was imposed upon black America.
You need to understand the psychology.
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: The proper word is "Humanities"
Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human culture. The humanities are more frequently contrasted with natural, and sometimes social sciences as well as professional training
Humanities
1.1 Anthropology 1.2 Archaeology 1.3 Classics 1.4 History 1.5 Linguistics and languages 1.6 Law and politics 1.7 Literature 1.8 Performing arts 1.9 Philosophy 1.10 Religion 1.11 Visual arts
I care little for your supposed "correct spelling", the facts remain the same.
"Based on Georgetown University's study of college majors, BET.com breaks down are deemed the most likely to be held by African-Americans."
So why don't the show the actual study instead of some weird cramped page? Basically all other BS-stories are elaborated. And that webpage gives me headaches. It's a mess.