It Takes a Nation of Millions...

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Still more in the hip-hop hurts black folks vein.

Have at it,
TMFTML

― TMFTML (TMFTML), Thursday, 24 July 2003 21:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Hip-hop creates nothing.

Mitch Albom is Harry Allen in comparison.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 24 July 2003 21:35 (twenty-two years ago)

"cop killer" was a rap song! who knew?

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 24 July 2003 22:07 (twenty-two years ago)

"It takes a nation of millions now living will never die"?

― Leee (Leee), Thursday, 24 July 2003 22:08 (twenty-two years ago)

someone should print the lyrics to a Living Colour song as an example of "positive rap."

I think Chuck E had the best: "It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Make Us Multi-Platinum"

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 24 July 2003 22:09 (twenty-two years ago)

This merits no discussion as this guy is a complete moron.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 24 July 2003 23:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Hip-hop exploded into popular consciousness at the same time as the music video, and rappers were soon all over MTV, reinforcing in images the ugly world portrayed in rap lyrics. Video after video features rap stars flashing jewelry, driving souped-up cars, sporting weapons, angrily gesticulating at the camera, and cavorting with interchangeable, mindlessly gyrating, scantily clad women.

wow. we collapsed about 10 years into one here, didn't we?

angrily gesticulating at the camera

hee hee. Crazy guy at the 7-11 to thread!

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 25 July 2003 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I still have a copy of the reactionary "rap rage" issue of Newsweek from 1990! with Tone-Loc on the cover!!

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 25 July 2003 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

dude! frame it!

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 25 July 2003 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

so how do you stop kids like the ones in that restaurant behaving that way?

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 25 July 2003 18:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey, I'm just glad to see someone putting Schoolly D back in the spotlight.

Seriously, though, most rap at this point is nihilistic bullshit. McWhorter's clumsy, but he's got a point.

― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Friday, 25 July 2003 19:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Tom, delete ILx.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 25 July 2003 19:23 (twenty-two years ago)

and nuke the server from orbit. it's the only way to be sure.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 25 July 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

You'd never see a larvge group of white teenagers acting that way, that's for sure.

― TMFTML (TMFTML), Friday, 25 July 2003 19:33 (twenty-two years ago)

aw fuck, Kingfish. You were supposed to wait for me to suggest
rolling some canisters of CN-20 down there and nerve gassing the hard drive.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Saturday, 26 July 2003 01:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha Ha. The DMB thread is taking too long to load. I now declare this thread my sandbox.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Saturday, 26 July 2003 01:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Not even worthy of comment. The entire history of literature to thread.

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 26 July 2003 04:52 (twenty-two years ago)

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