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Originally posted by mf_luder
reply to post by pieman
Just to clarify the CONTEXT and WORD USAGE in this man's post - SPOOKS means "SPIES". I don't want to hear some bull# about racism.
That is all.
Originally posted by kettlebellysmith
reply to post by Afrosamurai
You couldn't be more wrong about rap. What we call rap actually has a long history in Africa as way to tell stories. A strong rhythmic beat makes it easier to remember the story as it is being told, and makes it easier for the audience to follow along.
It is the same technique that comedians us. Comedy routines have a similar rythm, just much slower.
The real problem is gansta rap, which IS violent and encourages listeners to commit crimes.
But the CIA created rap to dystroy the black communities? Give me a break those white bread tighta$$es would have a clue where to start with something like that. (In case you wondering, I'm white, I don't listen to rap unless I have no choice, and I am a musican, and somewhat of a musical historian, so I do have a little bit of a clue whereof I speak.)
As far as the CIA pushing drugs to the Black community, I can't say. No evidence has ever been prevented to me
Originally posted by drsmooth23
Afrika Bambaataa would let out a zulu war cry if he saw what this post is insinuating.
If Biz Markie is CIA, then i am the leader of the Disinfo movement.
talk about name dropping. Eminem? fidycent? even my 80 year old grandma sadly knows who they are. she must also be a CIA operative...
Do some research before you go and talk about about a whole culture.
Madvillain, De La Soul, Aesop Rock, People under the Stairs, Pharcyde, KMD, J-Live, J-Dilla, Brand Nubian, Mos Def, Blackalicous, Clutchy Hopkins, Oh No, 1200 Techniques, Beat junkies, Arrested Development, Heiroglyphics, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Souls Of mischief, The Streets, Black Moon, Blackstar, Gangstarr, Quasimoto, KRS-1, Jurrassic 5, Deltron 3030....
I could go on for days. These are rappers who, Gasp, talk about important things in life. I can respect Patsey Cline and Hank Sr, but i bet youll never listen to any of the above mentioned people because you sound so close minded.
sucks for you.
Originally posted by nicholaswa
"Actually, the president is only half Black. The white half is related to George Bush and Dick Cheney. Plus, he only has a 70% approval rating, and is being blamed for wasting more money on bailouts."
Actually, you're insistence that he is "half-black" betrays your intolerance. He's black. The black community decides who is black, not you.
Secondly, ONLY a 70% approval rating? How old are you? Don't you know that's a terrific rating?! And who is blaming him for "wasting more money on bailouts"? The Congressmen who approved the bailouts? I don't get it...
If you're going to talk politics, please, please make some sense...
Originally posted by hosta420
I am only responding to this because , i couldn't resist any longer. There is a group called "BLACKALICIUS" ---Changed my whole perspective about rap. Gangsta Rap it is not , Conscious music it is.
Originally posted by nicholaswa
reply to post by vcwxvwligen
Again, the black community decides who is black. They reserve that right, as it is the most fundamental right of ANY community on the planet - to decide their membership. For someone else to decide their membership for them is extremely disrespectful, to say the least.
Race relations in America have a convoluted history...once upon a time, the federal government mandated that anyone with one drop of african blood was black, period. we've also had a three/fifths rule...
and finally, pundits say lots of things, it doesn't make them true.
Originally posted by nicholaswa
reply to post by vcwxvwligen
Marxist or Masonic? There is a huge difference, you know!!
Originally posted by vcwxvwligen
Originally posted by nicholaswa
reply to post by vcwxvwligen
Marxist or Masonic? There is a huge difference, you know!!
I'm not going to call them out. Study their lyrics and it will become obvious.