okay, i get it now. that was a long sentence. i don't care about the other rappers, but i think it's funny that kanye would be so blantant about his opinion. though, i don't think kanye cares much about his listeners, by that doodoo album he just dropped.
Are you a rapper?
not in a way where i posture to other people on internet message boards, that i am. do you know what i mean?
Yeah, I was going to say: Iraq didn't exist until post WWII.
See - Ras is deeper than ya'll.
So natives of that country were referred to as "Turkeys" and that is somehow tied to the American holiday of Thanksgiving? OK!
that's his mistake: people of said empire were called ottomans back then and would be called turks now. no turkeys there...
yeah but those people weren't/aren't BLACK.
and the Ottoman Empire might have encompassed Turkey but "Turkey" was/is never used to denote other constituent parts of the Ottoman Empire.
and generally residents of the Ottoman empire would not have referred to themselves as "ottomans" but rather would have identified with their locality/clan/religion/ethnic/language group depending on where they lived.
"Y'all niggaz is scared. I'm your worst nightmare squared. That's double for niggaz who ain't mathematically aware." -Common and Canibus, "Making a Name For Ourselves"
... was a lyrical faux-pas according to some, but it really isn't, nahmean ?
Yeah, I was going to say: Iraq didn't exist until post WWII.
See - Ras is deeper than ya'll.
So natives of that country were referred to as "Turkeys" and that is somehow tied to the American holiday of Thanksgiving? OK!
that's his mistake: people of said empire were called ottomans back then and would be called turks now. no turkeys there...
yeah but those people weren't/aren't BLACK.
and the Ottoman Empire might have encompassed Turkey but "Turkey" was/is never used to denote other constituent parts of the Ottoman Empire.
and generally residents of the Ottoman empire would not have referred to themselves as "ottomans" but rather would have identified with their locality/clan/religion/ethnic/language group depending on where they lived.
whatever that whole song is ig-nant.
but Ras is still nice.
and he eats GZA on that Dreddy Krueger track.
and they definately weren't the white elite either... so he got it 1/2 right... but also in defense, he is simplifying history (even if one sided) to a song, I don't see it as ignorant, just opening people to a different take on history in 3-4 minutes.
Hiphopsite has a best-of list every year and they always have a category for "most questionably gay lyrics". This is their list from 2001:
1. ???Niggas give me props, bitches give me cock??? ??? Tray Dee on Eastsidaz ???Everywhere I Go???
2. That rapper who???s dick you ridin??? / he???s ten year???s behind me!??? ??? Ras Kass ??? Beatminerz??? Ras Kass on ???Bentleys and Bitches???
3. Whether you my nigga, my bitch, or I don't know you / Wu-Tang Killa Bees, son, what? Don't make me blow you!??? ??? RZA ???Show You Love???
4. ???I???ll fuck a big bone or slim chick?????? - Horse on ???Oochie Wallie???
5. ???Suck my dick you fucking faggot??? - Jadakiss on ???Fuck Beanie Sigel Freestyle??? ***
6. "You got your girlfriends, I got my boyfriends" - Ja Rule on ???Ain???t It Funny???
7. ???Slap your chin strap, when I push your wig back / the best man at your wedding cause I probably hit that!??? ??? Channel Live ???Spark Dat???
8. ???I'm like Big wit the murder mamis up in Belize / but I'll still fuck a chickenhead like Lil' Cease??? ??? Jadakiss ???Knock Ya Self Out???
How was Juelz Santana spared their wrath? From "Make It Work for You":
"Lemme show you how to hit that strip/how to get that dick"
What about Pharell?
I'm an outlaw (i'm an outlaw) Quick on the draw (quick on the draw) Something you never seen before (never seen) And I dare a motherfucker to come in my face[/b] - "Lapdance"
Woke up I had the same clothes on I had on last night Damn I must have passed out And cash is just like the clothes I worn yesterday We are broke Damn I gotta get my ass out [/b] - "Provider"
LifeSucksDie - Not to change the subject entirely, but can you explain "Light a candle, run laps around the English Channel, Neptunes' got a cocker spaniel"?
Noreaga - Well, when you light a candle, that's saluting your dead peoples. Light a Candle. And then, what's the English Channel? It's a big pool of water and it's overseas. So I'm trying to say that when I light a candle I'm that strong that I can run laps around the English Channel. And Neptunes [producers featured prominently on Noreaga's two solo albums] have a cocker spaniel. 'Cause they homo.
I'm an outlaw (i'm an outlaw) Quick on the draw (quick on the draw) Something you never seen before (never seen) And I dare a motherfucker to come in my face[/b] - "Lapdance"
aside from the double entendre, it's hilarious that pharrell of all people would be throwing out anonymous threats.
Hiphopsite has a best-of list every year and they always have a category for "most questionably gay lyrics". This is their list from 2001:
1. ???Niggas give me props, bitches give me cock??? ??? Tray Dee on Eastsidaz ???Everywhere I Go???
Yeah but on the west coast "cock" isn't really gendered, it refers to female genitalia as well. I never really felt comfortable using it like that but have heard it plenty of times.
There are quite a few lyrics like that, Quik 2nd II None and Penthouse Players Clique will tell you about "funky cock hoes"
I have a comedy album by Franklin Ajaye where he does a bit about "cock" working both ways...
I've been meaning to add this little gem for a minute.
"It was me and the posse with Bunny D, We were cruising in the Jags or[/b] the Lamborginis, When low and behold there appeared a mirage[/b], He was hooking up a car in his Daddy's garage, We stopped short did a double take, He was looking so fine I thought I wasn't awake[/b], He was [color:red]obviously[/color][/b] hooking up bass, [color:red]I assume[/color][/b], But then he turned[/b] the little button[/b] and the car went BOOM."
I've been meaning to add this little gem for a minute.
"It was me and the posse with Bunny D, We were cruising in the Jags or[/b] the Lamborginis, When low and behold there appeared a mirage[/b], He was hooking up a car in his Daddy's garage, We stopped short did a double take, He was looking so fine I thought I wasn't awake[/b], He was [color:red]obviously[/color][/b] hooking up bass, [color:red]I assume[/color][/b], But then he turned[/b] the little button[/b] and the car went BOOM."
Ha! Good one! That obviously/assume shit always bugs me.
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How was Juelz Santana spared their wrath? From "Make It Work for You":
"Lemme show you how to hit that strip/how to get that dick"
no
yeah but those people weren't/aren't BLACK.
and the Ottoman Empire might have encompassed Turkey but "Turkey" was/is never used to denote other constituent parts of the Ottoman Empire.
and generally residents of the Ottoman empire would not have referred to themselves as "ottomans" but rather would have identified with their locality/clan/religion/ethnic/language group depending on where they lived.
whatever that whole song is ig-nant.
but Ras is still nice.
and he eats GZA on that Dreddy Krueger track.
don't forget AMERICAN SAMOA and the US VIRGIN ISLANDS batches. and I KNOW Y'ALL ARE NOT SLEEPING on the lyrical stylings of the MARSHALL ISLANDS!!!!
also, i have a clean version of Nature of a Threat if anyone wants an mp3 for their radio show
That's double for niggaz who ain't mathematically aware."
-Common and Canibus, "Making a Name For Ourselves"
... was a lyrical faux-pas according to some, but it really isn't, nahmean ?
and they definately weren't the white elite either... so he got it 1/2 right... but also in defense, he is simplifying history (even if one sided) to a song, I don't see it as ignorant, just opening people to a different take on history in 3-4 minutes.
What about Pharell?
I'm an outlaw (i'm an outlaw)
Quick on the draw (quick on the draw)
Something you never seen before (never seen)
And I dare a motherfucker to come in my face[/b]
- "Lapdance"
Woke up I had the same clothes on I had on last night
Damn
I must have passed out
And cash is just like the clothes I worn yesterday
We are broke
Damn
I gotta get my ass out [/b]
- "Provider"
- spidey
I have a comedy album by Franklin Ajaye where he does a bit about "cock" working both ways...
E-40 on B-Legits new album
"I wanna put my lips on you like a cuban cigar"
"It was me and the posse with Bunny D,
We were cruising in the Jags or[/b] the Lamborginis,
When low and behold there appeared a mirage[/b],
He was hooking up a car in his Daddy's garage,
We stopped short did a double take,
He was looking so fine I thought I wasn't awake[/b],
He was [color:red]obviously[/color][/b] hooking up bass, [color:red]I assume[/color][/b],
But then he turned[/b] the little button[/b] and the car went BOOM."
Ha! Good one! That obviously/assume shit always bugs me.
Herm
Game - " Motherf**kas... i'm Bangin' swishahouse,and Paul Wall got [email]Ni@@Az[/email] screwing my shit downsouth"
Early candidate for 2006.
When's this drop?
Herm
what's stoopid about that?
I gotta say that P's verses on that track are some of my favorite evah!!!!