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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 12:51:52 GMT -6
Just popping back in to say I really appreciate miawallace chiming in and the discussion.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 12:56:16 GMT -6
And now I'm listening to Kendrick Lamar.
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JukEboX
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Post by JukEboX on Oct 13, 2017 6:48:20 GMT -6
And now I'm listening to Kendrick Lamar. That guy right there. Doing everything right! Didn't need a big label, did it all himself, and still humble. We need more artists like this He deserved all the success he has worked for and more.
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brux
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Post by brux on Oct 13, 2017 17:32:57 GMT -6
I've been pondering this idea that Eminem uses the n word. I had to go hunting.
He used it in a 1993 mixtape that was discovered in 2003 and he apologized. So yes, it was wrong, but he's not saying it all over the place in present day.
When Rolling Stone asked Eminem why he never uses the N-word in his songs, he said: "It's just a word I don't feel comfortable with. It wouldn't sound right coming out of my mouth."
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Post by rablissful on Oct 14, 2017 9:58:34 GMT -6
I was talking about this with my boyfriend and told him some of the points why people were uncomfortable about this whole thing... Why now, is it a publicity stunt, etc.
Apparently he's come out of the woodwork before for political messaging. Right after the war in Iraq started he came out with a song urging people to vote and bashing Bush like woah (it's called Mosh, my boyfriend had me listen to it). So while it could still be a pr stunt, it's not completely out of character either. It kind of softened my stance on this whole thing.
That being said, saying the N word as a white guy is still wrong, and I'm still not with him for being misogynistic, but I can appreciate him trying to get people to be more politically active since we desperately need more people to be politically active.
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Post by miawallace on Oct 14, 2017 11:12:05 GMT -6
Nah. Y'all have member of the black community telling you why Eminem is trash and the white knighting is weird to me.
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brux
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Post by brux on Oct 14, 2017 12:11:22 GMT -6
Nah. Y'all have member of the black community telling you why Eminem is trash and the white knighting is weird to me. im correcting facts. You've said you don't listen to him. And you've said multiple times that he's a rapper white uses the n word. But he's not really. I'm not discounting anyone's opinion, but let's not act like Eminem in the devil incarnate. He's not universally despised nor should he be.
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Post by miawallace on Oct 14, 2017 12:29:40 GMT -6
Nah. Y'all have member of the black community telling you why Eminem is trash and the white knighting is weird to me. im correcting facts. You've said you don't listen to him. And you've said multiple times that he's a rapper white uses the n word. But he's not really. I'm not discounting anyone's opinion, but let's not act like Eminem in the devil incarnate. He's not universally despised nor should he be. I mean koko. He's trash to me. It's not the first time he's used a black audience to further his career. And yes he has used the N word in the past, i believe in a concert. and I think he apologized. thats not the point at all. The point flew over people's head and that's fine. I'm not going to bullet all the stuff anymore. To me, he represent white supremacy. White male privilege. White savior shit. Fuck all that.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2017 13:34:20 GMT -6
One of the reasons I side-eye him is I heard this song on an "old school" hip hop radio station a couple weeks ago while driving (before the BET thing) and was just like .......wtf?
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Tlex
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Post by Tlex on Oct 17, 2017 22:18:04 GMT -6
One of the reasons I side-eye him is I heard this song on an "old school" hip hop radio station a couple weeks ago while driving (before the BET thing) and was just like .......wtf? FFFC... this song pops into my head every single time I hear/read/think about salsa. Just the line "my salsa makes all the pretty girls dance and want to take off their under pants my salsa salsa ..." Good night.
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starbuck
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Post by starbuck on Oct 18, 2017 6:45:25 GMT -6
His history WRT women and POC is clearly problematic. I mean, he has songs about killing his wife. Are we going to forget that and make him into some sort of anti-Trump hero? Some people want to ignore his lyrics while talking about the President's pussy grabbing comments. That's ridiculous, they are both terrible in their own right.
So he doesn't like Trump. That doesn't negate all of his other bullshit, or mean I am going to suddenly change my mind about him.
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