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Drake’s third studio album, Nothing was the Same, which will officially drop on Sept. 24th- hit the e-streets about 24 hrs ago. If you do a little diggin’ maybe you can give it a few listens. In honor of Drake’s leak, Vulture.com serves up a list of ten of very Drake-y lines: 1. “Naked women swimmin, that’s […]

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K-Mart Back-to-School Rap Commercial Accused of Being Racist, Pass or Fail?

August 7, 2013 TheSUNK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aTpb37WY0eA K-Mart may have fumbled with this rap commercial from the Da Rich Kidzz to promote their back-to-school products, there has been a lot of mixed emotions and backlash over the catchy tune: Another controversial commercial features YouTube child stars known as “Da Rich Kidzz” (previously known as “Y.N. Rich Kids,” it seems). Their fame took […]

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Strange Fruition: Finding My Own Truth in Lupe Fiasco’s Lyrics

October 3, 2012 Tunde

Last week Mr. Spradley wrote a review of Lupe Fiasco’s Food and Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Part I. He discusses his overall views of Lupe as well as some critiques and praises of the album. In our discussion of Lupe’s work, I told him I was thinking of doing a post on […]

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Why The Hell Doesn’t Jay-Z Understand The Importance Of Occupy Wall Street?

September 14, 2012 Dr. J

There used to be a time when hip hop stars made it very clear that they didn’t desire to be role models, or that they weren’t the people that should be sought after for opinion on matters such as politics and social injustice. Although you always had artists like Public Enemy and Dead Prez, […]

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Has Emo Rap Gone a Little Too Far?

November 22, 2011 Dr. J

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There was a time in this country where all you heard on the radio was Gangsta Rap. Thank the Lord that’s over. I can appreciate Gangsta Rap as much as the next guy, but it was just a little depressing after a while. After Biggie and Tupac died it was obvious that people actually started […]

Misogyny … and “The Problem”

January 19, 2009 SBM

It is no secret here that SBM loves “ignorant rap” music (I wish a mother f*****r would try to judge me too … lol). I have even decided to share my vast knowledge with the world in my “Moments Of Ignorance” posts … there is a dark side to all this … a very dark […]

Laffy Taffy [Video]

May 28, 2008 SBM

There has been a decent amount of talk about my personal taste in music … so I decided to take it back to one of the classics … a true great in the history of ignorance music. Not only did this dance have scores of people doing a simple dance that consisted of looking from […]

INDEPEDENT by Webbie

January 4, 2008 SBM

There are several reasons why I want everyone to take the 5 minutes and watch this video, but really, just watch it. Its a rap video (by an “ignorant” southern rapper at that) which has no bouncing asses and women in situations of power and respect. It actually depicts a female president … and its […]