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It Must Be ya Ass Part Duex

If you didn't catch the original, you can check it out here

I know there are a few women that post here on the regular, so this one is for you (but the fellas are more than welcome to weigh in on this one).

After having a little debate with my "soon to be" over the original blog, she stated something that seemed a bit out of this world to me. Here it is: My point is this, if you want to see a change in trends it has to start
with the men. If more men reacted to a woman's intellegence, rather
than her body, then more women would display their intellegence, rather
than their bodies.

Let's be real for a moment, it's easy to say that if men stopped watching videos with half naked women in them, they'd go away. On the flip side, if women didn't want to be the objects of half naked affection, said videos would also go away. I'll be the first person to admit that I like looking at half naked women, so the odds of me not watching said entertainment is slim to none (though I do think that the game suffers from a lack of balance). On the flip side, if women stopped being half naked, I suppose that I and the rest of the circle jerks in the world would find some other form of entetainment to tickle our fancies.

With that said, it has always been my belief that the movement for either a)total annhilation of the video vixen or b) at the very LEAST, a balanced portrayal of women in Hip Hop (and subsequently pop culture) must be led BY WOMEN, FOR WOMEN. A man can't lead a women's movement any more effectively than a white person could've led the Black Power Movement in the 60's.

I believe that men should be limited to two roles if/when said movement jumps off
1. SUPPORTING the women
2. TEACHING the next generation of young men how to be responsible father's/spouses and how to properly treat a woman.

What say you, DX readers... can a man lead the women's movement? I think not, but I could be wrong...








though i doubt it.

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It Must Be ya Ass...

After watching that Deelishis (did I spell that right?) video, I must say that I enjoyed the visuals (the song was pretty whack though).

Aside from the 25% hard on, it also put the nail in the coffin on what used to be one of my humanitarian efforts.

The relationship between women and Hip Hop (today) is like Ike and Tina... and that's putting it mildy. I bet that Ike and Annie Mae had a a lot of happy times, but the only thing we remember about those two is rolling rivers, throwing punches and "eat ya cake Annie Mae!" Hip Hop is a lot like that. We had our Queen Latifah, Ladies First, U-N-I-T-Y moments, but when all is said and done, "it must be ya ass cause it ain't your face" and "back that azz up" will FAR outweigh the positive female contributions to the game.

A lot of this is the fault of women.

It's hard to have sympathy for, or take up for a group of people who have none their damn self (and yes, this can double as a message to Black folk in general as well). I apologize in advance for not being compassionate about the plight of Karrine "Superhead" Steffans or any other video vixen/turned industry jump off who sold some T&A and a wet tongue for fame. I apologize for no longer giving a fuck about the video models mistreatment and I apologize if, as a man, I can no longer take your "it's more to me than a pretty face and a phat ass" comments seriously because... well, you made a name for yourself BECAUSE of your pretty face and phat ass.

I've come to the conclusion that certain women just don't give a fuck about being degraded and I honestly believe that deep down, some of them actually like it. It's certaintly no surprise that sex sells, it sold yesterday, it sold today and it'll sell tomorrow.

Hell, prostitution is older than Jesus.

However, when one continues to play up ASSets and play down everything else, it's no wonder why I can't look at a woman like Deelishus, or Superhead, or *insert name here* and don't automatically see the Mother Teresa in them that must be dying to get out underneath the lack of clothes.

On the flip side, that's not to say that the women who do choose to act like they weren't raised by wolves deserve to be disrespected by us men folk. In fact, I believe that those who, by choice or plain ignorance fail to make the distinction between a classy lady and a jump off missed a couple lessons of home training (and perhaps the jump offs did too, so maybe they were made for each other... alas, the Circle of Life)

In this life, you reap what you sew and if the seams of your jeans are busting out, you can't be surprised to feel a palm on the back of your ass.

Maybe we were just trying to fill the void.

And now, back to the show...
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2mdbu_deelishisrumpshaker_music


Deelishis-rumpshaker
Uploaded by advakidd

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We Got to Do Better

I almost forgot about BET's sorry excuse for new programming which debuts tonight (We Got to Do Better) until I stumbled upon THIS here gem on the net this morning:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMthrJjpe4Y

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Say what you will about  the program (which not too many regular  folks  have seen), but mark my words, there will be something similar to this and something more outrageous than this tonight. And if not, I'll be back tomorrow to retract.

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Vick Gets Pass at the Expense of Hip Hop?!? Negative

In America, we live under the presumption of innocent until proven guilty… supposedly.

 

You and I know better and the presumption of innocence, more often than not hinges on how the media spins a high profile story. I hate to cast judgment before the jury delivers a verdict, but not only has Michael Vick already been hung in the media, this writer also has a strong feeling that, well… he did it.

 

I don't know if he's guilty or not, but I believe that Vick is guilty of something in this dog fight matter.

 

At the very least, he’s guilty of being dumb ass.

 

The one individual who’s more than happy to give Vick a pass at the expense of current media sacrificial lamb Hip Hop [1] is columnist Jason Whitlock.

 

If the name doesn’t ring a bell, he was one of the journalists who appeared on Oprah’s joke of a town hall meeting after Don Imus uttered the now infamous “nappy headed ho” phrase. Whitlock railed against a Hip Hop culture that allows characters like Don Imus to think its okay to call women ho’s and suggests that we should check ourselves, lest we find these incidents occurring more often.

 

Point taken.

 

However, linking the Vick dog fighting incident to Hip Hop culture is like saying that Ouija board rapping Bone Thugs-N-Harmony had a role to play in the Columbine High School shootings some years ago (wait, that happened too).

 

In a commentary that recently appeared in the Kansas City Star, Whitlock writes, “My desire is to see Vick evolve as a human being and for his troubles to serve as yet another wake-up call for black athletes to reject the hip-hop/prison culture that glorifies much of the negative behavior and attitude that has eroded the once-dignified and positive reputation of African-American athletes.”

 

Granted, there are some credible arguments to be made that Hip Hop, or better yet, MAINSTREAM Hip Hop promotes a lot of things, misogyny and senseless violence being two.

 

Main stream Hip Hop and dog fighting? Not so much.

 

Whitlock goes on to say that the “hijacking” of Hip Hop culture began in the late 80’s with NWA, and gangsta rap hasn’t looked back sense. While these comparisons may resonate with people who just don’t know any better, Whitlock isn’t fooling anybody with an ounce of Common Sense (pun intended) and knowledge on Hip Hop culture.

 

Perhaps Whitlock lived on another planet when the black community began to take a nose dive into the abyss of apathy, disorganization, and division. However, I’ll assume that Whitlock is a credible journalist for the sake of this argument and with that, its safe to say he knows the black community started to take a turn for the worst before Cube, Ren and them came straight outta Compton.

 

There’s much to be said for the decline of black America, the idiocy of the Vick case and Hip Hop’s hold on pop culture and AmeriKKKan values, but the comparison to dog fighting and Hip Hop just doesn’t fit.

 

Let’s call it what  it is, Vick  wasn’t embracing Hip Hop culture when he chose to get involved[2], he embraced being a damn fool.

 

Perhaps he and Whitlock have something in common.

 

[1] Don’t worry, wrestling is about to be the media’s new whipping boy, just wait.

 

[2]Or allowed his boys to be involved with illegal dog fighting on his property

 

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The Lion King?!?! For Real

I've been trying to get off the "Hip Hop is dead" wagon, but  some people make it so hard. Case in point, the following video is subject to opinion as far as whackness goes, but I've seen like three or four different "crank dat *insert something here* videos*

First we did the Heisman on that hoe
Than the Superman on that hoe
Than we Spiderman'd that hoe
Than the two dances were put together

I recall seeing the Roosevelt and now... The Lion King?!?!? Word to the wise, Disney is not to be fucked with, y'all remember how they raped the Ying Yang Twins.


Fuck that, I'm tellin.



*sidenote, why is ol' boy wearing that little ass back pack? Is this  the new  style?

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The Revolution Continues

I've got a couple of blogs ready to go, but in between cussing out your favorite DX blogger, take a moment to let the folks over at BET/Viacom know  what you think of their programming:

BET@viacom.com
nonmanagementdirectors@viacom.com
press@viacom.com
Schwartz@viacom.com
support@bet.com

And an extra special shout out to Latrice Janine, who was one of very few to speak out against BET's newest abomination, Hot Ghetto Mess.
While you're giving the suits at BET a piece of your mind, sign her petition too...

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BET is MTV's Bastard Child

As much as I rail against Black Exploitation Television, my remote occasionally pauses on the network (if for nothing else, to find something to talk about).

Such was the occasion yesterday when I stopped to watch what turned out to be three painful minutes of one of BET's new shows "Baldwin Hills."

180 seconds was about all I could take. The characters are dull and this seems like bad acting moreso than cameras following the lives of some upper middle class Negros.

Sadly, Baldwin Hills is yet another reflection of what BET has become.

Bob Johnson's sale of the company to Viacom (also home to VH1 and MTV, how's that for a music monopoly?) was supposed to bring BET to new heights. Being backed  by an industry powerhouse should've given BET more options in regards to programming, because, like it or not, money, or the lack of can effect quality.

Alas, this is definitely not the case. Most of BET's original programming are cheap knock offs of current MTV hits.
College Hill= Black Real World
Baldwin Hills= Black Laguna Beach
SOB= Boiling Points

While I think that many of MTV's shows play up the same negative and damaging stereotypes about Blacks that BET does (Hollyhood anyone?), the production value on MTV is leaps and bounds better than what we see on BET. The most glaring example of this have been the numerous techical mishaps that plague the BET Awards EVERY year.

What makes BET's fall even worse is that even when playing up to the LOWEST common denominator of Black Entertainment, they fail to even do that with a quality show, production wise.

Clearly, they are not a priority for Viacom.

Or we, the consumer do not have high standards for what we watch... even when we're taking in nonsense.

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Cowards in High Places

So Bun B's blog got me thinking. Fam is absolutely right, but the people demanding better need to go a step further  than just harassing your favorite rapper. Demanding that an emcee do better is only going to invoke the cry of the super played "I'm just writing about what I see" or the extra bitchy "I'm doin what I gotta do to get a deal" (word to the masses: an artist does what he/she feels, not what they think will generate a quick buck, too many business men, not enough artists in the game to day).

The next time you feel the need to verbally smack your favorite rapper... repeatedly for making shitty music[1], take it a step further and do the following:

BET is a virtual pinata for us all (yours truly included). How many of you all have written to BET's head, Debra Lee(who should, without a doubt be ashamed of herself for allowing the station to portray Black women as they do)? Or Stephen Hill, who's in charge of music programming? While the 50's and *insert other whack rapper here* also deserve some criticism, we also need to be putting a foot in the ass (not literally, who wants to go to jail?) of the gate keepers, who are oftentimes GROWN people with young children of their own (I wonder if they let their kids consume the toxic programming they give to ours... hmmm).

You don't like what's on your local radio station, CALL the program or music director. If they don't listen, GO to the radio station and if they still don't listen, assemble a group of your friends and protest outside the station (be sure to do this on public property, or you may find yourself in cuffs). If you send out a press release before hand, the media will come.

Write or call the advertisers that support BET or that advertise on the radio station that plays all the bullshit and tell them you won't be supporting their products (put together a petition and have as many people you know sign it... even if they don't listen to said station).

It's time to hold the gatekeepers responsible for what Hip Hop has become.

[1] shitty rappers still make for good blogs and editorials, but they don't share ALL of the blame

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