Rappers (The Music Genre and Industry In General)

It's not that I hate rap like Bill O' Reilly does, but I just have a serious beef with today's rap, such as it is. For one thing, I'm biased against almost any rapper that:

• Doesn't give back to the communities that put them on
• Have at least 3 songs on the radio in heavy rotation daily
  
• Show up late for concerts and give half assed performances
• That comes from the South (UGK and Outkast among notable exceptions)
• Calls me out as a hater because I don't celebrate the obscenely large contracts they don't deserve
• Don't rap about anything with a cogent message, like "don't do drugs" or "you can be whatever you want to be in life" or something like that

Exhibit A:



A message that rappers these days let arcade games like Final Fight beat them to

I'll address each of these points in turn. Dudes forget where they came from and ignore folks who helped them in their times of need, and hate being reminded that they weren't always on top. They demand you buy their albums so they can tell you that you suck because you're not a millionaire like they are and hate on them because they're better than regular people. If I wanted to be belittled, I'd get a drill sargeant to shout at me while I work out!

They let people know they couldn't be any less interested in remembering who got them where they are. get pissed and act diva-like when a fan asks for even a fraction of their time for an autograph or pose for a pic that the person will remember forever. They show up mad late and severely underperform at their overpriced concerts. Never mind that they have up to 3 songs in heavy rotation on the radio every day after getting it in on the mic; the rapper(s) then get a swelled head and can't seem to handle it. Remember what the Good Book says about pride?

According to most every rap artists these days, they stay getting hated on. The thing that they don't seem to get is that when you flash money and (rented) jewelery in every video you've done or been in, and you're not sharing some of it, people are gonna ignore you! in the words of another "old school" song, "if you ain't sharin', people ain't carin'"

Hip Hop is currently owned by the South, for whatever reason. It would seem that after B.I.G. and 'Pac died, there's been a regional power vacuum left and the south, starting in 1999 took over and this massive influx of hip-POP took over and rap as an art form has been in the shitter since. It's no longer about GOOD music that adds to the reasons people should love and embrace hip hop; it's about making music based mostly on the big assed females in the clubs that include made up words, half-assed lyrics, a catchy hook, and a beat females (typically ghetto-bred, in the age range of 16-29) can dance to. How very sad...

Exhibit B:



The formula for success in "Hip Hop" these days...

The state of Hip Hop is bad right now to say the very least. The other day, I was watching "106 & Park" and when they had their "old school joint of the day", it was the song "Bad Boy For Life"; the album the song's featured on came out in 2001! How's that "old school"?!

I know the "old" heads remember back in the day when there wasn't a single rapper that sucked and whose music didn't have a positive message other than "it's good to be rich?" Not even close to that right now. Nas was right; Hip hop is dead! But to let Souljah Boy tell it, Nas himself was the one who killed it and not him! I weep for the future of this art form if the East and West Coasts, combined with revolutionary artists can't bring it back from the dead...

Dr. Phil

I should mention before I go on that the only reason I'm even aware of this paradigm is because I have mad free time on my hands, due to being laid off; I'm looking for a job even as I type this, so I'll either have a job soon, or another reason to hang myself...

Yeah, I know this show is only for females and especially stay-at-home moms so I get that his show tilts heavily in the favor of female viewers, but I get the feeling that Dr. Phil McGraw is not at all a man's man. Here you have a psychologist (I...guess he is, I don't know?) that is supposed to tell people how to change their lives, empower (almost entirely) women and such, but when a couple appears on his show all you ever see is a guy immediately siding with the wife. It's like men don't have feelings, problems, etc.

Exhibit A:



The way Dr. Phil rips into every male guest would have you think that this is normal in any male-female relationship

Dr Phil is, for all intents and purposes, a puppet. On a show that came on last week (I believe it was about males obsessed with video games), while showing off his World of Warcraft-like character, he said he could be free of Robin (his wife) and not have to listen to her. If this is but a glimpse into what marriage and married life is like, not thanks, I'll stay away from females bearing leashes, thanks. I'm not too interested in letting another human being tell me what to do for the rest of my life

Exhibit B:



What goes on in Dr. Phil's and Robin's marriage, which translates into this on the show

I have yet to ever see a show where men get shown some love. I've never seen a show yet where men get to cry and stop being a sexually insatiable beast, upon whom women can blame their terrible lives, and where they get to vent for a change, or a show about how to understand your man, or even men seeking custody of kids they have to pay child support for, but never get to see or some shit like that; what you get what essentially amounts to an hour-long slice of the Lifetime Movie Network ("I Hate Men" channel) for NBC

Exhibit C:



What the Dr. Phil Show really is

I went to their website and I see they have a link for games...oh boy, I wonder what kinda games they have, "bash-the-evil-male-rapist-because-he-reacted-the-way-men-do-when-cleavage-is-flashed-and-I-was-really-slutty-that-night-but-decided-to-be-a-cocktease", or "no-means-no-even-if-we-get-into-bed-nekkid-and-I-decide-to-change-my-mind-at-the-last-possible-second?"

The Confederate Flag

For reasons that should be obvious, the Confederate Flag induces varying negative responses within me from mild irritation to outrage to causing me to contemplate stabbing its supporter/wearer. It's maddening because even though these people say it's only about "southern pride" (which they never explain what that is when asked), you'll see this flag flying high at every Klan rally and ever white supremacist gathering.

According to pretty much every history text book anywhere, the South not only lost, but got their collective asses handed to them as well. But don't mention things like facts and logic to these folks; it's all about "pride", pride in being a loser. In most competitions, including history, the losers are never mentioned again; just the winners. Who knows? it could be just that only the winners get to write history or something, but whatever...

Exhibit A:



This is what denial can lead to...

Usually hillbillies, rednecks and racists in general, those who use the southern pride excuse vote Republican, a well-known enemy of blacks and other non-whites. Even though they're not racists and believe in God and the Constitution (all men are created equal and endowed with certain rights by their Creator), they view anybody non-white as inferior and as animals; again, forget about arguing logic and reason with them, despite the fact that as "animals", black as well as other non-white people should not be able to talk like white people can, and never mind the fact that typical southern whites don't have a command of the English language.

Exhibit B:



What those who support the rebel flag say it means...

Exhibit C:



What black people know it to really mean...

A while back, while being forced to drive to a gas station in McRacistTown (Beaverdam, VA), I saw a bumper sticker that said something to the effect of "I'll keep my guns and you can keep the CHANGE", an obvious shot at our first BLACK president. As you might expect, the mud encased truck that this hateful sticker was found on had a confederate flag on it as well as a camouflage paint job, big body lift, extra large tires and dual exhaust.

Exhibit D:



Yeah, the truck looked something like this...

I've long since given up listening to the southern pride's point of view, as I hate having the smell of lies and beer breath blown into my face. I don't listen to those who say Mr. President will take away their guns. It's in the Constitution (the right to bear arms); even if he had that much power, I don't think Barack Obama would change anything about it, since this country was founded on its principles. Damn! There's that damn pesky logic again!