Hip Hop in Review: Part II Mainstream rap & women
In the documentary “Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes” filmmaker Byron Hurt takes a critical look at Hip Hop. What we hope to do here is offer some feedback on the show and take a closer look at how mainstream Hip Hop got to where it is today and discuss what we need to understand about the images and messages in Hip Hop music. Guests: Courtney Morris, researcher who studies the impact of Hip Hop on black women. Mahdi Fard Muhammad, author of “It’s Time: The Race Is Over To Open A Black Man’s Eyes” and director of the Relationship Fitness Center. D. Solo, host and executive producer of the Hip Hop show “Street Flava”
Ok, “why is your son/daughter up after midnight watching?” — why make the video? I’m sure Nelly wouldn’t want his sister or mother shakin her ass for the world. Ya women know the lyrics, but thats like saying a prostitute knows what her job entails. They do know what their job entails and the women in these videos do know the lyrics. Some call it recreation, others call it extra RENT MONEY or paying their tuition. Sometimes McDonalds 9-5 won’t cut it.
they didnt invite a rapper..not good
LISTEN PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hip-hop only express the realities of the artist.Since nothing is made up , we can’t fault them for reporting it.TIPDRILL WAS AIRED ON BET UNCUT,WHICH CAME ON A LITTLE OVER MIDNIGHT.Ask why is your son or daughter watching videos late first, then say “what are the women doing”.THEY ARE DEGRADING THEMSELVES.THEY KNOW THE LYRICS SAY “I (expletive) that (expletive) and hit it from the back, and never came back” Talk to the women, not the male.Peace.
i think what shawty sayin is real bout blks constantly being degraded and bein looked at like pieces of meat,the sponsors run hiphop now if u got lyrics and u want airplay u either got ur dope money or its black boule games,and u gotta do the jiggaboo,as a indie rapper and a producer I have that total control, but viacom clearchannel broadcasting is all about taxes police keepin they jobs and schools bein empty they damnere made teen pregnacy,now no one talks about that shit,and the numbers
Dem girls be gettin on my nerves screamin sexist, because dey be the main ones buying the albums that are derogitory in terms of content to them.
Don’t know why the woman says that sexism is an American value when in fact equality is the value and sexism is a slowly dwindling mentality that all humans have in varying degrees. In fact, you don’t see misogyny in any other music form but hip-hop and the blues. Michael Tyson writes how misogyny has always been a part of black culture, particularly when in the hood. The question now is what to do about it. Hip-Hop comes in many forms and the good stuff needs to be heard.
It doesn’t come from Hip Hop or rap. Learning starts at home. Everything starts at home.
nelly nont rap! he sings like a bitch! blast master krs 1 killed that bitch!
yo wemen! mainstream r&b fag rappers clown all of you! listen to underground hip hop. those emcees got better things to say. pop rappers talk about shootin & bitches. real emcees got soulful beats & better rhymes. pop rappers rap over wack synths & stupin r&b hooks! fuck mainstream! mainstream rappers are the bitches!
but tht aint down 2 hip hop tho kids always shout stupid things like tht.but 2 blame it on hip hop is wrong.i learnd at 5 wht a bitch was n other shit n was shoutn stupid stuff like tht im not sayn its rite .but u learn all those word whn ur young and i wasnt listening 2 hip hop tht young so where did i learn it.adult,cuzins,people like tht not rappers.
yeah until you and your girlfriend are walking down the street and 2 5 year olds start yelling suck my dick bitch! fuckin hoe! where do you think it comes from?
what it really comes down 2 is people want 2 control what others do and say
i really think women and sum men read 2 much into this degrading women in videos and these people i think are reading 2 much into it and are waaaayyyy to sensitve grow a pair and enjoy life
Nas was not a “gangsta rapper”. That is an industry term. We didn’t make that up. When we speak we speak on what we see in our surroundings. If you can’t relate, i don’t know what to tell you. Our music gets criticized by the same hypocrites who made sure they sold it to the masses to make money. You don’t call Al Capone’s gangster lifestyle shameful!!! This society is what hip-hop reflects, so stop getting OFFENDED by the raw reporting the art form does!!!!!!! P.E.A.C.E.
i didn’t comment on oriley’s character…His style of argument is impressive. Anywho is nas not (or was he not) a gansta rapper. Just face it some of they lyrics in rap music are down right offense and shamefull. Yes this can be observed in all kinds of music…I know. So hip hoppers stop gettin offended when your music gets criticized!
the same o’riley that called nas a”gangsta rapper” and brought some poor choices in rappers to defend the genre in one of his episodes.he’s more of a hypocrite if anything.
see “generation m”, “exploitation of women through media” and ” violence in media, women advertizing.”
“woman has been exploited for years. It is sexist issue only. congradulation afrrican culture takes in american culture.
I was naive and disapointed to find black music picked up white culture’s objectification. from hevy metal to pop and now rap. blacks and whites are equal. Hey, colour is insignificant.
No. Beyonce said in a latin magazine that at one time she wished she was latina…
Wished Obama was latin?
is this the same Beyonce who wished he was Latina? Beyonce is not in the same class as Rice and Oprah and Michelle Obama….
yeah that too lol tomato tom-ato
robinlue dont you mean immortal technique makes mainsteam rappers like like MORE shit?
listen to The Roots
Black women have a good image in my view. Oprah, Rice, Beyonce are all smart and beautiful.