Comments on: Registering My Disappointment

By: My Neck, My Back at Faux Real

My Neck, My Back at Faux Real — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:34:53 +0000

[...] On the episode featured in the post, the female rappers go up with a sixteen against Too Short, to whom I have admittedly undying affection. Racialicious writer Carmen Van Kerckhove notes, It was a pretty clear illustration to me of how [...]

By: aufheben » Blog Archive » music

aufheben » Blog Archive » music — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:36:48 +0000

[...] ms. lauren has a nice post up about what its like to be serious about feminist politics, but also be serious about good music. even when the two come far from meeting. [...]

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:00:29 +0000

I’m reminded of the opening lines to a Lupe Fiasco cut, “Hurt me Soul”:

Now I ain’t tryna be the greatest /
I used to hate hip-hop… yup, because the women degraded /
But Too $hort made me laugh, like a hypocrite I played it /
A hypocrite I stated, though I only recited half /
Omittin the word “bitch,” cursin I wouldn’t say it /
Me and dog couldn’t relate, til a bitch I dated /
Forgive my favorite word for hers and hers alike /
But I learnt it from a song I heard and sorta liked

kind of cuts both ways nicely, no?

By: norbizness

norbizness — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:45:59 +0000

My intro to rap was Bible camp and Run-DMC’s “Peter Piper,” age 11. Plus everyone knew the lyrics to that epic Doug E Fresh/Slick Rick song… the one that pronounced “either” like “eever.”

My great missed opportunity was not seeing Digital Underground about 5-6 years ago in Austin; some of my friends went, hung out with the band after the show, and smoked out with them in their hotel room.

By: ScottM

ScottM — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:25:16 +0000

I found that I can tolerate older music– a huge surprise to me, after growing up with a Dad whose love of (and taste in music) was pure 60s. While playing games with Jennifer over the weekend, she had on a lot of older music… and while it’s certainly nothing to sing along to, I did notice some subconscious beat keeping.

Maybe one day I’ll give more rap a chance; NPR had an interesting segment about a kid who raps about lots of positive influences in his life (including the Koran)…

By: Auguste

Auguste — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:03:45 +0000

In wildly sheltered eighth grade, a friend made a hiphop mixtape for me which was heavy on the Too $hort (not to mention DJ Quik’s “Sweet Black Pussy” and Ice Cube’s little “Get off my dick” vignette which gives you an idea of the gender-progressiveness of said friend) and I listened to Life Is… and I Ain’t Trippin’ over and over and over again. And over.

The first album I bought was Shorty the Pimp, by which point my interest had fallen off through high school and proto-feminism, but in college I stole a friend’s copy of Short Dog’s in the House and was instantly transported back.

Oftentimes my inexplicable love of music has less to do with the music itself and everything to do with the memories attached to it.

Exactly my feelings about T$. (Sorry Lauren, I can’t go all the way to “still loving the music itself” but at least I’m half on your team.)

By: elektrodot

elektrodot — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:56:59 +0000

right on. i too am a lover of rap, and it kind of bothers me that alot of feminists immediatly write it off without ever even listening too it. once i remember there was an article dealing with a rapper on a feminist blog and the comments made me blush in that -people were trying to name drop and know about rap but actually didnt have a damn clue- way that always is embarassing.