Yeah, I know, it was Lil' Wayne's weekend to keep his kids and whatnot, but what level of coonery do you stoop to when you have your tweenaged child onstage as you sing a song called "I Just Wanna F*ck Every Girl In The World"? He could have been classy enough to at least do a radio edit, but nawww, that's too difficult.
[Editor's Note: Viacom is not playin'. If you missed this, too bad. The video will probably be downs soon.]
I wouldn't be shocked if the child has a reality show in the works.
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"I wouldn't be shocked if the child has a reality show in the works.
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To paraphrase Biggie, Don't be mad BET is hiring.
Where is the FCC when you need them!? If that performance wasn't obscene then nothing is.
Of all of the foolery going on during this show, this is the ONE thing that made me nauseated. Most of the things I either laughed, sighed or shook my head in utter dismay over thinking "My people, my people..." Seeing those young and impressionable girls on stage made my soul weep.
Is it just me, or does Drake look a little limp wristed?
Her mother, Toya, does with Tiny (T.I.'s eternal fiancee) on BET called, you guessed it, "Tiny & Toya"
On the re-air, BET apparently blurred the girls out from around Drake. LOL
The FCC does not have any authority over cable..I seen other post talking about the FCC should fine BET...Cable governs itself...Stations like BET,USA,TNT...etc actually can air profanity and nudity...etc but chooses not to because it needs advertisers
http://4g-wirelessevolution.tmcnet.com/news/2007/11/26/3120413.htm
Cables, however, are privately funded and privately owned, which gives the government no legitimate authority to regulate how they are used, except possibly in the unlikely event that health or safety issues arise. The fact that Congress passed a law in 1984 asserting a regulatory "right" if certain arbitrary numbers are reached doesn't change these truths, and if the FCC starts asserting regulatory authority, we expect a court challenge.
I have to agree with Missy. For me, this was heartbreaking.
There was a time i gave Lil'Wayne some credit for creativity grudgingly; I'm taking that credit back like the Flash. In mathematics the Lowest Common Denominator is efficient and elegant; in pop culture it is debasing, campy, and dishonors the true talents that came before them.
Can't blame this on the alcohol.
Junk like this is why I stay on my 14-year old niece's hindparts. Just today when I made her change clothes before coming out with me, she was like, "Aunt Chele, you are more strict than Mom and Dad!" Damn skippy, just trying to keep my girl off the pole (or in this case off stage when a rapper is dropping lyrics like this ish)!
That was nauseating. See this is the stuff that our community needs to be speaking out about, and not something that the "man" has supposedly done to us. Where are the proposals to boycott BET or the record company that distributes Lil Wayne's records? Where is Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton now? Oh I forgot, they are too busy attaching themselves to the Michael Jackson cirucus.
Lord we need some decent leaders.
I was talking this over with some of the tween girls at church and one boy who just graduated from 8th grade and all them didn't seem to have a problem, expressed that is, with the lyrics.
All of them said they liked the performance and liked the beat.
Now i'm really anxious to read John McWhorters book "All About the Beat."
@uppity
I don't see any problem with it. These lyrics represent a true feeling. I believe I've had a similar feeling once or twice in my life. I have gone to a party or two especially at my NEGROID college where I have said something to the effect of "I'd stick all them bishes over there." So damn it people it's just a song. He ain't running for president. The whole point of rap is to be real and this is real.
I think the main problem people have with the whole thing is that the kids were on stage.
@cjames...sure, there are a LOT of things I may do, feel or say that isn't politically correct. Do I involve my children in it? No. Therein lies the difference and the main source of frustration for me.
@ adinasi:
That...is the best summation of "lowest common denominator" I've ever heard.
@ cjames:
Yes. We're guys, and that's how many of us are hardwired to think.
But that doesn't mean it's okay to force this down the throats of the world's female population.**
Surrounding one's preteen girl relatives with messages like this? Sure, why not? Not like all of western culture isn't working overtime to get them to think of themselves as playthings already. Not like they aren't being targeted from every angle practically from the cradle onwards. (Seriously, thongs for 4-year-olds?!)
**(I know, I know---double entendre. But dammit---there's no way left of saying ANYTHING that isn't one. "Force it on them"? Nope. "Rub their faces in it?" Nope. You get the picture. X)
@ Marbles,
Thanks; either I spend too much time teaching math, or spend too much time listening to Ella, Sarah, Wynton, and Miles.
The unedited version of the song, as well as the girls being on stage, was totally inappropriate. (The same thing would be true if there were boys on stage, in my opinion.)
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