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The Rap Up » 10 More Rejected Hip-Hop Album Titles — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:40:03 +0000

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By: Keith Alexander

Keith Alexander — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:50:29 +0000

All this fuss over an alleged CD title..lol. Why hasn’t any asked NAS about it. I seem to have heard comments from everyone EXCEPT him.

Concerning comment #2 from above: I have heard the n-word on the radio many times. As recently as August, a white mix-jock [ DJ Omega ] on a black station not only played the word several times, but called his black boss [ Colby Colb Tyner ] a “nigg*r” on the air twice! Either blacks are numb to the term, or he didn’t realize it happened, as Omega was still on the air the following week. I have since stopped listening to that station. [ 100.3 The Beat/WPHI Philadlephia ].
When black men in power positions allow white underlings get away with that, using “N*gger” as a CD title seems trivial.

By: Data

Data — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:01:04 +0000

Universal and Nas need to see this through, otherwise he needs to retire and NEVER record his thoughts again (Kelis should take over voicemail duties etc).

The world’s largest record distributor and Nas have an unprecedented opportunity to tackle the race issue head on and really start to chip away at the power of the word that if I spell out in its entirety, someone’s going to get at me with some mean words -which is exactly the point of doing the record in the first place.

Quite honestly, I don’t think the cessation of that word in speech has made much difference in changing xenophobic belief systems, it has merely shunned vocalizing it to the periphery. Same racists, new outfits.

By: upper-lower case j

upper-lower case j — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:39:35 +0000

(I’m a white man dedicated to a long-term endorsement and advocacy of modern black culture and its community.) My thought is this: If we could go back two months before this issue arose, and if I was known as “Upper-Lower Case J”,- the successful country-rock star, and gave my new album the title “Honky” or “Cracker” or “Whitey”- would the same man have interrupted with the same opinion and have the same course of action ‘requesting’ (rather ‘wrongfully influencing’) the same amount of money to change hands… I mean “funding to get pulled”? Would anyone have done that? Would anyone have raised any opposition whatsoever? I don’t think so. It’s …physically… possible that I’m wrong. Tune me in everybody (those who already know what I’m going to say, please stand) … real people will hear this: It’s not the title of an album that matters here. It’s not the word that matters. It’s the act itself. It’s the significance of the act; the importance of the act; it’s the delicate timing of the act- that matters most here. And it’s this exact word; as its correct spelling that matters here. I believe there is an important reason NAS wants the title. I support both the event and NAS for his courage- and NAS is not even an artist I normally listen to. This is political and civil. Someone out there just wants all of us to instead focus only on the word- its obvious and ‘dangerous’ potential for public controversy, its history and its offensiveness – instead of the only legitimate question of weather or not this artist should be allowed to choose this title or not. Since I can’t think of anybody who is qualified to make that decision and who also is in a position to implement an interception, then I believe there isn’t any question. No question at all- weather he should be able to name his album whatever he wants to or not (excluding the FCC’s ‘dirty seven’ words, of course). I resent Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries’ suggested correction and I question his motives. I think its terrible to do this to any artist -or any person- and i feel passionately supportive of the event and of any artist willing to be the front man. NAS was likely very proud and excited about the timing he has chosen- on behalf of his people maybe as well. It smells to me like someone dangled enough cash in front of this Assemblyman to get him to sell. What a damn shame. I just hope it was more than half of the $84 million… but I doubt it.

By: cjtruth

cjtruth — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:20:57 +0000

He apparently Is making a point with the title. people dont be afraid of what he is about to bust out with , just pay very close attention to what he is saying . OK !!!!!