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Originally posted by fluffho
anyways id right songs abou my legions of dudes and how i treat them like shit if i were to become famous. so maybe good thing im not becoming a singer huh otherwise o'reilly would be on my ass. oh how id love to tear that man a new one.
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LOL That's some funny shit Fluff.
I think Jay, Fluff and Stingy all made good points here.
Anyone that buys an album and then copies what the lyrics say is either A.) a complete retard, or B.) an impressionable kid. It's the second one that the recording industry needs to keep an eye on. Kids in the age group of maybe 12-18 are quite impressionable. They look at MTV to learn how to talk, how to act, how to dress, etc... (That in mind, whichever corporate fat cat is sitting behind the desk on the top level of MTV's corporate offices is, in my opinion, one of the most powerful people in the world. Think about the influence that person has on pop culture.)
I am very anti-censorship. Freedom of speech is one of the basic human rights this country was founded on. I am also pro-Parental Advisory stickers. Parents need to be aware if that new CD they just bought their 13 year old daughter is raunchy or not, the problem is... Most parents don't do that. I think if someone under the age of 18 wants an advisory CD, they should have to have their parent with them to buy it. If they don't want their parent there, it's probably because their parent wouldn't want them to have it. If there parent is cool with them having that sort of music, that's fine. They can go buy it for their kid.
Marilyn Manson getting blamed for Columbine was the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. It reminded me of that guy that killed himself and then they tried to blame it on Juda's Priest claiming that there was subliminal messages backwards in the recording. Okay, that's just stupid.
As for 'rap' lyrics in particular, they aren't saying anything new. No one can tell me that Madonna hasn't been objectifying herself for 20 years! Practically every modern pop song has a negative message if you really listen to the lyrics. (Of course there is some exceptions, but they are probably fewer and farther between than you might think.) Heavy Metal/Hard Rock bands have been singing about sex, drugs, and Rock N' Roll (and violence) for years.