Someone had to ask....

Someone had a problem with T.I.'s recent arrest, stating how Hip-Hop was a liability to the "Man," and how great rap is and how "broad" a genre it is, etc.

I of course am drowning in the trite BS that passes for political discourse in the US today, and rise to the occasion.
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Here's a guy with a real opinion!

Boot, you really think this guy is just trying to stir stuff up?
Sounds sincere to me.
Right or wrong is a different matter, but lets give the guy the benefit of the argument, eh?

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for ignoring the inciters, and neo-cons posing as liberals BS, I just don't see it here.

As to the issue here I think there is much to discuss but probably not what rollroll wants us to...

Ahhh where to begin...

Beware items sold with "Lifestyle!"
The game today in selling people stuff is to make them identify the product with their lifestyle, and bond with it.
I know you feel it deep rollroll, but if you look deep enough you will find a you without Hip-Hop, and discover that you are an individual that did not spawn-from, or are beholden-to "Hip-Hop."

As much as we all may come from a culture that wants us to identify with its traditions, and observations, it is now a force that has been co-opted by Corporate Enterprise as a tool for manipulation.
Whats wrong with that?
The normal instinct to avoid what is bad for us being subverted and extracted, is what. (ie: poisoned) Annother Post-Modernist "Simulacra and Simulation" example. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation)

I listen to my music so "I" can enjoy it, not to bond with it in some socially rewarding way.
Sure I like other people that like what I like, but I am one sorry Fxxker if I like them solely based on that, or even use it as my guide to such.

OK, so beware lifestyle branding.
Take your entertainment preferences too seriously, and one day you will wake up and realize you have been payed.

Hip-Hop a threat to the establishment?
Now I have to ask if YOUR kidding?
Seen a commercial recently?

All you need to see to clarify this issue is a documentary they did on PBS called:

HIP-HOP: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/hiphop/film.htm

Read this on it too:
http://edstrong.blog-city.com/hiphop_and_american_machismo_culture.htm
He quotes about it:
"Just because his film is airing on PBS doesn't mean it's a finger-wagging put-down from overeducated critics outside rap culture."
And I hope you see that is true here as well.

Deduce for a moment if the Neo-Con agenda for the world, and "American Machismo Culture" have anything in common...
Hear anything on the social impact 24 has had on political opinion and you'll get the point instantly.
(BTW did you actually see Karl Rove rappin at that dinner... he was "playing the role")
Nuff Said.

That being said, there are 2 kinds of "Angry White Man."
One, while satisfied they consider black people equal with themselves, nevertheless are convinced most of them are criminals lost from the flock, and want to do Gods work in bringing them to justice.
The other type is the Bigot we all know.
Quiet in the back where only the "Good Boys" hear,
or loud-n-proud in their own gene pool.
What they both share is the "means to an end game plan," and there is no reasoning with either of them.

So if you see some sketchy stuff, remember.
A. Its not what you think it is.
B. It's not like it seems.
C. Being deceived means the truth is not what seemed most obvious to you.


Be Well
=^)