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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Putting a Bowtie on Sh%$#t!



It's amazing how Youtube has engendered the ability to make certain things viral. Thanks to my cohost/co-contributor, Mr. Starks for bringing this clip (pardon the expletives) to my attention. It is an interpolation of Dr. Dre's diss record to his one time colleague (and subsequent adversary) Easy E, entitled Bitches Aint Sh#$t. My first honest reaction was.....this is actually creative. But as always I had to dissect the matter. My second reaction (or question) was.....does putting a bowtie on excrement make it a tuxedo? This performance was done by Berkeley students who want you to perceive them as clever. If you remember Byron Hurt's Beyond Hip Hop special, it was noted that the White rap consumer base purchase the music (the commercial minstrel end of it, specifically) to get a sense of what it's like to live a Black life. Or to live vicariously as a person of color. Unfortunately, attempting to convey the fact that there are a number of Black lives and that the exaggerated ghetto lifestyle is not the accurate or authentic end all or be all of Blackness, oftentimes gets lost in translation (or is that transaction). Take a look at the clip and let's hear your thoughts. And besides, we've seen this before-check below:

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