What's the Big Idea? There are not only wrong answers -- there are also wrong questions, says Slavoj Žižek, philosopher and author of Big Think's most recent Book of the Month . And sometimes the way we ask a question obscures the answer. Watch the interview: For example, "Did you ...
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While mentioning his hometown of Newark, New Jersey, Red also recognizes East Orange, New Jersey, which was put on the map as “IllTown” by their representatives from the popular rap group Naughty By Nature.
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Treach is the “leading” member of the classic group Naughty By Nature, who was a favorite among the ladies in the early 90’s.
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Elliot Ness was a leader of the Prohibition Era police unit known as The Untouchables, who were created to hunt down, prosecute & put Al Capone behind bars.
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Translation of this bullshit refrain: “let’s all calm down here. Blacks and whites have different cultures, we just need to learn to understand each-other. We need more tolerance. We just need to realize deep down we have the same feelings and the same emotions and problems”.
This bullshit refrain tries to frame the problem as that of cultural conflict. But that’s bovine feces plain and simple. The problem is systematic economic inequality and a long history of injustices that persist to this day.
Unsurprisingly this bullshit comes from the mouths of folks who don’t want real change (the powers that be). “People, people” gets deployed against any protest movements that actually call for real change.
I’ll let Zizek take it from here:
“Did you notice how almost automatically we tend to translate issues of sexism, racism or ethnic violence, whatever, into the terms of tolerance? [the logic goes] We have different cultures. What can we do? We can only tolerate each other.”
“Never once did Martin Luther King Jr. use the word tolerance in his speeches. For him (and he was right) it would have been an obscenity to say white people should learn to tolerate us more. The goal of the Civil Rights Movement was not simply appealing to liberal magnanimity, but demanding equity, including economic equity. Tolerance is a request that represents a retreat from that ambitious vision. When King marched on Washington D.C., he didn’t say, "learn to live with us.” He said, “We’re here to cash a check”
Call a Crip "Cuz", call a Blood "Dawg"
I ain't bangin so I holla like "Wat up yall? 50 Cent – Get Out The Club
I ain't bangin so I holla like "Wat up yall? 50 Cent – Get Out The Club
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Kool G. Rap is an old school rapper and one of the biggest names in Hip-Hop’s history. He plays with words like no other and if you listen closely you can find both 2Pac’s & WC’s style of flowing in Kool G. Rap’s early work. Big differences between Kool G and Game is that the former hails from Eastcoast and was a pioneer of Mafioso Rap rather than Gangsta Rap, but the point is that Game want to reach his wordplay ability
Dr. Dre is considered by many the greatest producer of all times while many also consider Kool G. Rap’s lyrics to be the greatest; what Game means is that he is sort of an ultimatum in Hip-Hop combining the best lyrics with the dopest beats.
I know I lie, it's a habit, I vow to clean the city like the mayor
And in the crack game I'm a franchise player 50 Cent – The Hit
And in the crack game I'm a franchise player 50 Cent – The Hit
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50 is accustomed to lying which will become a habit once you’re into the crime world. Lying to the police, lying to people you set up to rob, lying to people who just can’t mind their own damn business.
The mayor of New York City is a man in a position of much power; much like 50 who was the Street King of Queens. 50 vows to “clean the city” of off drug dealers, but probably not with the same goal to maintain as the mayor. In addition, politicians also often lie, it’s half of their job, much like being a drug dealer.
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One of Redman’s many aliases, was more frequently used during his earlier years.
The first time Redman refers to himself as the Funk Doctor Spock on record