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The Difference Between Paranoid and Suspicious
Ill Doctrine —
The Difference Between Paranoid and Suspicious April 14, 2008 A quick one on why Alicia Keys is the Reverend Wright of Hip-Hop. Background links: Alicia Keys Interview COINTELPRO CNN on MLK and the FBI FBI blackmail letter to MLK [ download ] Posted by jsmooth995 at April 14, 2008 7:46 AM [image] [image] [image] [image]
The Difference Between Paranoid and Suspicious
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This is Alicia's World. We Just Live in It
SOULBOUNCE.COM —
The best thing about everyone's reactions to the Alicia Keys Blender article is that it doesn't so much reveal anything new about her as it does us. It's somewhat astounding to me (and when I say "me", I mean nOva, not SoulBounce; I'm only speaking for myself in this regard) the backlash that ensues once someone with crossover appeal suddenly reminds the world "I'm black".
Because that's what this is really about, isn't it?
Your perfectly polished, fair-skinned Pop princess has revealed what resides in the deep recesses of her mind and suddenly she's "crazy" and "batsh*t" and ...
Alicia Keys Is Right, So Is Badu
URB Magazine Daily Blogs —
Alicia Keys Is Right, So Is Badu Posted Monday, April 14, 2008 @ 11:19 in Beat Reporter by Brandon Perkins So a few people seem to be mad at Alicia Keys, or at least confused by her comments . Even as Ice Cube's "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" still gets spin in my iPod, Keys has perplexed everyone over these words: "Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other." I think the only part of that statement is the implication that gangsta rap was created for the purpose, when in fact (or Internet conspiracy), it is probably just perpetuated in mainstream society to convince black people to kill each other. Maybe. Above, Jay ...
Video: The Difference Between Paranoid and Suspicious
Nah Right —
A new video blog from Jay Smooth about recent comments made by my wifey about the origins of gangster rap.
50 Cent Befuddled By Alicia Keys' 'Classical Music Shit' [Clara Peller Dept.]
Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip —
Alicia Keys clumsily claims that the concept of "gangsta rap" was a concoction of the government/media in a Blender interview, and uncommercial maverick artists like 50 Cent get in a tizzy over the idea that they might be playing into some sort of conglomerate-approved caricature. "I don't like Alicia Keys no more though ... the same reason why I said that I don't like Oprah Winfrey." moaned Fid, "I'm prejudice(d). I don't like people who don't like me." Maybe he's just bummed he hasn't been asked to play her boyfriend in a music video. Not that he likes that "classical music shit" she's been putting out.
If she ...
