[h3ltrsk3ltr]

The idea that people who hurt other people are hurting is very (((hollywood)))

[RoastBeefCurtains4Me]

I think, to be fair, that Leonard posts in every thread, period!

[CJ_W]

(12-11-2017 05:22 AM)bgbusiness Wrote:  

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FUCK Jay Z.

After seeing him doing some fucking ceremony with that Devil worshipping Bitch and Shilling for Hillary with Beyonce, I have lost ALL respect for him.

FUCK Jay Z.

[brick tamland]

forget about jay z. He's over-rated. Get a reality check if you care about music that inspires marginalized blacks to remain in the lower socio economic class they were born into. Meanwhile most of the people actually buying his music are White. ironic. Also meanwhile he is making millions off the poisonous message and promoting The Agenda too.

[nomadbrah]

I can't wait until actors and showbiz are valued according to Roman ethos - as below prostitutes and beggars.

[Leonard D Neubache]

Rigsby!

Glad to see you're still alive and kicking. I was getting worried for a while.

[Canopus]

It would vastly and measurably improve every man's life if, just once a week, he could have a beer and shoot the shit with Rigsby. Welcome back, dude.

[Goldin Boy]

(12-16-2017 05:17 PM)brick tamland Wrote:  

forget about jay z. He's over-rated. Get a reality check if you care about music that inspires marginalized blacks to remain in the lower socio economic class they were born into. Meanwhile most of the people actually buying his music are White. ironic. Also meanwhile he is making millions off the poisonous message and promoting The Agenda too.

What the hell, I'll take the bait...

How does Jay-Z's music do that? I've heard all but one of this albums and he never suggested the listener sell drugs but has mentioned that he's done it( I know some cats from Brooklyn his age and none of them have heard of Jay-Z until he started doing music videos).

Johnny Cash says he a shot a man in Reno in Folsom Prison Blues yet no investigated this or says:"He's inspiring people to commit murders!"

Do you remember the first Terminator film where Arnold kills an entire police department. Do you think Arnie hates cops?

In Star Wars Episode 4, the Empire blew up Alderran...does that mean that George Lucas is in favor of genocide and wants us to think it's ok too?

In other forms of media most people can easily suspend their disbelief and dismiss violent words, actions, and scenes as fictitious entertainment, as they were intended, but if it takes place in rap song then it's inspiring Blacks to commit crimes or to be happy being poor.

This argument is pretty spurious and tends to only be used by:

1) People who haven't lived in an inner-city area(who almost always White).
2) Have little to no knowledge of non-mainstream hip-hop music.

Why non-mainstream rap music? Because what's played on the radio is only a fraction of all the rap music that created and sold, probably less than 10%. Most rap music isn't about violence, drugs, etc. Name a negative rap song and I can 5 positive ones each from a different artist you've never heard.

There were people selling drugs in the hood before Reasonable Doubt was released and it's safe to assume there will still be drug dealers and other crime there long after Jay-Z is dead.

I've listened to Jay-Z, and rappers with far more violent lyrics like Eminem, DMX, Vinnie Paz, for over 20 years and I've yet to commit a crime. Know why?

1) I grew up with both parents in my home.
2) Went to private school.
3) My family wasn't poor.

People don't live in a vacuum, the songs that are playing on the radio and TV aren't brainwashing Blacks. Black criminals were going to become black criminals stuck in jail or the ghetto regardless of whether Jay-Z was making songs or not due to their intellect and environmental factors.

[godfather dust]

If someone wants to attack you for looking them they are a sociopath/psychopath. By telling you to empathize with these people, Jay-Z is instructing you to be a mark. The worst thing to feel for a psychopath is empathy.