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CUBE THREATENS HIP-HOP REVOLUTION
Rapper ICE CUBE has vowed to shake-up the hip-hop industry after expressing outrage at its commercialism. The star - real name O'SHEA JACKSON - fears the current US rap scene has forgotten its roots and lost direction. He is so appalled that sex and 'bling' are favoured over social commentary in hip-hop tracks he's heading a campaign to stamp out the corporate rot. The former NWA star says, "All we're hearing from America is booty music. If American rappers don't step up their game, then I will. "I'm planning on releasing three records in two years - each more politically charged. "I'm going my own path to sway the tide. We've got to do whatever we can to put the music back in the hands of the people who love it."
30 August 2006 17:06
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Its about damn time O'Shea. I knew you had it in you. Its time to apply that
old cliche "By Any Means Necessary". I listen to the noise on the airwaves
these days and see how it impacts the majority and it makes me ill. I see the
BET, MTV, VH1 vids and realize that not only do most of these cats lack any
talent beyond that which I would equate to a minstel show, but at the same time
they use and exploit damn near naked nubian princesses that could very well end
up being one of thier daughters by the time they reach 13 or 14. I see how
these cats drive trends and convince brothas that the only way you get the fine
curvy sista is to slang dope and ride on spinners. ITS TIME FOR THE BROTHAS TO
PULL THE PANTS UP FROM HANGING HALF WAY DOWN THEIR ASS AND TURN THE BACKWARDS
HATS INTO DOBBS AND FEDORAS. ITS TIME TO STOP WEARING HOODIES AND A1'S TO JOB
INTERVIEWS. ITS TIME TO STOP BRAGGING ABOUT BEING LIFTED ALL DAY AND GET LIFTED
WITHIN THE CONFINES OF ONES OWN ABODE (if thats what youre into). THESE THUGGS
HAVE TAKEN WHAT SO MANY WORKED HARD FOR ON THE FRONT END AND HAVE (with the
influence of the greedy whites) MADE IT INTO A MINSTREL SHOW.............O'SHEA
JACKSON, I CHALLENGE YOU TO BECOME A POWERFUL INFLUENCE IN SETTING THE "NEW
TREND" THAT WILL PREPARE SOME OF THESE OUT OF CONTROL HIP HOPPERS INTO THE TYPE
OF PERFORMERS THAT YOU WANT YOU DAUGHTER(S) TO BE EXPOSED TO. AND BY THE SAME
TOKEN, THE YOUNG LADYS NEED TO REALIZE ALL BROTHAS LIKE TO SEE HALF DRESSED OR
NOT DRESSED AT ALL YOUNG LADYS (of the legal age of course), BUT TO TAKE ONE
SERIOUS BEYOND A BOOTY CALL IS A RARE OCCURANCE. "SEX SELLS JUST AS SURE AS
WORN OUT BOOTY SMELLS"........PEACE
Hello Brother Cube. I don't know what oyu plan is my brother, but I hope that
is is to ghet our people to stop using the "N" word for what ever the reason.
The is a book titled "Bury That Sucka", by H.Lewis Smith refering to our
peoples HISTORY being TOO RICH to keep this word coming out of our mouths.
Check it out my brother. P.S. As much as I hated to, I just stopped listening
to gangster rap Jumeteenth of this year 2006. Primarily because of the use of
the "N" word. Because "I know that Black people are bigger than to call
ourselves something that rhymes with TRIGGER".


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