OPINION

Suicide Solution to Murder Inc., Outrage With An Agenda

Written by Temple Stark
Published April 18, 2007
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Guns N Roses, "One In A Million:" "Police and Niggers, that's right / Get out of my way / Don't need to buy none of your Gold chains today / I don't need no bracelets / Clamped in front of my back / Just need my ticket; 'til then / Won't you cut me some slack? ... Immigrants and faggots / They make no sense to me / They come to our country / And think they'll do as they please / Like start some mini Iran / Or spread some fuckin' disease / They talk so many goddamn ways / It's all Greek to me."

How about these lyrics. Is the singer being disrespectful toward women?


"YOU KNOW WHO I AM, I'ma bitch / DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MAKE, filthy rich / DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS, gotta gat / I THOUGHT YOU WAS A FREAK, never that / You see me on the road, when I stroll / I float through the toll, like whoa (beep beep) / you just a silly ho, this I know / you be at every show, for the dough, hear me now ."

Or "UN get ur freak on / Get [scatted] Get ur freak on! / Who's that bitch? / ... Me me! Nelly Nelly Nelly Furtado all in your stereo/ I'm pumpin louder please don't tell me you don't like the flow... "

The first is Missy Elliott's "Beat Biters." The second is Elliott and Nelly Furtado's "Get Your Freak On." Furtado is considered a strong woman. So is Elliott, and is even a role model for clean living and self-worth. Elliott gets pretty raw talking about the sounds and sights of having sex, but no one can mistake her for anyone's follower.

Ozzy Osbourne, "Suicide Solution": "Breaking laws, knocking doors / But theres no one at home / Made your bed, rest your head / But you lie there and moan / Where to hide, suicide is the only way out / Dont you know what its really about?" ... Yep, the song is actually anti-suicide but reactionary thinking results in fear blindness.

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Suicide Solution to Murder Inc., Outrage With An Agenda
Published: April 18, 2007
Type: Opinion
Section: Music
Filed Under: Culture: Society, Music: Hip-hop
Writer: Temple Stark
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#1 — April 19, 2007 @ 16:19PM — Temple Stark [URL]

Outrage like a muthafucka was my first choice for title, but Ididn't submit it. Was the argument I presented so airtight? I didn't think so. There are plenty of counter-arguments, most of them baseless IMHO but a few would be difficult to ignore.

#2 — April 20, 2007 @ 22:08PM — Laron [URL]

Yep, Temple is back in full stride with this one. On point as ever, my friend. I can see why this got overlooked tho', you make valid points and some people can't deal with that.
they would rather blame hip-hop music as the evil boogieman hear to corrupt the nation's mind.
Great article and good to hear from you again.

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