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TemporalHominid
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posted 31 July 2008 08:08 AM      Profile for TemporalHominid   Author's Homepage        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I saw Nas on the Colbert Report this last week, promoting his album "untitled"
and thought I'd follow up on the Nas - O'Reilly exchange. Has challenged O'Reilly to a debate, to challenge O'Reilly's loaded rhetoric

BBC link

Guardian Link

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Last Wednesday, Nas joined protesters outside the corporation’s head office to denounce campaign coverage.

Specifically, protesters were angered by a guest who confused the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama, with Osama bin Laden. The guest joked that both individuals should be assassinated.

In another segment, Fox News referred to Obama’s wife, Michelle, as “Obama’s baby mama.”
O'Reilly used the phrase "lynching party" when criticising Barack Obama's wife, one of the reasons Nas has publicly stated: "Fox poisons this country every time they air racist propaganda and try and call it news."

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blake 3:17
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posted 31 July 2008 10:55 AM      Profile for blake 3:17     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Good luck getting respect for hiphop round here. Maybe things have changed...
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M. Spector
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posted 31 July 2008 11:04 AM      Profile for M. Spector   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
If Nas wants progressive cred he'd do much better to support the Rosa Clemente campaign than O-bomb-a.
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blake 3:17
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posted 31 July 2008 11:06 AM      Profile for blake 3:17     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
It's not a question of getting "progressive cred" -- it's challenging racism in the media.
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Stargazer
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posted 31 July 2008 11:07 AM      Profile for Stargazer     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Go Nas!! My son loves his music, and my son is a very progressive kid. Hip hop I have no real issue with. I just prefer the hip hop that speaks of racism/oppression and/or positive hip hop. I can do without the bitches and whores stuff but all types music have a lot of misogyny in the lyrics.
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RevolutionPlease
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posted 31 July 2008 05:11 PM      Profile for RevolutionPlease     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Good for Nas! Some of his old stuff.


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RevolutionPlease
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posted 31 July 2008 05:19 PM      Profile for RevolutionPlease     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
And babblers that haven't seen Eminem's Mosh need to watch this. It's a little dated but Great! I hope he does something new this year.

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RevolutionPlease
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posted 31 July 2008 05:25 PM      Profile for RevolutionPlease     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I agree hip hop is guilty of the most horrific stuff but if you separate the wheat from the chaff, I tend to find it the most politically challenging of the genres.

I'm on a nostalgic reminiscing, see what else I can find but will definitely have to drop a fine NWA tune in here.

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RevolutionPlease
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posted 31 July 2008 07:38 PM      Profile for RevolutionPlease     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
About 20 years old but still cutting-edge today:

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Public Enemy next and maybe some Tupac if you're lucky!

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RevolutionPlease
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posted 31 July 2008 07:54 PM      Profile for RevolutionPlease     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Arts, Aesthetics and Culture wrapped up in one:

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RevolutionPlease
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posted 31 July 2008 07:56 PM      Profile for RevolutionPlease     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I never tire of this:

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Anyone hear me?

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