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| Topic subject | When was the last time you listened to the lyrics of 'Baby got back'? |
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13234237, When was the last time you listened to the lyrics of 'Baby got back'?
Posted by double negative, Tue Feb-13-18 12:16 PM
Its one of those things where you don't think about it too much until you pay attention.
I was driving and 'Baby Got Back' came on and it hit me...
If this song was made today it would not be as pro black as it is. If it were done today it would likely feature a slew of women who resemble Iggy Azelea
Sir Mix-A-Lot explicitly named Flo-Jo, "sistas" and the idea that rock video girls are the antithesis of his vision of beauty ("knock kneed bimbos" - bimbo being a derogatory term for a blonde woman)
Objectification aside, its a song celebrating the shape of black women. This contrasts with the current view of european beauty ideals displayed in current rap videos.
Just a random thought
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13234240, go to any white wedding recpetion for the last 2 decades
Posted by The3rdOne, Tue Feb-13-18 12:20 PM
where you have all white guests...and you'll see how pro-black that song is.
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13234244, thats with all black art forms. eventually it all becomes easy listening
Posted by double negative, Tue Feb-13-18 12:23 PM
we make it, they consume it.
N.W.A. concerts were full of white people at the height of their popularity
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13234270, Nah, that's just privilege
Posted by micMajestic, Tue Feb-13-18 12:50 PM
>where you have all white guests...and you'll see how
>pro-black that song is.
Petty attacks on whiteness don't really bring their stock down. Plus being awkward is a special quality to white people.
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13234275, Yea, ZERO idea why White girls like it so damn much.
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Tue Feb-13-18 12:55 PM
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13234313, cause its a fun song?
Posted by BrooklynWHAT, Tue Feb-13-18 01:51 PM
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13234333, white girls i used to work with loved 'aint no fun' by snoop
Posted by GROOVEPHI, Tue Feb-13-18 02:47 PM
my first day at that job, they put that shit on in the lab and it was the explicit version. I was uncomfortable as shit
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13234253, Once JLo's ass hit the TV screen
Posted by legsdiamond, Tue Feb-13-18 12:37 PM
white womenz started accentuating their back side
I remember back in HS when white dudes would call thick white girls fat.
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13234262, I remember those days as well....shit, I went to HS in SoCal
Posted by double negative, Tue Feb-13-18 12:41 PM
so I remember peering over the shoulder of my white classmates while they flipped through surfing magazines in class and would lose their minds over biking clad pancake looking rumps
"Duuuuuuuude, BROH! Shes so hot BROH"
me looking like: 😕if you say so bro
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13234256, In my head like a day ago
Posted by Atillah Moor, Tue Feb-13-18 12:38 PM
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13234283, he also rails against men hitting women (at least i hope thats what it meant)
Posted by Damali, Tue Feb-13-18 01:01 PM
Some knucklehead tried to dis
Cuz his girls were on my list
He had game but he chose to hit 'em
And I pulled up quick to get with 'em
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13234314, Last time? lol. Probably never.
Posted by flipnile, Tue Feb-13-18 01:56 PM
Only know the title of the song/hook.
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13234330, https://media.giphy.com/media/XeCRNEwrLmtQk/giphy.gif
Posted by legsdiamond, Tue Feb-13-18 02:36 PM
https://media.giphy.com/media/XeCRNEwrLmtQk/giphy.gif
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13234331, The update of this song had Nicki Minaj in the jungle eating bananas. SMH.
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Tue Feb-13-18 02:42 PM
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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"
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13234335, i dont count that. It's like Trey Songs Na Na to Fu-gee-la
Posted by double negative, Tue Feb-13-18 02:53 PM
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13234332, me and this white boy at my old job used to sing that shit
Posted by GROOVEPHI, Tue Feb-13-18 02:46 PM
LOL, we all use to listen to the 80s station on vh1.com (early 2000s) and when that song would come on we would sing it. He would yell "hey" on the 'even white boys got to shout' part lol.
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