"The whole 'i grew up singing in the Church' became a part of the standard credibility card in the utility belt of any black soul/R&B singer worth their salt. But i contend that it’s a load of bullshit."

And the simple fact is, your contention isn't based on anything other than pure conjecture, for exactly the reasons that fire lays out in her opening statement. The Church and its choirs are a very real and very central part of the Black experience and the experience of many Black singers, and you discount all of that as a marketing gimmick. And the mere act of doing so speaks (1) to an outsider status where you can't comprehend the Black church and (2) an anthropological view that attempts to reduce *us* to terms *you* can understand.

<-- Slicka than ya average.

"It's a war in the streets tonight
And nobody's really feelin alright
I got a blunt for my chronic
A juice for my tonic
I know now
That I'm feelin right if it goes down"
-- Nas, "War"

"perky breasts go with anything....its like the black shoe."
-- my nigga my bruh, OKP thashadow

"I've spoken to women that said they deserved men that made 6 digits, when I asked what they were bringin' to the table, they ran their hands down their malformed bodies, like that's enough."
--OKP Grand_Royal, on chickenheads