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11261, RE: Common & homophobia question
Posted by guest, Sat Apr-06-02 02:14 PM
>RE:DEFinition:
>
>Cats who claimin they hard be
>mad fags
>so I run through 'em like
>flood water through sandbags
>
>Common definately has more anti-gay or
>homophobic lyrics than Mos Def.
> I can't recall the
>Roots having any.

In my opinion the problem is whether these cats really think like that(and I guess Common really does) or use it for "stylistic" reasons (which is damn bullshit as well). Moreover I think that being "conscious" doesn't go with being a homophob. That just doesn't work.