Anyway, I am <BR>>curious Angiee, since you know him <BR>>better than I do, are you <BR>>upset by this? <P>Hey,<P>I felt like such a Dear Abby for a second. <P>Girl, aren't we all hypocrites in some way or another...and "bitch" is one of those *hot button* words, but (and I don't know why this is) not as much a hot button as "faggot" or "nigga / nigger"<P>I am not at all upset by Common using the word "bitch". It might upset me tomorrow, I mean a bitch is a *dog* right? Anyway, for some reason, it doesn't upset me. Maybe I haven't thought about the social implications of men calling us bitches that much. I'm usually too stuck on "nigga".<P>I've called women (and men) "bitches". Yikes. I mean, shit, I have.<P>Hmmm...I don't use "ho" too much. I hate that double standard...<P>But, no, Common's use of those words doesn't offend me. Because everything he spits is him. (Why do I feel weird, like I'm in a Common commercial. Like, I don't want him to see this, but I want to answer your question...)<BR>His rhymes are his personality. Sometimes he's conscious, sometimes he's all about having fun and being a normal hormone-driven male.<P>What would offend me is if someone didn't put "bitch" or "ho" in their songs claiming they didn't use those words, but used them in regular conversation.<P>I mean, we all grow, maybe next album, he'll decide he doesn't want to use that word anymore. <P>What I find crazy is the number of women who actually come up on him *thanking him* for such positivity. And even in my inbox...mad e-mails "tell Common thank you for never disrespecting women in his lyrics!" but NO ONE has ever said anything about him saying "bitch".<P>Like, do women only listen to "Retrospect" and not the whole album?<P>"I hold mics while you hold spite / like a broken hearted bitch" -Common, Making a Name For Ourselves. <P>"Bomb like 'nam sounds, tell yo bitch to calm down" - Common<P>angieee ('stress)<P>Buy my book. You got a year to save up for it. "The Broke Diaries": Spring 2001 Random House / Villard Press.<P>(Yeah, yeah...Random House, I ain't joking...I'm coming LARGE!, WHAT?!!)<P>Hey! Music and News are here: <a href="http://www.okayplayer.com/update.html" target="_blank">http://www.okayplayer.com/update.html<;/a><P>Looking for those posting guidelines? <BR><a href="http://www.okayplayer.com/guidelines.html" target="_blank">http://www.okayplayer.com/guidelines.html<;/a>