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22803, RE: But today's ballers raise millions for HSBCs
Posted by spirit, Fri Aug-04-00 05:18 AM
do you mean HBCU's (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)?

>While many of 92's conscious acts
>just talked about doing &
>dressed the part.

Well, they didn't have millions to give...

>There's more to "consciousness" (imo) than
>just being able to say
>you don't have ass shaking
>or cristal poppin' in your
>video. I mean, its
>a contradiction to me that
>people will get on the
>Hot Boys for what they
>do but cite Pulp Fiction
>as their favorite movie.

Maybe they have no problem with white-on-white violence. Or they think the Hot Boys play up stereotypes that all young black men are drug dealers, while there are no concurrent stereotypes that all white men are hit men (John Travolta's role). Who knows?

Or
>that people will talk about
>morality & standing up for
>what's right when it comes
>to avoiding certain content but
>those same acts criticizing don't
>extend that same morality to
>investigating & rejecting the labels
>they sign with for detrimental
>business practices.

the difference is, the artist creates the content, which they can control (by making or not making it), while artists do not control their labels' business practices (unless you mean artists should do some investigation before signing).

> Everyone picks their
>battles and WE ALL have
>to take the blame for
>what's going on....there's enough of
>it to go around.

Eh? How are we "all" responsible for music a select minority of people make?

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