Y'all must be joking...<P>Why do I get so many e-mails with women wanting them some Common?<P>I thought the era of the light-skinned guy was over?<P>Is Common the new Al B Sure?<P>I asked him how he gets all the honeys when he says "bitch" so much? I agree with Qoolquest. It's like women just skip over his "bitches". (He says "Well, Ang, it's because I don't overdo the "bitches")<P>I was like, "yeah, right". You say one or two "bitches" in front of most of these women and they go off. It's like they distribute versions of his album with "bitches" ON MUTE to women. <P>I'd like to thank all the women who write in for Common, you helped me prepare for my part on his album, the part according to Qoolquest, that is going to make this album go triple platinum. (Tiny Teanie and I will be available for non-okayartist albums soon.)<P>I saw his new video yesterday. He looks good. Like, action hero good. Like, hell-fire homophobic, high yella good. <P>That's the only time I've said "Boy, you look good!"..."in the video"<P>Because he didn't look nothing like that sitting on the sofa watching the video. (He was doing 2 photos shoots, he got a GANG of interviews and such coming up...I was with him and MCA publicist, I'm a list em in the updates...)<P>When he used to squeak his voice on "Can I Borrow a Dollar", I used to think "Eff is wrong with this guy?". He almost looked okay in the "Retrospect" video, but his acting skills (or lack thereof) fucked it up for me. <P>The pro-questiness posts made me think of this. C'mon ladies...what is it? <P>Is Common really sexier than Black Thought?<P>WHY?<P>I want answers!!!<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>

His 100% Crocodile Dundee hat!<P>I think he got his mojo underneath it.<P>SA-DA-TAY!<P>I AM BLACK MUSIC & Okayplayer's Original Powerpuff Girl<P>"Ima put a curse on you. Might as well cause honestly, don't want no one to have you but me....." Sleepy's Theme <P>"Now, who else wanna fuck with Hollywood Coles?"- Dre/Kast<P>"Guess I shoulda known by the way you parked your car sideways that it wouldn't last." - Prince<P>"If trouble were money, I swear I'd be a millionaire" - Stokely/MintCondition<P>"Make music, interpret music, that's why God gave us music. The boundaries are endless, but do not rape and abuse it, cause you'll lose it. - Fire<P>

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It's the Ghetto Pirate shirt he rocks...<BR> <BR>Wait nah, it's those Pimpnificent coats he sports....<P>It's that Velveeta Cheesy Grin he accessorizes with....<P> <BR>-----------------------<P>"I smiled at her and talked to her and treated her as if she were beautiful, not making a pass at her or anything. And she smiled, caught off guard, she wasn't expecting it. Her whole attitude changed and she became more beautiful. And as she walked out it made me think of all y'all. And how,<P>If you treat a woman beautiful, beauty will manifest (inside and out).<P>Don't complain about a person's meanness until you supply them sufficient chance to be beautiful."- box <P><BR>"May your life speak as loudly as your words"<BR><a href="http://home.talkcity.com/reflectionsrd/bonamie" target="_blank">http://home.talkcity.com/reflectionsrd/bonamie<;/a><P>When u have read all posts....<BR><a href="http://www.BlackPlanet.com/Referrals/bonamie" target="_blank">http://www.BlackPlanet.com/Referrals/bonamie<;/a>/<P><P><BR>

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I'm a little nervous, this is my first post.<P>COMMON IS FINE!<P>He just has this smart, righteous look to him. <P>Stress, does he wear dashikis all the time? Or is it like an image? I want Common info.<P>I think he is the only man who can wear one and pull it off. I think he is sexy because he talks honestly in his music. You can't get men to talk honestly for shit.<P>He just looks mysterious and sexy.<P>I don't know how you can work around all these fine ass men and not at least sleep with them all one time. Just like an okayartist sampler. <P>A dick promo tape, if you will.<P>PEACE and to MORE COMMON ON THE SITE!<P>Carmella<BR>

Quit playing!<P>SA-DA-TAY!<P>I AM BLACK MUSIC & Okayplayer's Original Powerpuff Girl<P>"Ima put a curse on you. Might as well cause honestly, don't want no one to have you but me....." Sleepy's Theme <P>"Now, who else wanna fuck with Hollywood Coles?"- Dre/Kast<P>"Guess I shoulda known by the way you parked your car sideways that it wouldn't last." - Prince<P>"If trouble were money, I swear I'd be a millionaire" - Stokely/MintCondition<P>"Make music, interpret music, that's why God gave us music. The boundaries are endless, but do not rape and abuse it, cause you'll lose it. - Fire<P>

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<BR>>I don't know how you can work <BR>>around all these fine ass men <BR>>and not at least sleep with <BR>>them all one time. Just like <BR>>an okayartist sampler. <BR>>A dick promo tape, if you will. <P>Hahahahaha! I mean, I would, but it would be kinda hard to work with everyone pointing to me and saying "Hey! It's the office ho again!"<P>angieee ('stress)<P>BLATANT SELF PROMOTION:<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>

>Hahahahaha! I mean, I would, but it <BR>>would be kinda hard to work <BR>>with everyone pointing to me and <BR>>saying "Hey! It's the office ho <BR>>again!" <P>Haha, Just remember Dr. Evil....if anyone tells you, "don't worry, it won't get wierd" DON'T BELIEVE THEM!<P>Peace,<BR>Phil<P>>angieee ('stress) <BR>>BLATANT SELF PROMOTION: <BR>>Buy my book. You got a year <BR>>to save up for it. "The <BR>>Broke Diaries": Spring 2001 Random House <BR>>/ Villard Press. <BR>>(Yeah, yeah...Random House, I ain't joking...I'm coming <BR>>LARGE!, WHAT?!!) <BR>>Hey! Music and News are here: <a href="http://www.okayplayer.com/update.html" target="_blank">http://www.okayplayer.com/update.html<;/a> <BR>><BR>>Looking for those posting guidelines? <a href="http://www.okayplayer.com/guidelines.html" target="_blank">http://www.okayplayer.com/guidelines.html<;/a> <BR>><P><BR>"Petty Thoughts for Petty Minds." - Phil Copyright 2000<BR>"Okayplayer.com, first the Web, next, the World!" - Phil copyright 1999<BR>"Phil, You're a Genius" - Kayci Copyright 1999<BR>"I'm not a genius, I just say what other people should be thinking." - Phil Copyright 1999<BR>"Girl, you so chicken, your Grandfather's name is Colonel Sanders" - Phil Copyright 1999<BR>"You must have verbal diarrhea cuz all you do is talk shit." Phil Copyright 1999

there ain't no darkk skin light skin "in" thing. If a dude is fine he fine, right? or Am i just too idealistic or what? I hear girls all the time saying, "he cute for a dark skinned guy" I was like what? and if it was up to me, Mos def is sexier than Com or Thought but I guess he ain't the topic of discussion at this point. yeah, Com is fine and he does have mad sex appeal. What makes him especially sexy is when he wears those glasses. intellect. those rosy,supple lips as well and the bald head adds to the enigma. ok Angiee what do ya think of that?!<P>"My motto--stay fluid even in staccato"-Mos Def<P>"How can I promise you forever when I can't even promise the rest of the day?"-Ceelo<P>"What you know about the bananas and mayonnaise?"-Khujo<P>Cresha the cre8or has now left the premises.

>there ain't no darkk skin light skin <BR>>"in" thing. If a dude is <BR>>fine he fine, right? or Am <BR>>i just too idealistic or what? <BR>>I hear girls all the time <BR>>saying, "he cute for a dark <BR>>skinned guy" I was like what? <P>Wow! I always hear the other way around...<P>But, I was kinda making fun of the whole stupid phenomenon. We went from DeBarge / Al B Sure to Tyson (model). The standard of cute has kinda changed. But, that's on a whole nother level. I was just being silly.<P>>and if it was up to <BR>>me, Mos def is sexier <P>Oh, go head...speak on it. <P>than <BR>>Com or Thought but I guess <BR>>he ain't the topic of discussion <BR>>at this point. yeah, Com is <BR>>fine and he does have mad <BR>>sex appeal. What makes him especially <BR>>sexy is when he wears those <BR>>glasses. intellect. those rosy,supple lips as <BR>>well and the bald head adds <BR>>to the enigma. ok Angiee what <BR>>do ya think of that?! <P>WOW! Okay...Thanks.<P>Rosy supple lips....<P>So the fact that he says "bitch" and "ho" doesn't bother anyone? <P>Like, why does he get called on the homophobe stuff, but not the bitch and ho and women *love* him. <P>I want to understand!<P>But, word...thanks...I'm kinda getting it.<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>

<P>>WOW! Okay...Thanks. <BR>>Rosy supple lips.... <BR>>So the fact that he says "bitch" <BR>>and "ho" doesn't bother anyone? <BR>>Like, why does he get called on <BR>>the homophobe stuff, but not the <BR>>bitch and ho and women *love* <BR>>him. <P>Cause they think it's just him talking "dirty" to them. It turns them on.<P><BR>SA-DA-TAY!<P>I AM BLACK MUSIC & Okayplayer's Original Powerpuff Girl<P>"Ima put a curse on you. Might as well cause honestly, don't want no one to have you but me....." Sleepy's Theme <P>"Now, who else wanna fuck with Hollywood Coles?"- Dre/Kast<P>"Guess I shoulda known by the way you parked your car sideways that it wouldn't last." - Prince<P>"If trouble were money, I swear I'd be a millionaire" - Stokely/MintCondition<P>"Make music, interpret music, that's why God gave us music. The boundaries are endless, but do not rape and abuse it, cause you'll lose it. - Fire<P>

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I still like El DeBarge. With his skinny self. <P>>WOW! Okay...Thanks. <BR>>Rosy supple lips.... <BR>>So the fact that he says "bitch" <BR>>and "ho" doesn't bother anyone? <BR>>Like, why does he get called on <BR>>the homophobe stuff, but not the <BR>>bitch and ho and women *love* <BR>>him. <BR>>I want to understand! <BR>>But, word...thanks...I'm kinda getting it. <BR>>angieee ('stress) <P>It's like, so many people are sayin that that to get upset would mean to be upset most of the time. It's kinda sad. It's something people, myself included, overlook. And it's still misogynistic whether you're applying the term to a man or woman. Because when you get down to it, someone somewhere who started calling guys bitches KNEW they'd associated it with a negative view of those of us with XX chromosomes. And that connotation is still there. <P>"I am the FLY"- Car Wash<P>"a child is born/ with a heart of gold/ way of the world/ makes his heart turn cold" Earth, Wind, and Fire "That's the Way of the World" Thanks qtpi

Yes Mos Def is a sexy mutha! Did you see him on the lyricist lounge show? He's kinda funny also.<P><BR>We lie about our hair and we know we got a weave.. "Lies" by EnVogue

I am strongly against judging celebrities, for good or bad, by the images or persona they put out in the media cus we all know that image is nothing but if mos is anything close to the way he expresses himself in his music i would date that man if he were just a brain in a bell jar with a robot body and a computer voic <BR>he's not physically attractive but mentally he's as attractive to me as a damn Shamar Moore!!!<P>SheRise is Harriet Thugman <P><BR>I'll cut your ass in half and leave you with a semi-colon ~mr.man<P>In rhyme bouts you'll dial 9 just to get a line out ~ words worth<BR>

I agree with you on all points. But Mos is definitely physically attractive!<P>Peace

oh god i can go on and on over him. me and my ex got into tons of arguments over my doting on him.<BR>he's cute or whatever but the way he carries himself and the way he expresses himself makes his presence so commanding. ive never been the groupie type but i would love to take him on fanatic or something. i'd love to have a conversation w/ him just to see how he thinks. lawd, dont get me started. im just curious,(for fantasy purposes) is he married (legally or spiritually)?<P>marie_laveau a.k.a. Common's #1 fan.<P>"be a cook in the kithchen, a lady in the streets,<BR>you cant show ya teeth to every guy that you meet,<BR>its alright to be a little sweet,<BR>but be a momma to the kids a you know what in the sheets..."-Betty Wright

I admit I think that Common is sexy also. But not only for his looks but also for the fact that he seems to be very intelligent as well. I admit that I only heard a few of his songs and I never heard bitch or hoe in either one. Now, though Angie is saying that he does. It makes me wonder why does he have to use bitch and hoe in his songs? Then I started to think about some of prince's songs, "Irresistable(sp?) Bitch" for one and for some reason I am not offended by that song. Maybe because he is only referring to one woman as a bitch and not all women in general. Is that what common is doing? Then again, does it really matter if he is? Am I a hypocrite? Anyway, I am curious Angiee, since you know him better than I do, are you upset by this?<P><P>We lie about our hair and we know we got a weave..

i definitely think black thought is sexier than common on the overall. his flow, his depth, his dizzying intellect.... <P>based on looks alone, though, i'd say common....<P>and based on okaybios alone, i'd say malik b, actually.... he intrigues me.<P>and ?uest got EVERYBODY beat... on a whole OTHER eschelon...<P>bottomline/final thought: cain't nobody tell me that black thought cipherin' down the sidewalk on the "u got me" video didn't look better than com seein' apparitions of his aborted seed on the "retrospect" video....<P><BR>"u need to buy a cd and stop rewindin' this..." thought on "next movement"

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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>

Yesterday night I was watching biography on a&e and they were showing the bio on Telly Savalas (Kojak). He was not a handsome man by any means and the women said it....BUT....they all agreed he exuded sex appeal because of his charisma and charm. They said he walked into a room and everyone stopped to look. <P>I'd imagine it's all the same about Com. Everyone hears him say bitch, but no one seems to care, Telly Savalas was a player, but no one seemed to care either. Charisma and Charm and the way you carry yourself can go a long long way.<P>Peace,<BR>Phil<P>"Petty Thoughts for Petty Minds." - Phil Copyright 2000<BR>"Okayplayer.com, first the Web, next, the World!" - Phil copyright 1999<BR>"Phil, You're a Genius" - Kayci Copyright 1999<BR>"I'm not a genius, I just say what other people should be thinking." - Phil Copyright 1999<BR>"Girl, you so chicken, your Grandfather's name is Colonel Sanders" - Phil Copyright 1999<BR>"You must have verbal diarrhea cuz all you do is talk shit." Phil Copyright 1999

>Yesterday night I was watching biography on <BR>>a&e and they were showing the <BR>>bio on Telly Savalas (Kojak). <BR>>He was not a handsome man <BR>>by any means and the women <BR>>said it....BUT....they all agreed he exuded <BR>>sex appeal because of his charisma <BR>>and charm. They said he <BR>>walked into a room and everyone <BR>>stopped to look. <BR>>I'd imagine it's all the same about <BR>>Com. Everyone hears him say <BR>>bitch, but no one seems to <BR>>care, Telly Savalas was a player, <BR>>but no one seemed to care <BR>>either. Charisma and Charm and <BR>>the way you carry yourself can <BR>>go a long long way. <P>Is it charisma or groupies who want a piece of him?<P>>Peace, Phil <BR>>"Petty Thoughts for Petty Minds." - Phil <BR>>Copyright 2000 "Okayplayer.com, first the Web, <BR>>next, the World!" - Phil copyright <BR>>1999 "Phil, You're a Genius" - <BR>>Kayci Copyright 1999 "I'm not a <BR>>genius, I just say what other <BR>>people should be thinking." - Phil <BR>>Copyright 1999 "Girl, you so chicken, <BR>>your Grandfather's name is Colonel Sanders" <BR>>- Phil Copyright 1999 "You must <BR>>have verbal diarrhea cuz all you <BR>>do is talk shit." Phil Copyright <BR>>1999 <P><BR>We lie about our hair and we know we got a weave.. "Lies" by EnVogue

here's my two cents. and it is from a male perspective, so please bear with me.<P>men are naturally, and culturally adversarial. in any argument, you will see men cut each other off, and step on each other's toes to get across a point. there is a natural inclination amongst us to try to establish ourselves as "the upper" in our interpersonal relations with each other.<P>in doing so, words like faggot is not only seen as emasculating, but as the ultimate put down. in this new age of consciousness, and with our media being soaked with girl-girl imagery (which men don't complain about) and gaining in guy-guy acceptance, MEN lead the charge in being vocal. and the women who are vocal are more masculine, so they too make their voices heard. <P>so, women, being the incredibly intelligent back biting creatures that they are, decide to let a bitch or two slide. it's an amazing up hill battle to try to combat the word bitch, and they know who they can and can't change. the (black?)thought seems to be, "he's not talking about me, i ain't no bitch!" and under her breath she whispers to her *girlfriend* "but i do know some bitches though."<P>i mean, shit, com is pretty on point, and women *know* that he doesn't mean them, right? so why shouldn't he be sexy?<P>***<BR>and as far as i'm concerned, nerdy computer literate verbose fashion plates with muffin like asses have never been in. but at least i could catch a break before all these darkies and their dreads ended up on my tv screen. ((if you take this line too seriously, just read my bio or something))<P>that doesn't mean that hak isn't sexy by any means, but it's gettin difficult on us 'tweeners who aren't lightbright w/the curls, or dark diesel and dreaded.<BR>_______________________________________<BR><a href="http:://www.h8r.com" target="_blank">http:://www.h8r.com<;/a> <BR>((soon to cease existence in a paper world, the h8r will only be digital...doo doo doo doo doo))

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Through conversations with women, I have always been told that the reason a lot of females dont mind the word bitch and hoe in a song is because they feel that men are talking about women who are bitches and hoes and not all women in general. Thus, if you are not a bitch or hoe then why are you bothered by a word that does not pertain to you? I on the other hand feel that most of the time the word is used to describe all women in general. But then again maybe I am way off base on that. I dont know...I guess it just depends on the context. But hey, I still feel that Common is sexy (especially in those glasses...and those lips...damn...almost as nice as D'Angelos!!). <P><BR>We lie about our hair and we know we got a weave.. "Lies" by EnVogue

yes i say the words.<BR>yes i know they are wrong.<BR>yes i'm trying to do something about it.<P>i'm not saying i'm gonna stop. but i want to mean it. if i say bitch, i want you to FEEL the anger in my tone, not like, "is there gonna be some bitches at that party?" but more like, "bitch please!" same thing with hoes, i mean, i know HOES. but most of them are just people with pricks.<P>i don't have a problem with a word, just in the connotation. i want my words to mean a little more now. jokes are jokes, it's all fine and good in it's proper context, but on this digital arena, and in places where i'm gonna meet new folks, i dont want anybody questioning my usage of the word bitch or hoe or nigger or fag or dickhead. i want to mean just what the fuck i say.<P>i'm working on it...that's all that i can say.<P>_______________________________________<BR>"readin the boards, havin' a bud."<BR>true? TRUE!

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Well I say "bitch" but I dont say it in front of women. Thats just out of respect. Now if i had an album out, and i knew the use of the word could have negative effects on the female crowd, i would probably find another word.<P>But like previously mentioned, 9 times out of 10 when Common says "bitch" he is actually referring to Men. Now that other 10% is arguable, just smack him Angiee!<P><BR>Sheldon Mar"Quez" Rankin<BR><a href="http://www.sheldon.bored.org" target="_blank">http://www.sheldon.bored.org<;/a><BR>click there ===> <a href="http://www.BlackPlanet.com/Referrals/Quez" target="_blank">http://www.BlackPlanet.com/Referrals/Quez<;/a>/<P>"oh lawd Quez is here, okayplayer will never be the same" ---- some wise man<P>"The truth is, my crew is, the smoothest spitters of saliva juices like The Roots is, more Organic than acoustics" ---- Talib Kweli<P>"No need to mic test, you can feel it in ya chest... yo BEYAAAAATCH, feel it in her breasts" - Common

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<BR>>But like previously mentioned, 9 times out <BR>>of 10 when Common says "bitch" <BR>>he is actually referring to Men. <P>I'd say it's more 70 Men / 30 Women.<P>And I'm giving him the benefit of me not having counted every bitch.<P> <BR>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>

I'm sayin GOD, dont neva contradict the science shun! We that official Stormy Weather, Mafioso, Cutailin Fam. You wanna test, meet me at the GOD HOUR!<P>aiight, I was listenin to Cuban Links again. Forgive me but i dont remember that many times Com uses the word "bitch" in specific to women. Examples? (yeah you are on the spot)<BR>And again if you're right, smack him twice on behalf of all the butt-strong.<P>P.S. -- Do i get Lifetime VIP Okayartists passes for gettin my spot blown?<P><BR>Sheldon Mar"Quez" Rankin<BR><a href="http://www.sheldon.bored.org" target="_blank">http://www.sheldon.bored.org<;/a><BR>click there ===> <a href="http://www.BlackPlanet.com/Referrals/Quez" target="_blank">http://www.BlackPlanet.com/Referrals/Quez<;/a>/<P>"oh lawd Quez is here, okayplayer will never be the same" ---- some wise man<P>"The truth is, my crew is, the smoothest spitters of saliva juices like The Roots is, more Organic than acoustics" ---- Talib Kweli<P>"No need to mic test, you can feel it in ya chest... yo BEYAAAAATCH, feel it in her breasts" - Common

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Forgive me but i <BR>>dont remember that many times Com <BR>>uses the word "bitch" in specific <BR>>to women. Examples? (yeah <BR>>you are on the spot) <P>check my other post...post 14.<P>There are two right before my signature!<P>angieee ('stress)<P>

go listen to hiedi ho. if my memory serves correctly, on that track alone, common probably says "bitch" as many times in reference to females as all the times he's said it talking about men in every other song combined. <P>on the subject at hand, has an emcee saying "bitch" EVER deterred a significant amount of women from liking that artist? (see nas, dmx, biggie, jigga, snoop, tupac, cube, etc. -- all favorites with the ladies).<P><BR>you better bring me some muthafuckin' cognac or i'll kill you -- supherb

I will discontinue the use of the "n" word when others discontinue the countless misogynistic terms used to describe a woman.<P>Most likely it won't happen, thus, I will curse and use epithets until I implode!<P>Common, keep calling dem bitches, bitches!<P>LOLOLLOLOLOL!<P>SA-DA-TAY!<P>I AM BLACK MUSIC & Okayplayer's Original Powerpuff Girl<P>"Ima put a curse on you. Might as well cause honestly, don't want no one to have you but me....." Sleepy's Theme <P>"Now, who else wanna fuck with Hollywood Coles?"- Dre/Kast<P>"Guess I shoulda known by the way you parked your car sideways that it wouldn't last." - Prince<P>"If trouble were money, I swear I'd be a millionaire" - Stokely/MintCondition<P>"Make music, interpret music, that's why God gave us music. The boundaries are endless, but do not rape and abuse it, cause you'll lose it. - Fire<P>

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Although I do love some Com, I do cringe sometimes when he uses "bitch" up in his songs-even when he's talkin' about men. It doesn't really make it any better since bitch is a female dog, and even though a lot of folks may not want to admit it-when you callin' a man a bitch, it's supposed to mean he's weak, like a woman. But we know that we are anything but weak. I don't feel like making this into a three-page essay, so I'll stop here.<P>Oh-and I can't choose between Com and Black Thought. They're both just too scrumptious!!!!!<BR>Watch out, now!!!!!!!<P><BR> <BR>

Finanlly met Common monday at 2 different places and lemme tell you......He is adorable!!!!!<BR>Damn!! He not even my type but Id tak his yellow ass to brunch!!!<BR>Damn!!<BR>he is so pleasant too!!<BR>Yeah he can catch it!!!<BR>Word is born!!<P><BR>*fuck if Common reads this he might remember my ass*<P><BR>"what part of the game is that?" my Boop!<P>"dancin wit Blanche and them bitches" Ghostface<P><BR>"think I'll get a bean pie and a 40" Suburban Mom<P>Smutometrist Nebtastic<P><BR>T.O.P.A Head of Security<P><BR>" E El Isum Shil El Eloh El Rahmun, Alazi Izu El Rahummul!"<BR> <BR>

Its "Word is bond" not "Word is born". Just wanted to make sure you got the phrase right. <img src="http://www.okayplayer.com/dcforum/Images/happy.gif"><P>"Girls treat me like Jordan, they always keep they tongue out"--Mad Skillz<P>"Honeys use ta walk right past years ago, look at me an laugh, they thought i wouldnt blow"--BIG L R.I.P.<P>"The Definition Of Ill I Reflect"--Planet Asia

Man i know that!!!<BR>Sheesh!! now undaground this im a herb!!<P><P><P>"what part of the game is that?" my Boop!<P>"dancin wit Blanche and them bitches" Ghostface<P><BR>"think I'll get a bean pie and a 40" Suburban Mom<P>Smutometrist Nebtastic<P><BR>T.O.P.A Head of Security<P><BR>" E El Isum Shil El Eloh El Rahmun, Alazi Izu El Rahummul!"<BR> <BR>

I just have one question Ang: Did Common have to play a Jamaican role in Brooklyn Babylon and fuck up cause of a bad accent? It can't be worse than that guy that played DeeJay in that shitty Street Fighter movie.... can it? Shit, I am talking as it I have an Jamaican accent.<P>~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_<BR>April 11th -- Both Sides of the Brain by Del the Funky Homosapien<BR>Yes okayplayers... it got pushed back again!<BR>~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_<BR>Conversation with a friend/ex-okayplayette<BR>Del Jocker33: and how would you be able to validate if I get ass or not <BR> Del Jocker33: I could just lie to you <BR> FuEgoEnCieLo: well...u would have to show me the used condom...lol

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

I'm just tripping that some females just noticed. <BR>He was sexy before "Can I Borrow A Dollar?" dropped. He has got to be one of the coldest men I have seen.

>I don't know how you can work <BR> >around all these fine ass men <BR> >and not at least sleep with <BR> >them all one time. Just like <BR> >an okayartist sampler. <BR> >A dick promo tape, if you will. <P> Hahahahaha! I mean, I would, but it would be kinda hard to work with everyone pointing to me and saying "Hey! It's the office ho again!"<P><BR>if ever i needed a laugh (i must admit, i didn't read the entire thread, i just skipped to a few of your responses)... <P>nice to see you goin on some mad ass tangents on the boards again... <P>Philly is one of those funny cities where the dopest can co-exist on some old platonic shit... less for the lack of desire, than THE DAMN HEADACHE at havin to see the same mo' fo's in the same spots (wit they boys/girls and you KNOW they talkin bout you)...<P>lol<P>PoZi (;=<P>handle yo bid'ness!

Angee...<BR>the thing with Common is that he<BR>gets me with his smile... there is just this <BR>apple delicouse thing to it.... but i have never<BR>met him so I can't speak regarding his personality but i hope it can match that smile.... but nobody <BR>beats MosDef's smile... just like to put in my two cents that all...<BR>as for Blackthought... he's got sex appeal but something shadey lurks there also... that's me thou.....<BR>Z

" i gone wanna get buckwild, and 9 months later, i'm gona say it ain't my child"<P>yes lyrics from common<P>in his defense though it was a VERY young common. lol<P>damn when did carmel thick (cough-cough lay) brothers go out of style? i mean damn i have a strong triple A (that's african american ass)<P>what's comm about a buck 05? and we have already seen him attack stress. not only that, he was planning that attack for many months. just look at my signature for proof.<P>so stress, in the words of the great pepe' lapew (whatever) come with me to the casba. (how ever you spell it) i'll have rose petals and chocolate covered strawberries waiting for you. <P>cause girl i've got a secret see if you can guess, put your heart into the problem and you'll pass the test. do you wanna wanna, do you wanna wanna rescue lay? <img src="http://www.okayplayer.com/dcforum/Images/wink.gif"> <P><P>rappers i crush, kill, and destroy like STRESS.<BR>- common (sense)<P>D Angelo says thank you and 180 of us respond.<BR>Common Says whats up and over 60 of us respond.<BR>People in seattle get pissed and over 100 of us respond.<BR>Quest just says anything and they damn near have to shut the boards down<BR> -okayplayer LmaniV<P><BR>preview my new video before it hits the stores<BR><a href="http://hometown.aol.com//layzboi/mywebpage.html" target="_blank">http://hometown.aol.com//layzboi/mywebpage.html<;/a><P><BR>at times my going forward seems like retreat<BR>-common (sense)

"If you wanna help us, fine. Sit down with your kids and make 'em study at night...otherwise, shoot THIS mothaf*cka!" (c) Morgan Freeman,

>" i gone wanna get buckwild, and <BR>>9 months later, i'm gona say <BR>>it ain't my child" <P><BR>> do you wanna <BR>>wanna, do you wanna wanna rescue <BR>>lay? <BR>><BR>*doing running man*<BR>I can sing the whole song too.<P>Comedy. Pure Comedy.<P>But we all know Ang was kidding...there are too many shades of men out there for any one of us to be chosey. Everysingle male OKArtist is a sexy bitch. Plain and simple...why else would I be here? LoL<P><BR>R.I.P. Anthony Richards<BR>R.I.P. April Michelle Himes<BR>R.I.P Kayla Rolland

the way that he gives off this self-confident, slightly machismo-like vibe without coming off like a jackass. he's pretty good-looking, but personally i find black thought has the edge in the looks department (i also tend to find darker skin men more appealing).<P>i also think that he takes some liberties verbally under the auspices of this persona he created. for me, as far as the name-calling goes, i'm swayed more by the visual (or overall persona). i mean, juvenile doesn't have to speak nary a "ho", "bitch", or whatever, but the images i saw in the "back that ass up" video were much more disturbing than hearing some names.<P>just my .02 <img src="http://www.okayplayer.com/dcforum/Images/happy.gif"><P>deejaydub

he doesn't get called on the bitch and hoe stuff because that's how a lot of people feel about most women. what ppl call misogony is accepted by most of us in day to day life and music. It doesn't bother me 'cause i say the same things and yes I am a woman. I say the same "homophobic" phrases. maybe it's the water out of lake michigan... I'm listening to common right now and i couldnt' tell you if i even heard him say bitch or hoe. i guess they do have a special mute mode for women. the only time i can remember hearing it is in my fave song "real nigga quotes" when he said "tell yo' bitch to calm down" i found it funny 'cause that's what i'd say. anyway... part of it is delivery. it's that fine line in tone that makes the difference. if he was calling females out the way he called immature it would make a big difference. it's just like violence, if you can make your target faceless, less than human then it's easier to do what you have to do. same with language, if you don't put a specific person with the deragatory statement then it's easy to say "he's not talking about me." like i said before it's also in the tone, if i don't feel a maliciousness in the persons words i'm not tripping. enough ramblings... <P><BR>a wise man once said/an eye for an eye/leaves everybody blind/i’ve always listened/but today i’ve grown deaf/eye for an i/i/am preparing to go to war/but i can’t see to find my sword - incogx<P>But what kind of genetically engineered cyborg are you to remember what you were doing at age 1?!? - Ornery<P>skidmarks. they're not just for underwear anymore. - crash bandicoot<P>'i feel you like, tomaz zamot ya know' - donwill<P>yardicus: hey don't laugh! I can rock the hell out a miniskirt and some "hooker heels..."<P>yardicus: Not to mention, my superb flynes when rocking a string of pearls...<P>just think/just think/ what if you could just/just blink your tag - Black Thought HOB 99<P>bAttlin me is like some KEDS tryna mess wit NEW BALANCES.. -Sporatic<P>dick hed mcs, wit dem flacid, phalic soundin subjects- one of those jail urine roach xylophone nukkas (jurx-donwill)

...she had a body like a cello with legs
i mean the ass was absurd
long neck
smooth skin
pretty face
cookie nipples
eyes wide as her hips
full lips between dimples

OK, I LOVE THOUGHT I REALLY DO... AS A TRUE HIP-HOP ARTIST THOUGH! NOT AS SEXY ... BUT MY MAN COMMON HE HAS MAD SEX APPEAL. ITS NOT ALL ABOUT HIS PHYSICAL BUT THE WAY HE CARRIES HIS SELF AND THE WAY HE SPEAKS IS JUST DEEP! WHEN HE FLOWS YOU CANT HELP BUT LISTEN AND HE MAKES YOU FEEL EVERY WORD... SHIT IF THAT AINT SEXY I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS!

PLEASE DONT FORGET ABOUT MOS DEF! THIS CAT IS SEXY ALSO IN MY OPINION! THAT NOSE THAT CUTE SMILE I LOVE IT! SO I HAVE TO GIVE HIM HIS PROPS ALSO. HE WAS ALSO ON TAVIS SMILEY THE OTHER NIGHT ON BET!

i don't know who told yall this.."common is soooooo sexy.." but have yall taken a look, are yall chicks blind or somethin.. this cat is balding..((hence the variety of hats))<BR>"and probably in about seven years i will have no hair.."--common<BR>yeah money, well you said it. right there.. his hair line is back near his ears some effin where!!<P>sike..i'm buggin right now..<BR>rashid is a aiight lookin brutha..i gotta give it to him..and i've been feelin that way for a minute now.. we all have our flaws of course, so the balding comment was just a joke..<P>i mean tariq is a little cutie also..he's such a "philly jawn".. i'm digin the fact that he repersents us so well..((you can't get no better than that beard, and the tinted frams..)) that's us to a T..<P>the fact that common and black thought have both referred to females as bitches is a reflection of the females they've delt with.. cause i've also heard both of them refer us black women, as queens..and earths.. <P>i think it's just cats rhymin about what they dealin with at the time..werd up..<P>so is com sexy.. he aiight.. is thought sexy.. he aiight too.. but i think a lot of these females are digin more so what they have to say and how they carry themselves...that's the sexest thing about them both..((((mos def INCLUDED)))..<BR> sorry.. talib...kamal..malik<BR> yall second runners up...<BR>it's all peace though..<P><BR>"speech is my hammer bang the world into shape now let it fall.." mos def<P>"say brutha if you ever let me leave outta here wit a big fat ass strong black b*tch like that, without pointin out the sex..i'm a kick your mutha f*ckin ass. and the never of that hoe not to give me no pu*sy..come up in my house tryin to watch move and sh*t this aint no mutha fu*kin cinima bit*h..man, if you'd seen the spread on that hoe, man i could kick my own a*s.. wel the sh*t will never work..just another waisted night.."

I don't know. I don't exactly lust after the man (I ain't trying to make him mybabydaddy or anything). However, I can appreciate his craft. A lot of us let hormones get in the way of our artistic taste ( I mean, can YOU explain Vanity, Appollonia, or MC Brains? ). I feel Angiee on that Al B Sure comment, lol. You've all read artists' complaints about being viewed as just sex symbols. I enjoy Common's music, and that, like most every dern body up in here has already said, is the key point.<P>love, peace and hair grease,<BR>grammy<P><BR>"Who do you think I am, Willie Jo Sausagehead?" --My daddy<P>"Some folks say I'm a toe-low shaker. That's a doggone lie, I'm a backbone breaker." --Zora Neale Hurston

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I don't get offended at all when Common or any other rapper for that matter uses the word "bitch and hoe" because I know that I don't carry myself like either. I'm a young lady and I behave that way. If other females would act accordingly, then rappers would have to find another group to disrespect in their albums.

Angiee, Angiee, Angiee:<BR>We are so on the same vibe. Although I agree about the "office ho" thing, temptation is a mutha. Tyson Beckford though???WHOA. Jaguar said it best, "WHOA" is something negative,like "you're breath is like WHOA". <BR>I just got back from my first Black Lily in Philly, at 4:30am this morning, and may I say that it some awe-inspiring. The positivity, the people, the music, the words, the vibe,the love and energy brought me back from some deep shit I was going through...and alot of things came full cirle within those couple of hours. <P>We all know that words are what we make them to be. But most of all, as black people we have the intelligence and ability to take certain words and incorporate them into our own dialect. Our poets, Commom included, aren't just out here making music to make money, like Master P or Cash Money. Our poets, the whole Okayplayer family included, have embarked on a journey to bring real black music back to the forefront. <BR>The words may be harsh, but I hav always found the images we allow to be put out there are worse. I agree wit' fire, I will stop my passivity on the word bitch, when the images of black women as tits and ass cease in our music videos.Is this how we want to be represented? <P>No, then why are worried about a silly word like "bitch"? Take Amiri Baraka, b.k.a. LeRoi Jones, he told J.Edgar Hoover that his mother was going to die and that he was going to die. These words were meant to strike fear in the hearts of racist whites and empower blacks, in the dialect of black America. Now, focus back on Common, his words do the same thing, empower us through knowledge. Giving it to us in the only way some might know how to talk, or understand. Does it make the words right, I don't know, that's not for me to judge. <P>In that, yes, Common and Thought are attractive brotha's, but I see them as much more than just sexy. As I would want a man to see me a much more than sexy. These are beautiful and talented black men (both chocolate brown and cornbread included)who have come with some fresh air of realness. That is extraordinary in a day and age that allows regueritation of past hits become hits.<P><BR>But a word to my sistas, if we accept generalizations as personifications of ourselves then we might as well let Little Kim and Foxy Brown be our spokepeople. <P> <P><P><BR>The brutal truth is that the bulk of white people in America never had any interest in educating black people, except as this could serve white purposes. It is not the black child's language that is in question, it is not his language that is despised: It is his experience. A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. A child cannot be taught by anyone whose demand, essentially, is that the child repudiate his experience, and all that gives him sustenance, and enter a limbo in which he will no longer be black, and in which he knows that he can never become white. Black people have lost too black children that way. (James Baldwin)

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Yea common is cute...but uh D'angelo is my #1 pick..I don't care what nobody says I looooove my brown skin MEN...beautiful mahagony toned...the mellow yellow is jus played out to me....lol..i'ono I think its harder for a brown skin man to look good (don't ask my why too hard to explain) so when I do see a brown skin man that look good...mm mm mm..one word...SCRUMPTIOUS!! <img src="http://www.okayplayer.com/dcforum/Images/wink.gif"> Don't mind me..ooh sorry If I got off the subject a lil.. Common's cute but D'angelo is Fwine (not fine FWINE)!!<P>"He done worked a root..Deep, down in my soul, <BR>a sensual, spritual one that completes me as a whole"--Me (4 D' of course <P><BR>