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Hard to care..

posted 8 years ago by jojozlo
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About thugs who swear in every sentence and have nothing positive to cheer for. They took r and b which was mellow and made it all angry and now we see the results today w every one in a f the police f human life attitude. No wonder black lives matter evolved from this mentality. No Oscar, no wonder, tho I thought Leo sucked and so did Matt Damon but at least the Martian had a positive message. SOC has nothing to root about I wouldnt show this to my class Im about to turn it off halfway. Just a sad movie supposed to be all uplifting. Great, thugs who grew up to be rich thugs who did drugs and banged women, people to look up to.

[–] burgundychampagne 8 years ago

Likewise. How many people do you think care about what you just said? Nobody asked you to care. Everything isn't for everybody which goes to show it doesn't matter if you care or not. If all you saw were thugs that swear and bang women, then you missed the whole film and what its really about. Maybe that's all you were looking for.

Rap didn't do anything to R&B. Anyone can still listen to it whenever they like. And its a lot of the same R&B which didn't sell until rap made its appearance on the track with the artist.

You had to be at least a little familiar with NWA's style of rap before this film came out so, if its so "hard to care", why watch it? There are a lot of things that I think are hard to care about which is the exact reason I'm not on the web acting overly sensitive about it. Oh and women don't get banged unless they want to get banged.

[–] burgundychampagne 8 years ago

Who told you this was supposed to be some bring it on type of hype for a cheerleader movie? What's worth cheering for? Police brutality? Racism? Overzealous, underhanded managers stealing money from the talent they didn't obtain or cultivate themselves and only pretended to care about?

People looking up to rap groups and the like is not the fault of NWA. The fault lies with being vulnerable to a weak mind, NOT NWA. Anyone raised properly from birth is not going to look up to anything they don't know, understand or haven't experienced personally. Its up to parents to stress that order, NOT NWA.

Oh yeah, you can keep the affirmative token.

[–] Metal_Basher 8 years ago

He is probably an elitist who believe police can do no wrong, even when a cop rapes someone.

HARLEYS R4 YUPPIES
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[–] XgabeadX 8 years ago

He didn't say rap messed up R&B he say THEY did and it's true. Every since they came out majority of the rappers project themselves as wannabe gangstas which most have some kind of college degree. In the words of Lecrea, "80 percent of these dudes are fictional thugs"

God's not dead. He is surely alive. He is living on the inside roaring like a lion!

[–] burgundychampagne 8 years ago

Did drugs? Besides a little weed smoking (which is very common) you absolutely did not see any of the members of NWA doing drugs. You're trying to self righteously badger NWA. And in mentioning they grew up and became rich displays a tinge of jealousy to me. Turn it off at halfway, don't show it to students, I hope you don't think that's hurting anyone. I'm not sure its your place to show it to students anyway.

F the police mentality? Where do you think that anger came from? Someone woke up out of the blue and just started saying it for no reason? NWA, officer corruption and police brutality was in existence at least 20 years before Black Lives Matter, you know that.

Are you pissed because its been exposed? How long would you recommend being silent on an issue such as this? Why aren't you complaining about who's really at fault which is actually corrupt policemen You bitterly criticize NWA but not the police? You're a silly ass hypocrite. What is a person supposed to do or say after being beaten, abused and harassed with no provocation? Hooray for the police!! Thank you officer, please do it again?

Please. Don't let all your judgmental ignorance show. What would you say if you were pulled over, talked to abusively, humiliated by having racial epithets spewed in your face, leaned over a hot hood or forced to the ground and beaten for no reason at all?

Oh yeah, you can keep the affirmative token.

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[–] Angie_MJ 8 years ago

I really don't understand why young black adults aren't allowed to have sex, drink alcohol and attend parties. Everyone else in their age group does it, but when they do it it's a sign of degeneracy or ghetto. Have any of these critics been to college? The surge in most people's sexual exploits probably occurred with a lot of college hook ups. That was also likely when they drank the most, were the least politically correct, the most obnoxious, and the only period in time where they had the freedom to do this - post parents and pre real responsibilities of their own. There is such a nasty double standard when black youths participate in the same activities as everyone else.

[–] XgabeadX 8 years ago

"the most obnoxious, and the only period in time where they had the freedom to do this"

"There is such a nasty double standard when black youths participate in the same activities as everyone else. "

Oh please! Even their black parents would even be ashamed of their behavior! Do you even hear yourself? I grew up in a neighborhood that was 90% black. I was white. Right in the heart of Tennessee and never seen any black kids act this way and this was in the 80s! We all got a long fine, even played together, went to school together and some I still have contact with. If their kids acted in anyway that NWA had been portraying, they would have gotten their butts whooped by their own parents. I can't recall ONE parent that actually let them buy their albums!

God's not dead. He is surely alive. He is living on the inside roaring like a lion!

[–] Angie_MJ 8 years ago

So your response is you're white and you say so?

I don't get what you're adding or your point. Are you saying young adults don't party or do things their parents wouldn't like if they're African American? And if they were to, are they worse people for it? Does it become who they are or is it just a period of time that they are allowed to mature out of?

[–] LollygagFlapjack 8 years ago

you got to be trippin

[–] crazyangelteen05 8 years ago

Totally agree. I mean, I'd rather watch a film like Goodfellas, Scarface or the upcoming mob film, "I Heard You Paint Houses" with Robert DeNiro. These films all portray a much more respectable form of "thuggery".

*rolls eyes*

[–] Metal_Basher 8 years ago

Rich thugs operate our government.
Members of N.W.A. are pretty minor compared to them.

HARLEYS R4 YUPPIES
(my bumper sticker)