LookAtMeGo
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I dedicated the song "kim" by Eminem to my more recent ex because I miss her. I dont understand why she wont talk to me.
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Does listening to rap make you a misogynist?
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Professor Beef
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Does playing GTA make you a murderer?
Yup.
Cesare Borgia
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You mean a small minority of women on twitter misinterpreted and complained about Humble while the vast majority of women who listened to the song on twitter had no issue with it and quote the line approvingly? Because that's what happened.
Rap has a lot of misogyny sure, though. But pointing to that line is laughable to me.
Rap has a lot of misogyny sure, though. But pointing to that line is laughable to me.
I take it you're both white and from the suburbs.
The obvious answer is yes. We are misogynistic, and homophobic thanks to the likes of eminem.
Professor Beef
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why you say it loud and say it proud, of course
don't you know that those words are just Sentence Enhancers?
Keep singing along. Don't fold for no one.
Wow, you really need to listen to some Dre, Snoop or Notorious B.I.G. from the 90s.
...and just as I was typing...
Lol
psynergylover
Member
you should told her to stop generalizing and entire genre of music.
CopperPuppy
Member
And we got a dude in here saying Kendrick's stretch marks line in Humble was "really bad." LMAO.
Top 5 guest verse from Eminem tbh.
How about instead of reducing the OP's sentiments into binary thoughts and turn the thread into useless ribbing of the poster, actually try to read into the possible issue he raises?
At this point I doubt most people on NeoGaf actually think media doesn't influence our thoughts/values/perceptions in some quantifiable way. It's ridiculous to say "GTA doesn't make me murder people, so art in general has no influence on anything I do." This is a forum that often (and rightfully) raises the problems of a predominantly white, male dominated Hollywood - specifically because media can influence the way we perceive different demographics in negative ways.
In the same way that the film industry should be seeking to create a more inclusive, better represented, less bigoted output of its media, surely we can expect the same from the music industry? And using slurs like "bitch" and "hoe" unironically in songs begging to be sung out by the masses can surely be seen as problematic.
No, I don't think it makes you a misogynist. But this stuff definitely doesn't help the cause and at worst is reinforcing negative perceptions of women. It's probably inappropriate to call out all rap music in general, but I don't really have a problem with people deliberately avoiding specific artists because of the language/messages they send in their songs.
At this point I doubt most people on NeoGaf actually think media doesn't influence our thoughts/values/perceptions in some quantifiable way. It's ridiculous to say "GTA doesn't make me murder people, so art in general has no influence on anything I do." This is a forum that often (and rightfully) raises the problems of a predominantly white, male dominated Hollywood - specifically because media can influence the way we perceive different demographics in negative ways.
In the same way that the film industry should be seeking to create a more inclusive, better represented, less bigoted output of its media, surely we can expect the same from the music industry? And using slurs like "bitch" and "hoe" unironically in songs begging to be sung out by the masses can surely be seen as problematic.
No, I don't think it makes you a misogynist. But this stuff definitely doesn't help the cause and at worst is reinforcing negative perceptions of women. It's probably inappropriate to call out all rap music in general, but I don't really have a problem with people deliberately avoiding specific artists because of the language/messages they send in their songs.
ScatheZombie
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You aren't a misogynist because you listen to rap.
You're a misogynist who listens to rap.
Continue singing along like everyone else does when they don't think anyone else is listening.
You're a misogynist who listens to rap.
Continue singing along like everyone else does when they don't think anyone else is listening.
Bubbavelli
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Im not listening to no goddamn will smith if that what it means to get a way from the "crude" stuff
Couldn't have said it better myself.
We all love videogames, but it doesn't stop us from pointing out some of the more problematic things that can and do work their way into them (well, some of the time).
OG Shaka Zulu
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Does watching After Earth make you Jayden Smith?
No im actually half Trinidadian and she was Chilean. I love rap, don't see how this effects my questions though.
tearsintherain
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Only sith deal in absolutes.
Do you both listen to country or rock and roll? Because it's silly to think rap is the only genre that subjects its listeners to these types of lyrics.
Warm Machine
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Sure but art has no requirement to censor itself. Things exist to be listened to or viewed or not. I don't agree with the viewpoint in a lot of rap music but because the messaging is problematic I don't for one second think that it should be toned down or tamed. Given the world we live in people should be taught media education to understand perspectives and intent.
Puck Beaverton
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That would require me to be critical of something I love, so no.
No one's asking for anything to be censored. That doesn't mean artists are free from criticism for their brash content. If a rapper is liberally and callously spouting 'bitch' every second sentence for no apparent reason, it's well within reason for that rapper to be called out for it.
Like I said, this forum has no problem tearing down Hollywood a few pegs whenever they get into murky social quibbles. Walking into the Ghost in the Shell thread amidst the whitewashing stuff and saying "Yeah but they've got no requirement to censor themselves. It's the consumer's responsibility to educate themselves on the matter and if they don't want to see it then don't see it" wouldn't go down too well.
It's a two way street where the onus is on both the artist and the consumers to create a healthier, more accepting society. Demand higher standards.
NoblesseOblige
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N...No. Of course not! I haven't murdered one person, and surely don't have a drawer full of trophies taken from a couple dozen missing persons.
always crazy bacon
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Does reading Mien Kamf make you Hitler?
#goodwins
#goodwins
benicillin
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Sometimes the answers to threads like this feel so self-evident (no listening to rap doesn't make you a misogynist but you can also be critical of the media you consume) that I wonder if they aren't made for some ulterior purpose just to rile people up.
therealist
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No. I love rap and am not misogynistic. That said I think that not enough is done to confront the unsavory lyrics that a lot of rap has. I like the beats and flow and don't really pay attention lyrically.
disappeared
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By that rationale, listening to anything in the top 40 makes you a simp who's desperate for sex all the time.
rappers love their mothers. It's a weird dichotomy sometimes you have on an album where there's a song paying heartfelt tribute to their mothers/grandmothers and then immediately following with songs about fucking bitches and hoes (a DMX album comes to mind). Misogyny? I can't answer that.
linko9
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Bullshit.
Chuckie
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Always-honest
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What?... Jesus relax a bit.
disappeared
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Listening to anything makes you anything to anyone.
Andrew Korenchkin
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There's so much rap that isn't crude and cornball, it's insane to recommend shit like MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice.
torre_avenue
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Me before listening to TPaB:
Me after:
Me after:
Doctor_Thomas
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I only really listen to Scroobius Pip in terms of rap and his lyrics just aren't.
"Thou shalt remember that guns, bitches and bling were never part of the four elements and never will be."
"Thou shalt remember that guns, bitches and bling were never part of the four elements and never will be."
Yes?
