misogynism in hip-hop

CorkMan · 21-12-2010 01:27AM #1

I watched this video there:

"Hey b**ch, sign your name on the dotted line, cos you belong to me,
Hey b**ch, sign your name on the dotted line, cos know you're mine."

is the chorus and a "Prostitution is the only solution" is a logo at the start of the video. I think it is wrong what these rappers are doing, and this video is very recent.

They are degrading women to an great extent, yet their record companies are giving them more and more money for videos.

EDIT: For some reason the youtube embed isn't working, type in "Lil Jon, Contract" into the youtube engine" and you should see a big man with a blue top on, click on that pic.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 21-12-2010 01:29AM

I hear RTE has a programme where they talk about irrelevant issues that they feel are very serious and worthy of complaint. Liveline I think its called.

strobe · 21-12-2010 01:30AM

It's all good in the hood blood. You know he only tryin to keep it pimp and sh1t.

Panthro · 21-12-2010 01:31AM

i smell a sitcom situation

fedor.2. · 21-12-2010 01:32AM

Its the only reason i listen to the rubbish

MD1990 · 21-12-2010 01:35AM

Hip Hop >>> every other Genre of music

ScareGilly · 21-12-2010 01:36AM

Are you from Limerick?
Is your name Anthony?

fedor.2. · 21-12-2010 01:37AM

MD1990 wrote: »

Hip Hop >>> every other Genre of music

LIAR

MD1990 · 21-12-2010 01:40AM

fedor.2. wrote: »

LIAR

yeah its true

Capt'n Midnight · 21-12-2010 01:46AM

my goodness :eek:

next thing you know they will be accused of being gangsters and getting arrested and stuff

Dudess · 21-12-2010 01:47AM

OP, given your sig I thought you and the brothaz was all tight n' sh1t. Fuh real.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 21-12-2010 01:48AM

I blame white christian men

kowloon · 21-12-2010 01:49AM

It's all much better when performed by god fearing white folk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjFRy8jQ_0U

MD1990 · 21-12-2010 01:50AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

my goodness :eek:

next thing you know they will be accused of being gangsters and getting arrested and stuff

:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Dudess · 21-12-2010 01:52AM

MD1990 wrote: »

:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Being born in 1990, you missed out on the irony decade all right...

CorkMan · 21-12-2010 01:52AM

Dudess wrote: »

OP, given your sig I thought you and the brothaz was all tight n' sh1t. Fuh real.

I listen to the music, there are plenty of songs that don't degrade women though. Women are not mere possessions.

kowloon · 21-12-2010 01:56AM

CorkMan wrote: »

I listen to the music, there are plenty of songs that don't degrade women though. Women are not mere possessions.

Get away with that, I own several. And they know their place.

Micky Dolenz · 21-12-2010 01:57AM

I see you rollin'

OutlawPete · 21-12-2010 01:57AM

Not like there is music that portrays men as being being good for just one function.

Can you pay my bills?
Can you pay my telephone bills?
Do you pay my auto bills?
If you did then maybe we could chill
I don't think you do
So, you and me are through!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuYHFYjmYP8

latenia · 21-12-2010 02:01AM

Cool idea for a thread; here's my pick:

<was 2 live crew>

CorkMan · 21-12-2010 02:37AM

I think a big part of the problem is that people by now people think it is "normal" for rappers to make these remarks about women. If, for example, U2 or Bob Geldof made a song tomorrow calling women bi**ches and telling them that sl*ts are useful, etc, they would be attacked left right and centre, their records companies would be out.

This is not the case with rappers, but the message is the same.

bronte · 21-12-2010 02:43AM

Everyones a cnut!

wonton · 21-12-2010 02:43AM

there is a biitch is his way and he wants her to move.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JuS5AwR5Xg

YOP1992 · 21-12-2010 02:53AM

great song thanks for sharing it

Da Shins Kelly · 21-12-2010 02:55AM

Sure, it's not right for rappers to degrade women, but it's part of the image and sex sells, we all know that. It exists in every genre of music. Take Katy Perry for example, her breakthrough into pop music only came when she sang a song about a lesbian encounter. Britney Spears' entire career has been based upon being a sex symbol. Beyonce's greatest asset is her *ss. It exists in rock music too - go back to the 60s and take a look at musicians like the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix (who was a grade A bollox towards women), and you will find that they too took advantage of women. Where did the whole idea of groupies originate? One of Kings of Leon's most successful singles is Sex on Fire. Rap music can't really be singled out for bad attitudes towards women - it exists everywhere in music and sometimes is even perpetrated by so-called 'powerful' women in the industry (Perry, Beyonce, Britney).

Anyway, I don't really think that all this misogynism can be taken too seriously. You will find that a lot of it is tongue in cheek, and you do have to investigate rap music a little deeper than the radio and the music channels to find the really good stuff. There is a lot of great rap music out there with a lot of substance, if you don't like the light-hearted stuff that is, at the end of the day, just made for partying.

Orizio · 21-12-2010 03:02AM

CorkMan wrote: »

I think a big part of the problem is that people by now people think it is "normal" for rappers to make these remarks about women. If, for example, U2 or Bob Geldof made a song tomorrow calling women bi**ches and telling them that sl*ts are useful, etc, they would be attacked left right and centre, their records companies would be out.

This is not the case with rappers, but the message is the same.

Only a small amount of rappers make comments like that (re: women), which you would know if you bothered to listen to more then a few youube videos.

Moreover, Hip-Hop is unique in the sense that it is the most expressive of genres lyrically, in the sense that MCs do and can say whatever the **** they like about anyone and anything.

AgileMyth · 21-12-2010 03:08AM

wonton wrote: »

there is a biitch is his way and he wants her to move.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JuS5AwR5Xg

Thats not misogyny, bitch just needs to get out the way.

Capt'n Midnight · 21-12-2010 03:08AM

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

I blame white christian men

not all of then just WASP's

profitius · 21-12-2010 03:09AM

Rap and hip hop, music for idiots (with bad taste).

Orizio · 21-12-2010 03:13AM

profitius wrote: »

Rap and hip hop, music for idiots (with bad taste).

*sympathy reply*

scientific1982 · 21-12-2010 03:17AM

profitius wrote: »

Rap and hip hop, music for idiots (with bad taste).

Some of the best albums of all time have been hip hop.

misogynism in hip-hop

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