Someone over on the other thread said that they were waiting for something substantive on this thread.
I humbly offer this post.
We can argue substantive issues with any liberal, but first I believe we should see if they can actually think. To do this, I propose the following entrance exam.
Eminem, for anyone who is too fossilized to know yet, is a young white boy with a propensity for making recordings. He's been compared to Elvis and Jim Morrison.
He doesn't actually sing.
Here's the essay question:
Using Eminem and his recordings, discuss the relationship between Art, pornography, and censorship, paying particular attention to what is claimed to be art but is not, potential impact on society, the evolution of music in the last 30 years, and your personal hopes for the future.
Here is your research material:
Eminem Named Spin Magazine's Artist of the Year
azcentral.com
Eminem's Grammy Nod Strikes a Blow for, and to, the Critics
calendarlive.com!ArticleDetail-15812,00.html
Eminem tops list of 43rd Grammy Awards nominees
infoculture.cbc.ca
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And now, a few lyrics from the "Album of the Year" and the "Artist" of the Year:
eminemworld.com
"Kill You"
...They say I can't rap about being broke no more
They didn't say I can't rap about coke no more (female voice: ahhhh!)
Slut! You think I won't choke no whore,
Till her vocal cords don't work in her throat no more (same sampled female voice: ahhhh!)
These motherfuckers are thinking I'm playin', thinking I'm sayin'
This shit 'cause I'm thinkin' it just to be sayin' it (ahhhh!)
Put your hands down, bitch, I ain't gonna shoot you
I'm gonna pull YOU to this bullet and put it thru you! (ahhhh!)
Shut up, Slut! You're causing too much chaos
Just bend over and take like a slut...
"Who Knew"
...I don't do black music, I don't do white music (nope)
I make fight music, for high-school kids
Put lives at risk when I drive like this
I put wives at risk with a knife like this
Shit, you probably think I'm in your tape deck now
I'm in the back seat of your truck with duct tape stretched out
Ducked the fuck way down, waiting to straight jump out
Put it over your mouth, and grab you by the face, what now?
Oh. You want me to watch my mouth? How?
Take my fucking eyeballs out and turn them around? (look)
I'll burn your fuckin' house down, circle around
And hit the hydrant so you can't put your burning furniture out (oh my god, oh my god)
I'm sorry there must be a mixup
You want me to fixup lyrics while our president gets his dick sucked?
Fuck that. Take drugs. Rape sluts.
Make fun of gay clubs. Men who wear makeup...
"I'm Back"
I take seven kids from Columbine and stand 'em all in line
Add an AK-47, a revolver, a nine
A Mac-11 and this oughtta solve this problem of mine
And that's a whole school of bullies shot up all of the time, 'cause I'm
Shady, they call me as crazy as this world was
Over this whole Y2K thing, and by the way
N'Sync, why do they sing?
Am I the only one who realizes they stink?
Should I dye my hair pink and care what y'all think?
Lip-sync and buy a bigger size of ear rings?
That's why I tend to block out when I hear things
'Cause all these fans screamin' is making my ears ring
So I just throw up the middle finger and let it linger
Longer than the rumor that I was sticking it to Christina
'Cause if I ever stuck it to any singer in showbiz
It'd be Jennifer Lopez and Puffy you know this
Sorry Puff but I don't give a fuck, if this chick was my own mother,
I'd still fuck her with no rubber, and cum inside her
And have a son and a new brother,
At the same tame, and just say that it ain't mine
What's my name?
"Criminal"
A lot of people ask me...
stupid fuckin questions.
a lot of people think...
that what i say on record
or what i talk about on a record
that i actually do in real life
or that i believe in it
or if i say that i wanna kill somebody
that im actually gonna do it
or that i believe in it
well shit...
if you believe that...
then ill kill you...you know why?
cuz im a CRIMINAL
CRIMINAL
you goddamn right...
IMA CRIMINAL
yeah ima a CRIMINAL
my words are like a dagger with a jagged edge
ill stab you in the head whether youre a fag or lez
and a homosex? hermaph or a trans-it-vest
pants undressed, hate fags? the answer's yes
homophobic? nah youre just heterophobic
starin at my jeans watchin my genitals buldge over
thats my motherfuckin balls you better let go of em
they belong in my scrotum youll never get hold of em
'hey its me, versace,whoops somebody shot me
and i was just checkin the mail, get it? checkin the male,
how many records you expectin to sell
after your second lp sends you directly to jail?'
CMON RELAX GUY, I LIKE GAY MEN RIGHT KID?
GIMME AN AMEN (amen!)
please lord this boy needs jesus
he almost tried to help us destroy these demons
oh and please send me a brand new car
and a prostitute, while my wife's sick in the hospital
preacher preacher, 5th grade teacher
you cant reach me, my mom cant either
you cant teach me a goddamn thing cuz
i watch tv and comcast cable
you aint able to stop these thoughts
you cant stop me from toppin these charts
and you cant stop me from droppin these marks
with a brand new cd for these fuckin retards
and to think, its just little old me
mr. dont give a fuck, still wont plea |
