tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397080658133607010.post1307382991836466450..comments2023-10-23T13:24:42.212-04:00Comments on SurrealTalkBlog.com: Is he taking this Nigger thing too far?Mr. Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02231406990703923642noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397080658133607010.post-58314531238939399122008-06-04T17:54:00.000-04:002008-06-04T17:54:00.000-04:00I love Nas stylistically and when he talks about h...I love Nas stylistically and when he talks about his own depressive life, but when he (and other rappers) start acting like their music is more than the 2 or 3 'thought provoking' songs out of 18, then i instantly get annoyed.<BR/><BR/>If he really wanted to push the envelope why not make an album using every racial epithet EXCEPT for the N-word? Or a cover hanging a white man, surrounded by Blacks? It's the same ol' thing with these guys.yet another black guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04791087585412457689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397080658133607010.post-35044124296192162792008-06-03T13:34:00.000-04:002008-06-03T13:34:00.000-04:00I think the controversy is not healthy. Is anythin...I think the controversy is not healthy. Is anything good coming from it? Other than controversy, there is not much advancement coming from it!fuzzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763000822601170398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397080658133607010.post-69834908803039051442008-06-02T10:41:00.000-04:002008-06-02T10:41:00.000-04:00I'm wondering about the CD, too. He's built up som...I'm wondering about the CD, too. He's built up some MAJOR expectations with this shit. He better not be talking about "Shorty...back it up and come get this ice". He'd get hanged by the streets. Literally. <BR/><BR/>Good discussion. Keep it going.Mr. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02231406990703923642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397080658133607010.post-30956036432095542412008-06-01T22:19:00.000-04:002008-06-01T22:19:00.000-04:00After listening, it's obvious the original won't g...After listening, it's obvious the original won't get any airplay on the radio, so I'm curious to know what the edited version will be.<BR/><BR/>Nas is very much "in your face" with his views of the world. So is Mos Def. <BR/><BR/>I like it. I just wonder how the rest of the cd will be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397080658133607010.post-59433319000595554942008-06-01T21:17:00.000-04:002008-06-01T21:17:00.000-04:00I am lost for words, but I gotta comment on this n...I am lost for words, but I gotta comment on this nigger thing, I am not at all offended by the use of the word if it is used in by rappers in songs or when youth use it as slang.<BR/><BR/>Nas has gone to damn far, but then again there is a real message attached to his music and especially this song.<BR/><BR/>The image in my head of the album cover you mention is frightening to say the least. be strong and always keep it real.Chethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03883472492247470269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397080658133607010.post-79489457222527690872008-06-01T19:57:00.000-04:002008-06-01T19:57:00.000-04:00mp1- If you remember there was a lot of negative r...mp1- If you remember there was a lot of negative response to him representing himself as Jesus. I believe him and Hype Williams had to edit parts of that video, from the original. <BR/><BR/>The Harlem Renaissance, was a different time, and so was the 60s and 70s when the Beatles had that song. It wasn't as bad for a white person to still use the word nigger. We are in a time of politically correctness, and FCCs, and all kinds of disclaimers, and suing over the littlest things. We are in a state, where at times we are worried about things being obscene, than freedom of speech.<BR/><BR/>But that's another example of classic NAS, he gets his publicity in different ways, than your average rapper. <BR/><BR/>Like I said earlier, I still think, that was the record labels doing, not his. Just because you're a successful artist, doesn't mean you have total freedom. He still has executives he has to have things approved by.TheBlogArtistFormerlyKnownAsYBandDLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12204959178359041845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397080658133607010.post-645323081897296962008-06-01T19:55:00.000-04:002008-06-01T19:55:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.TheBlogArtistFormerlyKnownAsYBandDLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12204959178359041845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397080658133607010.post-56302128572420474092008-06-01T18:24:00.000-04:002008-06-01T18:24:00.000-04:00Who actually listens to this junk???Who actually listens to this junk???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397080658133607010.post-77677799246583313002008-06-01T09:00:00.000-04:002008-06-01T09:00:00.000-04:00And he can depict himself as Jesus in a video, but...And he can depict himself as Jesus in a video, but folks have a problem with the image of him being hung from a tree? There's somethig terribly wrong with the formermp1https://www.blogger.com/profile/01949949105710130657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397080658133607010.post-90780709950844756962008-06-01T08:58:00.000-04:002008-06-01T08:58:00.000-04:00Heard that song a while back. I'm digging it.I hat...Heard that song a while back. I'm digging it.<BR/><BR/>I hate this word, but him changing the title was an example of pure bitchassedness. That's the first time I wrote that out. Should an "ed" be in there?<BR/><BR/>The public is to damn soft. So many pieces of art have had the word "nigger" in them. If he's not using it to degrade, I don't see what the problem is. A classic piece of Harlem Renaissance literature was Van Vechten's "Nigger Heaven". This was written by a white man. Hell, one of the beatles had a song titled. Woman is the nigger of the world (I think). White folks can use this as titles of art, but people are up in arms because Nas decided to do the same thing. That's some bullshit.<BR/><BR/>Dude was trying to make a statement, and he backed out. part of it was for sales, but he had the ability to garner more attention. If he really wanted to capitalize on the full potential of that charged name, without using it as the title, he should've made the announcement a little later that he was going to leave the album untitled. That was a little wordy, but I'm sure you catch my drift.<BR/><BR/>I just hope the cd doesnt disappoint. It would've been great for him to go out on that limb though.<BR/><BR/>he should've used this as the cd cover. That would've scared some folks big time.<BR/>http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0309/images/life/lynching.jpgmp1https://www.blogger.com/profile/01949949105710130657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397080658133607010.post-15023390545573029442008-05-30T19:00:00.000-04:002008-05-30T19:00:00.000-04:00Now what I heard Mr. Jones, is that he was forced ...Now what I heard Mr. Jones, is that he was forced to change the name by the record company, not because of the publics opinion. In the end of the day, this is still a business, and sure enough if the name of the album was NIGGER, thna Walmart, Target, and other "family stores wouldn't" sell it. <BR/><BR/>I guess it's a good thing your not an artist then, or your record wouldn't be sold hardly anywhere, unless online. If he had a picture of his dead body, hung from an old oak tree, do you really think stores, would display that on a shelf...really, Mr.Jones?<BR/><BR/>I get where your coming from, about pushing beyond the envelope, and tearing it up, but artist still have to find a balance between that... which I call artistic creativity, and the business of music, marketing to be able to sell albums. i would love to see that as an ablum cover, hell I think it should be his naked dead body, but I think we have to be a little realistic. <BR/><BR/>I think Nas should be applauded for his controvery, it gets people talking...like you are doing right here. Whether or not it will help racial relations, is debatable, but I don't think it could do any hurt or harm. THe controversay is good, for him actually, like I said it gets people talking, and controversay usually equals to album sales, hes not the kind of guy to get arrested or shot before an album. He does his controversay in a different way. Just like the last album, naming it hip hop is dead. It got people talking, about him. He is just a good MC, that his work backs up his controversy. <BR/><BR/>I think the whip lashes look good.TheBlogArtistFormerlyKnownAsYBandDLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12204959178359041845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397080658133607010.post-51242971019196235492008-05-30T16:47:00.000-04:002008-05-30T16:47:00.000-04:00I think its a great thing. I am excited to hear th...I think its a great thing. I am excited to hear that he changed the title and to see the direction in which he is taking it. Seems to me like this could launch its self right into the prefect debate on race, class, social economic relations, something which has been lacking in this country for a minute now. Between the election and a musical project at this, we could be a the tipping point to another great debate over racial relations.SheknHDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756958828585672865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397080658133607010.post-11128280928103059332008-05-30T11:20:00.000-04:002008-05-30T11:20:00.000-04:00LOVE NAS!!!LOVE EVERYTHING HE DOES,CAN'T WAIT FOR ...LOVE NAS!!!<BR/><BR/>LOVE EVERYTHING HE DOES,<BR/><BR/>CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEW ALBUM<BR/><BR/>making America and the World think for once, LOve It!!!!D.LavarJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626003095945884196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397080658133607010.post-18981622187627646152008-05-30T11:01:00.000-04:002008-05-30T11:01:00.000-04:00Those whip marks could have been done better.Those whip marks could have been done better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397080658133607010.post-25799090508601055972008-05-30T10:40:00.000-04:002008-05-30T10:40:00.000-04:00I love how he untitled it and just used an image t...I love how he untitled it and just used an image to convey his image! It isn't a word, but a concept...<BR/><BR/>I have to listen to the song when Im not at work.ShawnQthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15147916946659284843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397080658133607010.post-60452787138408274402008-05-30T09:06:00.000-04:002008-05-30T09:06:00.000-04:00Gotta check this out at home. I'll get back to you...Gotta check this out at home. I'll get back to you...<BR/><BR/><B>My initial reaction when loading the page</B>: <I>Aww shit!!!</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com