Not that being socially conscious is anything new to any true fan of lyricism (see: Common, 3000, Kweli, Nas, Black Thought, etc), but coming from Chamillionare it was definitely a pleasant surprise when I heard “Hip Hop Police/Evening News” while flipping through the channels and (sadly) ended up watching BET. I’ve never really liked what I’ve heard from him, but I certainly respect the fact that he doesn’t curse in his music or follow any industry standard ‘cookie-cutter’ formula from what I’ve gathered.

The first half of the song is decent (you gotta love Slick Rick and whatever ridiculocity he’s espousing to), but I really enjoyed the second half of the video in which Cham’s depicted in a back and forth with himself in Whiteface. Take a look at the second half:

Pros: good message, decent beat, no standard issue rap video coonery (i.e. titties, asses, rented cars, borrowed money rolls)

Cons: been done before, will get no spins anywhere.

Of course, this will probably disappear soon because mainstream America doesn’t want to hear socially conscious music AND have no titties in the video. That’s a double-donkey punch. Why would MTV/BET play this again? They exist to perpetuate overarching myths about our music, not inform.

Color me shocked if I hear it on our lame ass radio stations, too.

This one actually stood out considering I got it RIGHT after my last post. It was pretty short and to the point. Usually my E-hate comes from people that start each day reading lame ass neocon talking points blogs and then subsequently drift into daydreams about being Bill O’Reilly’s luffa for a day. After a long day of repeating whatever they hear on Faux News, they pray to their Ann Coulter shrines and drift to sleep with fond thoughts of a heterogeneous, intolerant, all White America. Here’s a little taste:

“…Whoever you are you are such an ignorant asshole for the things that you write. You people have no idea what it takes to keep the terrorists from winning and your socialist blogs are part of the porblem [sic]. You should be charged with treason. You never write about any of the positive things that are going on in Iraq, only the violence, just like the media and you should be ashamed [sic]…”

Actually, I’m positive that the author of this masterpiece is a regular on this hot diarrhea sandwich known as ‘The Chatterbox Chronicles,’ which I used to ‘read’ and comment on for my random rage dosage until she began deleting my comments after being unable to respond. Why read anyways? I dunno, maybe I like punishing myself. Anyways, there was a White pride rally going on in some comments on a post about ‘How the White man is now the enemy in America, blah blah, persecuted, blah blah.’

I shit on all of them using magic I call L-O-G-I-C and F-A-C-T-S…..and got my gloriously masterful responses deleted.

How rude!

So in honor of my new e-BFF, I will talk about something in Iraq other than American or Iraqi bodyparts or failed military strategy. Okay, here we go. Um…hang on a second. Uhhhhmmmm………got one!

From the AP:

Iraq’s national government is refusing to take possession of thousands of American-financed reconstruction projects, forcing the United States either to hand them over to local Iraqis, who often lack the proper training and resources to keep the projects running, or commit new money to an effort that has already consumed billions of taxpayer dollars.

The conclusions, detailed in a report released Friday by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, a federal oversight agency, include the finding that of 2,797 completed projects costing $5.8 billion, Iraq’s national government had, by the spring of this year, accepted only 435 projects valued at $501 million. Few transfers to Iraqi national government control have taken place since the current Iraqi government, which is frequently criticized for inaction on matters relating to the American intervention, took office in 2006.

The United States often promotes the number of rebuilding projects, such as power plants and hospitals, that have been completed in Iraq, citing them as signs of progress in a nation otherwise fraught with violence and political stalemate. But closer examination by the inspector general’s office, headed by Stuart W. Bowen Jr., has found that a number of individual projects are crumbling, abandoned or otherwise inoperative only months after the United States declares that they have been successfully completed.

There ya go!

Maybe I’m by myself of this one, but I thought we’d had enough of getting shot with our own weapons. The government calls it ‘blowback,’ which is when some military operation comes back to kick everyone directly in the balls (see: Afghanistan 1970 to right damn now). I call it bullshit. Like most people with half a brain know, we armed the Afghan fighters to ‘resist’ the Commies in the Soviet-Afghan War. Turns out, the Afghans hated our guts too, and now look where we are–stuck in that shithole getting shot by our own weapons. That, comrades, is major league blowback.

So imagine my suprise when I see the headline today that King George II and his lackies (lookin’ at you COONdelezza) have decided that the surefire way to hold Iran in check and stabilize the Middle East is to GIVE THEM $43 BILLION IN ARMS. What kind of fuckery is this? The ‘plan’ involves giving military assistance weapons to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.

This, of course, is right after news that King George II wants to have a ‘Middle East Peace Conference,’ that at this point seems to amount to him crying that nobody will help him punk Iran. Does it really help us to have even sharper divisions in the Arab world? I can almost guarantee that there will be some type of confrontation with Iran before this bag of assholes leaves office next year. Maybe they are trying to start another war in an attempt to clean the egg off their faces for the current hugely disastrous failure. Iran, of course, released a statement in response to the plan:

“America has always considered one policy in this region and that is creating fear and concerns in the countries of the region and trying to harm the good relations between these countries,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini told reporters in Tehran. “What the Persian Gulf region needs is security, stability, peace, prosperity and economic development,” he said.

What can I really expect though? These are the same lunatics that think giving teachers guns in their classrooms will stop school shootings. I guess if you follow that flawed logic than you somehow believe more weapons in the Gulf will help peace, and I wish the best for you and your dementia.

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Man this shit is great.

Good lookin’ Emawkc. I’ll be periodically posting some playlists of stuff I’m stuck on. Of course, this only last so long so I’d suggest getting on it if you like this. I’m sure there the records labels have already speed dialed their jerk lawyers.

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So yeah, it’s been a while since I’ve posted. I do understand that I need to be on top of my blog game so that you people will know what to think and how to think it. No apologies though, because I took my black ass on vacation to Anguilla (bout 8 miles north of St.Martin in the British West Indies). I don’t feel the need to do a write up on just how much my West Indies vacation pwns your yearly trip to Branson, so i’ll just let you see some pics instead.

good times.