To who it may concern,I am glad that Obama is pointing out the importance of disrespectful rap music from well known artist in the industry time for a change(spititout1@yahoo.com)Essie Rerun Berry

Umlaw:

As much as I don’t like you, I must admit you
have a point about the error’s this site is making
If I really wanted to be dirty i can expose you
but I wont,all of your info just came up on my
computer if you don’t believe me and think I’m
playing ,ask me to display it…

Eric & Jeanette

True ghetto dwellers don’t have computers. Stop the myth — you’re not trying to “hear it how you lived it” because you’re not living it. The problem is that most young Black people think that Blackness is the ghetto fantasies that most rap is portraying. If rap were truly about the ghetto it would talk about the teachers, preachers, and people who help others in the ghetto; it would talk about single fathers and mothers who go to work everyday from the ghetto; it would talk about High school graduations, strong marriages, and Grandparents holding it down in the ghetto. The fact that it only talks cartoon gangster stuff shows it for the minstrel show that it is.

His opinion is right on . . . hip-hop is becoming mad flashy, materialistic, derogatory . . . and I’m glad he’s separating the bad from the god.

i can’t agree with that comment but everybody is entitled to there own opinion just like everyone has the freedom to speak what they please. Music is a form of expression, if you can’t do it how you do, your not really being you!

Brojay…i respect that you play by the rules. I have your contact info as well. No matter how mad i get, i would never put that on here. BET needs to clean up their act. I have had almost everyone’s contact info come up on my log in area. That’s not cool.

Freedom of Speech is beautiful. Just look how we all get to voice our opinion! Thank God! First!

To me, hip-hop is generic right now, everyone is rapping about bling, b*tches, cars and rims, shooting one another, etc. Back in the day, hip-hop had real meaning to it. The MCs back then never sound alike, everyone had their own style of rapping. It’s not like that now. Hip-hop is watered down, too commercialized, due to the white owned record lables. Obama is right, I wouldn’t let my child listen to some of the stuff that is out right now, it degrades our black women, insults our intelligence. Now I mostly listen to old school hip-hop more so than what is out today. Wake up my brothers and sisters!

and let me add paime77 thats some real @?*$ you said.. but you know..i think we look into it a little to deeply i mean its all entertainment. if you dont like it, dont listen simple as that. and i know some of the musical content on the these radio stations are being heard by a majority of our younger generations, but you can’t put that on the musician.

First, to Chris, I appreciate you taking the time to come back to the blog and apologize when you realized that what you said was offending others. You still have the right to your opinion, but let me go on record thanking you for the apology. Second, regarding the article, I absolutely appreciate Senator Obama speaking not just as the presumptive Democratic party Presidential nominee, but also as a father of two young girls. If there’s anyone that people are listening to right now, it is him and McCain… We should be about building each other up…as a country…and no, it’s not going to happen overnight, but one step at a time. You didn’t hear Kurtis Blow or Chubb Rock or Dana Dane or Whodini using the profanity or degrading women as some of the music does today. You CAN sell records without all of that mess…so that excuse needs to go out the window… And these acts have been performing for 20 years and they are still making money…Can these rappers today say that they will still be in the business selling their product 10 or 20 years from now?

I think Sen. Obama is right. However, it disturbes me that BET used the word blasts in the title as if he was just bashing it and saying it was all wrong. That’s how rumors get started.

I’m not American so Hip Hop and Rap are not major parts of my life. However, both genres of music are present in the media here in the Caribbean and as a teenager, I find the shallow lyrics repulsive. I have absolutely no room in my heart for the measure of vulgarity and materialism portrayed by so-called “musicians.”

I think right about some of the music. some kids can learn that faster then there school work.

When will someone tell these people that, just like your ids can’t watch every Hollywood movie, they are not suppose to be able to listen to every Hip-Hop song. Some things are restricted to certain people. Why is it that Hip-Hop somehow has a responsibility to provide Disney music?

chris ur so stupid u dont no wat ur talking about and i hope u die soon

Hip-Hop is only entertainment. If you don’t lie it, listen to Disney. And for anyone to say Hip-Hop is Black music is stereotyping, because Hip-Hop is music and regardless of your race, you can listen and be involved.

I hope he can do something about it when he gets into office. Or at least have some influence. B/c if something doesn’t change soon, i’m truly afraid for the generations to come. People will listen to what sounds good and these bad images are disguised behind good beats and it’s all our children listen to.

I Think in today’s america alot of young people are looking for that taste of the out side world. you knowout side their house, and rap music with all it’s flaws give young people to experince a broader look at things,so i think more needs to be done then just pointing the finger at rapers.if you cant beat em join em.so obama is on the right tract,so now let’s make a diffence.

YEA OBAMA IS RIGHT….DUH!!! Some people act like they don’t know right from wrong.

I can see where the future pres. is going with this. I understand that there are lyrics that are degrading to women and a lot of money worshiping. But in the same token you can make a career as a rap mogul and business man if you play your cards right. Right? I dont know I’m a little off on this one. All this talk about hip hop is very draining. I’m a big fan of both rap and hip hop and yea there’s a difference. (my old heads know this). ANd yes a lot of the information in hip hop and rap has influenced me. I still took the guidance of my paretns and instilled all that in my life. And I turned out ok. Guess what i’m tryna say is parents take control of our kids. And even if thats not your child you can still be a parent. And this is coming from someone who is not a mother.