Kanye West - Bound 2
After listening to Yeezus a few times this track stuck out because it is the most old school Kanye track on the whole album. I think this is a great record so far and I am all for artists moving forward and trying new things. I wouldn't be surprised if this album gets a lot of smack, though since it is certainly the most outré project he has done.
With closer "Bound 2" Kanye ends things off on a familiar note. He lets everyone know that, even though this album is full of pushing the envelope experimentation, he is still more than capable of pulling off vintage Yeezy in his sleep.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Friday, June 14, 2013
Track of Last Week
So much going on this week before heading to NY. Sorry for missing a week!!
Lil Dicky Ex-Boyfriend
Last week I was introduced to Lil Dicky and I was fucking blown away. Besides the hilarious raps and hysterical music videos, this guy has a relentless flow. He keeps it real and is trying to change the game. In the same way that Lil B is taking the rap game model and chucking it out the coup, Lil Dicky is doing the same; minus the Based Living. Still, I think if Lil B and Lil D went on tour together it would be the most Based thing ever.
The above video is the best intro to Lil Dicky's style and message but honestly everything this guy has is golden. Whether he is rapping about how great it is to Stay In on a Friday night. Or if he is glorifying being a White Dude, he is on point every time.
I do have one complaint, though. Lil Dicky raps about being a Jewish, like, A LOT. Which is totally fine and awesome that he is one of my tribe. Mad Respect for the 6 pointed. but his use of the term "Kike", a derogatory term for Jews, is a bit unsetteling. Pretty much it's the Jewish "N-Word". Now, since he is Jewish the pervading logic would be that he can use the term but if anyone be calling he momma a Kike best believe "Ima fuck her accounting up!" (we're Jewish after all. Don't be afraid of our muscles,but our brains could seriously inconvenience your life.)
But the truth is, the logic of "N-Word" usage doesn't feel like it should hold up here. For one thing "Kike" was never a very popular word to begin with. We didn't get called "Kikes" for 200+ years so it seems almost, like, disparaging to a race that, in a weird way, has "earned" the right to use a derogatory term among their own kind.
Then again the "N-Word" is not an accepted term across the board even among Black people. The NAACP condemns the use of both terms "Nigga" and "Nigger". Their have been numerous articles written condemning the use of the term. Many prominent Black leaders (Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou, Cornel West, Etc..) have called for the end of the word or themselves refrain from using it. Considering the limbo state of the "N-Word" why would we, as the Jewish People, want to start using an insulting slur as a term of endearment? I believe it would sound very "Ignant" for a Jew to call another Jew "Kike". In this instance it would be an enormous backtrack for everything we Jews have accomplished in America, and the oppression we have overcome in our 4000 year history. Also, it just doesn't roll off the tongue the same way.
"Sup Kike!"
"Where you is Kike?"
"Is dat yo Side Kike, Kike?"
"Nah, dis my Main Kike, my Kike."
Not really feelin' it.
I totally understand the envy of having "YOUR VERY OWN WORD!!" Not to mention the myriad of technical uses the "N-Word" has given to rap (it is the perfect 2 syllable filler word for anything, a serious aid when creating stanzas, or "rhymes my N-Word") so having a word like Kike would be helpful. But, I figure if Eminem got this far without using any sort of magical stanza-filler-word than Lil Dicky can figure something out.
Lil Dicky Ex-Boyfriend
Last week I was introduced to Lil Dicky and I was fucking blown away. Besides the hilarious raps and hysterical music videos, this guy has a relentless flow. He keeps it real and is trying to change the game. In the same way that Lil B is taking the rap game model and chucking it out the coup, Lil Dicky is doing the same; minus the Based Living. Still, I think if Lil B and Lil D went on tour together it would be the most Based thing ever.
The above video is the best intro to Lil Dicky's style and message but honestly everything this guy has is golden. Whether he is rapping about how great it is to Stay In on a Friday night. Or if he is glorifying being a White Dude, he is on point every time.
I do have one complaint, though. Lil Dicky raps about being a Jewish, like, A LOT. Which is totally fine and awesome that he is one of my tribe. Mad Respect for the 6 pointed. but his use of the term "Kike", a derogatory term for Jews, is a bit unsetteling. Pretty much it's the Jewish "N-Word". Now, since he is Jewish the pervading logic would be that he can use the term but if anyone be calling he momma a Kike best believe "Ima fuck her accounting up!" (we're Jewish after all. Don't be afraid of our muscles,but our brains could seriously inconvenience your life.)
But the truth is, the logic of "N-Word" usage doesn't feel like it should hold up here. For one thing "Kike" was never a very popular word to begin with. We didn't get called "Kikes" for 200+ years so it seems almost, like, disparaging to a race that, in a weird way, has "earned" the right to use a derogatory term among their own kind.
Then again the "N-Word" is not an accepted term across the board even among Black people. The NAACP condemns the use of both terms "Nigga" and "Nigger". Their have been numerous articles written condemning the use of the term. Many prominent Black leaders (Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou, Cornel West, Etc..) have called for the end of the word or themselves refrain from using it. Considering the limbo state of the "N-Word" why would we, as the Jewish People, want to start using an insulting slur as a term of endearment? I believe it would sound very "Ignant" for a Jew to call another Jew "Kike". In this instance it would be an enormous backtrack for everything we Jews have accomplished in America, and the oppression we have overcome in our 4000 year history. Also, it just doesn't roll off the tongue the same way.
"Sup Kike!"
"Where you is Kike?"
"Is dat yo Side Kike, Kike?"
"Nah, dis my Main Kike, my Kike."
Not really feelin' it.
I totally understand the envy of having "YOUR VERY OWN WORD!!" Not to mention the myriad of technical uses the "N-Word" has given to rap (it is the perfect 2 syllable filler word for anything, a serious aid when creating stanzas, or "rhymes my N-Word") so having a word like Kike would be helpful. But, I figure if Eminem got this far without using any sort of magical stanza-filler-word than Lil Dicky can figure something out.
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