Do you think Imus and America should listen to all the other good "black" music out there?

Question

Everyone is singing racially and sexist dribble. "Ghetto"
is not gang bangers all.

Sorry I meant to say everyone isn't singing......

Go to other section like "soul" dear. Rap isn't all gansta and "black" music isn't just Rap.
Your record shop needs to expand its horizons maybe.

Are they (Al and Jesse) the only people with a concern? Why don't the white record producers and whites (they do buy the crap too) do something?

Answer 1

Imus often played rap music on his radio show, he was a big fan Biggie Smalls. If you remember when Biggie died, Imus was one of only a few white people who were invited to the funeral.

BUT YES, I AGREE!!! Imus should check out other forms of Black music--it is not all biatches and n's and hos! But Imus always said that everybody had enough of that old stuff back in the 60s and 70s and that Rap is where it's at now.

Too bad, Imus should know there is lots of good black music out there that is not hateful to women, but that's the black music he likes.

Personally, I don't like rap, but I do like black music from people who don't use foul language like Peabo Bryson (my fave) and BIlly Ocean (my second fave).

But if you want music without biatches and hos and n's you have to get it on the Internet. My record store in the mall says they will not even special order Billy Ocean for me, it is not worth their time.

Answer 2

the majority of it is. go to the record store and look through the "rap" section at all the cd's. I would say 80 to 90 percent of them have the "parental advisery" sticker on them. Out of those, most will have some sort of derogatory reference towards woman or have use of the n-word. Of course it's been going on for years (remember NWA?) but no one has addressed it until now. There will always be racism if one culture can use certain terminology amongst themselves and it is acceptable but consider it unacceptable for other races to use the same words. It's not about "context" either. You should either be able to say certain words or you should not be allowed to say them, regardless of race. This Imus guy was making a joke. I don't like Imus, but in the context he was stating it, this would have never been addressed had a black man made the same statement. This problem needs to be fixed and I'm glad people are talking about it.

Answer 3

I am still trying to figure out what hip hop has to do with Don Imus. Some say he was trying to be hip and cool. My question is who was he trying to impress? I could be wrong, but I seriously doubt there are any young black adults or hip hop fans listening to his show. What he was doing was making a mockery of black people. Our society has the tendancy to focus on the negative, rather than the positive. There is plenty of positive black music out there and it is about time for America to seek it out rather than gangsta rap.
Peace.

Answer 4

I think with someone like Imus it wouldn't make a difference if he listened to John Legend all day.

The man has a history of spouting off racial slurs about blacks, hispanics, jews, etc....

Hopefully something good will come of this incident. It just might "infect" all racially-slurred music, films, etc..

Answer 5

Uh...I think your question should be should Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson listen to the likes of Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, and the other hardcore rappers...Do you hear them (Sharpton and Jackson) speaking out about the degradation of women and white people?