BLACKSBURG, Va., August 2, 2007 -- On September 6, Virginia's own Dave Matthews Band along with John Mayer, Phil Vassar, and Nas will join together in "A Concert For Virginia Tech" at the university's Lane Stadium. Free tickets will be made available to all current students, faculty, and staff. Coming at the beginning of the 2007-2008 academic year, the concert was conceived as a way to help the university community move forward in the aftermath of the April tragedy at Virginia Tech.
Nas is hip hop’s foremost lyricist and thinker
http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2007&itemno=421
OpinionJournal offers a sample of his lyrics.
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Shoot-%27Em-Up-lyrics-Nas/6A160F395E62FB8F482568B9002E6F71
Please excuse the 'foremost lyricist and thinker's language:
"One 44, two 45's
3 loaded clips, 4 n****s roll, one n**** drives
500 Benz, 6 reasons why
This kid should die
We shootin every motherf***** outside
Pulled on his block, jumped out the car, guns in our hand
At the same time everybody ran
There that n**** go, hiding in the crowd
Let the trigger blow, 7 shots now he lying on the ground
Blood on the floor
Then we shot some more
N****s he was with
2 n****s hit, one n**** fell
One tryed to run, go get him son
Make sure he's done before we bail, i aint trying to goto jail
Must handle beef, code of the street
Load up the heat, if these n**** think they could **** around
Real n****s do real things
By all means, n****s knowin how we get down… It goes…
Chorus (4X)
Shoot 'em up, just shoot 'em up, what…
(whispering)
Kill kill kill, murder murder murder"
Do the VT moonbats really think this is " a way to help the university community move forward"?
I'm sure Cho would be touched
2007-08-07 20:30:00 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Diversity along with tolerance is the most important message we can send to impressionable young students.
They need to understand the differences between the cultures and respect them even if they promote violence and death.
We cannot allow anyone to form opinions contrary to what they are supposed to think and must make sure that they don't discriminate for any reason.
If a gangster rapper wants to go on campus and sing about death and destruction then the students are to like it and not say anything derogatory about it or else they could very well be expelled.
But by all means there are to be no guns on campus and no one is to report when a violent crime has been committed or alert any of the students that their lives might be in danger.
To do so might upset the order of things and that just can't happen.
Allowing a gangster rapper to sing at a University is showing just how tolerant and kind the good people of the School can be and promotes only the highest level of education possible.
But just so no one gets the wrong impression about the African American culture I think it would be fair to invite Korn along with Ozzy so they can show the students that it's not just a black thing but whites can also be violent and sadistic.
I think showing the students how disgusting human nature can be prepares them for life on the outside world by desensitizing them to the brutality of mankind.
This will allow them to go through life unable to be bothered by violence on any level and could even encourage them to participate in such activities if the opportunity ever presented itself.
This could diversify them on a grand scale and make any and every behavior acceptable to the point that they become the norm and then free thinkers will become a thing of the past along with discrimination and forming ones own opinions.
Thinking contrary to what your supposed to think is worse than anything that a rapper could ever sing about.
Its even worse than going on a killing spree and murdering innocent people while on School Campus.
Yes they really do need to keep things under control especially when it comes to what we think and what we say because after all thinking and saying anything that isn't part of the program are indeed the real crimes we face in todays society.
2007-08-07 21:35:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Well Nas is not a gangsta rapper. It ain't hardly fair to put 1 example taken. He has songs appropriate for most venues. You could have easily used the a different example like ;
"[Kids]
I know I can (I know I can)
Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
If I work hard at it (If I work hard at it)
I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
[Nas]
Be, B-Boys and girls, listen up
You can be anything in the world, in God we trust
An architect, doctor, maybe an actress
But nothing comes easy it takes much practice"
Which is a song he made for kids and is a positive song all the way around.
Had you said Young Jeezy or some other cat whose music has more violence in it then you might have a stronger argument, But Nas is on the shorter end of the curve so I can say no gangsta rapper isn't appropriate for a memorial concert but Nas isn't in that category
2007-08-07 21:14:29 · answer #2 · answered by rjaybeezy 1 · 4⤊ 2⤋
It is safe for Bush to go to the Virginia Tech Memorial...although they do say that (if there is a conspiracy) the guilty return to the crime scene...but no, this place will be the safest place in the country today....but you bring up many good points, well thought out and articulated....we humans can really come to the forefront when confronted with a tradedy of this magnitude.....
2016-05-21 04:46:17 · answer #3 · answered by cameron 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is irrelevant whether Seung-Hui Cho "would be touched." And frankly, the content of Nas' lyrics are irrelevant as well, assuming that the pieces he performs at concert are appropriate.
Most people (as in 99%) think the Virginia Tech shooting was a horrible thing, and that people left behind after such a tragedy should be treated with respect. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Nas is in that category, regardless of his more violent music.
If Virginia Tech will have him, I'm more inclined to trust their opinion.
2007-08-08 07:59:21 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Bad Day 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The only opinion I have is that all rap sucks anyway. I call it "crap" not rap.
How it is promoted as music is beyond me. Granted, it does take talent to perform it, but no more than a good poet.
There is no musical talent involved. It;s the same exact beat over and over all done with electronic devices, not instruments.
2007-08-08 02:13:17 · answer #5 · answered by scottdman2003 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Most "gangsta" rappers should be where your an thesis was..lying in a Bolivian jungle!!! But you gotta love Phil Vasser
2007-08-07 20:48:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think having a concert at all is pretty weird - and a rapper - no way - all they do is promote criminal activity.
A soloist, taps, some reflective instrumental music would be classy, but a concert?
Just seems crass not class.
2007-08-07 20:40:07 · answer #7 · answered by inzaratha 6 · 6⤊ 2⤋
No as it could be what inspired the killer to begin with and thats my 50 cents worth
2007-08-07 23:06:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
So he is going perform. They are pertaining to a young diverse crowd. I guess if MC Hammer was performming there you wouldn't mind. But Nas is one of the hottest artists. And he participated. As far as his lyrics go, I am very well sure he isn't going to come out with lyrics that would be offensive to the event that went on. He is doing a benefit concert. He has came out with a few songs that don't have anything gangsta. Let it be! I mean have a coke and a smile, and lighten up.
2007-08-07 20:38:28 · answer #9 · answered by anarchy0029 3 · 4⤊ 6⤋
I doubt they'd choose that song. Many rappers have positive and good messages in their songs. Rap is popular, people will attend, good things can happen. I doubt they meant for it to be offensive in any way.
2007-08-07 21:23:32 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋