I fucks with NPR hard, son. Please believe it. For most of my life I've trusted NPR to get me hip to vital and unadulterated political/cultural news...the kind of honest, in-depth reporting that makes one feel on point with the current state of the Global Community. That is...until I read this nonsense:
Rapper Fueds Mirrors World Politics
I love Rap beefs. Since Krs-One and MC Shan went at it, beefs and battles have led to some dope records. Plus...they are often hilarious. You can flex your grad school hip-hop theses about the deeper meaning of one-upping some fool on the microphone all you want...at the end of the day it's simply about bragging rights. I'm dumbfounded to read shit like:
"The conflict in question is between established rapper Jay-Z and and up-and-comer known as The Game. Jay-Z has been attacking other rappers for using Auto-Tune software, which corrects pitch while singers record. Auto-Tune is widely used in the industry, but Jay-Z is making a call for authenticity. "He's saying 'these are the rules of the international system. If you want to be a civilized member of our international society, you have to not pursue nuclear weapons,''' Lynch says.
and my favorite part:
"The difference today is that we're in a uni-polar world with the United States on top. In the rap world, Jay-Z is that guy. The Game is the erratic wildcard. "He's North Korea; he's Iran," Lynch says. "He might not win, but he can hurt you if he drags you down into this extended occupation, this extended counterinsurgency campaign."
Obviously this is comically and unnecessarily analytical. My only hope is that the inevitable few white liberal douche-bags who will buy into this shit will try to talk to their teenage "rap fan" kids about their new understanding of the Jay-Z/Game drama...and that the conversation will do nothing more than fuel said teen's hatred for their annoying hippie parents.
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