Azealia Banks

interesting. when i read that my mind immediately went here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRKiftk6ffQ

Banks doesn't come off too great here; hard to when you are taking a satirical news story at face value. But Palin going all "if a white person had done this..." is (characteristically) repulsive.

seems like saying less dumb shit than sarah palin should be a pretty low bar to clear, especially for internet social justice hero azealia banks, and yet...

crypto otm. that was way grosser and it seems like Banks is actually trying to walk back what she said. wtf with this "put the fear of god into you" bs?

azealia banks is an amoral provocateur. not as dangerous as palin but it's still a pretty juvenile, indefensible stance

Not trying to exonerate Banks at all--even if she "didn't mean rape," the idea of proposing sex with black men as corrective punishment is vile (and, yes, racist) in ways Banks is obviously not smart enough to understand. But it seemed like this should have all been over with the minute Banks apologized/admitted her mistake, and yet that's when Palin decided to make this her "I'm gonna strike a blow against 'reverse racism' and attacks on my family" moment.

well, she's sarah palin

I think we're overlooking the real issue here, though, which is: is Banks' new mixtape cover Photoshopped, or did she get breast implants?

http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.38732/title.azealia-banks-continues-to-voice-support-for-donald-trump

why why why does anyone still support her? http://metro.co.uk/2016/05/11/azealia-banks-launches-racist-and-homophobic-attack-against-zayn-malik-and-mocks-grime-music-5873826/

what's "mood boarding"?

My @'s too good for you lol

jfc

it's as if one billion inexplicably laudatory broke with expensive taste reviews screamed out at once and then were suddenly deleted from dozens of music publications

(hey a person can dream yanno)

odd that ilx gave song of the year to a dangerously narcissistic novelty act

tbf she hadn't said or done anything around "212" to suggest this level of awfulness (to my knowledge, anyway)

Pretty sure she's not a very nice person, also pretty sure 212 is still one of the best tracks from 2011

she got sonned by a 14 yr old disney channel star lol

pretty sure banks has some mental health issues going on but her music was still pretty good. she should do more of that.

what's "mood boarding"?

― how's life, Wednesday, May 11, 2016 7:41 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Mood boards are generally a collection of images compiled to establish a visual direction/tone for something in the early phases of a design project.

http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/azealia-banks-cancelled-2016?utm_source=vicefbuk

yup, it's on, ten walls style

she seems unstable. or someone with some very deep-seated insecurity issues. her explanation of 'we are both ppl of colour' about her rant against zayn malik didnt even make sense, as if she was saying 'we are both people of colour, and me being racist towards you was in fact to show you we are in this together' huh? interesting/encouraging how theres been such a backlash though. she is hardly the first rapper with racist views against other minorities.

then again, maybe she is totally fine, but just cant leave twitter alone, and needs to make people saw 'ooooh' every 5 minutes, or her life feels empty and worthless.

then again, maybe she is totally fine, but just cant leave twitter alone, and needs to make people saw 'ooooh' every 5 minutes, or her life feels empty and worthless.

― StillAdvance, Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:21 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Guess she can leave it alone now, as her Twitter account has been suspended

i dont like anything she says really. i dont even care for her music. but that seems excessive. there are far worse twitter users out there.

I think as soon as you're throwing out the racial epiphet she used on Zayn you've certainly "earned" it

yeah im not supporting anything she says. she can go and get gangbanged herself for all i care. i suppose im just saying im a bit suspicious of excessive reactions to offensive comments when twitter/social media/the internet seems to be laden with it. seems almost like its more about people wanting to show how righteous they are, than truly condemning what she says. or maybe im just cynical. its probably a good thing. doubt she will learn anything from it though.

wow so much wrong with that last post

jfc

Banks v important to ilx imo should be a valuable asset going fwd

"wow so much wrong with that last post"

ooh so educate me on my wrong-ness. you know you want to. looking forward to a lesson in internet right-on-ness.

ooh so educate me on my wrong-ness. you know you want to. looking forward to a lesson in internet right-on-ness.

― StillAdvance

invitation to mansplain respectfully declined

lame.

@StillAdvance – there are no doubt far worse Twitter users but can you imagine how many 1D fans reported her tweets.

that would make sense.

BTW I was blocked by someone on FB because I quoted her/Kanye (I typed: She does mess with some sand nigga). I was called a racist. Whatever. So, StillAdvance, I get what you're saying.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9VDAJvVXJjA/UlOK-L_Z9nI/AAAAAAAACqQ/hqzoAZEGv4w/s640/clmheader6icons.jpg

"BTW I was blocked by someone on FB because I quoted her/Kanye (I typed: She does mess with some sand nigga). I was called a racist. Whatever. So, StillAdvance, I get what you're saying."

id prob be a bit cautious about those kinds of AB-style 'edgy' paraphrases. but each to their own.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BFUcwJwn1Wf/?taken-by=azealiabanks

LOL

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/21/mia-says-she-wont-play-afropunk-festival-black-lives-matter-comments

Leave MIA the f–ck alone. You guys are idiots and have COMPLETELY missed the point of what she’s trying to tell you. THIS IS A BLACK PERSON. Sri Lankans/Indians are BLACK. U guys keep for getting that black is not something we share as an ethnicity it’s something we share as a GLOBAL STRUGGLE … the LIBERAL MEDIA has its d–ck so far down you sheeples throats that you can’t even understand what she’s saying. SHES TELLING YOU THAT HER PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING JUST AS OURS ARE. LEAVE MAYA THE F–CK ALONE AND LET HER DO HER PERFORMANCE. FOR F–CKS SAKE.

idk why people expect mature, non-inflammatory political opinions from m.i.a. or azealia banks for that matter. they're not running for president and nothing they say is as bad as what comes from one of the bros who is.

Also in this instance banks mostly otm. Maybe it was ill advised for MIA to compare disparate struggles or whatever but "boycotting" her seems a bit much. Not everyone has the exact same perspective all the time.

wrong thread but i think MIA acquitted herself well -
“A#blacklivesmatter B#Muslimlivesmatter. I’m not Muslim . My criticism wasn’t about Beyoncé. It’s how u can say A not B right now in 2016....My question was,on American platforms what do they allow you to stand up for in 2016. This has been the number 1 question for me.”

she initially suggested that the black lives matter movement is making some *yawn* easy, noncontroversial, corporate- and government-sponsored argument. as opposed to the (supposedly) more heroically marginal causes she champions. which seems pretty fucking shitty to me, and characteristically self-important besides.

yes, we americans are myopically obsessed with local issues, often ignoring or failing to comprehend anything beyond our own borders. but the black lives matter movement doesn't deserve to be smugly derided as an example of that.

I agree. And yet this is a person who has flirted with imagery associated with groups that perpetrate suicide bombings. She is just on her own thing. The poltical dimensions of her work demand attention but they have never been the kind of thing westerners were supposed to embrace comfortably. They were never even intended as fully coherent.

Maybe this is a dumb point. I am just not sure what the benefit is of being offended by known political eccentrics. MIA's perspective is marginal and idiosyncratic. She doesn't seem to have "followers"; she doesn't present a threat to BLM. Boycotting her seems like a weird tactic

it does seem silly to get bent out of shape over MIA saying some new weird thing

"she initially suggested that the black lives matter movement is making some *yawn* easy, noncontroversial, corporate- and government-sponsored argument. as opposed to the (supposedly) more heroically marginal causes she champions. which seems pretty fucking shitty to me, and characteristically self-important besides."

her choice of words wasnt great. but her point is simply that blacklivesmatter is more accepted in the media, or afforded more coverage at least, than other human/civil rights causes/movements, that there will be more support in liberal outlets for BLM than the causes she is interested in. not sure how that is really so controversial.

america has the biggest media leverage/presence in the world. so it follows that even causes that appear to challenge american policing will also get more coverage. same way most people around the world are far more informed about black civil rights battles and history than other similar struggles in other countries. or to bring it back to music, same way we all know about PE and NWA, but not political music from elsewhere (also much to do with the language, and it being in the west, etc).