― Al (sitcom), Monday, 12 April 2004 20:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Scott CE (Scott CE), Monday, 12 April 2004 20:25 (twenty years ago) link
it's the crux of the song and it's edited out. A said comment on the state of affairs over here.
from:http://puckalbright.blogdrive.com/
Last week, I noticed that some 'editor' at BET had made the decisionto cut some of the words out of Kanye West's song "All Falls Down"for his video. One such editorial cut was very interesting to me.In the lyric "drug dealer buys Jordans, / crackhead buys crack / anda white man gets paid / off of all of that," BET chose to delete thewords "drug," "crackhead" and "white." Do you also find that choiceproblematic? Particularly coming from a station that purports toserve a Black viewership?
Is there something wrong with saying the word "white" now?Certainly, Kanye West knew precisely what he meant by that lyric, andso do his fans. So who misunderstood at BET? BET should be loopingKanye West (and other positive influences) twenty-four hours a day,but instead they are censoring them. How ironic!
I mean, who made that editorial decision?... ?
― david day (winslow), Monday, 12 April 2004 20:50 (twenty years ago) link
― Al (sitcom), Monday, 12 April 2004 20:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Scott CE (Scott CE), Monday, 12 April 2004 20:58 (twenty years ago) link
― m., Monday, 12 April 2004 20:58 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 12 April 2004 21:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 12 April 2004 21:15 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 12 April 2004 21:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Scott CE (Scott CE), Monday, 12 April 2004 21:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Monday, 12 April 2004 22:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 12 April 2004 22:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 01:07 (twenty years ago) link
He also goes on to reinforce this Ma$e obsession when asked who his favorite MC is right now? "I'm my favorite rapper now. Nah, Eminem might be my favorite. And 50. I love 50 and Jay. But Beanie, Cam, Jadakiss, Snoop Dogg is one of my favorites of all time. Ma$e is one of my favorite rappers of all time. Common."
― Gregory T (tubesocks), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 01:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Gregory T (tubesocks), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 01:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 05:20 (twenty years ago) link
― m., Tuesday, 13 April 2004 08:33 (twenty years ago) link
wow there's a roc exec called HIP HOP!!!
― prima fassy (mwah), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 08:40 (twenty years ago) link
― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 09:05 (twenty years ago) link
(my bad, mhmm, honest mistake)
― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 13:15 (twenty years ago) link
― ww, Sunday, 18 April 2004 04:48 (twenty years ago) link
However, I heard Mase is coming out of retirement, and is going to be on Nelly's label. Read it in a magazine somewhere.
― David Allen (David Allen), Sunday, 18 April 2004 04:58 (twenty years ago) link
― ww, Sunday, 18 April 2004 06:10 (twenty years ago) link
5. Biggie4. Nas3. Jay-Z2. Eminem1. Ma$e
― eman, Monday, 2 February 2009 16:50 (fifteen years ago) link
poll
― HI DERE, Monday, 2 February 2009 16:52 (fifteen years ago) link