Rapper Nas is upping his visibility and controversially (to some) calling his upcoming album “Nigga”.
The good news is it will drop December 11, just in time for you to ask for it in your stocking and enjoy the thought of your granny going to the store to ask a teenage clerk to help her find “that Nigga album”.
Not good enough? It gets better. "(People) shouldn't trip off the (album's) title; the songs are crazier than the title," Nas said in an interview.
There were reports that his label, Def Jam, had scuttled the title idea, and there was the obligatory Jesse Jackson protest commentary, but Nas stands by his claim, "We're taking power from that word."
Just like so many before him.
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Back in the day, the rap game was raw, and a couple of young turks from the L.A. hood were spittin' the hard rhymes. Before Ice Cube was making shitty family movies, Eazy-E got himself a dirtnap full of the HIVs, or Dr. Dre ever blunted The Chronic, Niggas With Attitude were the street-fightin' Stones to Public Enemy's political Beatles. Along with where-are-they-nows MC Ren and DJ Yella, the five were not afraid to say "Fuck The Police" and snap a few caps off. When people say OG, they
were original gangsters.
Richard Pryor - The "N" Word
Every black comedian of the last 20 years should have signed his first paycheck over to Richard Pryor. Like Lenny Bruce, Pryor went deep into the areas that people were uncomfortable talking about, and place the race card to his advantage. Being black didn't mean only he could use the word, but it gave him the hell outta authority and cred when he did.
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Nigga Please
Rest In Peace, Big Baby Jesus / Osiris / ODB. His solo work away from Wu-Tang Clan is even more diabolical and bizarre than their Shaolin fueled underground rap dynasty. Nigga Please was pure Dirty, taking the absurd and making it sublime. Dirt McGirt wants wats his, so tell him "Baby I Got Your Money".
Dave Chappelle - The Niggar Family
At the height of fame, Chappelle's Show disappeared from the air. It had gotten bigger than Rick James parodies and bigger than Dave himself, but not before touching on every taboo that the network would allow...even just barely sometimes
South Park - The "N" Word
Cartoons can do things people can't. You can drop a piano on somebody, blow them up, or put them in the most impossible of situations without any concern for their well being. South Park is the reigning champion of satire, and they never shy away from controversy. Scientology, homosexuality, and yes, racism.
The good news is it will drop December 11, just in time for you to ask for it in your stocking and enjoy the thought of your granny going to the store to ask a teenage clerk to help her find “that Nigga album”.
Not good enough? It gets better. "(People) shouldn't trip off the (album's) title; the songs are crazier than the title," Nas said in an interview.
There were reports that his label, Def Jam, had scuttled the title idea, and there was the obligatory Jesse Jackson protest commentary, but Nas stands by his claim, "We're taking power from that word."
Just like so many before him.
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Back in the day, the rap game was raw, and a couple of young turks from the L.A. hood were spittin' the hard rhymes. Before Ice Cube was making shitty family movies, Eazy-E got himself a dirtnap full of the HIVs, or Dr. Dre ever blunted The Chronic, Niggas With Attitude were the street-fightin' Stones to Public Enemy's political Beatles. Along with where-are-they-nows MC Ren and DJ Yella, the five were not afraid to say "Fuck The Police" and snap a few caps off. When people say OG, they
were original gangsters.
Richard Pryor - The "N" Word
Every black comedian of the last 20 years should have signed his first paycheck over to Richard Pryor. Like Lenny Bruce, Pryor went deep into the areas that people were uncomfortable talking about, and place the race card to his advantage. Being black didn't mean only he could use the word, but it gave him the hell outta authority and cred when he did.
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Nigga Please
Rest In Peace, Big Baby Jesus / Osiris / ODB. His solo work away from Wu-Tang Clan is even more diabolical and bizarre than their Shaolin fueled underground rap dynasty. Nigga Please was pure Dirty, taking the absurd and making it sublime. Dirt McGirt wants wats his, so tell him "Baby I Got Your Money".
Dave Chappelle - The Niggar Family
At the height of fame, Chappelle's Show disappeared from the air. It had gotten bigger than Rick James parodies and bigger than Dave himself, but not before touching on every taboo that the network would allow...even just barely sometimes
South Park - The "N" Word
Cartoons can do things people can't. You can drop a piano on somebody, blow them up, or put them in the most impossible of situations without any concern for their well being. South Park is the reigning champion of satire, and they never shy away from controversy. Scientology, homosexuality, and yes, racism.
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