Aaron Hall's Rape Confession On 'Don't Be Afraid' Has Always Made Me Uncomfortable..
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DRS : Injecting a Gangsta Mindset Into the R&B; World
“Compared to rap, R&B; is so tame and needed to branch out,” explains Jackson, a 26-year-old Compton native who co-founded the group in 1988. The members of DRS, who prefer to be known by their street nicknames (Blunt, Deuce Deuce, Jail Bait and Endo), got a deal with Ruthless Records in 1990 but never recorded anything until signing with Capitol last year.
Jackson, the group’s main writer, got the inspiration for gangsta swing several years ago from Dr. Dre.
“He said don’t do what everybody else is doing, try to take gangsta rap somewhere else,” Jackson recalls. “I’m glad this record didn’t come out a few years ago. People wouldn’t have been ready for it. Dre and the others had to lay the foundation first.”
Though DRS (it stands for dirty rotten scoundrels) may get pats on the back for broadening R&B;'s turf, many would like to give them smacks in the face for some of their seemingly misogynistic views. Jackson says that’s a bum rap, though his nickname, bytch Killer, doesn’t help his defense.
“At times we may sound like we condone rape, but we don’t,” he insists. “We’re just trying to bring attention to a situation.”
He’s alluding to the sinister song “Strip,” which supports Mike Tyson, the boxing champion who’s serving a prison sentence for rape.
In fact, Jackson is so firmly in Tyson’s corner that the name of the woman in “Strip” originally had the same first name as Tyson’s victim, Desiree Washington. But Capitol Records ordered the name changed to Debra Ray.
“But if you hear the song, everybody knows who we’re singing about,” Jackson says. “It’s an expression of our opinion. We’re entitled to that, aren’t we?”
“Compared to rap, R&B; is so tame and needed to branch out,” explains Jackson, a 26-year-old Compton native who co-founded the group in 1988. The members of DRS, who prefer to be known by their street nicknames (Blunt, Deuce Deuce, Jail Bait and Endo), got a deal with Ruthless Records in 1990 but never recorded anything until signing with Capitol last year.
Jackson, the group’s main writer, got the inspiration for gangsta swing several years ago from Dr. Dre.
“He said don’t do what everybody else is doing, try to take gangsta rap somewhere else,” Jackson recalls. “I’m glad this record didn’t come out a few years ago. People wouldn’t have been ready for it. Dre and the others had to lay the foundation first.”
Though DRS (it stands for dirty rotten scoundrels) may get pats on the back for broadening R&B;'s turf, many would like to give them smacks in the face for some of their seemingly misogynistic views. Jackson says that’s a bum rap, though his nickname, bytch Killer, doesn’t help his defense.
“At times we may sound like we condone rape, but we don’t,” he insists. “We’re just trying to bring attention to a situation.”
He’s alluding to the sinister song “Strip,” which supports Mike Tyson, the boxing champion who’s serving a prison sentence for rape.
In fact, Jackson is so firmly in Tyson’s corner that the name of the woman in “Strip” originally had the same first name as Tyson’s victim, Desiree Washington. But Capitol Records ordered the name changed to Debra Ray.
“But if you hear the song, everybody knows who we’re singing about,” Jackson says. “It’s an expression of our opinion. We’re entitled to that, aren’t we?”
Mike Tyson should whoop their collective asses. Don't make bs like this in my name
I jammed to this remix so much on GTA san andreas until one day i was just like
it ain't even subtle
however, this one takes the cake:
Somebody told these nikkas R&B stood for Rape and Battery
gat damn
unfortunately, you can hear efil4zaggin all over a song like strip. after the initial
, that was what came to mind when I heard it. then I saw your article.
the first verse on she swallowed it is some flagrant shyt. the second verse…
.
This version >>>>>>>>> Video version
Still a hot track though. That shyt be hittin' in my ride on them subs
I was with him before he said that."all the doors are locked and I have you inside
you can yell and you can hit me, it just makes me more horny"
yup. just a song about getting with a virgin.
Rick Fox at UNC
All Star
Lot of chicks, maybe not alot, but enough, like getting trains ran on 'em and doing all kinds of nasty, freaky shyt.
Might be the girl next to you.
Damn, dudes so shook of #MeToo that they acting like rough sex ain't a thing
Rough sex with a virgin?
