what were ya thoughts when you first heard ice cubes "cave b**ch?"

[smokeurobinson]

I was like right on.

I was very pro black at the time. The whole time period was very pro black to be honest so this song was not as shocking to us as it may be to people now. Cross Colors, HBCU shirts, Malcolm X movie, African pendants were still popping.

I also went to an Atlanta Public School. The school district pushed a black curriculum. We read books like Native Son, Black Boy, Langston Hughes books etc. in lieu or in addition to mainstream classic literature.

It was a very unique time.

Please tell me they still doing that in ATL public schools.

 

[Robbie3000]

Please tell me they still doing that in ATL public schools.

I'm not sure. I really hope so cause if I wasn't exposed to those books and that type of thinking, there is no telling what kind of a person I would be right now.

When X came out, our entire class went to the theater as a field trip to support the movie.

 

[big bun]

Honestly it was just a song to me. Laughed a few times at some of the bars, but there was no thought on cultural or racial relevance of the song. Just another great song on a great album.

 

[Gravity]

LOL

You still didnt answer the question tho.

You did a nice lil spin around but you never answered the question.

I just gave you 2 examples of white reporters using rappers lyrics against them. Why would you bring up "1st amendment freedom of speech" as if thats why reporters wont ask Cube about that song, when I just pointed out that Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly didnt give a fukk about freedom speech and used rappers lyrics against them anyway???


Its not about comparing 'statutory rape' with 'denouncing white women'..........Bottom line, Sean Hannity had the balls to use KRS lyrics against him.....Bill OReilly used Nas lyrics against him.....That female reporter wanted to talk about R Kellys sexual past.....all 3 instances are of reporters trying to put an artist on blast. Thats where all 3 compare. The question I'm asking is why hasn't a reporter put Ice Cube on blast for these lyrics yet?? And dont repeat that it has to do with freedom of speech, I just proved that Sean Hannity and O'Reilly dont give a fukk about any of that.

Why do you think that Cube is given a pass from his militant past by the same people that he used to rally against?

 

[FeloniousMonk]

Sean Hannity still used KRS' lyrics against him yet they dont use Ice Cubes lyrics against him.

Who really cares besides you, Sean Hannity and his supporters?

 

[Hamza B.]

As a white guy who grew up on early Cube, I never felt personally offended by "Cave bytch", "Horny Lil Devil", or any of his music from his Black Nationalist/militant period. I always felt like he made some legit points even if it was a little extreme. I was listening to this stuff when I was in my early teens, and knew enough to know that prejudice against whites was understandable. And this was before he was known as the Hollywood version of Cube we know today, so I never questioned his sincerity. I believed that he legit hated white people, and had no reason to think otherwise. No one was quite as militant as Cube was back then, and I respected the fact that he didn't cater to the industry. People often forget that he had a brutal sense of humor too, and was that dude that would say things most wouldn't dare to. Once he gave up and went conventional/non-threatening in the mid 90's, his music got worse and he became largely irrelevant.

 

[smokeurobinson]

Why do you think that Cube is given a pass from his militant past by the same people that he used to rally against?

Or....who's to say they wont one day bring it up in the future to slander his legacy like they are doing with Cosby.

 

[samtalksradio]

Song was hilarious especially Khaild at the beginning "ironboard back side straight up in straight down" shyt has cac heated on YouTube. Funny they got no problems with the other rappers degrading Black women in every song tho wonder why?

 

[Entrapta310]

@biscuitsnbangers
@Strawberry

 

[samtalksradio]

Me neither. p*ssy is p*ssy. The other head doesn't give a shyt about race. If she's hot you're gonna hit it if you get the chance.

Nope not me, I don't fukk with no cac pale cave she devil's, cause if I hit it, flip it and quit it like that.... yeah it's gonna be Black.
You must be a cac?

 

[Gravity]

Or....who's to say they wont one day bring it up in the future to slander his legacy like they are doing with Cosby.

His legacy as what? A gangsta rapper turned Hollywood negro? Cosby had real wealth and was a potential threat. Cube has made it clear that he no longer wants to be a threat and is willing to perpetuate the status quo. That's why he gets a pass. He has no real wealth and unless he garners some then there won't be a need to slander his name in the future.

 

[smokeurobinson]

As a white guy who grew up on early Cube, I never felt personally offended by "Cave bytch", "Horny Lil Devil", or any of his music from his Black Nationalist/militant period. I always felt like he made some legit points even if it was a little extreme. I was listening to this stuff when I was in my early teens, and knew enough to know that prejudice against whites was understandable. And this was before he was known as the Hollywood version of Cube we know today, so I never questioned his sincerity. I believed that he legit hated white people, and had no reason to think otherwise. No one was quite as militant as Cube was back then, and I respected the fact that he didn't cater to the industry. People often forget that he had a brutal sense of humor too, and was that dude that would say things most wouldn't dare to. Once he gave up and went conventional/non-threatening in the mid 90's, his music got worse and he became largely irrelevant.

 

[smokeurobinson]

His legacy as what? A gangsta rapper turned Hollywood negro? Cosby had real wealth and was a potential threat. Cube has made it clear that he no longer wants to be a threat and is willing to perpetuate the status quo. That's why he gets a pass. He has no real wealth and unless he garners some then there won't be a need to slander his name in the future.

You said that as if they still wouldnt bring up his past lyrics in the future. And you cant predict the future.

 

[Gravity]

You said that as if they still wouldnt bring up his past lyrics in the future. And you cant predict the future.

Anything COULD happen but I jus explained why it makes no sense to think that this would happen. You don't even have a point.

You haven't even answered my question yet so I don't know why you bothered responding. A lot of you are just bytchmade by nature for no reason.

 

[Blackout]

I'm not sure. I really hope so cause if I wasn't exposed to those books and that type of thinking, there is no telling what kind of a person I would be right now.

When X came out, our entire class went to the theater as a field trip to support the movie.

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