By C. Vernon Coleman II October 15, 2012 - Originally at Hip-Hop Wired:
http://hiphopwired.com/2012/10/15/coon-affiliated-10-rap-songs-that-set-african-americans-back-as-a-race/
The
truth
is, rap music has its good, bad and ugly. Good being those feel great
tunes with a positive message and substance. Bad being music that may
not appeal to the masses but is entertaining in its own right. And
ugly
being that ish that you wish never made it outside of the delusional
rapper who made its thought process. Especially if you are a self
respecting African-American.
We are not talking about the run of the mill Southern dance track or
exorbitant East Coast party record. We are talking about the music that
is so coonish that it leaves people wondering if the rapper who made it
has ever heard of the Civil Rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr.,
Malcolm X, minstrel shows, slavery or at least seen 30 minutes of
Roots. [Editor's Note:
Bamboozled, too.] Hide your kids, hide your white boss/co-workers. Here are 10 songs
- that made it to the mainstream - that most black folks wish other
condescending races never knew existed…
10) “MyBabyDaddy” – B-Rock and The Biz
This song probably has the sad significance of cementing the phrase
“baby daddy” into the mainstream vernacular. Besides letting the world
know that black people can't formulate a proper sentence, the video also
showed that we like to deny fathering kids and dance around doing jigs
while doing it.
09)
“Your Momma's On Crack Rock” – The Dogs
Okay, okay, we know we added this song into our list of
Anti Drug PSAs,
but that was on some glass half full ish. On some glass half empty ish,
this is some of the saddest ish in Hip-Hop history. Just a little
reminder to let the world know that all Black women are zombied out on
that glass Richard, and that their crack baby children know about it.
08) “Chickenhead” – Project Pat ft. Three 6 Mafia & La Chat
The song's title has the word “chicken” in it, so yeah, it's already
starting off on a bad note. Then raunchy the lyrics and even raunchier
video go hard to keep up the stereotype that black women are money
hungry unfit mothers and young black males are self absorbed misfits.
07)
“Baby Mama” – Three 6 Mafia ft. La Chat
Continuing in the “I fathered children and now don't want to take
care of them,” theme, Three 6 helps perpetuate the stereotype that for
Blacks having children is nothing more than a ritual in busting a nut
and collecting a check.
06)
"First Of the Month” - Bone Thugz N Harmony
We can't front. This song
is a classic. One might even let
his or her white co-worker listen to it telling them how it was their
jam coming up. That is, if you want said co-worker to think all Black
people sit around doing nothing all month and collect a welfare check on
the 1st (provided by their tax dollars) and use it to go buy crack,
kush and beer.
05)
"Because I Got High” – Afroman
Surely, this song had a lot of brothers with brown lips getting
turned down for employment in the early 2000's. A nicca wit a Dr J afro
named Afroman talking about nothing but getting high, with chickens, 40
ounces and scantily dressed women dancing around in the video. Who hired
this nicca to make this song, the K-lan ?
04)
"Chicken Noodle Soup” – DJ Webstar and Young B Again,
having the word chicken in your title is never a good look. But when you
add a dance that looks eerily similar to the jigs performed at minstrel
shows, you have a recipe for complete coonery
03)
"Pants Hang Low” – Plies
We get it. This was supposed to be the rally cry against the proposed
“No Sagging” law that would probably cause racial profiling in the
Black community. But, bruh bruh, no. You and all the rest of these young
punks, pull your fuxing pants up. Stop making Black folks look like got
damb fools.
02) "
That Baby Don't Look Like Me” – Shawty Put ft. Lil Jon & Too Short
If you haven't already gotten it yet, the themes here too often are
Black men give no f-cks about their kids. And neither do Black women,
all they want is a check. Thanks, Shawty Put for reinforcing this false
mind set.
01)
"Get Smoked” – Lil Mouse
What kind of third world azz ish is this?!? We elected a Black President
four years ago, and a kid who just grew his first pubic hair is rapping
about getting head and killing people. And some adult actually
sponsored this. We got a long way to go, people."
00) "
Chain Hang Low” – Jibbs (BONUS MENTION)
This is what happens when you don't have any elders in your circle.
The song that the St. Louis rapper swiped the “CHL” melody from is
actually a minstrel show mainstay entitled “Zip Coon” or “Turkey In The
Straw,” depending on the lyrics. It was only later changed to the
children's song “Ears Hang Low.
Visit the original article to watch the videos of these songs......
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