My music taste is very scattered. I am a big fan of One Direction, AC/DC, Andre Nickatina, Luke Bryan, many Disney songs, and more. I do not specifically like a certain type of music, I just like to listen to music that makes me happy and or want to dance. I also listen to many sad songs. My favorite however is hard gangster rap. Andre Nickatina, Ying Yang Twins, and YG are some of my favorite artists yet when I listen carefully to their lyrics I realize just how sexist they are. After this week’s readings, I realize that their producers are all male and are objectifying the woman. Jackson Katz wrote an article about a rapper named Eminem, called “Eminem’s Popularity Is a Major Setback for Girls and Women,” and in it he discusses that the “appeal to his music depends on the widespread acceptance of violence against women as a cultural norm” (Katz, 519). This widespread norm is seen throughout all types of music as well as music dating back to the mid-1900s. The worst is the rape-culture music
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Dre. Every time it comes on I cannot help but to dance and sing along but when looking at the lyrics I saw one line that popped out to me. Snoop Dogg is a notorious rapper and is featured in this song and his lyrics go, ““Bitches ain't shit but hoes and tricks/ Lick on these nuts and suck the dick Get the fuck out after you're done/ And I hop in my ride to make a quick run.” Thinking back to Ayana-Byrd’s article “Claiming Jezebel,” she describes the times when she has seen many black women depicted as these “hoes” and “bitches.” She was so mad at these types of music but eventually realized that maybe she does not need to be so critical and just enjoy the music. This is how I feel when I listen to these types of songs. I realize that the lyrics are crude and disrespectful but in the end I like the beats and I just want to jam
Dre. Every time it comes on I cannot help but to dance and sing along but when looking at the lyrics I saw one line that popped out to me. Snoop Dogg is a notorious rapper and is featured in this song and his lyrics go, ““Bitches ain't shit but hoes and tricks/ Lick on these nuts and suck the dick Get the fuck out after you're done/ And I hop in my ride to make a quick run.” Thinking back to Ayana-Byrd’s article “Claiming Jezebel,” she describes the times when she has seen many black women depicted as these “hoes” and “bitches.” She was so mad at these types of music but eventually realized that maybe she does not need to be so critical and just enjoy the music. This is how I feel when I listen to these types of songs. I realize that the lyrics are crude and disrespectful but in the end I like the beats and I just want to jam