Dax--Nigerian Canadian rapper

"To be a man" is what is called country-adjacent cross over music and the singer is Dax, a Nigerian-Canadian rapper. https://youtu.be/tHxip2x-PLc?si=sJp5Rlfbn-cDEUH0 Now, it's not something I would ordinarily listen to, but I had put a link to some popular 1950s music in an earlier post, and a song about abortion from a guy's point of view by Dax came up. At first I thought it was an ad, but it was listed along with the others like Frank Sinatra and Elvis! It was definitely NOT a 50s popular song, so I don't know how it got on this play list. Maybe it's a new way to market YouTube singles? It worked, because I then looked Dax up and played a few of his songs/poems. This is not his most recent, and he seems to be a very hard worker and loves to experiment with his style. I think this one is very good.

Rolling in the deep is 9 years old? 2011?

When I was a teen, we had to go to the furniture store to buy records.  Listening to a popular song that was 9 years old would have meant—well something from the mid-40s I couldn’t relate to, so I was surprised to see that Rolling in the Deep, 2011, Adelle, was from 2011, and that I actually knew some of these titles of Best of the 2010’s.

And who could forget Happy, 2014,  Pharrell Williams.  It seemed to be everywhere.  And you really did feel happy after listening to it. Terrific video with great cameos.

Uptown Funk, 2015, Bruno Mars.  Yes, I remember this one. It was a great song, and I’m not sure how I heard it—maybe bumper music on the Fox channel?

I don’t remember Love Yourself, 2016, Justin Bieber, although I seem to remember the line about my mom doesn’t like you and she likes everyone. But what a great video—fantastic choreography.

The Shape of You, 2017, Ed Sheeran, I remember from when the Lifetime Fitness played videos—on and on and on and on.  That one seemed to be on all the time when I joined in 2018.

So I did know a few from this real live Dairy Queen’s blog. https://www.dairycarrie.com/2019/12/31/top-10-songs-of-the-2010s/

I Set My Friends on Fire and Other Bands

James Clyburn, D-SC, wants to limit speech, words, and hurtful things that might cause confusion to a young man, but only if it's legally protected political speech. Interestingly enough, just two years ago, a blogger wrote about bands with violent names who were coming to Arizona on tour. Do you suppose Loughner, who used to play in a band, might have been influenced by "I set my friends on Fire," or "Fucked up" with a 300 lb. frontman, "Circle of Dead Children," "And You will know us by the trail of the dead," and "The Killers." Now that was just January 2009--and they sound like groups that would only appeal to a disturbed 20 year old. And what about Guns and Roses, will Clyburn ban them, or just Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck. I don't know if they've played Tucson, but there's "Death Cab for Cutie," "Murder by death," "Cannibal corpses," "Bomb for Birthday," "Daggerhart," "The dash," [tombstone] "Dead 'til Friday," "Dead on arrival," "Naked toast and the butter knives," and "Bullet for my valentine." I think you get the idea, but Clyburn won't--he's too busy sharpening a dull knife.

I Set My Friends on Fire and Other Bands You Don’t Want to Hang Out With - Page 1 - Music - Phoenix - Phoenix New Times

Rapper 50 Cent has had his video for the song "I Still Kill" banned from both MTV and BET, but I'm guessing you can still download it; gansta rap has slightly fallen out of favor after feminists and black women protested, however, it's still being downloaded from the internet. Wasn't there one that shows a naked black woman's severed head? A study of lyrics content published in 2001 shows that 22 percent (N = 107) of the 490 gangsta rap music songs had violent and misogynist lyrics. Assault was the most frequently occurring criminal offense, portrayed in 50 percent of the violent and misogynist songs. Other rankings: rape only = 11 percent; murder only = 31 percent; rape and murder = 7 percent.

Gangsta Misogyny by Edward G. Armstrong - JCJPC, Volume 8, Issue 2

Why the kids got gift cards for Christmas

This is really cute--didn't see it in time for Christmas.



However, they gave us some neat stuff--subscription/memberships, ink cartridges for my printer, a beautiful framed replica of the Declaration of Independence, an itsy-bitsy TV, under the cabinet radio/cd player, hand cream, a right-size skillet, and of course an afternoon of their time, which is always the best gift for anyone.

HT Writers dogs, and Germans

It feels good to be a victim

AlfonZo has another one. Rapping about victicrats.

HT Michelle Malkin

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Imus or Rappers?

If I had to choose which insults black women more to more people, it would be the black rappers. Black performers making millions from the white kids buying their music regularly demean and objectify black women, calling them stupid Hos. You can dress it up with bling, but it doesn't change the meaning.

African American "leaders" in the media or entertainment world who are acting holier than thou need to make a stop at a music store, or where that filth is sold. I think Don Imus is disgusting and always has been; politicians who make nicey-nice on his show should look for cleaner streets for their soapboxes. Sponsors who have paid him to insult people need to find adults for their marketing departments who have vocabularies beyond four letter words.

"Who ever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse. Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you." Proverbs 9:7-8