Maybe if parents didn't allow their children to listen to the 'music' of rap, with its simplistic rythyms and awful sexist and violent lyrics and promoted jazz, blues (and even classical) music, which are played on actual instruments, New Orleans and other major communities, like Washington D.C., wouldn't be so racked with violence and disperation. Notice that all these cities used to have a thriving jazz and blues music and now have gone over to 'rap' and the violence curve has increased during this same time.

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More telling is the report by Greg Palast, called New Orleans- Big Easy to Big Empty. Here is a link to watch his report on GOOGLE VIDEO.

Here is a LINK to his site, where you can buy a copy.

Since his report, NO has decided to tear down the Lafitte Housing- near the Quarter. It wasn't flooded and the land has been coveted by developers for years. The lady he interviews has since died.

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i agree that the kind of lyrics you're talking about are terrible and i'm not sure if free speech should allow that crap to exist in the mainstream. But you are way too ignorant when it comes to music to be making any comments about it. I thougtht everybody knew by now that the kindt of stuff you're talking about is only the worst variety of hiphop, unfortunately it is the most popular these days, which makes sense i guess given the ridiculous state of pop music in general. In fact, MOST hiphop isn't like this, a good percentage of it is acually ART! granted you won't hear it on MTV. If you're only getting your knowledge of music from MTV, you really don't know much about music. Please only call for the complete elimination of genres you know something about!
Also, there are a lot of lyrics that set just as bad an example for kids in WHITE MAINSTREAM POP that you WILL hear on MTV, and the characters are just as moronic (justin timberlake recently bragged about how he does heroin in an effort to appear even cooler to the youth). So I'm afraid race might be an issue in your analysis. BTW, I'm a jazz musician and I wholeheartedly agree that we need MORE JAZZ!

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I also play in a hiphop band, and we all use real instruments! this isn't a new phenomenon. check out The Roots

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(((PLENTY MORE OF WhERE ThESE COME fRoM!)))

Artist: One.Be.Lo
Album: S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.
Song: Axis
Typed by: CelticsPrincess1@aol.com

{*"Man it's a trip"*}
{*"Man it's a trip"*} (turn)
{*"Man it's a trip, trip, trip"*} (turn)

[One.Be.Lo]
Now as the world turns, when will us black people learn? (damn)
Before we had a perm, we came from Adam's sperm
You see with plain vision, we live in the same system
Became victims, once was able, can't even raise children
Where's 'the village' when you need it?
A question for the person in the looking glass
Our community's lookin bad like a bucket full of crabs
That's the crooked path
If we don't straighten this out, how long would it last?
Every night you hear the bullets blast
Even if you in the suburbs every night, you see the footage flash
across your screen, I'll tell you my biggest pet peeve
You lookin at it thinkin like, "It don't affect me"
You livin large I'm thinkin like, "It don't impress me"
Rockin them chains, Sojourner Truth is tryin to set free
It don't take a pro-fessor
to see the o-pressor got the whole treasure
Now how many Africans slain for one platinum chain on yo' dresser?
I'm no better just because I think I know better
Tell me who you trust when you're in your new trucks
Some of us dyin over a few bucks, killers old enough to ride a school bus
With brothers like these tell me, who needs the Ku Klux?
Women walkin with titties out cause the truth sucks
It's time to breastfeed, knowledge is the best key
We got us pourin liquor out for all the dead G's
Rest? Please, in the grave you gettin less peace

{*"Man it's a trip"*} {*"Turnin, turnin"*}
{*"The world keeps turnin.."*}
{*"On its axis.."*}

[One.Be.Lo]
See in America they flamed bottle rockets when slaves was not abolished (true)
Slayed a lot of fathers and raped a lot of mommas
Them days cotton products, we blame our modern problems
New ways they got us bondaged, the chains is psychologic
The media be feedin us napalm atomics
While the schools brainwash us, the crayons is toxic (blah!)
Don't believe the hype, they can save all the drama
Cause them apes not evolving, I can't swallow ya vomit
My rights as a human they change laws in congress
Now Shaytan [Satan] in office, we can't call him honest
What part of the game do they play, cops or robbers?
In this land of Pocahontas, natives lost to conquest
Your false gods get framed, buffed and polished
If you ask who the prophet, they say Nostradamas (who?)
No ways of Muhammad, no pray five at Kabbah
Definition of a terrorist, they call Islamic
So many brothers puzzled and can't solve they problems
Smuggle crack, juggle rap, or play ball in college
But Uncle Sam, hustle man, take all your dollars
Break y'all, sink them 8-balls in your pocket
I'm chosen like Moses, here to take y'all to promise
My +Quest+ started when Tip say "Lost my wallet"
We all gotta get it, the mules, acres was promised
But the skeletons came out the closet
Now some of y'all black folks is still patriotic
Dyin in wars, so who you think make the profit?

{*"One day old fool, you gonna get this country
in a war that they not gonna fight for ya,
which means you gon' have to fight it yourself!"*}

{*"What makes you think you can be a black hero?"*}

{*"I'm here, because I can't stand what's happening
and somebody has to make a difference
Now brotha will you help me?"*}

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