Bling'd

[R_P_A_S]

there's this documentary on VH-1 Channel airing tomorrow at 8pm pacific time. I've seen the previews. and Im not exactly sure what it will be about.

it seems to me that there's 3 rappers in Africa, Sierra Leone.. and are "searching for the truth" I guess about Diamonds. It seem like they were there to show the exploitation of the workers or the people in the community that get exploited for diamonds?? not sure.

most noticeably is PAUL WALL, white rapper from Houston who is obviously suffering from an identity crises. if you know what I mean. he is there and I think this is interesting since I feel this man is ignorant.

cant wait to see what this is about.

[Ian]

I GOTZ THE INTERNET GOIN NURTZ


is this the one with Tego Calderon?

[midnight marauder]

I think you might be interested in this video. I didn't catch the Vh1 documentary (I don't get cable -- thankfully!) but I'm guessing it was pretty tame and uninformative.

Here's a link to Guerrilla Funk Recordings (associated with Public Enemy, Paris, TKASH, etc) with a short article at the bottom of the page and a link to the video off to the right.

This is a topic that really needs to adressed.

http://www.guerrillafunk.com/video/bling.html

[Tekun]

Very important issue that goes unnoticed and ignored in music circles
Materialism within hiphop is another aspect of the same issue
Although I laugh at "wack" rappers like Paul Wall, this could possibly open their eyes to the severe exploitation within the diamond industry
I'd like to see some of the more popular artists be taken to Sierra Leon to witness how ppl must live and suffer as a result of that piece of carbon on cats' ears

[R_P_A_S]

Originally posted by [email protected] 28, 2007 04:07 am
Very important issue that goes unnoticed and ignored in music circles
Materialism within hiphop is another aspect of the same issue
Although I laugh at "wack" rappers like Paul Wall, this could possibly open their eyes to the severe exploitation within the diamond industry
I'd like to see some of the more popular artists be taken to Sierra Leon to witness how ppl must live and suffer as a result of that piece of carbon on cats' ears
i havent seen it. and i wanna know if they went there just to "see how fucked up" it is or if this is the start of some changes.. Paul Wall got rich of making diamond grills for other rappers.

[StartToday]

Originally posted by [email protected] 28, 2007 06:01 am
Materialism within hiphop is another aspect of the same issue

I'd like to see some of the more popular artists be taken to Sierra Leon to witness how ppl must live and suffer as a result of that piece of carbon on cats' ears
Materialism is why I hate hip hop (okay to be fair, mainstream hip hop. I don't really listen to underground at all, but I know there's got to be some good stuff out there).

As for taking people to Sierra Leone to see what their materialism costs... I told my friend that buying $100 Nikes every two months was contributing to globalisation. I went into detail about the conditions. I even made shit up, saying that the kids sometimes were as young as 8, and would be working to feed their family, and they would stitch their hands to shoes because they had to work so fast, and then they had their hands amputated and they would starve because they couldn't work, or just die of infection... I said this because I wanted to see if she had any empathy for an exploited worker, especially a child. Her reply to my description was "So what? At least I look good."

:mellow: .... :o .... :angry:

I'm afraid that a lot of people might think like this. It's a terrifying thought. Part of her humanity has been purchased by Nike, in exchange for some flashy shoes that won't be cool in 2 months.

[R_P_A_S]

Originally posted by StartToday+February 28, 2007 06:43 am--> (StartToday @ February 28, 2007 06:43 am)
[email protected] 28, 2007 06:01 am
Materialism within hiphop is another aspect of the same issue

I'd like to see some of the more popular artists be taken to Sierra Leon to witness how ppl must live and suffer as a result of that piece of carbon on cats' ears
Materialism is why I hate hip hop (okay to be fair, mainstream hip hop. I don't really listen to underground at all, but I know there's got to be some good stuff out there).

As for taking people to Sierra Leone to see what their materialism costs... I told my friend that buying $100 Nikes every two months was contributing to globalisation. I went into detail about the conditions. I even made shit up, saying that the kids sometimes were as young as 8, and would be working to feed their family, and they would stitch their hands to shoes because they had to work so fast, and then they had their hands amputated and they would starve because they couldn't work, or just die of infection... I said this because I wanted to see if she had any empathy for an exploited worker, especially a child. Her reply to my description was "So what? At least I look good."

:mellow: .... :o .... :angry:

I'm afraid that a lot of people might think like this. It's a terrifying thought. Part of her humanity has been purchased by Nike, in exchange for some flashy shoes that won't be cool in 2 months. [/b]
hey bro. are you down to make a fake new story about that happening? we'll post it everywhere. try to make it legit as possible

[Tekun]

Talib and Mos Def (somewhat underground) avoid materialism as much as possible in their stuff, that's why Im a big fan
But, hiphop has never been about materialism, the music is about urban life
Don't judge hiphop based on a few clowns (more like many)
Its "corporate rappers" who have slowly injected materialism and flash into the music

I'm afraid that a lot of people might think like this. It's a terrifying thought. Part of her humanity has been purchased by Nike, in exchange for some flashy shoes that won't be cool in 2 months.
Sadly, most ppl think like this
Yet, when they feel threatened by the disposessed and oppressed, they ask why me or "why do ppl hate Americans?"
Most ppl dress to impress and dress to fit into a group or clique, but in the end, the shit u wore during HS means nothing