Imus Backlash Has Some Rappers Cleaning Up Their Acts
August 3rd, 2007 by Sam
Rap’s critics have been complaining for years, only to watch the music become even more profane - and more popular. But now it seems as if Don Imus may be accomplishing what a generation of detractors could not. Four months after outrage over Imus’ sexist and racial comments led to intense scrutiny of rap’s negative imagery, and as the genre’s sales continue to plummet, some artists are publicly abandoning offensive language. This where I think that some Muslim country’s that ban use of foul language in the lyrics of music videos do the right thing when they ban stuff that’s obscene. If we allow the seeds to grow then one day we will be fighting to cut the bad crop we sowed.
Thank god that I am not a big fan of these guys and I do not have hear these guys scream all that shit into my ears every morning I leave for work. More so the drop in sales of the CD’s of these artist have been the most driving force for them to realize that we do not except them in this form. The platinum-seller Chamillionaire recently announced that his new album, ”Ultimate Victory,” would be cuss- and N-word free.
