Sorry I haven't been blogging in a while, but there's this new CD out that I recommend for people interested in rap, politics, and the Obama campaign. Nas's new album was originally going to be called N-----, but because of protests from the NAACP, was left untitled. This is a very powerful album, and you can tell that by just looking at the cover. (The cover shows Nas's back covered in whip marks that form the letter N.) There are some amazing songs on the album, like Sly Fox, which is about how the right wing media, particularly FOX news, uses untrue, biased facts and racial prejudice to scare people and to get them to vote against Barack Obama. From the song: "The fox has a Bushy tail and Bush tells lies that Fox trots, so I don't know what's real." Another great song on the album is called Fried Chicken, which is about the food that racist white people associated with black people. One of the most powerful songs on the album is called N.I.*.*. E.R. (The Slave And The Master,) which is about institutional racism and racism today. From the song: " 'Cause anytime we mention our condition, our history or existence, they callin' it reverse racism..." That line stood out for me because I recognized how it related back to the right wing media, and how they try to terrify mostly white, middle and upper middle class people into believing that if a black person makes a statement about centuries of racism in America, they are un-American and must be reverse racists when really America is to blame for it's history of Racism, and the fact that after we've had two whole centuries, we still haven't given reparations to African Americans. I liked how the album ended with the song Black President, which is about Obama, and sends the message that despite America's racist past, and the fact there is still racism and there are still racists out there, we were able to nominate Barack Obama as the Democrat Nominee, and hopefully, we will be able to get him elected as the next President of the United States. It was one of my favorite summer albums, and I think that you should check it out.
Also, two of my other favorite rappers, Eminem and Missy Elliott both have new albums coming out this fall, so you could check those out as well.
