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Introduction: Does rap music have the most controversial lyrics? What could possibly be worse than Eminem? Billy Florio takes a look.

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Article by: Billy Florio

"Baby you're so precious, Daddy's so proud of you, Sit down b*tch, If you move again I'll beat the sh*t out of you". We all know this song, its "Kim" by Eminem. Eminem is the new "shocking" and "controversial" rap star. He sings songs about raping his girlfriend, and beating his mom, and about how he hates gays, and bi's and everything else that a shocking rapper must sing about. (It's in the shocking rapper handbook, read it). He's shocking because the things he sings about were considered taboo before him...or were they? Rappers like Eminem, Ice T and Public Enemy have brainwashed people over the past 15 years to make them think that rap invented shocking lyrics. They're making people believe that they were the first to sing about sexual acts, or that they were the first to sing about offensiveness. But there is a genre that outdoes any rap song ever. There is a genre that has recorded more offensive lyrics, and more off-color lines than the number of times Ozzy has been bleeped. And that genre is.....CLASSIC ROCK! That's right kids, classic rock. Classic rock songs have been banned more than any rap song. More DJ's and radio stations have refused to play classic rock songs than any other genre of music. More classic rock songs contain lyrics that are sexual, homophobic or just not in line with the politically correct way of thinking. Are you shocked now?

Many of the songs that contain off-color lines, I bet you didn't even know were there. Lets take the Kinks for example, and their 1965 song "a well respected man". " And his mother goes to meetings, While his father pulls the maid, And she stirs the tea with councilors, While discussing foreign trade, And she passes looks, as well as bills At every suave young man....And he likes his own backyard, And he likes his fags the best, 'Cause he's better than the rest, And his own sweat smells the best, And he hopes to grab his father's loot, When Pater passes on....And he plays at stocks and shares, And he goes to the Regatta, And he adores the girl next door, 'Cause he's dying to get at her, But his mother knows the best about The matrimonial stakes." At first listen, you'd think this was a nice soft song, that is about "a well respected man, doing things conservatively", but then you'd hear the lyrics...and you'd hear the controversy. At the time, this was a very controversial thing. In 1965, people were expecting songs like "help!" or "Ferry �cross the mercy", nice songs about love, but not off-color. The kinks were one of the first to bend the line of acceptance with lyrics (Elvis did it with his hips, not lyrics). So, you may not be impressed by these lyrics, "So what, Ray Davies isn't singing about something shocking", ok, how bout we take a look at another Kinks song then...."Lola"...The whole song of "Lola" is a 60's censors worst nightmare. The song is about a transvestite who picks up a young boy in a Soho bar. Many people don't realize it till the end (and even after that, some don't) that Lola is a man. It was based on a true story that happened to one of Dave Davies friends...with a little artistic license. This was shocking at the time, and still is now (did you see the Queen of England's face, when at the "Queens Jubilee" Ray Davies played this song. It was hysterical, there is Queen Elizabeth, and Prince Charles, 2 people who have probably never heard of the Kinks, and Ray starts to play this nice little song, and then "I'm glad I'm a man, and so is Lola!..HA Ha"...priceless) Now how many rap songs can you think of that are about transvestites named Lola, and are sung by a straight man in the first person! The Kinks lyrics may have been the reason that they were banned from the United States for four years. Now you're saying to yourself "Oh that's nothing, he didn't mention any sexual acts, he didn't say anything that bad"...well, how �bout we talk about Lou Reed then. In the early 70's, Lou Reed had his only solo hit with the raunchy "Walk on the wild side", and while I don't really care for the song, it is one of the most off-color songs in the history of music. "Holly came from Miami, F-L-A, Hitchhiked her way across the U-S-A, Plucked her eyebrows on the way, Shaved her legs, Then he was a she, She says hey babe, take a walk on the wild side" Again, another song about a transvestite, but the difference between this song and Lola, is that Lola doesn't have this line:" Candy came from out on the island, In the back room she was everybody's darlin', But she never lost her head, Even when she was givin' head". Never thought you'd hear in a 70's song, did you? Well I hate to surprise you, but the 70's were the decade that had the most vulgarity. (In music I mean)

Probably the band that was the most vulgar was the one band that your parents were afraid to let you listen to, no I don't mean the Bay city rollers, I mean the Rolling Stones! The Rolling Stones might have single handedly offended women more than any other pop act in history (And Mick Jagger probably laided them all). The Stones had more off-color lyrics than you can imagine! Lets take for example, the title track off their amazing album "Let it bleed". "Yeah, we all need someone we can dream on, And if you want it, baby, well you can dream on me, Yeah, we all need someone we can cream on, And if you want to, well you can cream on me.... Take my arm, take my leg, oh baby don't you take my head, Yeah, we all need someone we can bleed on, Yeah, and if you want it, baby, well you can bleed on me...bleed it alright, bleed it alright, you can be my rider, you can cum all over me...you can cum all over me, bleed it alright, baby cum all over me" I have called this song the single most vulgar song in history...."She said, "My breasts, they will always be open, Baby, you can rest your weary head right on me, And there will always be a space in my parking lot, When you need a little coke and sympathy"" Now show me a rap song that says that! The stones have so many off-color songs, and I can name about 50 more, but I'm just going to do two more: �Honky tonk woman" "I met a gin soaked bar room queen in Memphis, she tried to take me upstairs for a ride, she had to heave me right across her shoulders, but I just cant seem to drink her off my mind", and "Little T&A", which is off their 1982 album "Tattoo you". The stones are the kings of sexual innuendos. (and Mick is the king of paternity tests!)

Now, I can go on forever about songs that have off-color lines, I'm just gunna name a few more: Led Zeppelin's "The lemon song": "Squeeze me baby, till the juice runs down my leg, The way you squeeze my lemon, I'm gonna fall right out of bed."... Plus, �Trampled under foot" and "Black Dog" as well by Zep.... Basically the whole song "Bobby Brown" by Frank Zappa: "Women's Liberation Came creepin' across the nation, I tell you people I was not ready, When I f*cked this d*ke by the name of Freddie She made a little speech then, Aw, she tried to make me say "when" She had my balls in a vice, but she left the d*ck, I guess it's still hooked on, but now it shoots too quick". I could post that whole song here, but it would take up way too much space..."Double shot of my baby's love" by the Swingin' medallions: "What happened to me last night That girl of mine, she loved me so right (yeah!) (oh, oh) She loved me so long and she loved me so hard, I finally passed out in her front yard (whoo!), It wasn't wine that I had too much of It was a double shot of my baby's love"...also, "Abracadabra" by the Steve Miller Band, "Big ten inch record" by Aerosmith, and of course everybody's favorite, "Walk this way" by Aerosmith, with its unclear lyrics. We actually had a whole conversation on the message board about what "walk this way" actually meant, and you'd be surprised at the amount of people that actually didn't know. (and the conversation that started it, I think it was someone's question if Nora Jones' "Don't know why" was about sexual dysfunction...which honestly, it could be)

And you might think that soft rock is excluded from this, well you were wrong again. Here's Jefferson Starships romantic power ballad "Miracles":"I got a taste of the real world when I went down on you babe", and of course Neil Diamond's ode to his penis, "Longfellow serenade": "ride, c'mon baby ride, let me make your dreams come true, Ill sing my song, let me make it warm for you".... see, nothing is safe! (my grandmother loves Neil Diamond, and whenever I hear her playing this song, I break out in laughter)

Now I just posted numerous lyrics about sex that are found in classic rock songs, there are about fifty million other songs that could fit in here as well, but what about other controversial things in music....There are about a million and one songs about drugs in classic rock, from "Sweet leaf" to �mother's little helper" to "Puff the magic dragon" to "dazed and confused"(as well as about another million written while on drugs...i.e. "walk this way"), and there are about 100 songs about getting drunk, from "Margaritaville" to "lets get drunk and screw", so im not going to put any lyrics to those up here, but what about other things, like rape, and beating up your girlfriends and the such, well.... "Bobby brown" again:" I got a cheerleader here wants to help with my paper, Let her do all the work 'n' maybe later I'll rape her"...there are about 50 more on this too, but I'm too lazy to try to remember them...

A little while ago, I asked one of my friends about this subject. I asked him if he could think of some dirty rock songs. With a disgusted look, he refused to answer, he said, "Billy, its Rock and roll, it's meant to be dirty, if its not, then they aren't doing it right". Truer works have not been spoken. From Elvis and Chuck Berry back in the 50's, Rock and Roll has been an outlet for people's filthy minds..It's been where rock stars could channel their sexual ideas (unlike with the groupies with which they apply their ideas)...Rock and roll was always meant to be dirty and controversial, that was the point...

I hope after reading this, you would never look at a rap song the same way again...they're nothing compared to the real shocking stuff...unlike rock, rap wasn't originally about controversy, rap was about showing urban problems within black society (i.e. "The message"-Grand Master Flash and the furious five, circa 1981). Rap is like Rocks younger brother that tries to emulate it, but doesn't do it well enough...you can still see the difference. Rappers think their tough and all they think they've got balls for raping about the things they do, well, Id like to show them who's really got balls, Id say its John Sebastian and Godley and Cr�me for naming their groups (The lovin' spoonful and 10CC respectively) after terms used in blues music for ejaculated seamen! Bet you didn't know that! (Bet the writers of "Welcome back Kotter" didn't either!)

So the next time that you hear "F*** the police" by Public enemy, think, which is more a shock to hear these days, Chuck D raping about how bad cops are, or a rock star almost as old as your grandpa singing about molesting his deaf, dumb, and blind nephew who likes to play pinball? (Sorry Pete, it was too easy)...think about it

As always,

-Billy Florio

PS: Seriously, I didn't know what "You aint seen nothin' till your down on a muffin" meant till like 2 years ago!

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Billy Parker - February 03, 2003 - Report this comment

You know it Billy! The volume of classic rock music involved with shocking lyrics would fill a University library. From the blatant; Dr. Jimmy from The Who--You say she's a virgin/I'm gonna be the first in/ Her fella's gonna kill me/Oh f***ing will he! Actually Jimmy is really a nice boy and wouldn't say such nasy things if it wasn't for his pill induced drug haze. He does have it better than his cousin Tommy. He was raped by his Uncle. (Would that be Jimmy's dad?) The more suttle; The Rascals-- Groovin--"On a Sunday afternoon", because musicians worked on weekends and the time for sex with girlfriends was on Sunday. To the impossible to figure out the lyrics; Stones of course--Bitch--Girl when you call my name, I salivate like a Pavlov dog. Girl when you lay me out, my hearts beaten louder than a big bass drum. Ironically it does seem to be part of the package of appeal for R&R. The Kingsmen "Louie Louie" was going nowhere on the charts till a false rumor started about the hard to understand lyrics. Authorities looked into it for sexual references and the publicity from the investigation shot the song to the top of the charts. "Three nights and days I sail the seas, I think of a girl, Oh constantly. Me see Jamaica, the moon above, it won't be long till I see my love." Hardly stuff even back then to make Ward and June's hair stand on end.

Billy Florio - February 03, 2003 - Report this comment

Exactly Billy. Actully, Ive read the so-called "dirty" lyrics to "Louie Louie" (the ones that people were claiming them to be), and actully, its quite funny how people thought that they heard this stuff...some of it doesnt even match up lol! Anyway...there are so many songs in ROck that are dirty..and about 50 of them are either Frank Zappa or Stones songs..... I was actully gunna use "Groovin" in here, but I figured people who didnt know what it was about would think I was streching the meaning..anyway, Thanks

nemimem - February 03, 2003 - Report this comment

Ah, Tommy... That was a great musical. But, although I agree with everything you've said, I don't recall anything particularly dirty about "Fiddlin' Around," other than the name itself. Whatever

Crymistia - February 04, 2003 - Report this comment

Not always like it seems - Puff The Magic Dragon for example - http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/puff.htm

Crymistia - February 04, 2003 - Report this comment

And as for 10cc - http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/10cc.htm

Michael Pacholek - February 04, 2003 - Report this comment

Interesting point, and you never even got around to saying that gangster rap goes back to the 19th Century song "Stagger Lee," best known by the 1959 version by Lloyd Price. And "Folson Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash: "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die." And "I Shot the Sheriff" by Bob Marley by way of Eric Clapton. The key, though, is that guys like Frank Zappa never had hits with their beat-em-up and rape-em songs, while Eminem does. And while Bob Dylan wrote in 1965, in "It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding," "Even the President of the United States must sometimes stand naked," (and LBJ, who liked to skinny-dip in the White House pool and hold meetings in the bathroom preceded Bill Clinton by 30 years), I can't think of a song that called for Johnson to be killed, or even a truly evil President like Richard Nixon, the way rap songs talked about killing the first George Bush (and, for her stand against raunch lyrics, doing things to Tipper Gore). So there is a step taken by more recent rockers and rappers that previous acts did not take. And as for "Elvis said it with his hips, not his lyrics," OK, he never actually wrote a song, but... "All Shook Up": "I'm itchin' like a man on a fuzzy tree." Would that be from V.D., E? "I'm proud to say that she's my buttercup." Guess he never heard the word "cream" in that format before. "My tongue gets tied when I try to speak"...So the two of you kiss with tongues, huh? "My insides are shakin' like a leaf on a tree." That would've been naughtier if a woman sang it. "There's only one cure for this body of mine, and that's to have that girl that I love so fine!" To HAVE her? And that's just from one song! (Otis Blackwell wrote it.) "Don't Be Cruel," rock's first tribute to a dominatrix? (Also Otis.) "Hard Headed Woman" may not be about that which extends from her neck. (Written by Claude DeMetrius.) "Mean Woman Blues": "She got ruby lips, she got shapely hips. (Also Claude DeMetrius, and a hit for Roy Orbison.) "Trouble": "I'm evil, my middle name is misery." (Jerry Lieber & Mike Stoller.) "I'm gonna stick like glue, stick, because I'm stuck on you." (Couldn't find a writing credit.) "Suspicious Minds": "We're caught in a trap." What kind of kinkiness is goin' on there? (Written by Mark James, who also wrote "Always On My Mind.") Do I have to bring up "Burning Love"? (Written by Dennis Linde.) Don't get me started on Orbison: In "Oh Pretty Woman" alone, there's "Mercy" and the growl and, in one version, "Come with me, baby" and another, "Come to me baby," which sounds an awful lot like "Come DO me baby." And you thought Roy was wholesome as apple pie, but after Jason Biggs, even apple pie is suspect. I say these things as much for humor as for enlightenment, because the article was a good one. Just a bit incomplete. But then, I'm not one to talk: Until I found Amiright, I had no idea that John Lennon's "Holes to fill the Albert Hall" may have referred to human exhaust pipes.

Billy Florio - February 04, 2003 - Report this comment

nemimem, Tommy itself wasnt dirty, I was just mentioning the fact that "Fiddle about" is aboutTommy being molested by his Uncle Ernie

Billy Florio - February 04, 2003 - Report this comment

Michael, well I couldnt name EVERY song lol...there are so so many, thats why its Rock and Roll...Stagger Lee and Folsem Prision blues and I shot the sheriff are kind of Irrelevent, because theyre not REALLY shocking (well, I guess Stagger lee was at its time in its originaly format by Leadbelly, I think) they are about violence, but I was really focusing on sex and stuff here.....and I thought Zappa had a hit with Bobby Brown..everyone I know knows that song..

Iai - February 06, 2003 - Report this comment

Alas, let us not forget 'Turning Japanese'. It took most people 20 years to figure out that one.

alejandro from argentina - February 07, 2003 - Report this comment

hi eminem means nothing if you compare him with de black metal from norway

Rage Onyx - February 10, 2003 - Report this comment

Rap isn't so much controversial as it is just plain crude and uneducated. These people don't know how to illustrate the point without coming out and saying it. "Mama's got a squeeze box she wears on her chest" (the Who) can be listened to by an 8 year old without harm... it's a song about an accordion! Whereas "..Your nipples look so tender,Can I twirl 'em in my mouth.." (Coolio) leaves NO room for interpretation. It's the difference between bringing home a Renoir painting or a $10 hooker. I grew up in the 80's and heard songs like "Little Red Corvette" (Prince) without realizing what they're ACTUALLY talking about until years later. As far as my pre-pubescent mind knew.. he went on a date with some lady in a hot car, she took him back to her horse ranch, and he stopped dating her because she was a reckless driver. Sure, most genres have some explicit lyrics, but usually within at least some semblance of an art form. i.e. Toad the Wet Sprocket - no mistaking th gang rape> http://www.lyricsdownload.com/data/t/toad_the_wet_sprocket/toad_the_wet_sprocket_hold_her_down.php4 but is THIS rap-art?! http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bustarhymes/makeitclapremix.html Gansta Rap isn't controversy, it's abuse of the right to "freedom of speech".

Martin - February 13, 2003 - Report this comment

I'm sorry, but I've yet to hear a valid, important statement about hip-hop outside of ones made by people in the industry. Otherwise it's just has a racial bias, or a generation gap-based biased (the latter clearly shown by this article). As great as the Kinks are (and they are great, as well as most of the bands this article mentioned), there's NO SUCH THING AS AN INVENTOR OF CONTROVERSIAL LYRICS. If only the Baby-boomers could for once see past their own self-importance, and understand that controversial music is never new, but it always SEEMS new to the people who listen to it. Eminem, Ice-T, Public Enemy etc. have never actually claimed to have invented controversy in lyrics, in fact they (and most people who know their stuff) are surprised when the controversy happens. (so perhaps this article isn't really for hip-hop fans, so much as morons like Tipper Gore.) As for the generation gap-based bias, I think it's a little funny how Florio fails to mention controversial lyrics from BEFORE his time. Sonny Terry doing everything to his girl that Eminem would think of later, Cab Calloway hanging out with his reefer man, and even when I was young I KNEW what "Shake, Rattle and Roll" was all about. I also think it funny that all the hip-hop anyone on this board has as an example is the overground stuff that MTV plays. Any square who soapboxes about hip-hop can think of the things Eminem said By the way, his lyrics aren't homophobic or misogynist, they're ironic. He knows that homophobic lyrics are nothing new to hip-hop, but he plays on the controversy it gives him because the pro-censorship zealots haven't noticed when other rappers did the same thing because the censors generally don't listen to non-mainstream black musicians. As for such less-than-mainstream hip-hop artists, such as Talib Kweli, Blackalicious, Common (well he's mainstream, but he hasn't sold out in any way.) I mean, the controversial classic rock groups mentioned in the article are fine, but if someone were to prove the opposite point, one could point out worthless quasi-rock like Genesis, Bad Company and anything Paul McCartney did without the Beatles. It's funny that Florio thinks that rappers think that rappers think that they invented controversy despite it existing long before hip-hop (or classic rock for that matter), whereas I'm sure Michael Florio thinks that he invented his take on the matter, when several 48-year old subirban dads have said the same thing.

Martin (a correction) - February 13, 2003 - Report this comment

Yeah, that was full of typos, sorry. It's hard to grammar-check things said off the cuff. I also accidentally called Billy Florio "Michael". Forget that. Freudian slip, Michael is my dad's name.

Billy Florio - February 13, 2003 - Report this comment

Martin, of course there have been contriversal songs from before classic rock...in blues music of the 1920's, you couldnt go 4 feet without bumping into a double-entandra (is that spelt right?) ...but you are very wrong on something....Im not a baby boomer...I was born in the early eighties.....and I know a decent amount of stuff about rap, but I get the feeling that you dont understand what Im trying to say in my article....

SiLLy BoNeZ - February 15, 2003 - Report this comment

dude i still don't know what "You aint seen nothin' till your down on a muffin" . now i feel really dumb but can someone explain !!

Dr. Westheimer - February 15, 2003 - Report this comment

Oral sex with a woman.

mysticrose - February 16, 2003 - Report this comment

Great article, Billy! You're right, there are a whole bunch of "classic rock" songs with suggestive lyrics. How about "Get It On (Bang a Gong)" by T-Rex? "The End" by the Doors has a disturbing Oedipal incest element to it, and need I even mention "Light My Fire"? Don't the Beatles also have a few songs about sex? I could be wrong, but songs like "Why Don't We Do It In The Road", "I Want You/She's So Heavy" and "One After 909" seem to be about sex, or at least mention it. "I Am the Walrus" contains the following lines: "Pornographic priestess/Boy, you've been a naughty girl/you let your knickers down". The otherwise-innocent sounding "All Together Now" has a line which goes: "Black white green red/Can I take my friend to bed?", and on "I've Got a Feeling", John sings: "Everybody had a wet dream". Then, of course, there are the classic rock songs which contain blatant profanities. The last verse of Steve Miller's "Jet Airliner" says "Cause I don't want to get caught up in any of that funky sh*t going down in the city" (though another version I hear on the oldies station says "kicks" instead; probably sanatized for airplay. The classic rock station plays the other R-rated version quite freely). And I could swear Roger Daltrey sings "Who the f**k are you" in the song "Who Are You"; yet they play it on the radio without any bleeps. If I'm not mistaken, many rap stations still bleep the profanity on hip-hop songs for airplay, but classic rock stations don't seem to do the same, yet the FCC lets them get away with it. What's up with that???

Billy Florio - February 16, 2003 - Report this comment

Yeah, Ive noticed that too...classic rock stations do not bleep out profanities...."Who are you" is a big offender..."Fixing to a die rag" is another with its intro, "Working classhero" is another, "Money" by Pink Floyd...theres much more..I never got why they dont do that...hmm.......How the hell did I completely forget about the Doors? The line from "The end": "Father, I want to kill you..mother, I want to f*** you!"

SiLLy BoNeZ - February 17, 2003 - Report this comment

hey thank you !!! Dr. Westheimer !!! you rock !!

Jessie - May 06, 2003 - Report this comment

I belive as a teenager that music is music not there to offend anyone it is just there to entertain young and old people. I myself am doing a paper on Eminem and how people blam him for what others do just because he RAPS but people choose what to listen to and if they get something out of nothing that is the persons fault not the writters or singers fault.

Barry - May 11, 2003 - Report this comment

Bang on -- and I've always thought Son of a Preacher Man fit the bill -- "learnin' from each other's knowin', lookin' to see how much we've grown." And even way back -- the Crests' Step-by-Step. "Heaven's Door -- each thrill invited more." "In no time we were up to 10." Great article...

Billy Florio - May 12, 2003 - Report this comment

The funny thing is, alot of those old doo-wop songs have sex references, and no one realized it...yeah, I guess I can see where "Step by Step" could fit in, but there are others too lol....thanks Barry

fdr - July 10, 2003 - Report this comment

None of this stuff is new. Look at old folk songs from Ireland or Scotland; look at the songs popular with soldiers and sailors for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Look at the songs people sang in the pubs and bars of most countries. One thing I can say about most of the songs or artists mentioned above, both classic and rap, is that they are good songs or artists. It is not enough just to be vulgar (think of that stupid song, "When I think about you I touch myself.). That song will probably NOT be played 20 years from now on some kind of classics station, while Aerosmith, the Kinks, and probably even Eminem will. That's all.

beeza - November 12, 2003 - Report this comment

I was born in the eigthies and don't recall hearing music with explicit lyrics but i can tell u 4 sure that the music in the past is nothing compared to ones that we hear today i can name a few artists infact i think all artists must have had songs with explicit lyrics at some stage of their lives like Tupac,Jay-z ,mobb deep etc.Their lyrics are more hardcore than the ones that you just named.

Robyne - February 09, 2004 - Report this comment

I think that it is misinforming to say that Rock has the MOST controversial lyrics, when all lyrics are contreversial! Because anyone who doesn't agree with what is being said in the song, well suddenly it must be wrong!! Lyrics are put out to entertain you, everyone has their own tastes and ideas of what is right and wrong, and I think that the topic contreversy should be all together forgotten, because the world is very naive and they don't know the first thing about living if they think that Eminem's words are "explicit" Life is explicit, shit happens everyday and the stuff he talks about in his songs, are real incidents that happened to him ... so I guess you would have to say that Eminem as a person is wrong completely and he should die. So anyone who thinks that his lyrics are bad or wrong, is wrong themselves and should get a fucking reality check... and the fact that you say that rappers like Eminen have "brainwashed" people into thinking that rap has the worst lyrics is very incorrect. I hate that people like you think you know why Eminem raps when the reality is that you don't know anything about Eminem, I mean I'm so sure he goes into the studio and thinks "Hey let's make ppl think that us rappers are the worst people in the world and no one is as gross as us!" .... honestly, he raps because that is what he loves, he doesn't do it to stir trouble, it's an opinion expressed lyrically, and the only reason it is looked upon badly in society is because everyone is afraid to hear the truth about how our world is today ... Eminem tells it how it is, because he doesn't want to be another all american child, and who is to say that's a bad thing? Eminem is a very very talented young artist, and I think it is important for everyone to realize that he is one of the only people in the world who is pussy enough to sit back and let the world run him ... thank you

Jonathann Young - October 11, 2004 - Report this comment

the song "Fuck tha Police" is NOT by Public Enemy. It is by N.W.A. Get your information correct Billy Florio!!!

Neilium - February 20, 2005 - Report this comment

hey you blokes. Music is art.. sometimes society forces art to be painted riddles just heard a great one from Lucille Bogan Stew Meat blues... I beleive theres another one of hers about her shaved vagina. And she could be my granny. just folk music at it's best.. Neil

ed - February 21, 2005 - Report this comment

NWA did "F*** the police" not Chuck D, you nerds. Besides, alternatively we could live in a society where we're forced to listen Justine Timberlake and the music would be alot less exciting to listen to. right, Chuck

Sean - April 11, 2005 - Report this comment

Eminem's lyrics are too far looked into. He doesn't mean half the things he says. People who are offended need to get a life, you hear worse things in public schools.

youngmoney - July 15, 2005 - Report this comment

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Antebellum - September 04, 2005 - Report this comment

Yeah, sure. Pick on the lyrics. What about all the suggestive, dirty, sexy, obscene, practically pornographic MUSIC? Huh? Huh?

blink - October 12, 2005 - Report this comment

I think you just wrote this article for the attention, stfu and gtfo out of my google searches.

du ist dik - January 03, 2006 - Report this comment

u just dont like anything that moves too fast. u clearly dont like rap cos u had 2 gro up with it. only a person who cant stand music does not like evry form especialy classical, which is some of the best rhythm wise. ur points were poorly put across, all u did was list songs with explicit content and if u wer to lwk at wen some rapstars songs wer writen ud now that they wrote them b4 ur fanny ass classic rock (there is no such thing as classic as it all exists as one, watch the karate kid for explanations on that)

Jessica*ROCK LOVER* - March 28, 2006 - Report this comment

I think your article was pathetic and wasteful. Even though rock has lyrics that may mean something inappropriate, at least not every single song says "Get down on the floor..blah, blah...suck my cock..blah...you're my bitch now...blah, blah, BLAH!!!!" I have a 6 page report I have to do about "Why is rock banned but not rap?" and I know that you were just saying your own thoughts, but that's only your side! You only think that the Ghetto has only rap lovers, I haven't been to the Ghetto, so I'm not sure, but you need to look at the other people around you and see what they're like. Many punk people get in trouble for things they never did. It may have not been rappers, but that's not my point. Here's an example.....You know how sometimes you're just driving around and a car somewhere near you has rap music blasting so high, that you can't even hear your own radio? They never get pulled over and given a ticket, but we do. If you want to talk to me.....email me here girmonkey03@hotmail.com

Chris - April 22, 2006 - Report this comment

it was weired

Hip Hop fo life! - November 29, 2006 - Report this comment

Hip hop is the best and most controversial genre of music!

NWA 4 life - November 29, 2006 - Report this comment

NWA are the best group ever and 2pac is the best solo artist ever how can you say any rock is better or more controversial than NWA or Tupac Shakur Oh by the way NWA made F*ck the police not Public enemy just so you know!!!

Morrissey/ hip hop girl - November 29, 2006 - Report this comment

Morrissey is a seriously decent singer and he sparks controversy bout things that matta plus so does eminem (ie Margret on a guilatine, interesting drug, mosh) and NWA and Tupac are WAY more controversial (and talented) than any rock star(bar Moz on talent) PS get ya facts str8 b4 ya run ya mouth!

NWA 4 life - November 29, 2006 - Report this comment

Homegirl is right Morrisey is aight fo sho (though he aint NWA or 2pac standard) let me just reinforce the fact that you have to be pretty dumb 2 think classic rock is as controversial as the worlds most dangerous group or my THUG LIFE homeboy Morrisey aint that controversial but some of his music is worth a listen. Please never ever say that rock is more controversial than rap- particularly classic rock cos that aint no thing. Aint nobody gonna respond? I guess you must have agreed with me first time round. Also Shady is a crazy lyricist and is def more controversial than rock but NWA are sooooooooo gully still tho Copkilla by Ice T has gotta be gangsta but F**k the Police by NWA(Not PUBLIC ENEMY!!!!) is da master of controversy ya cant get much more bad than a letter from the FBI still all rap makes rock look placid. Holla if ya hear me !!

Eazy E R.I.P - November 29, 2006 - Report this comment

Ever heard of NWA you must have done earlier someone said rappers dont get done, that aint true NWA got kicked off stage in Detroit for performin F**k tha police. NWA also recieved a letter from the FBI concernin the same song. The last few comments have been the best. The dude that said Public Enemy did F**k tha police needs to pay attention to gangsta rap and stop talkin bout how gangsta groups that most people aint heard of or listen to are.also if you wonderin bout Eazy E R.I.P(you should know who this G is, he was the lead rapper of NWA fo sho) Eazy revolutionized music in a way that no one in history has and all G-rap fans have him to thank. If you aint no gangsta rap fan then blames yourself not Eazy nor any other of the real G rappers like NWA and 2pac. NWA 4 life dude you know whats up 2 I see when you talk bout how gully the G's of hip hop are compared to the rock boys who tghink they is oh so special but aint no thing to THUG LIFE or the worlds most dangerous group holla if ya hear me fools!

Gangsta - January 17, 2007 - Report this comment

Hip hop is king

DESTINY - March 14, 2007 - Report this comment

WOW thats really something. well i really love rap in every thing but when it comes to songs talking about sex and about a girls body thats a little to much so now i dont leason to that stuff anymore.

OG - May 04, 2007 - Report this comment

Hip hop iz mint blud so rock iz crap init

andreaisreal - May 04, 2007 - Report this comment

rap is crap witha c rock rules forever

Chav init - June 02, 2007 - Report this comment

Shut ya fukin mouth m8 u don't no nought bout da 2pac init yeh m8 rap iz propa phat so don't dis blud rok iz propa wank init!!

The Biz Marc-E - June 21, 2007 - Report this comment

I'm gay! Yaaaaay! Now shove your d

Chav init - June 21, 2007 - Report this comment

Fukin hell yeah I wel luv da rap init yeah n rok iz gay but rap iz phat m8 so don't dis rap cuz I iz wel chav n wel hip hop init

The 1 - December 14, 2008 - Report this comment

Oi Oi m8s rap is well f***in better than rock so dont be a cunt

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