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...Surviving the Times,” one of the few new tracks off his newly released “Greatest Hits” album, he recalls the golden days of first crushes and dreams of fame. This, of course, is before he goes badass “gangsta?? on us and reveals gritty images of prison life to the viewer. But you won’t find gyrating booties or a waterfall of hundred dollar bills in this video, only Polaroid-style photo shots of Nas and his crew chillin’ through the years, while a mishmash...
...against the mother tongue.And of course, most of our own prejudices against shitty American pop songs are elitist and unfounded. The French understand hooks and love songs that only 12-year-old girls can admit to liking in America, which made Paris completely liberating. I sang “Gangsta??s Paradise” with no irony; I discussed the merits of “The Sweet Escape” in French; I kind of liked a Mika song for about two minutes.I was reunited with television for my last week in Paris, and I spent...
While I’m sure there are plenty of people who are more than happy to see Cube’s “gangsta?? persona laid to rest, I lament the loss of a uniquely defiant American voice...
...wear to a concert, as you straddle the line between looking like a tool with the band’s tee on and looking like a nerd in bland everyday clothing. Attending an Oasis/Jet concert, I thought I would make the ultimate ironic move with my “Gangsta?? top. Smiling to myself on how clever I was as I walked through the crowd, I suddenly passed a girl wearing the exact same shirt. My brilliant social commentary was mere duplication.Herein lies the problem of the “Attitude” tee (which is how Abercrombie.com...
Labels and rappers seize every opportunity to reaffirm their “gangsta?? credentials to an unforgiving public. Curtis Jackson must be 50 Cent, twenty-four/seven. The problem is that 50 Cent is made up. He is nearly a cartoon—a hulking black superman who performs thug love to hundreds of women, parties incessantly while not drug dealing or murdering; and who, most importantly, is bulletproof. He cannot live up to that image, because it is impossible. Yet he and the public will continue to feed into it, until he is either exposed as fake...