My professor had our class read another article. I was expecting it to be about another philosopher's complicated take on music, but I found it relatable and upsetting. The article is about how a radio DJ is being sued over Sarah Jones' song "Your Revolution."
The song expresses Sarah Jones' frustration of being portrayed as a sex object in hip-hop culture. Actually, I think it would be accurate to say that this song portrays the frustration of most women's frustration over hip-hop culture.
The radio DJ is being sued because the song is seen as vulgar because of the references it makes to some other hip-hop songs. The song does makes vulgar references, but that's the truth. A lot of hip-hop songs are vulgar. Her lyrics simply tell you the truth. This song forced me to stop and listen to what she was saying, and it has forced me to think about it for the past 30 minutes.
As long as women allow rappers to refer to us as "hos," "sluts," "cunts (their words, not mine)," "bitches," and "whores," the more they're going to do it. I see little progress and it's upsetting. This song has me considering going through all my music and deleting anything that is degrading to who I am. I'm not any of the above things. I consider myself to be an intelligent young lady, and I would like to be treated as such.
It's a breath of fresh air to hear songs like Ne-Yo's "Miss Independent," or "Independent" by Webbie, but we still have a long ways to go.
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One reason I never went to dances in high school was that the DJ played degrading songs. I asked my friends if they knew the lyrics to what they were dancing to and they just said, "it has a good beat for dancing, you're not supposed to listen to the words." I found this upsetting that people associate themselves with songs without caring about what the message is or could be.
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