NELLY GONE WILD - RAPPER PORN

AUGUST 11, 2004
I WAS PASSING BY THE RADIO OR TELEVISION AND I HEARD THAT BLACK FEMALES AT SPELMAN COLLEGE, IN ATLANTA, WERE CALLING FOR A BOYCOTT OF THE RAPPER, NELLY.
I PAID NO ATTENTION TO THIS ONCE I HEARD THAT HIS SIN WAS TO DEMEAN AND DEBASE FEMALES IN HIS LATEST VIDEO. TO SINGLE OUT ONE RAPPER FOR ABUSING WOMEN IS LIKE POINTING OUT THAT:
AL CAPONE WAS A GANGSTER
CHARLES MANSON A MURDERER
SUSAN SMITH A LESS THAN PERFECT MOM
OSCAR ROBERTSON A PRETTY DECENT BALL PLAYER
ANGELA BASSETT IS AN INTERESTING LADY

WHILE MY EXAMPLES ARE UNEVEN, THE IDEA OF STATING THE OBVIOUS SHOULD BE MANIFEST ?
QUITE A FEW MALE RAPPERS PRESENT WOMEN AS HOES, WHORES AND ASSORTED BODY PARTS, SANS A BRAIN OR HUMANITY.
THIS IS THE WAY IT IS, WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, SO I THOUGHT, WHY SINGLE OUT NELLY ?
I EVEN FIGURED IT WAS A SALES TECHNIQUE, OF HIS OWN CREATION, TO DRAW ATTENTION TO HIS NEW VIDEO; THEN I SAW THE VIDEO AT 3:30 A.M. ON THE BET NETWORK.
THIS VIDEO IS WAY OVER THE LINE ? THIS VIDEO ERASES THE LINE ? IT GOES BEYOND THE PALE ? IT GIVES PORNOGRAPHY A BAD NAME.
I LIKE A LOT OF RAP MUSIC? ? I FIND IT CREATIVE AND IMAGINATIVE AND A LOT OF IT IS REALLY SATIRE, IF YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY.
I DON'T THINK ANYTHING SHOULD BE CENSORED FOR GROWN FOLKS ? GROWN FOLKS CAN ELECT NOT TO LOOK AT THAT WHICH OFFENDS THEM, BUT THIS VIDEO IS FAR BEYOND WHAT I WOULD THINK ANYONE WITH TEENAGE SENSIBILITIES NEEDS TO SEE.
IF IT WAS A PORN VIDEO, THAT WOULD BE OKAY, BUT TO MIX IT IN WITH OTHER MAINSTREAM VIDEOS AND THUS GIVE IT A DEFACTO STAMP OF APPROVAL FOR TEENS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND CONFUSING.
PUTTING THIS WOLF IN THE SAME PEN WITH THE LAMBS, IS WHAT IS MOST UPSETTING, CALL IT PORN AND TREAT IT AS PORN AND I WOULD NOT BE WRITING ABOUT IT; BUT THROWING IT IN AS THE SECOND FEATURE ON THE PLAY BILL WITH SPRONGBOB SQUAREPANT, IS A PROBLEM FOR ME.
OTHER VIDEOS MAY HAVE ELEMENTS OF POOR TASTE, THEY MAY BE A LITTLE RAW AND OVER THE TOP, BUT THIS NELLY THING IS A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME AND I FAILED TO FIND ANY REDEEMING QUALITY TO IT ?
NONE AT ALL AND I CAN'T BELIEVE ANY FEMALES IN THIS VIDEO WITH AN I.Q. OVER 45, COULD FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEIR ROLE IN THIS PROJECT, BUT IF THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE A PORNO FLICK, THEN THEY COULD BE COMMENDED FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
I AM NOT BLAMING THE PERFORMERS, THEY DID WHAT THEY WERE TOLD AND PAID TO DO. AS THEY LOOK BACK ON THIS ENTERPRISE, THEY MAY SEE THEMSELVES AS VICTIMS, MORE THAN PERFORMERS.
I DO QUESTION THE SANITY AND ETHICS OF THE BUSINESS MEN WHO CONTROL THESE PROJECTS AND NELLY FOR NOT FOLLOWING THE CHRIS ROCK MANTRA WHEN OFFERED THIS PROJECT - CHRIS ADVISES US TO SAY:

WHOA -- SLOW DOWN -- BACK UP

THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

BESIDES MAKING A QUICK BUCK --- WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?