Out of all the gangster rap music video’s out there I decided to watch one by Lil’ Wayne. He is one artist that really goes beyond many limits in his music. In Lil’ Wayne’s music video’s and song’s he portrays a lot of drug use, sexual content, and violent language. One music video that I recently watched by Lil Wayne was called "We steady mobbin". This video had a lot of explicit language and verbal abuse towards women and people in general. In his music video he raps about it being okay to do drug‘s, killing people, and a lot of sexual language. He also brags about how much money he has and how big his house is.
In parts of the song he raps about what he would do with another mans girlfriend. He says how he will use her to kill and steal for him and then murder her and send her back to the guy. Lil Wayne throws his hands up, flipping off the camera in the music video and cursing in every other word. He really goes overboard by all the dirty language he use’s. I do not find any sort of talent in music like this. I find it more disturbing and grotesque. Many rappers are singing about things that young teens shouldn't be listening to. A music video like Lil Wayne’s does not send a good message to the viewers. I think words like these in a song, are not good influence on teenagers or even older ages that don't know better. I am not saying that all rap music is bad, but when I watched this music video by Lil Wayne I really did not see anything good coming out of this song.
Then towards the end of the music video he smokes marijuana. When Lil Wayne’s fan’s watch his music video "We steady mobbin" what good does he think they will be getting out of it. Does he stop for a minute a realize what he is rapping about is really not right. I think it is more about the money and what sells. He does not really care and I think the only thing that crosses his mind is the fame and money. This may make the person watching think that it's ok what the rapper is saying and they may feel that it is okay for them to do as they see. Rapper Lil’ Wayne shows in his music video that it is easy to make money by dealing drugs and that he can get away with what ever it is that he wants. I think that rappers that rap in explicit language and put drug usage in their music video’s, should think twice about the negative impact they could have on their fans. Lil Wayne is portraying drugs, killings, sexual content, and gang related things. After I watched this music video and listened to the words, I realized how important it is to know what you are actually listening to before you start singing to the lyrics.
I agree that these rappers don’t give a crap about the messages they are sending to their young fans. I can’t think of any other reason they would think it is ok to rap about disrespecting women, violence and doing drugs. This kind of music shows no real talent and has no real meaning or good intensions. I know a lot of people would argue with me that being able to rap is a talent and that isn’t what I’m saying. Being able to come up with clever rhymes does take thought and talent. I’m saying that the things they rhyme about outshine any talent they might posses. In my opinion, these kinds of rappers obviously don’t have any morals themselves or they wouldn’t be glamorizing these types of things. They just want to make money and be famous and the sad part is our society lets this happen by continuing to support them, by buying theirs CDs and going to their concerts. The last thing our country needs is for our young impressionable youth to think smoking pot and doing nothing is the “cool” thing to do. Our country is in enough trouble as it is.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you. Sometimes I think it is incredible how we got to cover all areas with fair and safe laws, but there are still some situations hard to understand. There are some legal gaps that let these kinds of situations happen yet. The worst of all, it is people like you and me that let those situations like smoking marijuana, insulting the human beings or abusing women were seen like something normal or natural actions, or even cool.
ReplyDeleteAfter I have seen videos such as the one you mention brings me a dissatisfaction and impotence to do anything, thinking that my child who is only eleven years old may have access to that kind of music. I oversee the music and what he sees online or TV, but I cannot isolate the world. He has friends I do not know what kind of music they listen to and I only think that control should be in the house. I insist on it, be strong in the education of our children, to have extensive communication with them and be watchful of every step they take. It is regrettable that apart from the erroneous and malicious message they give, these singers even make much money