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Here is my footage of Junior Gong and Gnozhir (c) eskay performing during the Rock The Bells press conference. Extra shout out (not really) to that old White guy with all those doofy chains on, as well as the White people in the crowd who rapped along to “Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang” in full (read: me getting a face full of n-bombs in unison. I don’t know how I’m supposed to feel about that). My personal pick for Rock The Bells performances? Slum Village reuniting.
slum village broke up ….excuse my under the rockness
ss said this on April 8th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Now I don’t want to make assumptions, the collabo is odd but I got high hopes for the album. i think it could shock some people. hopefully it’ll do well. i wish rock the bells would come to NC though. shit’d be ill
BIG RED said this on April 8th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Did they perform any new joints of the album?
ck47 said this on April 8th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
speakin of that…..how does every1 feel about white people dropping N-bombs while singing along to hip hop songs?
j said this on April 8th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
anybody got a link to download this road to zion song?
shippskelly said this on April 8th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
“Now I don’t want to make assumptions, the collabo is odd but I got high hopes for the album. i think it could shock some people. hopefully it’ll do well. i wish rock the bells would come to NC though. shit’d be ill”
What exactly is odd about the collab? The did road to zion together and that was the best song on WElcome to janrock
yo said this on April 8th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
J im white but I would never do that I dont even say that word period thats why im afaird of going to Hip Hop concerts but I would go to Rock the bells.
ck47 said this on April 8th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
speakin of that…..how does every1 feel about white people dropping N-bombs while singing along to hip hop songs?
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Im white and I dont do that…there is only one time I would say it, my friend CT (who is black) and I were riding around bumping music and rapping along to it. He stopped the music and was asked me why I wasnt saying the N word. I told him I wasnt comfortable with it, but then he was like “naw, its cool with me as long as its in a song, but i dont want to hear you say it otherwise!”. needless to say, i still DONT say it when im at a concert or with friends.
Tommy said this on April 8th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
as a white teenager i will admit that i say the n word when i rap along to some songs and that i say it jokingly with my white friends when we’re fucking around trying to act gangster. would i ever say it in a derogatory tone to a black person? NO. would i ever rap it in a song with black people around? not unless it slipped out by accident or if i was told it was ok. and those two situations would not be very comfortable to me. ive also told my black friends that i say it when no one is around sometimes and theyre cool with it so thats my take.
shippskelly said this on April 8th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
yeah, i say “Ninja” instead haha, much less offensive.
Natorious said this on April 8th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
I know I already posted about not liking the N word, but I also want to say if I am by myself behind closed doors, what I say is my business. So I might say it then when Im rapping to a song by myself…but I have black roommates too so I have mad respect for the N word. White ppl should never cross that line.
Tommy said this on April 8th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Mayne, it’s so good to see Baatin back in there (and Illa J added). I got high hopes for Slum Villa this year
ADSix° said this on April 8th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
[...] Meka just came through with some footage of Gnoz and Jr. Gong performing at the Rock The Bells press conference yesterday night in Cali. [...]
Nah Right » Blog Archive » Video: Nas & Damian Marley Live @ RTB Press Conference said this on April 8th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Haha, this I have black friends blah blah blah shit is great. I’m white and I say the shit when I rap along to songs. Check that Sean Price N-Word test video on YouTube.
Timbo said this on April 8th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Im black, we did put it there..so can we really be that mad,nobody really makes songs with white people in mind…white people seem to approach this with a common sense frame of mind. I just don’t know fam…
NIGGA
Ron Goines said this on April 8th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
I am white and personally make it a point to never say it. I feel it is a complicated issue, however, because when artists use it it usually isn’t meant in a derogatory way. Then you have artists like Nas who on his latest cd defined the word as applying to any people who are oppressed. I personally wish artists would limit the usage of the word in songs because hip-hop is not confined to one race. I went to a Wu-Tang Clan concert this winter and was surprised that I could count the number of african-americans offstage on one hand. When you have a crowd full of white people, it just becomes awkward when everyone is chanting along. I mean I understand if an artist is the Dead Prez type, but most are not. If artists limited the usage, I feel the music in general would be a lot more accessible. And getting out your message is what hip-hop is all about. So unless it’s critical to the message being conveyed I really don’t see the point.
jimbo said this on April 8th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
look at this intelligent convo I started lol
j said this on April 8th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Funny, no one seems to have a problem if someone sings along to the words ‘cracker’, ‘wigger’ and ‘honkey’, so you know… I feel like one has to examine the intent someone places behind a word, rather than just the word itself. To give you some perspective on my point of view know this, I now live in Australia now but grew up during Aparthied, so I feel my point here is valid having been subject to a form of institutionalised racisim. Y’all just need to lighten up a little, (it’s a disgusting word, yet it is just that, it has only as much power as you give it, it can be co-opted and has been by many youth, as a term of endearment) the more we think of ourselves as different (better or worse), the harder we make unity. Ultimately we’re all the same, each race includes individuals that runs the gammet from genius to moron, saint to sinner, the ties that bind are stronger than the forces which wish to pull us apart. Really liking the video, just by the way.
Uhhh... said this on April 8th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
im going to rock the bells in nyc… taking a road trip with my boy from upstate.. shits finnabout to be sick.. blunts, bowls, bongs, and Nasir Jones
swag said this on April 8th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
bowls > blunts > bongs
Tommy said this on April 8th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
meka: SLum Village reuniting is sick, abut what about House Of Pain? I think thats dope as fuck too…
JBillz said this on April 8th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Any new joints from Nas and Damian?
Cesc said this on April 8th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
man i just say. what the fuck ever.
Kerorap said this on April 8th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
*say it
Kerorap said this on April 8th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
hey guys, do you know how much the VIP passes ran for last year?
and what all did they inlcude? could you meet the artists and stuff?
dirtysixchambers said this on April 8th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Man, been to the last 3 RTB and every last dead president was worth it. If you can swing it… go. I’m going. PEACE
ESEUNO said this on April 8th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
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LooseNeck.com » Blog Archive » Nas x Damian Marley Live @ Rock The Bells Press Conference said this on April 8th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
If white people are paying money to go and see a concert and they have previously listened to the artist enough to be able to sing along to the lyrics they are hardly oging to be racist. If they love hip hop and it is in the lyrics then I don’t see the problem.
mee said this on April 9th, 2009 at 1:54 am
If u listened to Nas’s Untitled album you will know that all ignorant people are Niggers! White, Black, Yellow or whuteva…
I think Nas is right with his message. You should really listen to his Untitled album! HipHop 4 grownfolks! And this comes from ‘White Guy’ livin together with a ‘Beautiful Black Woman’ from the Real Amsterdam, The Netherlands!
Amsterdam-Mike said this on April 9th, 2009 at 2:36 am
@ yo
i know they did a song together but when that came out, i’d never would have thought that nas would do a song with damian.
BIG RED said this on April 9th, 2009 at 2:59 am
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Nas x Damian Marley - Rock The Bells | ImFlashy.com said this on April 9th, 2009 at 3:12 am
i thought the VIP passes were a scam last year and wouldn’t waste the $ on it again. This was in Toronto so if the venue changes it could be better. Either way, it’s an event not to be missed.
Can’t wait for that Nas/Jr. Gong album. 2 of my favourite artists.
Peekay said this on April 9th, 2009 at 4:59 am
I aint feelin it when white, Asians, or Latin folkz say the n word. I don’t think they should say it.
Looks like I’m alone on this but I just don’t like it.
But the ppls reasoning on here about the word is way better than niggaz like Ben Baller etc.
Folkz that think they are entitled to say it just because they hang with niggaz. That type of logic to me is fucked up.
Really said this on April 9th, 2009 at 6:16 am
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Damian Marley & Nas Performance at SNICKA.com said this on April 9th, 2009 at 7:31 am
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Damian Marley & Nas Performance at SNICKA.com said this on April 9th, 2009 at 7:31 am
You trippin because some white people said nigga while they were singing along with a song? I think your talking about Paid Dues.
mufucka said this on April 9th, 2009 at 11:10 am
yo i love here nas rap is jus so soothing 2 here nas is original an even though people claim he drop he will always b da best 2 me is lik michael jackson people clai they drop but their both big icons 2day hate dem now
anthony said this on July 16th, 2009 at 9:09 pm