Over the course of many years of listening to (mostly) trashy rap, I have noticed a regional disagreement. Rappers from New York and the vicinity will often rap about performing oral sex on women, and its implicit that to do so is a socially acceptable and even a macho act. Rappers from the South are generally anti-cunnilingus, and seem to view the act as disgusting and un-macho. In both cases, artists bring the issue up with conspicuous frequency.
Below is a list of songs where the issue comes up, perhaps with some brief discussion from me. Note that this list is nowhere near exhaustive, and will perpetually be a work in progress. Note also that henceforth I will refer to the act as "the dolphin kick" (which is an inside joke I will not bother to explain) because I find it amusing to do so.
The South- Anti- Dolphin Kick
Juvenile "I Got That Fire"
Its actually one of the Fresh brothers who speaks out on the issue in this song, but Juvenile brings it up in about every other song he puts out as well. If I ever have a week to piss away listen to old Juvenile albums, I will create an exhaustive list.
Petey Pablo "Freek-a-leek"
Note that Petey Pablo says its desirable for girls to go down on each other, but that he's "not drunk enough to do that shit." Classy guy.
Ying-Yang Twins "Georgia Dome"
The North- Pro- Dolphin Kick
Nas "The Flyest"
One of my all time favorite pro-references: "Eat em so much the girls call me seafood lover"
50 Cent "21 Questions"
This one is especially significant, because I would consider 50 Cent the champion of ridiculous macho posturing in popular music today. There are quite a few more 50 Cent songs with references. I am not interested in figuring out what they are, however, because 50 Cent sucks.
More to come on this
1 comment:
I can honestly say that even when I listened to rap, I never put this much thought into it. In fact, though I live music, I have never put this KIND of thought into any of the music I listen to, as far as I know.
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