Okay, this is going to be interesting. Nelly's new drink, Pimpjuice is about to hit the stands. This is going to be real interesting. Coming right after the Ghettopoloy fury it will be real interesting to see who jumps up and down about Pimpjuice.
The NAACP got furious about Ghettopoly but Nelly they put up for an Image Award. Whats up with that.
Itll be interesting to see what the gansta apology industry/academics have to say about Pimpjuice. How will they try to justify this one. Guess all those pimps and wouldbe pimps have to keep their strength up. Guess those of us who object to this cultural travesty are just Hatas.
All cultures are in a constant state of flux, a dynamic blend of the dysfunctional and the illuminative. African American culture is as intensely dysfunctional as it is illuminative. So dysfunctional you wonder sometime if we will survive as a distinct culture and peoples. On the other hand so illuminative that at its best it is capable of being a guiding light to the entire human race.
Witness the influence of The Struggle on national struggles around the world. Witness the HipHop Nation.
Those of us concerned with the health of the tribal soul know we must constantly work to encourage the illuminative and discourage the dysfunctional. The wars over gangsta rap and mercenary literature are wars for control over the development of our cultural traits. Our Destiny. Our Fa.
Its bad enough when others try to kill the tribal soul for a fistful of dollars but its even worse when our own pimp us. I guess ol Rickydoc gon have to be called a Hata on this one because this one offends me to my very core.
And you know if its successful we will see a lot of these.
Ima tell you now, I will refuse to shop at any store, (local corner or national chain), that carries this trash, I will even pull out one of my old civil rights signs and march in a circle if necessary, I will refuse to support Nelly and his mercenary cohorts in any shape form or fashion (every chance I get Im gon call them out for the mercenary dogs they are) and I will use this opportunity to question which of our culture traits do we really consider viable. Which do we plan to take with us into the future and which should be left behind.
Kugichagulia.
It is in our everyday acts that we shape ourselves as a people. Cultural traits are forged and we choose in our every day acts the people we are to be. The question as always is will we define ourselves or are we to continue to be defined by those who despise us (within and without). We must conduct ourselves as we aspire to be and we shall. It is the essence of conjuration. (What we know in our heads, our children will know in their hearts, our descendants in their souls.) And contrary to the opinion of much of America, we do not as a people aspire to be pimps.
Yeah, Nellys big pimping alright, hes pimping us all.
posted by rickydoc at 10/18/2003
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