Business…Page 2 has a feature on the worst teams in sports and I contributed quick ones about the Lions, Hawks, and Trail Blazers. Fun stuff for all.
Moving on, I’m a bit busy today keeping track of the Duke lacrosse stuff, but here’s something you can talk about.
Apparently, rap drives people to drink. Not insecurity or hard times or poverty…rap.
Y’okay.
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it’s amazing how if somebody has a PHD and their organization has an acronym their research is considered scientific and newsworthy…”Researchers noted that the survey can’t determine whether listening to particular music genres prompt alcohol or drug use or aggressive behavior.” Actual quote. So basically this research says that there are people who listen to rap, reggae or techno after they get high or drunk. WOW! That’s big news! I happen to know for a fact that people listen to Blue Grass, Rock, R&B, Classical, Jazz, Pop, showtunes, salsa, and Disney after catching a buzz, too. Some people even PLAY INSTRUMENTS when they’re f’ed up…We’re gonna have to outlaw music, Bo…this sucks!
I don’t think you can blame this one on the research establishment, it seems like the main offender is the hip-hop journalist. The researcher was saying that people who are prone to drinking are more into hip-hop. She never said rap causes drinking. It was the journalist who got sloppy and said that hip-hop “drives you to drink” and is responsible for “leading youths to consume alcohol”.
The researcher did say that we should be wary of hip-hop being used to market liquor, but I don’t think that statement is neccessarily anti-rap. Its sort of like saying we shouldn’t let Jack Daniels put up ads in a psychiatrist’s office. Theres nothing inherently wrong with hip-hop or with shrinks, but both hip-hop heads and head cases are easy prey for alcohol companies. Maybe she’s into guys like Common and Kweli, who seem to rap under the mantra of “do no harm”. That said, I would smear shit all over the white house if they ever passed a law banning music from liquor ads.