Reason for Listening:
#6 on Billboard Top 200 (Week of 20191005).
Last Week: 5 | Peak: 4 | Weeks on Chart: 4.
Released 20190927.
17 songs. 41:00. We Love You Tecca (2019)
Wikipedia
Discogs
Notes:
--20191001--
First listen.
While listening to this album, I started wondering about the use of the N-word in music (and if all listeners are entitled to singing along). In short, the word is an ethnic slur, later (generally*) used neutrally by African-Americans among themselves, and non-African Americans should (practically) never say it ("say" includes Tweet, text, etc.). Getting back to it's usage in music, I read an article where the author listed some varied opinions and one artist embraced his audience to sing along and use the word (regardless of race) while another said it pains him but accepts that white fans will sing along and use the word. At the end of the day, I see two options which respect the "rule": (1) don't become attached to songs which have the word (e.g., don't listen to them in the first place); (2) enjoy songs with the N-word but become used to singing them without the N-word. Going the first route, I skipped the following songs (time stamp of first instance in parentheses): "Left, Right" (0:14); "Bossanova" (0:16); "Amigo" (0:26); "Phenom" (0:49); "Weatherman" (1:03); "DUI" (0:48); "Love Me" (1:57); "The Score" (0:25); "Count Me Out" (0:12)
Note that I didn't start skipping songs until "Left, Right."
Also note that every song I didn't skip contained the N-word (time stamp of first instance in parentheses): "Ransom" (0:53), "Shots" (0:20), "Sidenote" (0:14), "Did It Again" (0:20), "Out Of Luck" (0:30), "Glo Up" (0:56), "Molly Girl" (0:14), "Senorita" (0:14)
Songs which caught my attention: "Ransom"; "Shots";
Summary:
I find it unfortunate that I barely listened to the album due to the artist's frequent usage of the N-word. In particular, the artist seemed to have a good beat. Perhaps I should have just listened to all the songs in full. I don't know. Perhaps the artist's usage of the word implies that I shouldn't listen to his music, because I don't belong to his intended audience. Perhaps I should have considered the frequency or intended usage of the word on a per song basis.
Overall Rating: 1/5
Favorite Song: "Ransom"
*There are some black people who frown upon it's intragroup usage. In particular, the NAACP laid the word to rest in 2007.
20191002 Comment:
In the middle of listening to the album Indigo (2019), I checked out "Freak Friday" (ft. Chris Brown) by Lil Dicky. The premise of the song is that Lil Dicky finds himself in a Freaky Friday situation and has switched places with Chris Brown. That is, Chris Brown's lyrics are written as if Lil Dicky was in control of Chris brown and vice versa. In the genius that is Lil Dicky, in the first verse Chris Brown sings "Wonder if I can say the n-word (wait for real?) | Wait, can I really say the n-word? | What up, my n***a? (woo) What up, my n***a? | Big ups, my n***a, we up, my n***a | [...]." Despite the song's premise, at the end of the day, Chris Brown says the N-word and Lil Dicky does not. Furthermore, I pulled up a video of Lil Dicky performing the song on YouTube and he only sings his parts (i.e., he doesn't sing Chris Brown's part, and it follows that he doesn't say the N-word).
#6 on Billboard Top 200 (Week of 20191005).
Last Week: 5 | Peak: 4 | Weeks on Chart: 4.
Released 20190927.
17 songs. 41:00. We Love You Tecca (2019)
Wikipedia
Discogs
Notes:
--20191001--
First listen.
While listening to this album, I started wondering about the use of the N-word in music (and if all listeners are entitled to singing along). In short, the word is an ethnic slur, later (generally*) used neutrally by African-Americans among themselves, and non-African Americans should (practically) never say it ("say" includes Tweet, text, etc.). Getting back to it's usage in music, I read an article where the author listed some varied opinions and one artist embraced his audience to sing along and use the word (regardless of race) while another said it pains him but accepts that white fans will sing along and use the word. At the end of the day, I see two options which respect the "rule": (1) don't become attached to songs which have the word (e.g., don't listen to them in the first place); (2) enjoy songs with the N-word but become used to singing them without the N-word. Going the first route, I skipped the following songs (time stamp of first instance in parentheses): "Left, Right" (0:14); "Bossanova" (0:16); "Amigo" (0:26); "Phenom" (0:49); "Weatherman" (1:03); "DUI" (0:48); "Love Me" (1:57); "The Score" (0:25); "Count Me Out" (0:12)
Note that I didn't start skipping songs until "Left, Right."
Also note that every song I didn't skip contained the N-word (time stamp of first instance in parentheses): "Ransom" (0:53), "Shots" (0:20), "Sidenote" (0:14), "Did It Again" (0:20), "Out Of Luck" (0:30), "Glo Up" (0:56), "Molly Girl" (0:14), "Senorita" (0:14)
Songs which caught my attention: "Ransom"; "Shots";
Summary:
I find it unfortunate that I barely listened to the album due to the artist's frequent usage of the N-word. In particular, the artist seemed to have a good beat. Perhaps I should have just listened to all the songs in full. I don't know. Perhaps the artist's usage of the word implies that I shouldn't listen to his music, because I don't belong to his intended audience. Perhaps I should have considered the frequency or intended usage of the word on a per song basis.
Overall Rating: 1/5
Favorite Song: "Ransom"
*There are some black people who frown upon it's intragroup usage. In particular, the NAACP laid the word to rest in 2007.
20191002 Comment:
In the middle of listening to the album Indigo (2019), I checked out "Freak Friday" (ft. Chris Brown) by Lil Dicky. The premise of the song is that Lil Dicky finds himself in a Freaky Friday situation and has switched places with Chris Brown. That is, Chris Brown's lyrics are written as if Lil Dicky was in control of Chris brown and vice versa. In the genius that is Lil Dicky, in the first verse Chris Brown sings "Wonder if I can say the n-word (wait for real?) | Wait, can I really say the n-word? | What up, my n***a? (woo) What up, my n***a? | Big ups, my n***a, we up, my n***a | [...]." Despite the song's premise, at the end of the day, Chris Brown says the N-word and Lil Dicky does not. Furthermore, I pulled up a video of Lil Dicky performing the song on YouTube and he only sings his parts (i.e., he doesn't sing Chris Brown's part, and it follows that he doesn't say the N-word).
Date/Time
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
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10:01 PM
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