(Akiit.com) The Effect of Music Hypnosis!

9/11 is an important day in the lives of many Americans. This year marks the sixth anniversary of the largest enemy attack on U.S. soil–over 3000 people lost their lives, the twin towers fell to the ground, the Pentagon was badly bruised, and a fourth plane missed the White House and crashed in a Pennsylvania field.

But something else is happening this September 11, 2007–another attack on the minds of many unsuspecting hip-hoppers.

Confusing Kanye West and rap crap artist, 50 cent, are dropping albums laced with hip-hop-notic beats and mind-twisting lyrics. This occasion has been marketed as a second coming of hip-hop-nosis–a good vs. bad standoff. You see, rap crap sells are down more than 44 percent, signaling that someone has clap clapped a significant chunk of fans out of their hip-hop-notized state of mind that chants to them to love, honor and respect that in which will inevitably destroy them. Furthermore, it denies the listener the ability to see suffering happening in front of their very own eyes because it teaches that death, disrespect, dishonor, lewd, crude, and minstrel-type behavior is the way to win in today’s society.

The hip-hop-nologists very cleverly rewards a few for bad behavior so to trick the majority to believe that crime pays, (whether faked on camera or real encounters with the law), so the imitators get locked up in droves or killed for believing and acting out the hype lie that criminals are winners in society. In other words, pay a few handsomely for the well-articulated illusion of fame, filth and fortune, so to destroy millions.
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(Akiit.com) Why do we constantly listen to music that insults our intelligence? Why do we watch television shows that degrade the human race? This generation, for some unforeseen reason, is interested in topics that are entertaining yet embarrassing to society.

I watched R. Kelly’s popular hip-hop soap opera “Trapped in the Closet” and was completely disgusted at his use of cynical entertainment.

For those of you who are not familiar with this disgrace to hip-hop culture, it revolves around the over-usage of adultery and deception. Since the recent release of Chapters 13 through 22 in the series, many people still watch the misfortunes of several people who are connected in the plot.

Since the entire story line is focused on adultery, the characters do not have to concentrate on real acting skills, because the attention is on the cheating and lying.

This wastes production time and money is because it makes African-American adults look like lying, cheating and unprosperous people.
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(Akiit.com) Al Sharpton and hip-hop artist David Banner have been in a war of words in regard to the civil rights’ activist call to ban what he considers obscene or vulgar words from the music genre. Like most hip-hop artists, Banner has come back with his own choice words about Mr. Sharpton and others who are seemingly trying to take away his bread and butter.

Reverend Sharpton is not the first black leader to speak out and criticize the music about its disregard for decency and respect, particularly towards women. Oprah did the same earlier this year and was blasted publicly by 50 Cent, Ludicrous, Ice Cube and virtually every rapper for not having hip-hop artists on her show. It is Oprah’s show and she has the right to say she doesn’t agree with the way women are portrayed in hip-hop. Why would she broadcast what she considers offensive material?

She, like so many other African American leaders, has issues with the negative images of hip-hop. Why is this so hard to believe? Is there some unspoken rule saying blacks cannot criticize other blacks without be labeled a traitor or not black enough?
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(Akiit.com) I was recently watching a panel on sexism in Hip-Hop and one of the topics mentioned was how black women feel Black men no longer love them. I believe a quote attributed to Jill Scott asking, “Who loves us?” became central to the dialogue.

As a Black male, I want to make it very clear that I love and respect Black women. As with all men, I have my flaws. Often hearing I have been or am a “sexist,” I would rather position myself as what I like to call a “recovering sexist.” Through no fault of my father’s, I have been sexist for a long time. I remember being as young as nine arguing with my father about why men should not clean bathrooms or do dishes. Even after becoming more aware of myself as a Black man in America, I retained many of it’s ugly precepts. As I entered my adult life, I converted to Islam and married a beautiful Black woman. Years later, she gave birth to a wonderful son and the three of us grew spiritually and mentally. However, it was not until my daughter was born that I could truly see how extremely sexist I still was and how far I had to go.

Sexism, very much like racism, has very sublime expressions that are not always seen in a Nelly video, a Lil’ Jon record or a television show by Snoop Dogg. The truth is sexism is an ugly beast. Sexism can be in the condescending smile I give my wife when we play chess. It can also be in the frustration I feel when she wins!

As a man, you must first take responsibility for your shortcomings. My sexism did not spring from my father or Hip-Hop. I own the sexism in me and I work to fix it. Unlike Don Imus, I will not say “I am confused by the line of sexism, because all these rappers and their lyrics.” So to listen to anyone suggest that Black men or Hip-Hop is the sole factor creating a degrading environment for Black women, is insane. Equally, Black men must accept the role they do play in this explosive trend. Only after accepting the role we play in the degradation of women can black men become the great force needed to reverse this shameful trend.
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(Akiit.com) I am a rising junior at Spelman College. I am writing to encourage and solicit participation in what is becoming a national campaign to combat the negative, one-dimensional, stereotypical and misogynistic manner in which Black Entertainment Television portrays black men and women.

Let me first explain how and why this campaign was started. A professor at Spelman, Tarshia Stanley, is truly the reason and the foundation. My experiences with Dr. Stanley literally changed my life because her class, “Images of Women in the Media,” showed me a very progressive and critical way of interpreting and analyzing the media and several other agents of socialization.

Dr. Stanley birthed an interest in me regarding images of women in the media, particularly problematic images, during my first semester at Spelman. In seven minutes, a film demonstrated more than I could have learned in years — it featured various clips from cable television (but mostly from BET) of black women and men in very compromising and even disgusting ways.
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