Illuminarcy / TheNarcicyst
30 October 2008
Yeah man, when I first heard this track i was really disappointed. Busta Rhymes is a genius to me musically, he is someone who pioneered a style and someone I grew up listening to since the age of 13. LONS was something huge in my life, and the Coming still is one of my favorite albums of all time. I remember first seeing Busta in videos and thinking “wow, now there is man that can express himself FREELY”. I have everything up the Big Bang on CD in my house, and I will probably buy B.O.M.B. ( I Download, but buy albums of artists that I respect. Im a product fiend-ain’t nothing like cd cases and cover art)
But man, you know, the time and effort put into the hook by Ron Browz was really really really really depressing. At a time when our brothers and sisters are dying worldwide, we are subject to so much racism and insanity, I would want or expect a brother of this stature to speak on our people in a way that is intellectual, understanding and of growth. We, as arabs, cannot be misrepresented or slept on anymore. It is our time to be seen as the rich culture that we are (pun intended- I’m taking rich like Babylon, Mesopotamia, ancient civilization, mathematics, the wheel, science, NUMBERS!!!) . I did this specifically as a response and NEVER a diss track. I would not even want to disrespect someone back. The only person that pissed me off here is the producer and some of the content in the verses. The hook is jibberish, it is not even arabic. If you listen closely to what the producer is saying, it is similar to what you use to hear in old Arnie movies where Arabs die every 2 seconds. The misrepresentative forces of Hollywood and in North America have aided in the modern day destruction of the Middle East, and the rise of certain states that are ‘in bed’ with the American military and government complex. I do not blame the author, I blame the teacher. The ignorance towards Arab culture permeates on many levels and this is just an example of it. I remember growing up listening to Redman and one “Pick it up” he says ‘That red dot on your forehead, its not cuz you Arabian’. Arabs don’t have red dots on our foreheads, that is an Indian thing. Hence where I reached the boiling point. After having studied and traced back our history and relearning my ancestry and the origins of who we are, this is something many intellectuals such as Edward Said, Jack Shaheen and many more would not stand for. and our generation shouldn’t either.
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