Busta Rhymes on the Evils of Technology
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Mr. Arab Money has no problem using technology to superimpose images of Yasir Arafat in his videos… Read More
How About an Apology to Black Women?
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Yes, we're still talking about "Arab Money." Sorry. But apparently Busta gave a half-ass apology to Iraqi-born rapper, The Narcicyst, the other day. The apology was prompted by The Narcicyst's lyrical response, "The Real Arab Money." "The Real Arab Money" is actually a decent song. It schools us on the troubles in the middle east and rightfully points out how terribly wrong Busta's version is.
Negative Stereotypes Linked to Blacks more than Whites
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
No. Duh. I hate to take it back to middle school slang but these stories annoy me more than Busta's Arab song. B-Rocka has everyone talking about race and now one group has published the results of a survey indicating that negative social situations are more associated with blacks than whites. Here's the lede of the LA Times article:
Barack Obama's election as president may be seen as a harbinger of… Read More
Busta Blames “Arab Money” on the Recession
Friday, December 5th, 2008
...Or something like that. Since I had so many questions after watching the video I was hoping this interview Busta did with The Fader would answer them, especially since they were one of the few music mags with the balls to call this shit out. Heh, so much for wishful thinking. Busta continues to stereotype all Arabs as rich, then he talks about smoking weed, being Muslim… Read More
Busta’s Arab Money- Hands Down Worst Video of the Year
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Ughh. The day I've been dreading since September has arrived. Busta's ignant-ass song featuring his ignant-ass dance and Ron Browz's ignant ass singing fake arabic is below. Click if you dare. … Read More
Real Hip-Hop Network– Same Old BS
Monday, December 1st, 2008
Kiana said she saw this over at Ta-Nehesi today but I actually sent her the link to this video last night. That's my bad for skating on this blog game for the past few days and leaving her to hold down the fort solo. I'd ignore my emails too. But! I'm back so all's well that ends well.
