On Raphael Saadiqs new album 'Instant Vintage', Prince is mentioned on track 16 called 'TEK #2'. It is an interlude, with two guys meeting Raphael in the street and asking him why he has sold out. One of them asks if he can hook him up with Janet Jackson, and then he said "Well can I meet Prince? You know what I'm sayin'? Thats my Nigg" Raphael replies with "Yeah he is a cool Nigga".

Quite funny !!

a.d

Am I the ONLY one who thinks this word is just unbelievably repulsive and rude? Why is it used as a term of endearment yet has as much significance in hate as the rebel flag or a white hood?

Stupid f*cking people in this world man...

Good for you, T!!!

Now if only the inventors of the word had the same level of respect for humanity it would have never come to be.

P.S. I'm really feeling "Instant Vintage"--just love the string arrangements throughout.
[This message was edited Wed Jun 12 13:59:19 PDT 2002 by NuPwrSoul]

thefury said:

kinda stupid is what i'd say..

Dude, the inventors are DEAD... It's the people who they made the term up for that are keeping it ALIVE.

Listen to it again. I swear he's saying "He ain't cool, nigga."

TheMEssage said:

And they would argue that they have given it a different meaning reflecting a much different intent than the inventors. Whether or not you accept that, words' meanings are not static and they change to reflect context, culture, time, etc.

I never use the word myself...but there's an unwritten rule that gay men can call eachother 'fa**ot', black people can call eachother 'ni**a', jews can make fun of jews, and so on and so on. I have no idea why, but i still don't use it myself.
I know where the n-word came from, and there's no direction for it but down.

Beside, aren't there so many other reasons to hate people than race, color, creed, sexual orientation? I, myself, am pretty open-minded: i got friends who 'happen to be' retards, midgets, orientals, illegimate kids, and rednecks.

NIGGERS...WHITEYS...CRACKERS...JEWS!!! IF THERES HELL BELOW...WHERE ALL GONNA GO!!!WWWHHHAAAHHH

TheMEssage said:

No, you're not the only one. And I find the reasons that Black people give for using it as a term of endearment flimsy excuses for being ignorant.

>Listen to it again. I swear he's saying "He ain't cool, nigga."

I have listened to it again, and although on the first re-listen i thought he did say 'he ain't', i am convinced he now says 'he a cool ...'

a.d

thefury said:

He says "he's cool...", it ain't a diss track.

Supernova said:

Language is not static. Words change meanings over time. At one time "cool" only referred to temperature, "bad" was not good, etc.

I personally don't use the word and think it should be phased out, but more important to me are the conditions which produced the word and which keep the word in use.

Language changes to reflect society's communication needs at any given time... focusing on the language is secondary if the society remains the same.

NuPwrSoul said:

Sounds a bit inconsistent to me. I don't see that there is a need for this word because for most the word will always be the most vile and vicious word you can call a Black person. Regardless of how our generation wants to change it to something it's not.