shorttrini said:

I am with Latifah on this One!!! I love my HipHop but Im getting really tired of all the abuse, egotism and insults!!

funkpill said:

I think this bitch should concentrate more on not cleaning up her fucking plate soo often than cleaning up hip-hop. (Fat Bitch).

Hip Hop is what it is.....shit hop.....the record companies decide what goes on a record not the "artists"(and I am using this word very loosely here). It's all about a quick turnover of dollars and not quality of content in the industry these days.

Alamine said:

Agreed. What you said is valid point. It's shame that some artist allow themselves to portray stereotypical images on screen and used by the filming industry.

MsLegs said:

what about the rappers being part of a crazy minstrel show,exploiting themselves in such an embarrasing manner?

SoulAlive said:

Tell the movie industry to clean up its industry.


Hip Hop has not always been some hippie black love fest or black feel good music. Go back and listen to some old hip hop, and come back later and post the lyrics. Hip hop has always had bling, has always had bitches, niggas and pimps. I wish black people would stop trying to re-write history. There is enough hip hop in the world for people to listen to, I wish people like Latifiah would find some real shit to complain about.

Alamine said:

No need to re-write history when you innovative and start your own trends for haters and admireres to want to duplicate.

MsLegs said:

which roles has Latifah played are stereotypes though?

Living Out Loud? (Jazz singer)
Last Holiday? (Blue collar worker)
Bringing Up The House? (Steve Martin was the buffoon in that film).
Stranger Then Fiction? (Business Professional)
Beauty Shop (Business Owner)
Chicago (Prison guard)

I havent seen Taxi to comment on it but even if she did play up stereotypes in that one film I would say she has a diverse enough pool of characters that would allow one silly role.

its not like she is cuba gooding jr'ing her career...im surprised how effective she is at getting roles...much better then whopiee back in the day.

sosgemini said:

Read what I said in context before asking your question Sos regarding Latifah.

MsLegs said:

ummm..it doesn't make sense though...when has she ever played a "big fat ghetto ignorant buffon"?

# Hairspray (2007) .... Motormouth Maybelle
# Life Support (2007) .... Ana
# Lost Historical Films on the Ice Age Period (2006) (V) (voice) .... Ellie
# Stranger Than Fiction (2006) .... Penny Escher
# Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006) (VG) .... Ellie
# Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) (voice) .... Ellie
... aka Ice Age 2 (Singapore: English title) (USA: working title)
... aka Ice Age: The Meltdown (UK)
# Last Holiday (2006) .... Georgia Byrd
# Glamour Magazine's Women of the Year Awards (2005) (TV)
# The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) (TV) .... Auntie Em
# Beauty Shop (2005) .... Gina Norris
# Taxi (2004/I) .... Belle
... aka New York Taxi (France)
... aka Taxi 2004 (UK: promotional title)
# The Cookout (2004) .... Security Guard
# Crash Nebula (2004) (TV) (voice) .... Pam Dromeda
# "The Fairly OddParents" .... Pam Dromeda (1 episode, 2004)
- Crash Nebula (2004) TV Episode (voice) .... Pam Dromeda
# "Eve" .... Simone (1 episode, 2004)
- Sister, Sister (2004) TV Episode .... Simone
# Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) .... Gina
# Scary Movie 3 (2003) .... Aunt Shaneequa
... aka Scary Movie 3.5 (USA: DVD box title)
# Bringing Down the House (2003) .... Charlene Morton
# "Kung Faux" (2003) TV Series .... Various / ... (unknown episodes)
# Chicago (2002) .... Matron Mama Morton
... aka Chicago (Germany)
# Pinocchio (2002) (voice: English version) .... Dove
... aka Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio (USA: promotional title)
# Brown Sugar (2002) .... Francine
... aka Seven Days
# The Country Bears (2002) .... Cha-Cha
# Living with the Dead (2002) (TV) .... Midge Harmon
... aka Talking to Heaven (Europe: English title) (USA: working title)
# "Spin City" .... Robin Jones (2 episodes, 2001)
- Sleeping with the Enemy (2001) TV Episode .... Robin Jones
- Yeah Baby! (2001) TV Episode .... Robin Jones

# Bringing Out the Dead (1999) (voice) .... Voice of Dispatcher Love
# The Bone Collector (1999) .... Thelma
# Mama Flora's Family (1998) (TV) .... Diana
# Living Out Loud (1998) .... Liz Bailey
# Sphere (1998) .... Alice 'Teeny' Fletcher
# "Living Single" .... Khadijah James / ... (115 episodes, 1993-1998)
... aka My Girls
- Let's Stay Together (1998) TV Episode .... Khadijah James
- To Catch a Thief (1998) TV Episode .... Khadijah James
- In Your Dreams (1997) TV Episode .... Khadijah James
- Misleading Lady (1997) TV Episode .... Khadijah James
- Forgive Us Our Trespasses (1997) TV Episode .... Khadijah James
(110 more)
# Hoodlum (1997) .... Sulie
# Set It Off (1996) .... Cleopatra 'Cleo' Sims
# My Life (1993/I) .... Theresa
# Sisters in the Name of Rap (1992) (TV)
# Juice (1992) .... Ruffhouse M.C.
... aka Angel Town 2 (Europe: English title: video catalogue title)
# "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" .... Dee Dee / ... (2 episodes, 1991)
- She Ain't Heavy (1991) TV Episode .... Dee Dee
- Working It Out (1991) TV Episode .... Marissa Redman
# House Party 2 (1991) .... Zora
# Jungle Fever (1991) .... Lashawn

I don't think you are black.

sosgemini said:

sosgemini said:

What you're saying thusfar doesnt make since. Considering the fact, that at no time had I made any comments regarding Latifah . So before going off tangent and ranting for nothing. Take another approach. Just for future reference, try to make sure to reread statement in context before commenting.

Alamine said:

so which banned orger are you?

MsLegs said:

hey, you quoted alamine and said "agreed". but its all good.

sosgemini said:

[Edited 7/9/07 10:58am]

sosgemini said:

you could argue that Taxi and Bringing down DA house are buffonish movies.

sosgemini said:

I'll use your once-used quote, Sos "Don't reason with the unreasonable"

I grew up in the 80's when "RAP aka Hip Hop" was FUN!
All your friends would get together and challenge oneanother in a rhyme battle or dance off (breakdance). Now its -Guys get together and Challenge oneanother with guns and knives, or metal baseball bats. We have lost all sort of respect for hip hop and our culture.

Queen Latifah is stating the Truth, half if not all of these rappers can't even speak. Their vocabulary is very limited these days and they can't count their own money (lmao).

Hip Hop IS DEAD FOLKS!!!!

Record companies need to promote and put more money into artist like: Common, Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli, The Roots, Sticky Fingaz, The Game, Mos Def, Kanye West, etc. (Thou a few of them do use curse words and has used the "N" word, but at the end of the day...

These are artist have messages and they speak the truth about society and the culture of hip hop. Their still doing it, because they LOVE HIP HOP and THEY RESPECT HIP HOP!!!! Just clean it up a bit and stop the disrespect.



Record Companies are constantly pumping millions into artists who are disposible and make crappy music about shoot em up bang bang and degrading women.

Lets Free HIP HOP and Breath new life into it!

LOVEandLIGHT said:

His name is Kayne West. They said he would not make it in the industry, and look at him now, people can't stand him.

Dont Feed the fucking Trolls

I saiiiiidd:

"GATHER 'ROUND THE GOOD STUFF"

silverchild said:

Yes.

Also because as a rap artist in her own right, Latifah (anyone from Native Tougues in general) couldn't complete with The West Coast or The Dirty South within the gangsta style.

silverchild said:

Yeah, but it's underground.

sosgemini said:

I don't understand the criticism of her movie roles,either.Her roles are completely harmless and certainly more positive than the negative images that the gangsta rappers portray.

LOVEandLIGHT said:

Alamine said:

I would argue that hip-hop in the early days had alot more substance.Back then,you had truly talented groups like Run-DMC and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five....groups that had alot more to offer than just "Get on your knees,bitch!" or "I got hos all around the hood" Stop trying to deny the obvious: much of today's hip-hop is degrading,offensive BULLSHIT and Queen Latifah should be applauded for speaking up against it.

SoulAlive said:

this is what hip hop was about

Disco four
Crash crew
Funky 4 +1
Treacherous 3
Fearless Four
Spyder D
Jimmy Spicer
Jekyll and Hyde
Soul sonic force
Big daddy Kane
Rakim
Fantastic 5
Cold crush brothers
Busy Bee
Sequence
Sugar Hill Gang
Positive force
EPMD
Public Enemy
Shan
BDP
Kool g Rap & Polo
Lyte
Ed OG & the Bulldogs
Black Sheep
De la soul

and the legendary Father of Hip hop Kool Herc

IAintTheOne said:

James Brown, Mohamed Ali, Last Poets and Jonnny Guitar Watson had their input on rap too

Harlepolis said:

Absolutely sista. absolutely

dseann said:

and that's okay?? As long as something makes money,it should be accepted and embraced? No one should dare question it or diss it? That type of mindset is the reason we're in the mess we are in right now.For too many years,nobody spoke up and complained.That's why radio is now dominated by these fools.