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- From: xjam@cork.CS.Berkeley.EDU (The Crossjammer)
- Newsgroups: alt.rap
- Subject: Re: pIN The Tail On The Honky (Ice Cube/Lenchmob)
- Date: 18 Nov 92 15:27:03
- Organization: University of California, Berserkeley
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- In-reply-to: v065nlpz@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu's message of 18 Nov 92 22:25:00 GMT
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- >>>>> "Amil" == Amil <v065nlpz@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu> writes:
- Amil> Did anyone read the article about the Lenchmob in this months
- Amil> SOURCE mag? In an interview they talk about a song which the record
- Amil> company made them cut out called "Pin The Tail on The Honky". They
- Amil> were gonna call the entire album that, too. But they had to settle for
- Amil> it to be released as a b-side to a single.
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- Amil> I dont care what anyones feeling are towards the song or its title,
- Amil> that is a form of censorship, which we are beginning to see more and more
- Amil> of since "Cop Killer" (Body Count). Freedom of Speech, juss watch what
- Amil> you say, I guess, huh?
-
- You're confused. There's nothing that says that Cube's record company is
- obligated to distribute all of his material. I'll even bet that when he
- signed his contract (you better believe there was one) there was a clause
- reserving the right to ask for changes, deletions, etc. That's the price
- you pay for getting paid.
-
- Now if Ice Cube distributed his cut on self pressed records and tapes from
- out the back of the trunk of his car, and his company said "You can't do
- that, this stuff is indecent." then you have censorship.
-
- The hip-hop community needs to learn this lesson with a quickfast.
- Constantly shouting "CENSORSHIP!" when *somebody else* decides to not
- distribute your stuff is 1) ignorant and 2) creates noise that drowns out
- real cases of censorship.
-
- You have a right to say whatever you want but not a right to make sure I
- hear it.
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