Recently I heard O.P.P. by Naught by Nature when channel surfing in the car, and was surprised that "kitten" was censored.
I mean, who hates Kittens.
I posted that on Facebook and a friend came back with
"LL Cool J's song Doin' It. Similar thing, "make it last forever, damn the kitty cat's tired." Kitty cat gets censored."
I suppose what they're trying to do is not be disrespectful to women because of what the song is referencing... but if the radio station wanted to be respectful to women, they simply wouldn't play the song in the first place.
There are lots more songs and artists that way. Many I'm probably very unfamiliar with. A few that come to mind -
Damn near anything by Akon
Some of Pit Pull's stuff, thought he's not as terrible as most of the above.
Jason Derulo's latest.
And of course Chris Brown, in general...
I suppose this is just me getting old. When I was a kid, girls listened to this kind of stuff and it didn't seem to bother them. when "Back to the Hotel" was popular, I worked with a girl who said it was her "favorite song".
I'm not going to go on a crusade or anything, I just think we should show more respect to women, and I won't listen to artists that produce music that portrays them in an unkind way.
Edit -
Here's a perfect example of what I'm talking about.
Warning: the conversation is graphic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gpESLdCKLQ
She is Hilarious. Her come backs are brilliant, as is how she carries herself in the studio. I'm offended by the content, but impressed by her manner of being.
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