[ad]Yes it’s true is producing a rap album in May. He is NOT rapping on it, he is just the muscle behind the deal. “I do not rap on any of these things,” Cosby said. “I wouldn’t know how to fix my mouth to say some of the words.”
Why Is Bill Cosby In The Rap Game?
If you don’t know Bill Cosby’s son was killed in L.A in 1997 on an L.A freeway and since then he has been publicly speaking out over numerous things that he feels are the downgrade of American society. One topic he continues to strike against is the Hip Hop industry with rappers use of profanity and the use of the “N word”, as well as ho, whores and all that garbage. Personally, I think he is right to point a finger at Hip Hop.
Now back to Bill Cosby’s album. It’s the opposite of drive by shootings, gang violence, degrading women and all the shit you see in those garbage rap videos (BTW I love rap but the videos are stupid). What Does Bill’s lyrics consist of?
- The value of an education
- The value of respecting one’s self
The reason behind Bill’s album is simple. Give the listeners a chance to raise their self-esteem and confidence. Will it work? It can’t hurt but social problems stem much deeper than what rap videos portray. But positive music is better than negative music that is a guarantee. Bill Cosby’s album is “the opposite of what I think is the profanity for no particular reason, the misogyny for no particular reason. It really looks at the frustration and the anger that a young man may have,” he said.
I’m all about positivity in every race and every place.
Good luck Bill.
Bill Cosby dropping a hip hop album? I love it. However I’m very disapointed in hearing that Bill actually won’t rap on the album himself and is instead enlisting no name emcees. One of my fellow bloggers over on Highbrid Nation reported on Bill’s album and I decided to make a plea in the comments section to Bill to let me ghost write for him and I even wrote some rhymes for Bill. Funny stuff, check it out when you get a chance (Link)
But anyway, I ain’t mad at Bill, he comes across as an angry old man but a lot of what he says is wrong in the inner city is very on point.
Yeah Bill Cosby knows right from wrong, unlike some of the hip hop artists. I know they come from ghetto neighbourhoods but I wish they would use their celebrity power to bring up Black America, not just add to the social problems. It doesn’t make sense to me….