Music Industry Confession

April 26, 2012 11:46 AM

Music Industry Confession The Secret Meeting that Changed Rap Music and Destroyed a Generation
posted by box (20 comments total)

My skepti-sense is tingling.

Somebody ask Dr. Dre if this is for real. Until then, meh.
posted by Critical_Beatdown at 11:52 AM on April 26, 2012 [2 favorites]

That is the dumbest fucking thing I've ever read.
posted by empath at 11:52 AM on April 26, 2012 [7 favorites]

Conscious rap - KILLED BY "THE MAN".

This is sort of great, in a loopy way.
posted by Artw at 11:52 AM on April 26, 2012 [1 favorite]

What the actual fuck is this bullshit? I mean, really.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 11:54 AM on April 26, 2012

[* Citation needed]
posted by k5.user at 11:54 AM on April 26, 2012

What the actual fuck is this bullshit? I mean, really.

A great basis for a concept album.
posted by Artw at 11:56 AM on April 26, 2012 [1 favorite]

That is the dumbest fucking thing I've ever read.

Not that I really disagree with you, but I thought it was kind of an inventive way to blame (rap) music for the problems of society. Instead of you know, corporate lobbying, joblessness, the war on drugs, etc.
posted by Critical_Beatdown at 11:57 AM on April 26, 2012 [2 favorites]

...and he went on to become Alex Jones.
Now you know... the REST of the story.
posted by oneswellfoop at 11:57 AM on April 26, 2012 [5 favorites]

I'm just going to assume that this is fake, but that had the prison industrial complex thought of this in 1991 they totally would have done it at the time.
posted by Space Coyote at 11:59 AM on April 26, 2012 [1 favorite]

Let's see, an anonymous author, no names, no evidence, no other persons who were there to corroborate the facts presented.

oooookayyy then.
posted by smoothvirus at 11:59 AM on April 26, 2012

Cool story, bro.


Seriously, though, there was a point in 1991 when it seemed like Public Enemy and NWA were equally poised to be the future of hip-hop. You don't need a secret meeting of executives to understand why it went the way it did.

Also, remember the FPP about St. Ides a while back?
posted by Jon_Evil at 11:59 AM on April 26, 2012

It does sound a bit wacky by the way it is written, but seriously, the people in charge of the media have decided what we watch and hear for decades. The music that gets in the charts is decided by them so why not like this? Also, I can easily believe that rich white people would conspire to wage war on black people. Look at the oft-metioned stats about the number of black guys in jail for possession of dope. Look at the Tuskagee Experiment.
posted by marienbad at 12:00 PM on April 26, 2012 [2 favorites]

I think this is a scene from the Black Dynamite sequel, Cracker's Revenge
posted by Razzle Bathbone at 12:00 PM on April 26, 2012 [3 favorites]

Why do people make up shit like this?
posted by NathanBoy at 12:01 PM on April 26, 2012

I like how the person writing this fake story knows so little about the music industry that they can't come up with a better fake job title than "decision maker."
posted by burnmp3s at 12:01 PM on April 26, 2012 [1 favorite]

How can someone who doesn't employ you enforce a NDA that states that if you breach the NDA you lose your job? This consipracy needs some better lawyers.
posted by Falconetti at 12:02 PM on April 26, 2012

So, was it Jerry Heller that pulled out the gun?
posted by holdkris99 at 12:02 PM on April 26, 2012

Obviously fake, but also seems to promote some dumb ideas about the influence of music on the black community. I mean does anybody (who isn't a gigantic racist) really believe that hip-hop puts kids in prison?
posted by Doleful Creature at 12:03 PM on April 26, 2012 [1 favorite]

It does sound a bit wacky by the way it is written, but seriously, the people in charge of the media have decided what we watch and hear for decades. The music that gets in the charts is decided by them so why not like this? Also, I can easily believe that rich white people would conspire to wage war on black people. Look at the oft-metioned stats about the number of black guys in jail for possession of dope. Look at the Tuskagee Experiment.

My god! You're right! Somebody get me the President of Showbusiness! He must know about this!!
posted by You Guys Like 2 Party? at 12:03 PM on April 26, 2012 [1 favorite]

Why do people make up shit like this?

I'd wager that whoever wrote this believes that something like this actually happened and made up this story to get the word out.

And they believe shit like this because no one wants to believe that no one is in charge and that sink or swim, we're doing it to ourselves.
posted by empath at 12:03 PM on April 26, 2012 [1 favorite]