Ludacris And Young Jeezy Are Kbrkbrka's

Defending the vulgarity, violence, and misogyny in rap music is tough to do sometimes. Many critics of the art form have valid arguments when they say that the music is harmful and regressive to it's listeners. I choose to believe that these critics tend to miss the cinematic, sarcastic, and entertainment value of hip hop. Many examples of rap music promoting illegal and negligent behavior are illustrations of necessity and desperation. The entire Reasonable Doubt album is portraying the life of a drug dealer, but due to its descriptive nature and explanations of the dealers harsh environment the record is praised and considered a classic of the genre. These are the things the cynics seem to miss, but does that mean that they have zero basis for their arguments? Absolutely not, it is safe to say that rap music has, in the past, crossed the line and promoted illegal and destructive behavior, but the music was able to maintain it's artistic integrity. Now Ludacris and Young Jeezy have reloaded the nay-sayers arsenal of criticisms with this song.

There are, absolutely, positively, undoubtedly no ways to defend this song. It's absolutely fucking retarded. Nothing pisses me off more than when I hear kids bragging about how good of a drunk driver they are. Yes I know, everyone has done it. Metacricket contributors have probably done it, all of our friends have probably done it, but it's absolutely something we avoid at all costs. I also realize that rappers don't want to be role models, and for the most part aren't, but the fact that they would write this song that hundreds of thousands of their fans will probably be listening to IN THEIR CARS is fucking ridiculously irresponsible. When a rapper says some shit like "picked the mac up, told brothers back up, the mac spit, lead was hittin ni**as, one ran i made him backflip," it's accepted because there is a certain exaggeration and cinematic element in the threat, but for Luda and Jeezy to openly describe the process of their drunken driving is outrageous. Drunk driving is far more realistic than killing. Why do you think there are literally thousands of examples of rappers claiming they have killed someone in a song... because it's sarcastic and for entertainment value. On the other hand there are considerably less examples of rappers promoting drunk driving, because they know this act is much more realistic, and therefore less sarcastic. If they say that in a song, they mean it. Therefore we know that Luda and Jeezy probably make drunk driving a regular habit for themselves. Something thousands of other Americans have done, but they haven't made a song about it. I have lost all respect I previously had for these two, which wasn't exactly much considering they are shitty to mediocre rappers you fucking dickheads.

This Song- Worst Thing Of All Time