In the past (almost) 20 years, I have listened to a lot of music. Everything from Classical to Hip Hop. My personal style has always been Hip Hop/R&B/Soul... that is just what I have always enjoyed. I have listened to rap music from all parts of this world. I have listened to emcees from almost every continent (who knows there might be a penguin down in Antarctica spittin a hot 16 about how he glides through the water with ease and how dope he looks in his suit, so dope in fact he doesn't have to change it cause it changes for him, and how all the girlies want him to sit on their eggs to the beat of his homies flipper claps)... from Canada to Mexico to Brazil to South Africa to the UK to France to the Middle East to India to Japan to Australia... i've heard a lot. I've always prided myself on the fact that I will listen to anything at least once. I might hate on it before and i might hate on it after, but I will listen to it. I've heard cats spit/sing some authentic shit and i've heard dudes act too hard because they think that is what will sell. I've heard cats spit some amazingly ignorant shit... from talking about murder, dead bodies, drugs, etc... Ignorant hip hop records are a dime a dozen, which makes it hard to be shocking. There have even been many ignorant R&B records with dudes saying some crazy shit... "You remind me of my jeep" anyone... anyone. But even tho there have been ignorant R&B records in the past... they are still surprising to hear. Maybe it is because i always associate singing with love or rememberance... not crime and violence.
After all of these years, it amazes me that still the most ignorant album I've ever heard is this R&B album:

I was shocked to hear the content of this album when I first heard it over 10 years ago. And it is still a little shocking to hear it today.
When I first heard it, I was hoping there was a CB4 twist at the end because it would have been brilliant, but sadly that wasn't the case.
But for real, I can understand why a label would put out an album like this at that time.
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