http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/03/24/hip-hop-lyrics-and-alcohol/ Intellectual discussions on pressing issues Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:00:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/03/24/hip-hop-lyrics-and-alcohol/#comment-2446 Lester Spence Sat, 05 May 2007 19:05:46 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/?p=8#comment-2446 There isn't any research I'm aware of that looks at rap names and the content of their lyrics. Naming is more or less arbitrary. And there is no secret conspiracy. It's pretty much an accepted part of the business. Rappers who name drop specific brands of alcohol are likely getting paid to do so. Buster Rhymes for example was paid for making Courvoisier from what I understand. There isn’t any research I’m aware of that looks at rap names and the content of their lyrics. Naming is more or less arbitrary. And there is no secret conspiracy. It’s pretty much an accepted part of the business. Rappers who name drop specific brands of alcohol are likely getting paid to do so. Buster Rhymes for example was paid for making Courvoisier from what I understand.

]]> http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/03/24/hip-hop-lyrics-and-alcohol/#comment-2444 paws Sat, 05 May 2007 15:53:29 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/?p=8#comment-2444 Did the names the rappers choose have some significance in relation to their lyrics? There had to be one specific rap that was instrumental in all other groups following suit with reagards to alcohol etc. I also wonder is behind the scenes, the liquor industry secretly funded the hip-hop movement. Did the names the rappers choose have some significance in relation to their lyrics? There had to be one specific rap that was instrumental in all other groups following suit with reagards to alcohol etc. I also wonder is behind the scenes, the liquor industry secretly funded the hip-hop movement.

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