RE: FW: RUN-DMC?

[Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <reyzl...>]

Roni Sarig,

>Anti-Semitism in commercially released rap is virtually non-existent.

I don't know how you can end your post with this concluding remark, after 
all that preceded it.

I wonder if ADL has reached the same conclusion.






Composing a song in 1999 called "Swindler's Lust"?!?!?!?!?

"Oblique....references"?!?!?!

They may be desperate for attention these days, but where are the moral and 
social boundaries here?

People who reach a certain level of success don't risk crossing such 
controversial boundaries unless they know that there is an audience who 
will concur with the content and buy it.  They are not trying to get 
attention from a small, esoteric audience.


Reyzl



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From:  Rmsarig (at) aol(dot)com[SMTP:Rmsarig (at) aol(dot)com]
Sent:  Sunday, July 11, 1999 10:02 PM
To:  World music from a Jewish slant
Subject:  Re: FW: RUN-DMC?


> Would you identify the second example of an anti-Semitic Public Enemy
>  song?

The group's most recent CD (notable, if only for being among the first to 
be
released first in the MP3 format) is called "There's A Riot Going On." The 
CD
contains a song called "Shindler's Lust," which makes rather oblique but
troublesome references to the people who run the entertainment industry. I
don't have the exact lyrics, but they probably wouldn't be hard to track 
down
(many media outlets did stories on the ADL's recent condemnation).
What's most frustrating about this second controversy is that it seems so
calculated. P.E. are not nearly as popular as they were in the late '80s 
and
early '90s, and the group's recent comments about the song (things like,
"Everyone has to check out the song and see for themselves if they agree 
with
what I'm saying") suggest this is a desperate bid to get someone to care
about their music.
But again, this is an isolated incident, and should be condemned that way.
Anti-Semitism in commercially released rap is virtually non-existent.
-Roni



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