Well said!!! If you all were at the festival last year and got the good chance to hang around the Surgeon's tent at any given time I think you would instantly understand why booty is so unique and special. The kids love it, and I'm not talking about your raver/techno/indie/counterculture kids. The hiphop kids go crazy breaking over it, it's fun to dance to and for the spotters it's technically amazing to watch. The Surgeon is super professional, has a great costume and sells candy from his tent along with the mixtapes that fly out the door! It's a real grassroots culture and I think it spreads the raw energy of techno/house to skeptical working class folk that would otherwise dismiss it.
For clean techno style booty I would recommend "Sweet Potato Pie" by Mr. De. Also, Mr. De's Ohnleeone is good for atmospheric r and b influenced booty (sample from Floetry's big hit so it potentially could go over well with hiphop kids). For the slower soul/jazz end of booty I would recommend the Rennaissance Do It To It track from the electrofunk crew. There are also occasionally positive mesages in booty tracks. But not positive messages like Nancy Reagan commanding us to "SAY NO" to drugs, but positive "keeping it real" messages like Huey Newton saying people need to take control of their community by fighting back against the police when they abuse people. Off the top of my head, that Ponytail track comes to mind which talks about how people prioritize shallow appearances over their responsibility to their loved ones by spending checks on unimportant things. Of course, that could perpetuate the right wing myth that welfare mothers are destroying the economy not the corrupt CEOs who make all the decisions. But then there are the disturbing tracks like "I swear when I get home I'm gonna kill the bitch" even though it uses a great Sweet Dreams sample (get the instrumentals if you don't like the lyrics), and the disgusting misogynistic tracks like Nasty's "I'm not your Baby Daddy, I'm just a Sperm Donor". To me, that's just too close to home considering the huge problem of derelict father's we have in our inner cities. jamie (not from the hood) hurlbut and Quoting "Stoddard, Kamal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Man I think y'all are overthinking this because of the cultural divide. It's > just ghetto shxt man. Just so everyone is clear on the whole violent > connotations, the phrase "beat that bxtch w/a bat" is ghetto slang for > "fxcked that chick harder than ever". Ie, "Yo did you tear that pxssy up last > night or what? Maaaan, I beat that bxtch with a BAT!" it's not in anyway > speaking to a violent act. In the same way that some of my more hood girls > will see a dude and be like, "Damm! He looks like he could tear some pxssy > up!" it's a compliment, and I'm sure none of them would want their privates > physically torn. It's ghetto slang and that's why people love it. It's raw, > honest, and without the pretensions and boundaries that come with making > culturally universal music. And it's not always about the chicks. Check "let > me see your check stubb". we all thought that was the funniest joint 'cause > girls had gotten to the point of asking that when they meet dudes in the > club. Thing is, if ! > you're not from the hood, you won't even know chicks in a situation that > would make them wanna ask something like that. But I know plenty... Don't > overthink it if you don't have the context. Just enjoy, and if you don't > understand, ask. > > > Sincerely, your Hood Translator, > > Kamal K. Stoddard > Turner Broadcasting Systems > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robert Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 6:29 AM > > To: Martin Dust; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: 313@hyperreal.org > > Subject: RE: (313) Quest for da Booty > > > > Well, it is, isn't it? > > No two ways about it - 'beat that bitch with a bat', ironic > > or not, is misogynistic. > > Doesn't stop me enjoying it, but it does make this bleeding > > heart liberal 'uncomfortable' >
