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<title>Censorship ****ing ****s</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:59:44 GMT</pubDate>
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50 Cent is pissed.  His new video for the song &quot;I&#39;ll Still Kill&quot; has been censored for television.  Now, granted, this song contains some censor-worthy lyrics, but the levels of lameness that this censorship entails are unprecedented.
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Say goodbye to &quot;I&#39;ll Still Kill.&quot;  Say hello to &quot;I&#39;ll Still Will.&quot;  Oh yes, that&#39;s the new name of the song.  Nevermind the fact that &quot;kill&quot; isn&#39;t a swear word, but &quot;I&#39;ll Still Will&quot; doesn&#39;t even make any ****ing sense.  Is the song about an 80-year old man who gets shot 9 times but still goes ahead with dividing up his assets amongst his grandchildren?  I ****ing hate when these **********s edit ***t into some ****ing lame **s *******t that no one can ****ing understand.
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50 <a href="http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/39971/" target="_blank">said</a>  of the censors:
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	I don&#39;t think they have a problem with the group the Killers being called the Killers. I don&#39;t think anyone&#39;s protesting that Guns N&#39; Roses is called Guns N&#39; Roses. I just think that their perception of me is dark, so they&#39;re going to ask for those things to be changed, you know what I mean?
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Also, and this is the worst part, the entire chorus is nothing but silence.  This part I understand, as some of the actual lyrics are unfit for play on TV or radio.  Way to pick a radio-friendly single, 50.  Here&#39;s the actual chorus (sung by Akon):
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When I hit the block I still will kill<br />
And I don&#39;t want to, n***a but I will if I got to<br />
Kill, if n***az get to f**kin around<br />
If n***az get to f**kin around</em>
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Here&#39;s the edited version:
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When I hit the block, I still will...
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And I don&#39;t want to...
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But I will if I got to...
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Yep. It&#39;s a great song, too, making this massacre all the more pathetic.  How many times must I bring this up?  Rappers used to make edited versions of their songs.  They were radio-friendly, and they were totally different than the original version, so listeners who bought the CD were getting two songs for the price of one.  You could make a mix tape with the clean version of &quot;Dre Day&quot; and the dirty version of &quot;Dre Day&quot; back-to-back, and you wouldn&#39;t even realize it was the same song.  Now, we get choruses like, &quot;When I...     I don&#39;t...     Man...      I been...      You...     Fly...     Cash...    Watch out!!!&quot;  So lame.  On the other hand, censors have gone so far that it&#39;s hard to blame 50 Cent.  In the aforementioned &quot;Dre Day,&quot; Snoop Dogg rapped about a &quot;dick in ya mouth,&quot; but it was edited to say &quot;gat in ya mouth.&quot;  Nowadays, would &quot;gat&quot; not be edited out of a song?  The words that used to be the safe replacements for edited words have now become the edited words.  Where will it end, darn it? 
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Here is the clean version of &quot;I&#39;ll Still Will.&quot;  Take a listen to the chorus.  People who talk about jazz music sometimes say that the silence in between notes is just as important as the notes themselves.  That clearly doesn&#39;t apply to gangsta rap.
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50 Cent is pissed.  His new video for the song &amp;quot;I&amp;#39;ll Still Kill&amp;quot; has been censored for television.  Now, granted, this song contains some censor-worthy lyrics, but the levels of lameness that this censorship entails are unprecedented.


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Say goodbye to &amp;quot;I&amp;#39;ll Still Kill.&amp;quot;  Say hello to &amp;quot;I&amp;#39;ll Still Will.&amp;quot;  Oh yes, that&amp;#39;s the new name of the song.  Nevermind the fact that &amp;quot;kill&amp;quot; isn&amp;#39;t a swear word, but &amp;quot;I&amp;#39;ll Still Will&amp;quot; doesn&amp;#39;t even make any ****ing sense.  Is the song about an 80-year old man who gets shot 9 times but still goes ahead with dividing up his assets amongst his grandchildren?  I ****ing hate when these **********s edit ***t into some ****ing lame **s *******t that no one can ****ing understand.


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50 said  of the censors:


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	I don&amp;#39;t think they have a problem with the group the Killers being called the Killers. I don&amp;#39;t think anyone&amp;#39;s protesting that Guns N&amp;#39; Roses is called Guns N&amp;#39; Roses. I just think that their perception of me is dark, so they&amp;#39;re going to ask for those things to be changed, you know what I mean?


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Also, and this is the worst part, the entire chorus is nothing but silence.  This part I understand, as some of the actual lyrics are unfit for play on TV or radio.  Way to pick a radio-friendly single, 50.  Here&amp;#39;s the actual chorus (sung by Akon):


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When I hit the block I still will kill&lt;
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And I don&amp;#39;t want to, n***a but I will if I got to&lt;
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Kill, if n***az get to f**kin around&lt;
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If n***az get to f**kin around


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Here&amp;#39;s the edited version:


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When I hit the block, I still will...




And I don&amp;#39;t want to...




But I will if I got to...




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Around


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Yep. It&amp;#39;s a great song, too, making this massacre all the more pathetic.  How many times must I bring this up?  Rappers used to make edited versions of their songs.  They were radio-friendly, and they were totally different than the original version, so listeners who bought the CD were getting two songs for the price of one.  You could make a mix tape with the clean version of &amp;quot;Dre Day&amp;quot; and the dirty version of &amp;quot;Dre Day&amp;quot; back-to-back, and you wouldn&amp;#39;t even realize it was the same song.  Now, we get choruses like, &amp;quot;When I...     I don&amp;#39;t...     Man...      I been...      You...     Fly...     Cash...    Watch out!!!&amp;quot;  So lame.  On the other hand, censors have gone so far that it&amp;#39;s hard to blame 50 Cent.  In the aforementioned &amp;quot;Dre Day,&amp;quot; Snoop Dogg rapped about a &amp;quot;dick in ya mouth,&amp;quot; but it was edited to say &amp;quot;gat in ya mouth.&amp;quot;  Nowadays, would &amp;quot;gat&amp;quot; not be edited out of a song?  The words that used to be the safe replacements for edited words have now become the edited words.  Where will it end, darn it? 


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Here is the clean version of &amp;quot;I&amp;#39;ll Still Will.&amp;quot;  Take a listen to the chorus.  People who talk about jazz music sometimes say that the silence in between notes is just as important as the notes themselves.  That clearly doesn&amp;#39;t apply to gangsta rap.


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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:13:52 GMT</pubDate>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Wyclef released two new videos and thanks to OnSmash, we've got both of them right here. ]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:34:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:41:07 GMT</pubDate>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[ As we told you earlier this week, Akon is apologizing in video form for some of his stage antics earlier this year... sort of. ]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:35:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:51:23 GMT</pubDate>
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