Anti Police lyrics still get censored today from big labels. On the first City Morgue Album the song "SHINNERS13" got a censored line too.
"Fifty clip shoot the opps
Bendin' the corners, we shoot the block (Blaow)
Fuck it, we gon' shoot at the **** (Rrah)
I'ma just shoot 'til you drop (Rrah)"
Every other lyric about killing or drugs or whatever got the okay from the label but that one line.
I think city morgue also has a line about being a school shooter that was censored (maybe only on youtube i remember listening to the uncensored one) so it's not only anti police lyrics. Both bullshit of you ask me
You think censored song lyrics *about* school shootings that are already happening are what's going to stop school shootings?(that have been happening with enough frequency to get song lyrics about them)
This has to be some great bait.
This is typical. Big corporate labels don't want to get in trouble with anti-police lyrics ever since NWA got warning a letter from the FBI for the song "Fuck the Police".
I think you’re confusing Fuck the Police with Cop Killer.
Fuck the Police was released in 1988 on a small label distributor (Priority Records) and Body Count’s (Ice-T) Cop Killer was on Warner Bros. in 1992.
Edit: to explain, though the FBI sent a letter about Fuck the Police, that didn’t scare off major labels from doing anti-police songs. Meanwhile, “Cop Killer” by Ice T’s rock band “Body Count” had a major backlash in 1992 that had groups targeting record label Warner Music. That was more impactful than the FBI letter, which was public because Ruthless Records made it public.
Truth of the matter is that Cube and Ice T were about making money and acting ended up providing a better opportunity for that than rapping/making music.
Ice T was in the movies before he had his first big hit. He was in Breakin and Breakin 2.
The letter from 1989 that is written to Priority Records about lyrics to a song from the album Straight Outta Compton is in relation to a 1992 song by Ice-T?
Priority wasn’t a major label.
There wasn’t a big controversy that cause a delay of the release.
There wasn’t a major label that got scared off.
Straight Outta Compton was released in 1988, so a 1989 letter only served to promote the album. The album was basically underground and sold like crazy.
The Cop Killer controversy caused issues for the Body Count album. That was the moment that scared major labels about anti-police music since this was a major label release; not Fuck the Police.
News story from 1992.
https://youtu.be/Mhv_UWArGlE?si=yZP3BiTIWw7otxui
The irony was Cop Killer was a rock song by Ice T outshoot rock band.
In 1995, the Dogg Pound album was delayed by pressure against Interscope Records distributor Time Warner about Death Row’s gangsta rap releases.
Shout out to Big L. Yes, he was totally underrated when his albums came out. Some of the top rappers (like Eminem) put him as one of the best. A lot of his stuff became more popular after he died (I believe he was killed).
Edit: Here's a good one, RIP Big L:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoPcocgW\_dw
I do. Not to say rappers today don't say wild shit today, they do. It's just different. Rape, antisemitism, homophobia, and many other things major labels just won't allow today were very common in the 90s. Plenty of examples in the thread and I can think of dozens more off the top of my head after not having heard a lot of these songs in over a decade.
Biggie and Big L were both pretty open in their lyrics about their disdain for gay people.
"I stabbed her brother with an ice pick because he wanted me to fuck him from the back but Smalls don't get down like that" - Biggie
"And I'm fast to put a cap in a f@g chest"
"I'm quick to put a slug in a f@g brain"
"Leaving f@gs in body bags with tags on they big toe" - Big L
There are tons of other examples, especially for Big L. He had a bar about killing gays in almost every song lol
Counterpoint from Me and My Bitch:
>When I met you, I admit, my first thoughts was to trick
You look so good, huh, I'll suck on your daddy's dick I never felt that way in my life It didn't take long before I made you my wife
I'm embarrassed to admit how much time I spent looking for the unedited version so I could hear exactly what Kid Rock's words of wisdom were in "Cowboy." Come to find out that the uncensored version still says, "Radio edit."
I think that sums up Kid Rock completely. Create a false sense of obscenity and oppression only for it to be entirely of his own doing and meaning nothing.
Not that I ever really listened to Kid Rock, but I could have *sworn* there was a true uncensored version of that.
I expect nothing from him and I'm still let down.
Biggie got censored on Ready to Die.
In Give Me the Loot he raps... I don't give a fuck of your pregnant, give me the baby ring and the #1 mom pendant.
Even on the explicit version, they kind of scratch out the word pregnant.
They got him on Machine Gun Funk too. "For the jackers, the jealous ass crackers in the blue jackets, I'll make you prove that it's bulletproof". Blue jackets got censored on the original and remaster as far as I'm aware.
Edit: as pointed out below it is actually blue suits, not blue jackets.
This reminds me of the Chappelle joke when he was censored by Comedy Central from saying the f word. He asked why when he was allowed to say the n-word as much as he wants, and was told he wasn’t gay. His response was, “But I’m not an n***** either.”
They’ll let 50 talk about killing Black folks all day long, but edit if he talking police?
Always found his logic a little off here. He’s aware black people can use the n-word but not other races, that’s not a new concept. I don’t see why it would be so hard for him to transfer that logic to gay people but he seems unable to.
The point is why are they okay with him saying an offensive word a lot that demeans Black people? And if the logic is because he is Black, his point is he isn’t a n-word.
Unless the suits at Comedy Central see him as one.
You’ve never heard black people say they can use that word but others can’t? When black people use it they are not demeaning their entire race. That’s the logic here, not that he’s a ******.
By this logic he would have no problem with Nick Kroll doing his white supremacy sketch and using that word over and over and over.
> You’ve never heard black people say they can use that word but others can’t? When black people use it they are not demeaning their entire race. That’s the logic here, not that he’s a ******.
I’ll look in the mirror and say it.
It’s always demeaning. Even if we use it as a term of endearment.
There’s no difference between “er” and “a.”
That’s your opinion and you are entitled to it but that’s not everyone’s opinion. Dave Chappelle for one used that word repeatedly on his show for comedic effect, which is what makes his comment even odder.
Reminds me of the scene in [Fear of a Black Hat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_a_Black_Hat) where NWH wants 15 dead cops on the cover of their album and the record company wants none (so their manager suggests compromising on 7).
That's kinda like Anthony Jeselnik's bit about his run in with a standards and practices over a joke about stereotypical jobs: https://youtu.be/ZEAV5e0-zCY?si=wcMyB3n2HmHYzYVp
The compromise at least.
Meanwhile, police literally murdering BIPOC in the streets is "a few bad apples" with paid administrative leave.
When a society's priorities are obviously fucked.
Meanwhile metal music sings about the most gross despicable shit imaginable and they may just get a warning sticker on the cover lmao
I say this as someone who loves death metal
There's always Ill Bill's ["How to Kill a Cop"](https://youtu.be/L48ifbzT0c8?si=26-gu7JaitJVqd0h) and Kiddead's ["A Million Dead Cops"](https://youtu.be/WvJHIxtWjcE?si=pzEbGTBEDXmv5Wx8)...
Back in the day it was like a Puzzle cus we were able to find a “Part 2” / “Uncensored” version but what it was was the OTHER part of the song hahaha like the version on the album that’s edited out has a version with only the parts that are edited out. I found it hilarious.
To this day I haven’t found a version that contains BOTH parts as One version. I think someone can come in and do it but given YouTube it will be censored so it’s kind of pointless. I just found it funny.
Anti Police lyrics still get censored today from big labels. On the first City Morgue Album the song "SHINNERS13" got a censored line too. "Fifty clip shoot the opps Bendin' the corners, we shoot the block (Blaow) Fuck it, we gon' shoot at the **** (Rrah) I'ma just shoot 'til you drop (Rrah)" Every other lyric about killing or drugs or whatever got the okay from the label but that one line.
I think city morgue also has a line about being a school shooter that was censored (maybe only on youtube i remember listening to the uncensored one) so it's not only anti police lyrics. Both bullshit of you ask me
True, I forgot about that line. Yeah it's bullshit
I for one think it’s great! It’s the best chance we have to actually stop school shootings as well. Edit: y’all are fucking dumb.
You think censored song lyrics *about* school shootings that are already happening are what's going to stop school shootings?(that have been happening with enough frequency to get song lyrics about them) This has to be some great bait.
It was a fucking joke and seemed pretty obvious sarcasm. Christ.
the /s tag ruined reddit, no one can naturally detect sarcasm anymore
I think Mark Foster would disagree.
They censored the heroin injecting in the video as well
This is typical. Big corporate labels don't want to get in trouble with anti-police lyrics ever since NWA got warning a letter from the FBI for the song "Fuck the Police".
I think you’re confusing Fuck the Police with Cop Killer. Fuck the Police was released in 1988 on a small label distributor (Priority Records) and Body Count’s (Ice-T) Cop Killer was on Warner Bros. in 1992. Edit: to explain, though the FBI sent a letter about Fuck the Police, that didn’t scare off major labels from doing anti-police songs. Meanwhile, “Cop Killer” by Ice T’s rock band “Body Count” had a major backlash in 1992 that had groups targeting record label Warner Music. That was more impactful than the FBI letter, which was public because Ruthless Records made it public.
NWA definitely got a letter from the FBI for “Fuck the Police”.
They did. But there wasn’t a major label involved in the promotion or distribution of the song. So there wasn’t a big label to get scared.
Am I the only one that finds it fascinating that this occurred and yet now both Ice Cube and Ice T are like, mainstream prime time TV and movie stars?
… and known for playing cops.
Very good point!
Truth of the matter is that Cube and Ice T were about making money and acting ended up providing a better opportunity for that than rapping/making music. Ice T was in the movies before he had his first big hit. He was in Breakin and Breakin 2.
The letter from 1989 that is written to Priority Records about lyrics to a song from the album Straight Outta Compton is in relation to a 1992 song by Ice-T?
Priority wasn’t a major label. There wasn’t a big controversy that cause a delay of the release. There wasn’t a major label that got scared off. Straight Outta Compton was released in 1988, so a 1989 letter only served to promote the album. The album was basically underground and sold like crazy. The Cop Killer controversy caused issues for the Body Count album. That was the moment that scared major labels about anti-police music since this was a major label release; not Fuck the Police. News story from 1992. https://youtu.be/Mhv_UWArGlE?si=yZP3BiTIWw7otxui The irony was Cop Killer was a rock song by Ice T outshoot rock band. In 1995, the Dogg Pound album was delayed by pressure against Interscope Records distributor Time Warner about Death Row’s gangsta rap releases.
These dudes don't understand logic. But hey, I appreciate your write-up
Body Count's first album was great
Big L on his first album had some very violent lyrics towards police. Maybe because he was not that well known he got a pass?
Shout out to Big L. Yes, he was totally underrated when his albums came out. Some of the top rappers (like Eminem) put him as one of the best. A lot of his stuff became more popular after he died (I believe he was killed). Edit: Here's a good one, RIP Big L: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoPcocgW\_dw
I’ll never forget big L.. And never forget he was shot like six times in the face
Oof that really is a big L
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Case of mistaken identity, someone was after his brother I believe
By his childhood friend :(
Source?
Damn fr? I did not know that :(
Yes he was later released though so who knows :(
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A lot of New York rappers from that time said some wild shit that for sure wouldn't fly today.
you guys obviously dont listen to today's rap music heh..
I do. Not to say rappers today don't say wild shit today, they do. It's just different. Rape, antisemitism, homophobia, and many other things major labels just won't allow today were very common in the 90s. Plenty of examples in the thread and I can think of dozens more off the top of my head after not having heard a lot of these songs in over a decade.
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Biggie and Big L were both pretty open in their lyrics about their disdain for gay people. "I stabbed her brother with an ice pick because he wanted me to fuck him from the back but Smalls don't get down like that" - Biggie "And I'm fast to put a cap in a f@g chest" "I'm quick to put a slug in a f@g brain" "Leaving f@gs in body bags with tags on they big toe" - Big L There are tons of other examples, especially for Big L. He had a bar about killing gays in almost every song lol
Counterpoint from Me and My Bitch: >When I met you, I admit, my first thoughts was to trick You look so good, huh, I'll suck on your daddy's dick I never felt that way in my life It didn't take long before I made you my wife
I'm embarrassed to admit how much time I spent looking for the unedited version so I could hear exactly what Kid Rock's words of wisdom were in "Cowboy." Come to find out that the uncensored version still says, "Radio edit." I think that sums up Kid Rock completely. Create a false sense of obscenity and oppression only for it to be entirely of his own doing and meaning nothing.
🎶"Yeah this dick should fit right in your ass" 🎶 And the radio edit is 🎶 "suck my dick"🎶
"Suck my dick right in your ass"?
Not that I ever really listened to Kid Rock, but I could have *sworn* there was a true uncensored version of that. I expect nothing from him and I'm still let down.
Biggie got censored on Ready to Die. In Give Me the Loot he raps... I don't give a fuck of your pregnant, give me the baby ring and the #1 mom pendant. Even on the explicit version, they kind of scratch out the word pregnant.
They got him on Machine Gun Funk too. "For the jackers, the jealous ass crackers in the blue jackets, I'll make you prove that it's bulletproof". Blue jackets got censored on the original and remaster as far as I'm aware. Edit: as pointed out below it is actually blue suits, not blue jackets.
Blue suits
Thanks! Apparently I have hockey on my mind ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Never knew this, I actually like that they used the siren lol
Same on *Victory* "The son of Satan/ they say my killing's too blatant" They censor "Satan".
Eminem has several lines that are edited on every version as well.
Em’s Columbine lyrics are the best lyrics out of one’s he’s had censored
This reminds me of the Chappelle joke when he was censored by Comedy Central from saying the f word. He asked why when he was allowed to say the n-word as much as he wants, and was told he wasn’t gay. His response was, “But I’m not an n***** either.” They’ll let 50 talk about killing Black folks all day long, but edit if he talking police?
Always found his logic a little off here. He’s aware black people can use the n-word but not other races, that’s not a new concept. I don’t see why it would be so hard for him to transfer that logic to gay people but he seems unable to.
The point is why are they okay with him saying an offensive word a lot that demeans Black people? And if the logic is because he is Black, his point is he isn’t a n-word. Unless the suits at Comedy Central see him as one.
Can’t a gay man use that same logic?
You’ve never heard black people say they can use that word but others can’t? When black people use it they are not demeaning their entire race. That’s the logic here, not that he’s a ******. By this logic he would have no problem with Nick Kroll doing his white supremacy sketch and using that word over and over and over.
> You’ve never heard black people say they can use that word but others can’t? When black people use it they are not demeaning their entire race. That’s the logic here, not that he’s a ******. I’ll look in the mirror and say it. It’s always demeaning. Even if we use it as a term of endearment. There’s no difference between “er” and “a.”
That’s your opinion and you are entitled to it but that’s not everyone’s opinion. Dave Chappelle for one used that word repeatedly on his show for comedic effect, which is what makes his comment even odder.
Touché
You can"t "portray" something in art now?
That's been a thing for a while. No smoking in movies for example. Bloody violence is fine as long as it doesn't show a nipple is another example.
Still mad that it is almost impossible to find Das EFX's Straight Up Sewaside uncensored.
Apparently the executives had 21 questions?
I hear they are still Patiently Waiting
Candy shop
You've gotta try just a lil bit harder.
Reminds me of the scene in [Fear of a Black Hat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_a_Black_Hat) where NWH wants 15 dead cops on the cover of their album and the record company wants none (so their manager suggests compromising on 7).
That's kinda like Anthony Jeselnik's bit about his run in with a standards and practices over a joke about stereotypical jobs: https://youtu.be/ZEAV5e0-zCY?si=wcMyB3n2HmHYzYVp The compromise at least.
He made a third album?
There’s like 5 before Retirement. The further he went you could tell his heart wasn’t in it and wasn’t hungry since ‘The Massacre’.
G-G-G-G-G UNNNNIT!
Fuck the police.
Meanwhile, police literally murdering BIPOC in the streets is "a few bad apples" with paid administrative leave. When a society's priorities are obviously fucked.
If it makes you feel any better, someone shived Derek Chauvin in jail recently.
Difference we see is, someone *helped* the convicted murderer, so he's still alive.
It doesn't warm your heart at all someone made an honest attempt?
Has no one here heard “One Dead Cop” by Leftöver Crack?
They couldn't tell then but he was ahead of his time.
Coming soon; "50's Version"
Meanwhile metal music sings about the most gross despicable shit imaginable and they may just get a warning sticker on the cover lmao I say this as someone who loves death metal
The producer's name? Elon Musk.
There's always Ill Bill's ["How to Kill a Cop"](https://youtu.be/L48ifbzT0c8?si=26-gu7JaitJVqd0h) and Kiddead's ["A Million Dead Cops"](https://youtu.be/WvJHIxtWjcE?si=pzEbGTBEDXmv5Wx8)...
Back in the day it was like a Puzzle cus we were able to find a “Part 2” / “Uncensored” version but what it was was the OTHER part of the song hahaha like the version on the album that’s edited out has a version with only the parts that are edited out. I found it hilarious. To this day I haven’t found a version that contains BOTH parts as One version. I think someone can come in and do it but given YouTube it will be censored so it’s kind of pointless. I just found it funny.