Go Nas…!!!!!!

btw love the new album its hawwtt!!!

WOW! That’s excellent to see Nas actively taking a stand, uniting music with civic duty. I love it!

I’m so happy to see Nas making a difference. Album is pure hawtness! But I only hope that he’s not using this as a publicity stunt to promote his album. C’mon Nas you’re better than that!

i love it when celebrities bring attention to real stuff goin’ on in the world. . smart man.

Ok off topic for a moment. I think today you guys(CL) should create a post asking us what we thought about the CNN special last night Black in America either today or tomorrow so that we could give our own commentary on it. I am really interested to hear what people thought about it because I have my own opinions on it and I don’t think I’m the only one. You guys usually tell us about the specials but never follow up on them. Just a suggestion.

This is interesting. I wonder what the brother’s motivations are with this? I wonder why he has put himself in league with these “civil rights” organizations that he is smart enough to know have no real intention of helping our people. I don’t want to say that this is a coordinated publicity stunt for the album but I’m left with no other choice. I wonder if he realizes what he is getting himself into?

Good for him. We need more activism today.

Go Nas I see he doesn’t just talk about it he is doing it

@ 5 I agree I watched the CNN Black In America too last night

Big-ups to Nas for using his voice for something important. I signed the petition…we gotta fight the ignorance. We need to be proactive before November (the election) comes and we are all saying “shoulda, coulda, woulda” and then try to place blame when it won’t change the outcome. BE PROACTIVE PEOPLE!!! BE THE CHANGE!!! BARACK 2008.

PROUD OF NAS FOR ALL HIS POSITIVITY AND HARD WORK…*DO THE RIGHT THING*

Now That’s What I’m Talking about, Don’t speak about it; Be about It!!!
This may just in fact, erase what he said about Jesse and ‘nem in my book. Last week, what he said was a tad bit disrespectful, but far, far less heinous than what Mr. Jackson said about Mr. Obama……. But, Keep it up the Positivity Nas!!
We need it!

Oh, btw, did anyone catch CNN’s “Black in America” with Soledad O’Brien last night? If not, it comes on again tonight!!

Take a stand! I stopped watchin fox when Bill O’Rielly got off the chain a while back.

Good for Nas!! It opens the eyes of his fans and young people. When a rapper gets involved and young people don’t get involved they are made aware so they can’t say they didn’t know! They look at artists for fashion, music and swagger so why not for world or social causes?

Maybe Nas is tired of hearing Fox make sly comments and passing it off as dry humor? He really put himself out there with this one!!

If anyone knows Nas he speaks out about things all the time. FOX has been disperepecting our people way to much lately. This is good for him to take an active role in the current situation. FOX is using the media a vehicle to make us part of a joke . Keep on doing it NAS. When other celebs marched w/ Jenna 6 and Katrina there wasn’t any suspicion then. Give him luv.

LOVE IT!!!!

Go Nas! I love the “Sly Fox” song and video. Very true!

I’M NOT SURPRISED BY NAS MOVE…HE USUALLY SPEAKS HIS MIND ON ISSUES.

AND NO I DON’T IT WAS A PUBLICITY STUNT…NAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH FOX NEWS/BILL O’REILLY SINCE THE VA TECH CONCERT INCIDENT…

We’ll see if this is indicative of a sincere, forthright move by Nas that will be the first of many moves by him in the future. Nas has to be ready to appear on programs and get interviewed by whites that hope to entrap him in his words and confound him and I honestly don’t think he’s ready for that. The brother is too double-minded. The song is an excellent song but even the song is on a whole other frequency from this petition nonsense. Nas knows that he is a king. That therefore means that he understands that king’s make decrees, they don’t beg their enemies for leniency. Black people have a slave mentality, which is why most black people will see something like this and agree with it. This is also why our people can approach an outlet like FOX NEWS, a channel created by and geared towards CONSERVATIVE caucasians, and believe that their opinion will be relevant to how FOX chooses to broadcast their programs. Nas studies this society and he studies the white man so he should be smart enough to know that this ruse will not have any effect in the least.

@JUDAH

Nas has always been a man of conscious thought and it is reflected in his music. He is stepping out because its the right thing to do, and if it helps him sell records too, its a boon for him. Fox has been on some serious bullshit they need to be checked!!

Go NAS!!!

Wow, I just saw the clip. If that cream puff that introduced Nas is indicative of that organization, it definitely cannot be taken seriously.

AS BLACK PEOPLE WE HAVE TO TAKE A STAND, AND IF WE FAIL NOW, I AM NOT SURE WHEN WE CAN HAVE THIS TYPE OF LEVERAGE AGAIN. FOR ONCE WHITE PEOPLE ARE REALLY SCARED, AND IN A TRUE PANIC. JUST LIKE SLAVERY WE OUT NUMBER THEM, AND KNOW WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE OUR SITUATION, SO NOW THEY ARE TRYING ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING TO DEVIDE US…..SORRY FOR THE PUBLIC ENEMY QUOTE BUT “WE GOT TO FIGHT THE POWER”

Big ups to Nas. He`s a very conscious brotha and a true revolutionary. Not many artists would take a political stand when it comes to social issues. They`re too afraid of rubbing “massa” the wrong way.

Respect to Nas for making a stand on something positive and leading Hip hop back to what it was created in part for: to bing light to issues in our community for social change. If I had heard about it in time, I would’ve came over to the protest.

That sly fox is the truth.

OMGosh I’m so proud of Nas. Not only is his album on point but he’s also making a difference in our community.

i guess hip hop aint dead afterall! go nas!

after all these years nas is still a cutie.

Im so glad to see my people do somthing good like this!!!!!!!!!!!

LOVE THE NEW UNTITLED NAS ALBUM! IT COULDN’T HAVE COME OUT @ A BETTER TIME. IT’S POLITICALY CONSCIOUS. I’VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED NAS. I BEEN A BIG FAN SINCE 93. ALWAYS WILL BE. NAS DO YOUR THING. MUCH LOVE! REPRESENT!!!
I DON’T WATCH FOX ANYWAYS!!!
SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY!!

I don’t think its a stunt Nas always been politically active!! Gotta love Nas. Kelis has a fine and intellectual black man. gotta love it! smooches

Go head Nas! We need more people like him because he is standing up to what he believes in. Fox News is very rascist I don’t know why they are still on the air.

I am so proud of Nas using his celebrity status to get young people involved in a worthy cause. I am however disappointed in the people on the panel stating that he is wasting his time or that he is doing it to promote record sales. It’s one thing to have white people say bad things about us but then we sit here and talk bad about are own kind. Until Black people can take a stand and truly support each other you right things aren’t going to change. Don’t we have enough people hating on us already?! WAKE UP PEOPLE. Go Nas! Also all of the other celebrities who are going things to help our community and make a worthy cause to uplift our people. Shame on anybody who is trying to turn this into something negative.

@ Judah what the hell are you doing to help black people?? Probably nothing but running yo damn mouth and judging everybody.

Even if it is a stunt like some of you claim it sure is a damn good stunt! better than a marketing planned beef

Judah poster # 17 is absolutely correct.

On another note, I also question the timing of this. Fox has been this way for a number of years and this little protest isn’t going to change a thing….ESPECIALLY since Fox News is the highest rated news channel on cable. I wonder if Nas’ speaking out is because he has a new album (which wouldn’t surprise me at all), or is it that he is one of those Black folk who are drunk on the Obama juice and feels prompted to speak out against any person or entity who isn’t kissing Obama’s a*s?Rupert Murdock and The Fox Network does not have the Black Community’s best interest in mind and it is funny that NAS is JUST NOW realizing that.

It is so funny because those like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have spoken about Fox in the past and it made me cringe when this recent Jackson fiasco happened because I know the Fox Network want nothing more than to see the black community turn on both Sharpton and Jackson and watch them fall. And of course Black folk at it up. That is why the release of the Jackson video and audio was so calculated and planned out. And black people were so outraged because it was about Obama, who the Black community views as practically a god, that we couldn’t even see the calculation, nor the situation at which Jackson was referring.

America and the Black community is in a dangerous position and it is like deja vu. The media became afraid of the Bush Administration and was too afraid to ask questions or criticize Bush or any of his associates. We are again in a situation where anyone, PARTICULARLY IF YOU ARE BLACK, who questions or criticizes Obama is almost INSTANTLY labeled jealous, racist, threatened to be voted out of office, threatened to have their lives taken (Tavis Smiley), or just plain villified. And the sad thing is the Black community is doing this. Our community is DRUNK to the point of our vision is impaired.

Which brings me back to NAS and my wonderment of whether this action against FOX is connected to Obama, in terms of Fox criticizing him. If NAS doing this is connected to his album release, that is exactly what the “old generation” is concerned about when it comes to “passing the torch”. Plus, NAS should have been a bit more prepared, not to mention he should really try to discipline himself about using profanity. The world of Hip Hop, is not the same as the rest of the world, and people will tune him out if he can’t control when and when not to use profanity. Also next time, PULL YOUR PANTS UP NAS! You are having a press conference in front of Fox Headquarters about a serious subject. Trust me, they will not take you seriously.

What Fox stands for is nothing new. Why now? That is the question to NAS.

@Queen

I’m not judging anyone. I’m just stating my opinion. Do you really think that the viewership that makes up FOX’s constituency will take that petitiion in any regard? Please. You call yourself “Queen” but you speak like a slave. All that being said, Nas is a brilliant rapper, but he’s not a leader. The brother has been compromised by the entertainment industry, plus he’s wants the love of the people. Black people will eventually unite, but it will be behind truth, and only after this society collapses and blacks have no other choice but to depend on each other. The reason why there is always so much division behind these contrived movements and causes is because they are not of God.

@33

Thank you. A sister that sees clearly. How can the brother put himself forth as a leader when he obviously is not mentally prepared to be a leader? That is a full-time vocation. You cannot be a rapper/black leader. The brother wants to stand on podiums with his jeans hanging off his ass and speak on black issues. Hip-hop will not be relevant to our community when it is time for the real leaders to speak.

Wow Nas! I am not a big fan of his but I have a new found respect for him after this! Impressive

#5, BKLYN-BELLA, in reference to the CNN Special. I am sort of on the fence with the mini-series. Reason being is because it shines a bad light on the negatives of our race. Like the one last night was about the single parent. It just really opens my eyes and others on issues with our race, but its like damn is CNN mocking us or what….maybe I am looking too much into it, but it’s like WTF. CL please do a post on the series again, so we can get some feedback on the series. BB thanks for pointing that out, I was thinking the same thing yesterday. Also I am so sick and tired of Fox, they are the most right winged News channel. And it is an outrage how this channel keeps up with their crazy racist antics. I mean they have gotten so bold to not even sugar coat the racism on that channel!!!!! It is a D*mn shame that it is 2008, and we are still going through this nonsense. SMDH!!!!!!!

Now go over to CNN and boycott that dirty laundry that was expose on that white network last night!!!!!

Nas,his motivation for protesting corporate owned Fox News is not a mystery,it is really quite simple,Fox News is trying to bring racism back,which is immoral, to where it was in the 1950s,and Nas is politically conscious and aware enough to understand that if people remain silent,Fox News, is going to win and succeed in doing that.You do not need some secret motive to protest Fox,with their brazen racism they are giving Black people a clear motive to protest them. The bigger question is, where are our so called black leaders on this issue? Why isn`t their a big commotion and protest against corporate Fox News coming from Jackson,Sharpton,Obama,etc.etc.,?Not only do they not repudiate,disown and lecture corporate Fox,but some of our black leaders actually join them and go on the show.It`s because corporations own the soul of our black leaders, including Obama,that is why they are mysteriously quiet on this issue.Now Obama had no problem lecturing Black men about personal responsibilty,but he has never lectured corporate Fox News, about taking responsibilty for their blatant racism. It`s because he is owned and controlled by the corporate thugs, who are on his staff guiding him like a puppet.

I SIGNED THE PETITION

Go Nas! Whether it’s to boost sales of his already monumental album or for the cause, I can appreciate him!

He’s a cutie! Go Nas! Still loving Belly to the end! LOL

GOOD for NaS I an going to cop that album! get out there and register to vote people.Get every lazy a** non-voting negro yopu know and drag them down to register and vote! Let’s stop the madness of the republicans aka Repuke sickens”

Judah…does it matter what’s Nas’ motivation behind the petition? I hear people all the time berate Al Sharpton; saying he is a medium whore and all that crap. But the way I look at it is, if it’s a movement that is bringing to the forefront a serious problem facing Black people, doesn’t that alone make it worthwhile? See, we cannot approach our problem with blind optimism - acting as if it doesn’t exist or hoping it’ll go away on its own. Or, we can’t just debate this issue in blogs; we have to utilize every platform available, go to highest mountain and scream bloody murder. We need make to make noise, create chaos, and riot even, because riot is the voce of the unheard. Don’t just look at Nas’ hidden agenda, if there is one, but look at the big picture - he is cutting the grass and exposing the serpent - FOX News.

GOOD LOOKIN OUT NAS! Wish i could have been there to support the cause!

@ 40 Bullets or the Ballot

I like your name…how many people, do you think, know where you got that from?

@39

Bring racism back from where, lol? You think it left? C’mon man. This is the frilly, silly mentality that I’m talking about. Too many chiefs, not enough Indians. Too many negroes trying to speak that have nothing to say. Like the sister, VelvetJ said, just drunk with vainglory because they’ve been led to believe that their opinion is relevant.

why does this make nas even sexier???lol

anyway thats wassup….wish i could go ,some other celebs need to be joining him tho,he shouldnt be the only one standing with our people…..

@Dukesman

That’s Malcolm. Khalid changed it to the “Bullet or the Bullet”, lol.

I don’t like hip-hop have never liked rap music and I was in the generation where it really started coming out. But I think I will get this young man’s cd because he is on a whole nother level. He is expanding his mind and forcing people too think again. And the record industry will not promote this album because this one makes you think. It’s not all about materialistic things and other foolishness that’s in records now.

on another note i swear to goodness that these people on this blog stay NEGATIVE some people might have thought that everything martin luther king did was a waste of time because nothing was gonna change but they HAVE changed…..some of our problems still exsist but you cant say that some things didnt change for the better so to say that protesting fox news will not do anything is just plain negative,if we would come together more often like we did with the jena 6 (which did produce some results) then maybe things would turn out better,instead of sitting behind your computer and saying what wont work how about you put forth a plan that will work,cuz other then that your just talking shit and that definitley isnt working

black people are the complainers of ALL complainers…..but we arent complaining about right things……..like nas the these organizations are doing…. I cant believe some of these comments….and what does it matter what nas motives are….he is someone that alot of young people and the black community look up to and his opinion matters to alot of the youth so him being there alone is speaking to those who may not have known there was an issue or even cared for that matter,so even if he brought a damn lawn chair and 200,000 copies of his cd it doesnt matter because him being there along is enough….and what makes it even better is that he ISNT sitting on his ass in a lawn chair,he’s speaking and trying to make a difference….WHAT ARE YOU DOING?? complaining thats what.

@Dukesman

I understand what you’re saying brother but the fact of the matter is that the only solution to a problem is THE solution, not a solution. Every problem cannot be solved the same way, the same way that for every lock, you have a different key. The FOX news channel is not a hidden serpent, it is an exposed serpent and it’s intent is to communicate with other serpents. That is the point. The channel was never formed to communicate with our people, appeal to our people, nor to appear to. Now when a man like Nas decides to throw down the gauntlet, he should’ve thought this war out to all it’s possible conclusions. FOX News is no more inaccurate or racist then CNN, NBC, CBS, etc. It is just more overt.

A king does not make war unless he has the troops and resources. This brother is a naturally brilliant man, but brilliance manifests itself in different ways. He is an artist, not an orator and he certainly is not a spokesman. What is his plan? Is he going to go on O’Reilly’s show and say, “F*ck ya’ll crackas!!! Ya’ll don’t treat black people fair!”. The first thing that any trained serpent will do is ask, “What is fair?”. The serpent will then go through the constitutional amendments and various programs that have allegedly been enacted for the benefit of black people, i.e. affirmative action, quota-based hiring practices, Brown vs. Board of Education, etc. Nas will get confounded. I gurantee it because, like I’ve said, the brother has been compromised by the entertainment industry and does not want to alienate his caucasian backers. This is why he issued that copout at the end of track 14 on his album. You cannot understand that the so-called white man is a serpent and then appeal to that serpent. You cannot. If you do or think to, what does that make you but the child of a serpent (Rev 12:9-17)?

Bulletts or Ballots i say your wrong Fox is a huge corporation that has massive power. Obama attacking their right wing ways would turn into a political war and you know what you would never see him in office. it takes time and skill for someone of Barack Obamas status. but i do agree where is sorry a** jesse jackson and and sorry old Al sharpton. Nas doesnt need sales as he said dont buy my songs if yall dont roll with it… ill go old with it. think that for once a black activist is not doing this for some cameras. Change is on the way; Vote. Go Barack Obama.

@ Tia and @ Dukesman, thank you very much for your comments I totally agree

@ Judah I speak like a slave because i’m supporting someone that is standing up for black people? lol that makes no sense…i am not concerned with why he is doing it, if he has other motives than that is between him and God, what I am saying is I commending him for standing up and getting black people involved against FOX News who purposely degrades blacks. I’m looking at the big picture.

As for Nas…I like that fact that he is DOING SOMETHING!!! For one..he didn’t have to be there that day…he coulda been on TRL, BET or FUSE, but nope..he was there standing for a cause!!!!

Why are people so worried about how he is wearing his pants more than what he is stating in his message? Its a pro-test…I’ve never seen a protest where ppl are wearing business suits….

I will be watching the Black in America special tonight on CNN…I’m interested to hear the commentary on the black man….

Nas is that dude! I don’t blame him or anyone else for protesting that racist network. like .They have pulled a lot of racist stunts recently and it’s about time they got called out on it. Especially that cynical jerk Bill O’reilly who’s always attacking rap, and not even acknowleding the conscious rap that’s out there. He’s always focusing on the negative. I can’t stand him. Anyway, I would’ve signed the online petition, which I heard recieved over 500,000 signatures, but I found about it too late.

For the people complaining about what Nas is doing, the man isn’t claiming to be a saint. He’s simply being a front runner in a cause he’s believes in. This protest is not even about album sales. If you really knew what Nas’ material sounds like ,you would know he doesn’t even care about them. Otherwise, he would be sounding like every other ring tone rapper these days. This is about not letting Fox continue to get over how on they try to portray our people in the media. If no one says anything, they will continue with these insults.

I kind of agree with Judah & VelvetJ.

Nas’s protest really isn’t gonna change anything. This protest will be a media event for about 1 day, and then tomorrow Fox news will still be…well, Fox news. Just like Judah stated, the whole purpose of the Fox network wasn’t meant to appeal to black folks, so its just a waste of time trying (or begging, lol) for their approval. The only thing that black folks can do is just focus on us, and our community. Stop worrying about what the white man says, or thinks about us.

Obama ain’t sweating Fox news, so why should we? In the end Fox News (or white people in general) are gonna feel this way regardless of this protest.

For the people complaining about what Nas is doing, the man isn’t claiming to be a saint. He’s simply being a front runner in a cause he’s believes in. This protest is not even about album sales. If you really knew what Nas’ material sounds like ,you would know he doesn’t even care about them. Otherwise, he would be sounding like every other ring tone rapper these days. This is about not letting Fox continue to get over how on they try to portray our people in the media. If no one says anything, they will continue with these insults.

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Puhleeze!

Let’s see how vocally he is 8 mos from now when he’s no longer promoting an album.

@Queen

I never said that you were a slave for standing up for someone that you think is supporting black people. I said you have a “slave mentality”. You said that you’re looking at the “big picture”, but I politely beg to differ. You’re looking at YOUR “big picture”; a picture that was drawn by that fake “dream” that MLK sold our people after he was told to teach it to us by the white man. The same “big picture” that’s predicated off of “equality”. Sis, no disrespect but that whole “equality” nonsense is straight up coonism. The Olympics are coming up soon. When the sprinters train, they train to win, they don’t train to break the finish line in a tie. Think about that for a moment. What are the chances of all 10 sprinters in the 100 meter dash coming in a tie? That’s the same chance that the negro has of equality amongst the races. Chinese people on the other side of the world have barred black people from their bars and restaurants in expectation of the Olympics. Why is that sister? This is a spiritual war, not a legislative one, and I don’t care if black people develop arthritis from signing petitions, it will not work. Either you want to be King and “Queen” or you want to be vassal. There is no equal because there are no two things equal in the universe. This is why the white man coined the term “race” in regards to the division of the nations because he plans to win. Petitioning will not win a damn thing. Black people trying to change the nature of the white man is like someone trying to change the nature of a cobra. A cobra was put on earth the hide, bite, slither, and poison. You can’t train it to do anything other than that.

To be the best You challenge the best . Get em Nas .

@ Judah….

But brother, any intelligent human being will be able to rebut that point. The fact that they have to have all these special clauses in place to guarantee that some Black people will be given a chance indicates there is problem. Why do Black people need a signed document for us to be considered human beings when white people are human beings the moment they are born? Affirmative Action is tokenism, it is not real. It’s a pacifier. When your baby is hungry and crying and you want him to stop crying you stick a pacifier in his mouth. He’ll suck that pacifier until he turns blue thinking he’s going to get some milk but the milk never comes. Affirmative Action is like putting a bandage over and amputation. It doesn’t help. All it does is embolden the Willie Lynch syndrome instilled in us. It makes us compete against each other and fight for something we’ll never achieve. As long as we as a people keep depending on this white man to solve our problem our dreams will be like chasing the horizon….we’ll never reach it!

can’t wait until they put the black in america blog on here…i’m sure there will be a lot said on that one lol

@61 - Preach!

“Affirmative Action is like putting a bandage over and amputation. It doesn’t help. All it does is embolden the Willie Lynch syndrome instilled in us. It makes us compete against each other and fight for something we’ll never achieve. As long as we as a people keep depending on this white man to solve our problem our dreams will be like chasing the horizon….we’ll never reach it!” powerful statement I totally agree Dukesman

I DON’T WATCH FOX NEWS. I WATCH CNN & TODAY @ 9:00 PM THEY’RE AIRING THE SECOND HALF OF BLACK IN AMERICA. I WATCH THE FIRST AIRING LAST NIGHT ; I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO SO. ITS REALLY GOOD.

i think by Nas taking an active stance against this issue is also a call to all those other rappers that are so-called “conscious.” I wanna see them come out to back my brotha Nas. It’s one thing to write and rap about the changes we need in society but it’s another to MAKE change and physically work to effect the changes we wanna see. Kudos to Nas for bein arguably the only rapper true to hip hop left around these days. We need more like you bruh

Nas is off balance lately . I’m beginning to questions his intelligence as well .

* Off topic * Please post on “Black in America” that show was some straight BS !

@Dukesman

Brother, I don’t believe that there are many people that know how to deal with the white man and his tricks, in all honesty, not even many so-called “intelligent” people. If they did, whites would not be in power. If they did, they would know that to petition whites or attempt to use diplomatic means with them to get them to “respect” you is futile. The fact that the white man has to draft so many clauses to enforce a semblance of rights for the negro is symptomatic of a minor problem with the system, but a major problem with black people. We really have to analyze the situation that we’re in and ask why is it that races that do not speak English can come to America and establish businesses and flourishing communities. Races that ARE NOT clamoring for a perceived member of their race in the White House, nor are they petitioning the white man for “respect” or “equality”. These races obviously understand the nature of white people, America, and black people better than black people do. They understand that America is the Great Whore and you do not make a spiritual commitment to a whore like black people are trying to do (Rev 17th chapter). You use it for what it’s worth (Rev 18:15-19).

Analyze why the white man is producing and televising so many of these shows that allege to depict the conditions of the negro in America, as if he cares or ever has. This is another trick to get blacks to believe that he’s ready to make a commitment to our people. Obama is the culmination of this ruse. They’ve played good cop/bad cop with these liberal politicians that pretend to care about our community as opposed to the conservatives that are upfront with their disdain for “minorities” for the longest time (Isaiah 32:5-8). Now they’re bringing it home with black America’s god/savior, that h*mosexual, cokehead Obama (Prov 26:24-27). This is why I have NO RESPECT for any black man that attempts to build anything substantial with these caucasians. It’s an insult to our ancestors and a trap for our children. So I’ll ask you brother, what is the horizon? What is the ultimate goal that black people hope to achieve through these so-called movements? Is it “equality”? What equality are our people hoping for? The white man respects the other races more because they’re not always kissing his ass for respect.

Like you said, we shouldn’t be depending on the white man to solve our problems, so then why would anyone support this petition nonsense? That’s exactly what our people are doing. It’s like trying to bargain with a bully.

WOW! I love this man, Bring real issue to the table, point ‘em out get them.
Demand difference and change.

i get both points for Judah and Dukesman, but I think there should be a balance in between, but yeah i honestly don’t think we should try to get respect from the white man for trying to get his “approval” on things or our existence…it is unfortunate that FOX News depicts us the way they do but we should put more energy into our own and uplifting each other instead of hating on one another. you don’t see the other races doing that as much as black people, damn why can’t black people get their sh*t together.

I noticed that Nas was doing the “manu cornuto” with his left hand throughout the video. He also admitted that FOX would not accept the petitions, lol. Whatever man.

what is the solution??? the solution to the epidemic of black america, black culture, black success??? THATS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, when are we going to start taking responsibility for our own….how can we stop this ongoing vicious cycle and poisoning of our people…ugh its so horrible

See that’s what I’m talkin bout. Yes Fox is a right wing news channel whose audience isn’t black people, doesnt mean they’re doing is acceptable. I mean how can u go about saying that you wish someone would assasinate Obama, the later apologize saying it was just a slur. What they are doing is just reinforcing racism.

As a Briton, I’m appalled you could have a news channel like that. What Nas is doing may not change things automatically but it certainly brings awareness, if not anything, make youngsters engage in what’s gong on around them.

BTW, the album is coold

@ Judah..

These other nations can come to America and be respected because these people know their history; they have an identity, they know who they are. Unlike us, we have these imposters running around calling themselves Jews, and Black people have accepted it. If you were to meet a Chinese and person and that person said his name was James Farmer or Timothy Johnson. You would look at him as if he had two heads. You would think he was lying or that he is confused. How do you think we as Black people look to these other races when we say our names are Smith, Johnson or Bell? We have no history, even worst we hate our history. Majority of black people have disassociated themselves from Africa. I hear them all the time. “Don’t call me African American I left nothing in Africa!” You know what I tell them? You left your mind in Africa. You are just a walking zombie. African is who you are, America is where your mother pissed you out.

And my brother, this is not by default. Blacks in America have been maneuvered into oblivion. We have been fighting for respect for eons and will never get it. And I use the word fight loosely, because Black people always want to love the enemy, they want to overcome the enemy with their capacity to love; they don’t want to bleed. They want to leave everything to God. They call on God to “forgive thy enemy, for they know not what they do.” For as long as they’ve been doing it, I think they know what they hell they are doing by now. And when you call on God, they are calling on the same God while they put the ropes around your necks.

Like the Right Honorable Minister Malcolm X said “Only the Negro revolution is a bloodless revolution.” But the white man shed blood for this power that they have, if you believe they are going to give it up or share it without a fight – then I have a bridge in Brooklyn I’d like to sell you.

Lmao . Oh lord .

@ Judah…

And to answer your question about the “our goals” - what I want for Black people is complete segregation from white people. That way we can concentrate on strengthening our race.

As soon as you incorporate white people in anything you’re doing, the movement seems to loose direction. If MLK was alive today he’d tell you. The march on Washington started out as angry people demanding answers and were bent on getting it. Once the white got gist of it, they called up MLK and gave him 750,000 and promised more if he allowed Kennedy and his boys to organize it. Even the people in the audience who came with blood in their eyes, ready to blow shit up, couldn’t understand what they hell was going on. That march showed more clowns than the Ringling Brothers Circus. A disgrace.

And one more thing brother, I am not gonna have you call Obama out his name. Respect the messiah…..

IF WE ALL THINK AS THOUGH NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE IT WONT….. IM NOT SAYING NAS IS A LEADER OR HE DOESNT HAVE OTHER MOTIVES BUT WHERE ARE OUR LEADERS??? WE DONT HAVE ANY!!!!! AT LEAST SUN STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE UNLIKE MOST!!! JUST MY OPINION!!!!

I do agree with Nas intentions but lets be honest people, black people are our own worst enemies, whos the first to tear us down or say something about use doing something positive? Who’s more likely to shoot a brother (other than NYPD)? Who complains the most about black people? In response to #5 I really dont think the people that needed to watch a show like that watched it. I really see it as raising more problems and issues than solutions.

@Dukesman

You started off correct brother. We are the Israelites but you can’t have it both ways. Either you are the real Jew or an African. Either one or neither, but not both. The Africans are not our people and they are the ones that sold us here into slavery to the Arabs and the white man. This is why the Africans will not form a league with our people in any way shape or form. The white man knows who we are and this is why the white man teaches us that we are African because the African culture is totally disparate from ours. Almost no black person that claims Africa will go to live there. The Africans do not have our spirit, they do not have our charisma, they do not have our lustre, and they do not have our talent and beauty.

Brother, names like Johnson, Jackson and Smith are black names not caucasian. We gave the so-called white man our last names when we ruled over them during the Middle Ages in Europe in what the white man calls the “dark ages” (which is a play on words). “White” names are names like “Cassius”, “Julius”, “Septimius”, etc. Roman names. We are the descendants of the so-called “barbarians”, “celts”, and “germanic tribes” of medieval Europe. Why do you think in school, we spend months on Greece and Rome, and then a week on the medieval period? That medieval period was us. We came here as indentured servants when our empires in Europe fell and the white man gained the upper hand because it was his divinely stipulated time to regain rulership of the planet earth. Get “Ancient and Modern Britons” by David MacRitchie and it will show you that the knights, princesses, queens, and kings of medieval Europe were black.

I will have to respectfully disagree with you brother. Black people will get respect, but only when they respect themselves and stop licking the boots of devils. In the process many people will die when this society collapses for the same reason that Rome collapsed; governmental corruption, the acceptance of h*mosexuality and l*sbianism, rampant military wars, race wars, and overpopulation. Except in the midst of all that, this time, Christ will come back and set our people back in power as He promised. Blacks worship a corrupted image of the Most High and Christ. Their belief system was crafted by the caucasains to maintain their subservience. The “religion” practiced in the churches is not real, and this is why those people do not know or understand the scriptures. Those pastors are going to be used to make the sheep of our people accept things like h*mosexuality, interracial dating, patriotism, and eventually, the RFID chip.

So now for all that, once again, if you understand that there MUST BE BLOOD, which the scriptures tell us, why do you support petitioning (Ezek 35:6, Rev 13:9,10)? It is contradictory to what you claim to represent and believe in brother. Simple as that . How can you want segregation and yet you want to petition this white man? That is an unstable thought process. Furthermore, for the negro to separate, the white man must agree to parcel out a piece of this defiled land. That will not happen, nor should it.

In regards to MLK, that is a whole other topic. That man was a supreme black devil and the most destructive force to the black community in the history of America. A true super coon. I hope you’re joking about Obama being a “messiah”. Obama’s platform is to bring all races together. You want segregation.

The civil rights march on Washington, the Million Man March in DC, and now this….have done nothing to change the course of black American in this country. These marches are nothing more than social gathering, temporary mental uplifts that provide a false sense of hopes.

The problem with many of these high profile marches and protest is that once they are done, everyone goes back to their daily routine. No planning or strategies are implemented after the march to achieve any real results. We need planning, people who are willing to do all of the dirty work behind the scene to push force these panning.

Feminism has its clasped every aspect of American institution…and white women have progress 10-fold more than any black person in this county…and I have yet to witness a million white woman march in DC.

Judah….very well said.

correction:

We need planning, people who are willing to do all of the dirty work behind the scene to push forth these plans.

Feminism has its clasped on every aspect of American institution…

Natural changes are violent and abrupt: i.e., volcanic eruption, tornadoes, typhoons, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, and fire. These are nature’s way of getting rid of the trash and starting anew.

I truly believe, the state of blacks in this world can only change through some violent abrupt force…and yes, blood and lives will be shed.

I am soooooo proud of Nas. And for those of you who judge, clearly you don’t know this artist! Nas is sincere and genuine about this and I can’t believe some of yah who have the audacity to question his motives…This is not some Souljah Boy rapper, your talking about the greatest of all-time, the one who made it cool to use “Big Words” in his rhymes,lol. I swear Black People get on my nerves sometimes, makes you want to say, why even bother? Yah should be applauding Nas’s efforts to bring awareness for such a cause…He is trying to be more than just a ‘flashing nigga bragging on a song’…Yah should command that and hope to god that more artists like him whom have such talent and grace will do the same! Some of yah literally need to try to get out of that barrel and stop acting like Craps!

Alright, people really need to quit the bullshit. Just a few weeks ago, even months, just about everybody on here was cussing Nas out because of his proposed album title. According to most of yall, he was just an asshole that needed attention and wanted to sell records.
Now that everybody is SO INFATUATED with the “lord and savior” Obama, and all of the recent propaganda on Fox news, everybody has Nas on their good side all of a sudden. How soon we forget huh?
And FYI, I believe that Nas did the “sly fox” song, mainly because he was annoyed by the that stunt that Bill Oreilly tried to pull (look it up). Obama and Fox’s racists antics are secondary.

WoW!!! @dats_da_truth and Judah. Seems like the good old days with the 2 of you in here. Always an interesting read.
Judah, you are so on it its scary. Why dont you have your own blog? Or do you?

go nas!!!

DAT_DA_TRUTH. ARE YOU PRETENDING TO BE POSTER #86 MANDY , TO GARNER ATTENTION FOR YOURSELF ? NOTHING YOU EVER SAY IS INTELLIGENT . GTFOH !! JUDAH IS OKAY SOMETIMES BUT YOU HAVE NEVER SAID ANYTHING ON THIS BLOG MEMORABLE ,SO WTF ???

Umm…no I am not cosigning with myself. I’ve been coming to this site since donations. I just hardly ever post. Yes, Dats gets heated and he will cuss you out in a hot second but he is not stupid. You must be female@ SMH.

I commend Nas……….@ least he’s DOING sumthing! ! GO cop the album its REAL!!

@smh

I understand your anger towards me. I might have told you something in the past that you didn’t want to hear. The truth can never be compromised.

As for me posing as another user…I don’t understand the logic in that. Have I ever shy away from telling anyone my opinion?

Do you honestly believe I care enough about you fucks to carry a disguise or engage in other juvenile games?

Fuck outta here….seriously, you are as relevant to me as the “right click” tab at the corner of my screen. When I depressed it, you no longer cease to exist.

Nas is lookin very fine in these pics, Kelis is one lucky woman…

Nas Great grandfather is obviously an igbo man. That is just the old biafran war spirit comin thru. Thanks dude for another great album. I represent being black by taken care of me and mine. Simple as that. End of story.

46#,Judah,my brother! I really want to say something to you,man to man,I know that you are mentally retarded but that must not,however,be viewed as an excuse for you to confuse and twist my words.You must be delusional and hallucinating,because even someone with the lowest level of intelligence can see that I did`nt say anything about racism having left America.That`s how your low level confused and twisted mind took it. There are three ways that you can tell if a person is retarded: 1.Do they wear inappropriate winter clothes during the summer 2.Does the individual move awkwardly as if poorly coordinated 3.Does the individual have a strange and bizarre tendency to twist and confuse what you say See,Judah,I hate to break it to you,brother,it`s not other people that are wrong! Take a look in the mirror, my brother, because it`s you and that strange and bizarre tendency you have of twisting reality to fit your retarded agenda.Your running around on CL twisting, sabatoging,and doing a driveby on people`s comments like your the CL police or something.But,I got to go,cause I got a pizza in the oven and besides that, the workers from that Mentally Retarded group home that you escaped from are looking for you.

Puhleeze!

Let’s see how vocally he is 8 mos from now when he’s no longer promoting an album

“Puhleeze!” to you for being so cynical. As far as sales go his albums are always in the same range. It’s not like Nas will go diamond just for doing something like this. Anyway, instead of downing the brother and questioning his motives, you should be commending him for at least doing something positive. No one said this Fox news situation would change overnight. Anybody with a brain knows that. The point of the protest was to at least bring attention to an ongoing problem and even though Fox rejected the petition, the protest served its purpose for now. It got people talking and more aware of Fox’s tactics.

Well said # 84. My exact sentiments!

@ JUDAH
“The white man respects the other races more because they’re not always kissing his ass for respect.”
deep

IT’S SO SAD WHEN OUR PEOPLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT ARE DOING WHAT WE EXPECT OF THEM AND WE STILL FIND A WAY TO CRITIZE THEM. JUDAH AND OTHERS ARE QUICK TO TALK ABOUT THE WHITE MANS POWER OVER OTHER BLACKS BUT FAIL TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR. DEVIL’S ADVOCATE, WHY? HOW DOES DISSING NAS HELP YOU??? MAYBE HELP YOU RUN YOUR MOUTH BUT WHAT ELSE????

IF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE LEGAL, IT’S IRREVELANT WHAT DRIVES NAS AS LONG AS IT’S FOR A GOOD CAUSE. IF SELLING RECORDS MOTIVATE HIM TO SPEAK OUT MORE POWER.

AND IF THE CRUSTY, FLOUR LIPS GUY RUNS THE ORGANIZATION GOOD FOR HIM. DONT KNOCK HIM WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR GLOSSED LIPS???????

PLEASE LETS SUPPORT EACH OTHER

@Bullets

Brother calm down, lol. No more tantrums from grown men please. I just disagreed with your assessment that racism has changed from the 1950’s, which by saying that you’re implying that black people have progressed. Change is not always progress.

@Dats Da Truth

Thank you brother for bringing your mastery of common sense to this forum. The whole feminism thing is something that deserves a post of it’s own.

@98

Sis, let’s get to the point. Why are you and many other people agreeing with Nas? Like another poster brought out, most of you negroes were ready to tar and feather him for the white man when he was going to call his album “N*GGER”. Now you see that he has officially co-signed Barack Obama and is ready to use the tried and true negro tactic of licking the white man’s boots and begging him for love, so now you love him. How can what drives a man be irrelevant? What drives a man will directly affect what his plans and goals are. If you want to get behind a man that has been compromised then do so, that is your prerogative. What a “good cause” is, is subjective to each person.

***OH PLEEZ….AIN’T THIS THE SAME DUDE WHO WANTED THE NAME OF HIS ALBUM TO BE “NIGGA”????? GET THE FU@K OUTTA HERE. I CANT STAND NAS.

THE BEST WAY TO PUNISH FOX IS TO MAKE SURE YOU DO NO WATCH THEIR CHANNEL. DON;T WATCH HANNITY, OR O’RIELLY, OR ANY OTHER FOX NEWS SHOW, OR ANY OTHER SHOW ON FOX, THAT IS HOW YOU GET YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS TO FOX.

IF YOU HATE WHAT FOX IS ABOUT, BUT YOU WATCH IT ANYWAY, THEN YOU ARE STILL GIVING THEM WHAT THEY WANT. YOU ARE IMPROVING THEIR RATINGS, AND THAT ENDS UP WORKING IN FOX CHANNELS FAVOR, AND DOES NOTHING TO PUNISH THE RACISTS FOR THEIR BEHAVIOUR.

JOUST AS YOU DON’T GO SHOP IN THE STORE OWNED BY A RACIST, YOU SHOULD NOT WATCH A T.V CHANNEL WHICH EMPLOYS RACISTS!

I am so proud of our brave young warrior rapper men, who are barely out of their boyhood standing up like the heroes they are. It is so unfortunate that the so-called upstanding, so called respectable old fools with money are nothing but lackadaisical, selfish cowards who care nothing about the suffering masses. They stand for nothing except enriching themselves, and it is a disgrace they are allowed to critique the entire black community. That ignut charles barkely had the nerve to be talking about blacks being irresponsible, and this fool loses more money in vegas than most black families will save in a life time. He could have fed hundreds of homeless children for a year on that $50,000 he lost in Vegas. Now who is the fool??? I hope Bush strips all of the fools of that affirmative action money before he gets out of office.

@ Pop

If u got the CD you’d understand why he wanted to call it Ni@@er. The man is allowed to express himself and call a CD what he wants. The name of the album does not take away from the fact that there is a message behind the music, which is what really counts.

It is about time that someone stood up to Fox News… and expeciallly Hannity he is the worst… you can tell he don’t like Obama and he should be called out.. the only thing he can come up with Obama is Rev Wrigh, Aries, and what Michelle said. By now if there was something on Obama it would have came out now

But you go Nas and all the other organications, I wish I could have signed the pepetiion…

Good Job