Posts Tagged ‘hip-hop’
The Christian Side-Hug: “Front Hugs Be Too Sinful”
Attention, Christian kids: If you like not having sex, not speaking the Lord’s name in vain, and not being gay, then you’ll love the newest trend in policing typical adolescent behaviors in the name of God. It’s called the The Christian Side-Hug, and it’s here to help the devout avoid the temptation of full frontal hugging. Don’t worry—it’s cool, because they made a “rap” song about it.
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Rap Sex Euphemism: “Wipe Me Down”
It’s hard out there for a rap star trying to come out with the next big sexual euphemism. Armed only with weather patterns (”make it rain”), child-friendly sweets (”lick it like a lollipop”) and whimsy (”superman that ho”), today’s hip-hop stars struggle to coin a sex term as eternal as LL Cool J’s ultimate rap sex euphemism: “doin’ it.” These are their stories.
RAP SEXUAL EUPHEMISM: “Wipe me down”
Top 10 Rap Sex Euphemisms
Talking about having sex is healthy. But with radio censors intent on bleeping out the most explicitly offensive material, what’s Lil’ Wayne to do when he wants to write an entire song about a woman performing oral sex on him? Invent a bizarre euphemisms for fun and profit. Below, the top ten euphemisms for sex made famous in rap songs.
10. “Lollipop”
DEFINING MOMENT: Lil’ Wayne’s “Lick it Like a Lollipop”
UNDERLYING MEANING: Sexual infantilization ahead. “It’s basically a cock. As in lick the lollipop. Refering to blowjobs. Lil Wayne made a song called Lollipop about this topic.”
SEE ALSO: 50 Cent’s “Candy Shop”
Asher Roth Bukkaki Video Corner
Via Bitch:
The video . . . features a host of bikini-clad women being covered with buckets of viscous white paint, most of which ends up on their faces.
. . . In the end, it’s not that Roth is any more misogynist than many other guys in hip-hop, and I think there’s more than a hint of racism in holding Roth to a higher standard than a lot of black or latino rappers. Still, Roth’s cluelessness is insufferable, and to see him sail to success using the novelty of his own suburban upbringing and pale skin tone — even in the face of lackluster flow and weak rhymes — is quite frustrating.
In other words, it’s not just the video that’s masturbatory.
