Posts Tagged ‘Lil’ Wayne’
Lil Wayne: Feminist or Misogynist?
Lil Wayne has emerged as an interesting figure for feminist critique. As a rapper, Wayne peppers his lyrics with “pussy” and “no homo.” As a public figure, he has reluctantly helped to raise awareness about sexual assault against males and growing up with an absent father. And Wayne’s lyrics, as misogynist as they are, are also playful enough to usher in a few rare feminist hints. Let’s play the Weezy lyrics game: feminist or misogynist?
First up: “A Milli,” a track off Tha Carter III:
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”
R. Kelly Wants to Fuck Every Girl In the World
So, R. Kelly has pulled the vocoder out of the closet and recorded a remix to Lil’ Wayne’s “Every Girl.” The original track declares, “I wish I could fuck every girl in the world.” Wayne doesn’t get into the logistics, but that’s gotta be a scenario that involves some nonconsensual sex. The original song, at least, sidesteps outright rape by inserting “in about 3 years” before the line “holla at me, Miley Cyrus.”
But now that the lyrics have been taken from Wayne’s mouth and into the hands of noted teen enthusiast R. Kelly, the use of the world “girl” seems a whole lot fuckin’ creepier. Let’s recap:
1995: R. Kelly, 27, marries 15-year-old Aaliyah while working with her on her debut album titled, strangely enough, “Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number.”
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Step Off, Couric: You’re Not Weezy’s Mom!
Katie Couric fell into some pretty serious mom jeans territory last night in her pre-Grammy interview with Lil’ Wayne. How nerdy does Couric look compared to Weezy? Let me count the ways:
INAUGURAL CELEB WATCH: Where is Lil’ Wayne?
Have you seen this boy?
Where have you been during all this, Weezy? T.I.’s here. Jay-Z’s here. Young Jeezy‘ s here. Diddy’s here. But whither Weezy? And don’t say “I’ve been hustlin’”!
