January 30 2008: Ghetto Music
Filed under Media
My neighbours have been blasting ghetto music for the past three hours.
It started off alright with some Kanye and Lupe, but has since just gone downhill. They have D-12 on right now. Yeah, you heard me right. They’re forcing the shittiness of D-12 into my head, and thus, I have this increasing urge to take a pneumatic drill and shove it up my nose.
It’s now 9.45pm, and I’m wanting to go to sleep by 11.30 in order to keep Resolution #1. If they don’t stop soon…well, let’s just say that a little birdy is going to call the police about a little matter of noise pollution. Fuckers.
“D12 (also known as D-12, The Dirty Dozen, D-Twizzy and Detroit-Twelve) is an American hip-hop group from…”
Stop right there… D-Twizzy?!
Jordie on January 30 2008 #
That happens every night here. They start off with some Bob Marley and UB40 and end up with some kind of bullshit about banging bitches and poppin’ caps in yo’ ass.
I hope you’re not expecting to sleep while you’re here.
Nellie on January 30 2008 #
D12!? Oh God! You poor woman! But we have it worse where I live… We live next door to Charves and they play beat-box/rap until 12 at night… :(
Hope they Stopped for you!
Chris on January 30 2008 #
I actually like D12 *runs and hides*
But yeah, they should keep the noise down. There’s nothing I hate more than noisy neighbours.
Bobbi-lee on January 31 2008 #
At least it’s not DMX. That dude sounds like a werewolf half the time. -_-
Sarai on January 31 2008 #
So did they end up turning it off so you could be in bed in time? I would have called the cops anyway lol.
Britney on January 31 2008 #
Hit ‘em with a little ghetto gospel. Honestly though, D12 is low. :P
Amber on January 31 2008 #
:| D12 is horrible. When I first heard their song My Band, I recorded a version of me singing it in a really low voice. I was young and naive back then :P.
Yara on January 31 2008 #
I hate to rant in a comment, but I’ve been seeing this a lot lately, and it really bothers me. I dislike noisy neighbors as much as the next person, but I probably dislike the misuse of the term ghetto just as much. Why is rap music automatically given this title ghetto? Black rappers today are hardly from the ghetto anymore, even though they like to pretend they are for the sake of street credibility. I find something offensive about it, coming from the ghettos of the South Bronx myself. It’s probably just the negative connotation surrounding it that bugs me. I too am a product of the ghetto, but that doesn’t make me ghetto. It’s not a freaking adjective. It does not mean Black people, minorities, broken, cheap, dirty, or poor. It’s a type of neighborhood, and I wish people didn’t use it to mean such negative things. I understand where the negative connotation comes from, but this particular use of it is just plain ignorant. But other than informing you of that, I can’t do much about it, can I?
Reply: As for the negative connotations of the word ghetto, my parents come from the Chinese equivalent. (Surprisingly, the black population doesn’t have a monopoly on the word.) Seven brothers sleeping together on mats on the floor in a one-room apartment? Mother not having the luxury of having dairy products until she turned eighteen? Leaving school by the age of twelve in order to get a job and help the family finances? That’s my family background, and I certainly don’t try to hide it, nor am I ashamaed of being labelled “ghetto”. You can take the word to be negative if that’s what you associate it with (for which I pity you), but for me, being ‘ghetto’ is having the strength and courage to rise above your circumstances while never forgetting the hardship that you and yours have suffered along the way.
By labelling this music ‘ghetto’, I am not doing it a disfavour, nor am I looking down on them for being black (the fact they played crappy white boy rappers eliminates that possibility). I am simply recognising that D12 members have overcome personal adversity to become famous and successful in their own right. That doesn’t mean their music isn’t shit. But other than informing you of that, I can’t do much about it, can I?
Asia on January 31 2008 #
Oh man, I HATE it when people blast music from anywhere (houses, their cars, etc.). I laugh when I hear people blast country music because it’s kinda cute but when I hear hip hop or rock music, I just get sooo annoyed; it’s funny because people actually think they look cool doing that! Grr! =0
Katy on January 31 2008 #
Wow Amanda, thanks for getting back to me, and so quickly too. While I don’t appreciate the obvious catty tone of it all (I really don’t need anyone’s pity, thanks), I am certainly thankful that you took the time to write out such a thought provoking response. In fact, reading your response has genuinely given me a new perspective of the term, something I’ve been looking for for a while now. Everyone I’ve ever known from the ghetto has been either Black or Hispanic and from America, so your commentary is certainly inspiring. Thanks again. :)
Asia on February 1 2008 #
Woah woah WOAH. D12 put out two quality, listen-to-while-drunking singles.
How dare you disrespect that!
Mike Haddad on February 5 2008 #