Comments on: Ghetto Music

By: Mike Haddad

Mike Haddad — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:39:16 +0000

Woah woah WOAH. D12 put out two quality, listen-to-while-drunking singles.

How dare you disrespect that!

By: Asia

Asia — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:22:18 +0000

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. :)

By: Katy

Katy — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:32:12 +0000

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

By: Asia

Asia — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:35:26 +0000

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?

By: Yara

Yara — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:22:01 +0000

:| 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.

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:04:18 +0000

Hit ‘em with a little ghetto gospel. Honestly though, D12 is low. :P

By: Britney

Britney — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:02:10 +0000

So did they end up turning it off so you could be in bed in time? I would have called the cops anyway lol.

By: Sarai

Sarai — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:54:39 +0000

At least it’s not DMX. That dude sounds like a werewolf half the time. -_-

By: Bobbi-lee

Bobbi-lee — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:46:56 +0000

I actually like D12 *runs and hides*

But yeah, they should keep the noise down. There’s nothing I hate more than noisy neighbours.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:29:23 +0000

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!