Comments on: Freestyle Rap Battle Translated into Plain English http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/ The Neat Side of the Web Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:56:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: alar http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1599786 alar Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:57:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1599786 hmm...i mean...correct grammar does not make a poem less poetic but neither does using a non correct form. languages live. and if some people are snobbish enough to denie the value of a living language, then its their loss. hmm...i mean...correct grammar does not make a poem less poetic but neither does using a non correct form. languages live. and if some people are snobbish enough to denie the value of a living language, then its their loss.

]]> By: wifi918 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1079279 wifi918 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:10:42 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1079279 to edit: I meant to say that using proper grammer and pronunciation does NOT make a person more white. My apologies!! to edit: I meant to say that using proper grammer and pronunciation does NOT make a person more white.

My apologies!!

]]> By: wifi918 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1079277 wifi918 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:09:01 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1079277 Haha. I loved it! And, to JdF: Despite your use of words like "dodgy", and "deprecation" to make your argument sound more intelligent, your claim has no backing. The English language is not a "white" language. Speaking the language properly, by using correct grammar and pronunciation, does make a person more "white". I think it's a bit of a stretch to accuse the makers of the video of being racist merely because they find it amusing to translate slang into formal English. I am not trying to insult rappers, but please explain to me how a song about having sex with another person's mother is MORE poetic than poetry written in formal English. -Nicole Haha. I loved it!

And, to JdF:
Despite your use of words like "dodgy", and "deprecation" to make your argument sound more intelligent, your claim has no backing. The English language is not a "white" language. Speaking the language properly, by using correct grammar and pronunciation, does make a person more "white". I think it's a bit of a stretch to accuse the makers of the video of being racist merely because they find it amusing to translate slang into formal English.
I am not trying to insult rappers, but please explain to me how a song about having sex with another person's mother is MORE poetic than poetry written in formal English.

-Nicole

]]> By: JivesTheButler http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1071658 JivesTheButler Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:05:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1071658 @JdF You are either being perfectly on-point, witty, and ironic, or offended and British. Either way, you are hilarious. @JdF You are either being perfectly on-point, witty, and ironic, or offended and British.

Either way, you are hilarious.

]]> By: JdF http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1071335 JdF Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:31:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1071335 this has to be the most offensive thing i have ever seen Neatorama post! leave the inclusive deprecation to stuffwhitepeoplelike.com.for all the factoid intelligence that you post, i expect alot better than a post dedicated to this witless championing of white bread delivery trying to harness the EQUAL if not more poetically graceful form the ghetto talks. no more of this dodgy racism, i know you can know better. this has to be the most offensive thing i have ever seen Neatorama post! leave the inclusive deprecation to stuffwhitepeoplelike.com.for all the factoid intelligence that you post, i expect alot better than a post dedicated to this witless championing of white bread delivery trying to harness the EQUAL if not more poetically graceful form the ghetto talks. no more of this dodgy racism, i know you can know better.

]]> By: Thomas http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1066363 Thomas Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:17:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1066363 And I am lucky enough to live in a city with paltry enough living conditions to support such artists' upbringings. And I am lucky enough to live in a city with paltry enough living conditions to support such artists' upbringings.

]]> By: yo! http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1065619 yo! Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:24:08 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1065619 my niggazzzzz!!!!! my niggazzzzz!!!!!

]]> By: Drat http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1065571 Drat Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:09:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1065571 Fail. Plain English or a bunch of fags with nothing to do? Fail. Plain English or a bunch of fags with nothing to do?

]]> By: Lauren http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1065507 Lauren Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:49:00 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1065507 Is this the guy who did the cats & engineers video? He sounds the same. Is this the guy who did the cats & engineers video? He sounds the same.

]]> By: MoonCake http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1064886 MoonCake Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:46:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1064886 holy crap that was hilarious! @courtc777-- i can only imagine spoken-word MSI lyrics. ellen degeres said the lyrics of her first known-by-heart song by salt-n-peppa on one of her comedy DVDs and it's HILARIOUS because it doesn't make any sense, yet, it's probably the most known salt-n-peppa song out there. language sure is a funny thing, isn't it? holy crap that was hilarious!

@courtc777-- i can only imagine spoken-word MSI lyrics. ellen degeres said the lyrics of her first known-by-heart song by salt-n-peppa on one of her comedy DVDs and it's HILARIOUS because it doesn't make any sense, yet, it's probably the most known salt-n-peppa song out there.

language sure is a funny thing, isn't it?

]]> By: Kiryn http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1064156 Kiryn Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:03:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1064156 @Yo: Where does it say that it -had- to be translated into plain English? It's just like those dubs of old Chinese movies. @Yo: Where does it say that it -had- to be translated into plain English? It's just like those dubs of old Chinese movies.

]]> By: MrEpilepsy http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1063731 MrEpilepsy Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:27:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1063731 I'm wondering why 20th and 21st century rappers (and singers) like to emphasize the squalid conditions of their upbringing. Did we have bards waxing lyrical about their horrible homelands in the past? How old is the idea of "street cred" anyway? "Many are the men who may testify to the dire conditions of my upbringing. Mine was a youth spent in the most splendid wretchedness. Behold my authenticity!" I'm wondering why 20th and 21st century rappers (and singers) like to emphasize the squalid conditions of their upbringing. Did we have bards waxing lyrical about their horrible homelands in the past?
How old is the idea of "street cred" anyway?

"Many are the men who may testify to the dire conditions of my upbringing. Mine was a youth spent in the most splendid wretchedness. Behold my authenticity!"

]]> By: jani http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1063392 jani Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:03:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1063392 "I brandish a 9 mm pistol." That's scary, motherlovers! "I brandish a 9 mm pistol."

That's scary, motherlovers!

]]> By: Jerse http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1063356 Jerse Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:53:04 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1063356 @Yo Ebonics < English @Yo

Ebonics < English

]]> By: Arden http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1063062 Arden Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:40:30 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1063062 I second that HAAAHAAAA I second that HAAAHAAAA

]]> By: Martha Allen http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1062986 Martha Allen Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:25:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1062986 "Why would you have to translate this into “plain english”? It’s part of the fabric of American life and shouldn’t be classified as something different and outcast." HAHAHAHAHAHA "Why would you have to translate this into “plain english”? It’s part of the fabric of American life and shouldn’t be classified as something different and outcast."

HAHAHAHAHAHA

]]> By: Christophe http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1062572 Christophe Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:06:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1062572 Role models. Role models.

]]> By: Yo http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1062437 Yo Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:36:11 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1062437 Why would you have to translate this into "plain english"? It's part of the fabric of American life and shouldn't be classified as something different and outcast. Why would you have to translate this into "plain english"? It's part of the fabric of American life and shouldn't be classified as something different and outcast.

]]> By: Bajapanties88 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1062154 Bajapanties88 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:39:54 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1062154 good stuff lol good stuff lol

]]> By: CourtC777 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1062152 CourtC777 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:39:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1062152 OMG. That was amazing. Did this person translate more into plain English? Awesome. The other week, I read aloud Mindless Self Indulgence lyrics to my boyfriend. Greatly hilarious. OMG. That was amazing. Did this person translate more into plain English? Awesome. The other week, I read aloud Mindless Self Indulgence lyrics to my boyfriend. Greatly hilarious.

]]> By: biltmore http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1061345 biltmore Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:07:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1061345 Hilarious! Hilarious!

]]> By: DOJ http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1061310 DOJ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:49:34 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1061310 music at the end is perfect music at the end is perfect

]]> By: Ali S. http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1061241 Ali S. Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:14:30 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1061241 Hahaha! Oh, how I love this! :D Hahaha! Oh, how I love this! :D

]]> By: Sandman http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1061217 Sandman Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:08:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1061217 That's probably the funniest thing I've seen in a while. That's probably the funniest thing I've seen in a while.

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1061105 ted Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:37:02 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1061105 Cute. If only all debates were this interesting. Cute. If only all debates were this interesting.

]]> By: CheeseDuck http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1061026 CheeseDuck Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:02:08 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1061026 L O L L
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]]> By: Johnny Cat http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/comment-page-1/#comment-1060986 Johnny Cat Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:39:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/04/freestyle-rap-battle-translated-into-plain-english/#comment-1060986 Oh, Snap! The swing music at the end...brilliant! Oh, Snap! The swing music at the end...brilliant!

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