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Bill Cosby: a staunch critic of some rap music - is set to release a Hip-Hop album called State of
Sources told AllHipHop that the actor, comedian and philanthropist will address issues like proper parenting, teen pregnancy, drug abuse, Black-on-Black crime and the dropout rate in
In 2004, Cosby said in a speech, "Your dirty laundry gets out of school at 2:30 every day, it's cursing and calling each other [the N-word] as they're walking up and down the street. They think they're hip. They can't read. They can't write. They're laughing and giggling, and they're going nowhere."
Cosby's album will not contain any profane language, nor will it offer any denigrating comments towards women.
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Whether or not Cosby will work with rappers on his lyrical flow or his musical selection was not known at press time.
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Could Hip-Hop see an epic rap battle between two titans of culture, knowledge and entertainment?
Michael Eric Dyson strongly suggested during a recent outing that he would be recording an album that would respond to Bill Cosby’s upcoming rap album, State of
“There’s nothing worse than a comedian that’s trying to be serious on a certain level. That could be hazardous to your career. And to your health,” Dyson, 49, told AllHipHop.
Whether or not they spar lyrically remains to be seen, but they have wrangled via the written word.
In Bill Cosby’s 2007 book Come On, People, he chastises gangsta rappers saying that that artists and corporations promote the N-Word, degrade women and attempt to normalize deviant behavior.
In 2006, Dyson responded to Cosby’s notions in the award-winning book Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?, where he looked at what he considered an “assault on the Black poor.”
Cosby is an accomplished musician whose harmonious achievements didn’t go unnoticed to Dyson.
“Bill Cosby’s made some great albums. Some of the stuff he’s done in jazz pioneering has been incredible,” admitted Dyson, who also confessed to being interested in what his peer had in store.
“I actually am interested in hearing what he’s got to say, if he is rapping himself or does he have guest rappers or if he’s going to do his thing…because he’s a funny dude,” Dyson said.
Of the album title Dyson said, “That doesn’t sound too comedic.”
Both men have a storied history of service in the community, but neither album has a specific release date at press time.
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