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Let me preface this by saying that YouTube has torn at the very fabric of my personal consciousness. I believe that a great deal of videos on YouTube are of da debil, even as I enjoy a lot of YouTube content on the regular...lol. I just hope the Google purchase doesn't end up equating to corporate censorship.

And on that note, you wanna get some background on the video, the ban, and the Artist - NYOIL:
Video for "Yall Should All Get Lynched
Interview with the Artist, NYOIL

My thoughts:
On the one hand, I can remember a time when this could easily have been a real song/video - released by a controversial hip-hop group (like Public Enemy / BDP, etc.) willing to spark controversy about a subject that NEEDS to be addressed. It's interesting yet sad that social protests in hip hop music aren't allowed air time anymore (appropriate or inappropriate). Seems that there's too much $$ on the line to give any consideration to music with a message. But yes, some of these hip-hop artists need a beat down, to get hemmed up by the "Drop Squad", and taught a hard lesson about the images and messages they're putting out, fa sho'.

On the other hand - NO WAY THAT ANY OF THOSE GROUPS I MENTIONED WOULD'VE CONDONED USING THOSE IMAGES OR THE REFERENCES TO LYNCHINGS. Pics of actual lynchings / references to them being lynched? To highlight the sad state of hip-hop? It's demeaning to the suffering associated with lynching, the ideas behind lynching, etc. Not that the misogyny/commercialism/violence/sel f-hatred in hip-hop isn't serious, but equating it with lynching? It's too much.

And yeah - I can't help but be skeptical about why NYOil may have released this - like controversy breeds publicity - which breeds interest. I could care less whether he shows his face or not, but this screams of hype regardless. I want to believe his reason are complete selfless, and altruistic, but....I'm jaded. Real jaded. Too many hip-hop kids have shed their conscious for the almighty $. Hell, I thought 50 Cent was gonna save hip-hop when he did a guest on "How To Rob" - da hell was I thinking?