The Architects of Rap: Poison in Our Culture

by Leslie Taha

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0974071005
• ISBN13: 9780974071008
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Silverstone Press
• Length: 119 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.6"

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A strident, much-needed "wake-up" call

The Architects Of Rap: Poison In Our Culture by Les Taha is a stinging, articulate, timely denouncement of the negative influences that rap and hip-hop culture and lyrics have on African Americans today, ranging from its portrayal of stereotyped violence, to promiscuity, to criminality among black people, to its glorification of despicable and inhumane behavior. Pen-and-ink cartoons add a satirical punch to this strident, much-needed "wake-up" call concerning how prejudice and poisonous values influence our impressionable youth through the guise of rap and hip-hop.

The truth shall set you free

It has been a while since I have heard from someone who have entered the world were most are afraid to go, HIP HOP. My salutation to brother Taha for being bold enough to tell the truth. We as older A/A men have failed our communities and the disgusting words of rap music are the result our negligence. Our young men who are making grand theft money are really destroying themselves and the young fertile minds that are listening to these sick words due to their lack of knowledge of self. You can't know you self and say the the disrespectful lyrics that come out of their mouths. You can't know yourself and display their bodies in the manner that they do and realyy think they have sense because they make money. Reality with common sense does not exist in the world of Hip Hop. As Brother Taha so eloquently stated the music is what brings us to the table but the vulgar and immorale language is disgusting. Our true make up as humans are really words. We are merely a culmination of words that our minds have heard over the years from birth to now. Every single word that goes into our heads must have a reaction. If we feed negative and immoral words into our KING(dome) what comes out are the same negatives that go in especially if we don't have a good knowledge base.As the old saying goes you are what you eat that is physically as well as mentally. We must began to war against the powers that be to fight off this destruction of the A/A mind an that war starts at home. Gathering troops will be difficult when you find millions of young women who are still children in their thinking and are bring more young troops into this hip hop battle becasue they don't have a clue. We have very little to fight with except the truth. We as OG's must find a way to attract these gifted young men and women to the table and began to share with them a master plan that we all can support are this battle will be lost and we will continue this immoral downfall. The Architect of this detrimental behavior have also infected other cultures now so they have a powerful Army standing up for what they think is right.If we are to save our babies and put the forces of wrong on the track to retreat we have some serios times ahead of us that will not reflect a rosy future for any of us. It is time for the MODERN DAY ACHIEVERS to stand up and lets remake our world with a new way of thinking,speaking and wearing our clothes and let those so called brothers and sisters who take your money and give it right back to the Master. We must began to pool our resources to create food centers, mechanism to buy the housing in our communities so that we will have communities and develop clothing thats demonstrates class and not a thuggish look. We should began to boycott all foolishiness and negative influences and quit letting people with our own color continue to sell us bags of garbage Lets Tell Ebony,Essence,Vibe etc. an any other Magazine to quit promoting these people,quit promoting alcohol/cigare