How come every rapper, after hanging out with mino, become dorks and cute like wtf with that childlike smile gtfo.
“They’re all so handsome so please use a slightly ugly photo.” (trans)
Just because you’ve seen “8 mile“ that doesn’t mean you know shit about battle rap…
I am soo fed up with the hiphop elitists in the smtm tag, particularly Blacknut’s supporters, it is unreal. I wasn’t going to write anything because I’m so irritated by episode 7, it’s hard for me to form a coherent response to it but I need to say something.
First off, I will address the fans: sure, battle rap is like a roast and the main objective is to come up with the most clever egregious insult- but there still needs to be that level of respect present in all forms of competition. A lot of what Blacknut did during Mino’s rap was edited out for censorship reasons, but grinding up against a bamboo pillow distractingly while someone else is trying to respond to whatever it is you spat, that is disrespectful. Its like if you were in a public debate and the person you were going against just started mocking you mid-sentence. Blacknut’s antics on the floor was a display of dominance, the pillow was obviously supposed to be Mino and he was asserting his dominance by raping it which goes back to his lyrics in the graduation album. (just fyi if you’re not disgusted by what Blacknut wrote then or what blacknut was insinuating with his little dance, you might wanna check yourself.) Another thing MNET edited out was parts of BN’s lyrics in which he said “your face is like a southeast asian GD” which is both colorist and racist. Colorist because it points out the color of Mino’s skin and suggests that it is unattractive, and racist because it is an attack on southeast asians deeming them inferior to east asians since the line was thrown in there as an insult. Now this, THIS is disrespecting the roots of battle rap. Battle rap, being a manifestation of hip hop culture which stems from the block parties initiated by Benjamin Melendez and the Ghetto Brothers, a politically-minded music group/gang; when they plugged speakers into the lampposts of South Bronx and used music to break down RACIAL BARRIERS. Battle rap is seen as something sacred to some, like the people of Cuba who use it as a forum to engage in a musical dialogue which incorporates varying perspectives on social disparities and other politically- charged issues that plague Cuba. I wouldn’t care if Blacknut simply called Mino a lesser version of GD or something, but what he did say was racially charged and WRONG. Try defending it, try defending this to me. And don’t give me that “oh but everyone else does it” bullshit, I want a legit excuse. And while you’re at it, can someone please give me a better reason for Mino to not be on the show besides the fact that he is an idol? I don’t agree with idols being on the show either, but if we move past that issue isn’t there something else to say? Can you name an instant where Mino has had aid from YG? You all act like Blacknut is “real” and everything else but he is the only person to have made it this far still making mistakes. If Mino was eliminated, do you think he would be extended the same privilege Blacknut was? No he wouldn’t. Just because Blacknut is label-less that doesn’t mean he isn’t getting backing. Whether mnet brought him back for viewership or Brand New brought him back to avoid getting shat on, he isn’t still here because of his skill.
Secondly, I will address the show: I get that the board of broadcasting wants you to censor more and everything, like I understand censoring Blacknut’s physical antics, but to censor parts of people’s rap it seems like you’re protecting people from the backlash they deserve. Blacknut knows he is on national tv and yet he still goes ahead and makes a racist comment, he should be held accountable but he is not going to be. They didn’t censor Mino’s rap in episode 3 and it caused a huge scandal, it’s not fair that Blacknut is now being protected when Mino had to receive such a backlash. Also, as producers you should have a bit more integrity… if San E and Verbal Jint were the ones who wanted BN back, you should have put a stop to it. It IS cheating, Blacknut could easily come up with a diss rap against Mino. this decision made things extremely unfair for team ZiPal and Mino.
Final note: just because you are into Khiphop that doesn’t make you some kind of expert on the historical origins of hip hop as a genre. You might know more than the average kpop fan about the esoteric intricacies of rap rhetoric as it exists in Korea from braggadocio ethic to rhyme scheme to meter, but that doesn’t make you a better critic. Just because someone likes themselves some silly kpop that doesn’t make them an idiot. Of course I am generalizing here, some khiphop fans are really great whom I’ve gotten to know over the course of the show, but others…. I’m not an apologist and I don’t side with the kpop fans who are, and I understand where the stigma comes from, it’s just really irritating how everything a kpop fan says is discredited because we like mainstream things. Y’all sound like a bunch of whiny hipsters who suffer from a bit of internalized misogyny. (lookin at you Blacknut fans)
wow this got really long, it’s like a fucking essay now and I apologize about that. I feel like I have so much more to say, but I’ll end it here. Come to my inbox if you’d like to discuss but I really have no patience for petty hate so if you do, please have something important to say.
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