If you haven’t seen the video below, you only need to watch the first 45 seconds or so to get the point of this drop
This will be the funniest drop of the week. I’m laughing already. It’s just that damn funny!!! Ha-ha, ha, ha ha ha-ha! What we have is the latest music video from Hip Hop’s very own Macduff, Curtis ‘50Cent’ Jackson, featuring the only illegal alien who doesn’t have to carry an ID, Akon.
The music video starts with Fifty and his weedcarriers in tow, chanting the mantra heard round the world, “I get money, I-I get, I-I [money] get, I [money] I-I get money”, or however the fuck it goes, before cutting to what appears to be a maximum security prison with big ass dog bowls of… cereal? Akon and Fifty are the prisoners!! I’ll break it down for you. They went from being celebrities to prisoners, because they’ll ‘still kill’. [Wipes eyes from tears of laughter]
It seems as though Fifty and Akeezy aren’t the only ones who will still kill. You see, the Pennsylvania Department of Correction commisioned this study of PV’s versus PS’s. That’s Parole Violators and Parole Successes for all of you who don’t speak Inmate-ese. Can you believe I read all sixty-seven motherfucking pages when all I needed to do was to throw on my copy of ‘Curtis’? [I’m cracking up over here!]
For a variety of reasons, 60 percent of all Black parolees are violated within less than a year of release. Holy shit! Over half of ex convicts ‘will still kill’? I didn’t know that. Thank goodness this video is Jam of the Week! [Oh come on, that was funny right?! You cats at DP dot com have no sense of humor].
“I got a arsenal, an infantry I’m built for this mentally”
Surprise, surprise, a combined percentage of crimes amongst PV’s involving weapons as the controlling offense is well over 35 percent. You don’t have to take my word for it, Curtis tells you! It’s right there in the lyrics! Hey you fucking consumers, it’s not just the T.I.’s making money off this rap catastrophe. Lawyers are caking like crazy too.
“Ain’t nuttin change still holla at my homies/Ohh and when I hit the block I still will kill”
PV’s are significantly more likely to maintain relationships with friends who had a criminal past. You don’t really believe that ‘birds of a feather’ bullshit do you? I mean, we don’t have any real evidence that Curtis, or Akon for that matter have ever killed anyone!!! [Ha-ha!] Get it? In order for them to ‘still kill’ they would first have to kill someone! That’s what weedcarriers are for, keep smilin’, keep shinin’.
“Niggaz know, if not they better check my background”
About 1.5 million convicted felons have completed their sentences and still do not have the right to vote! You didn’t expect Curtis to know that did you? How could he? He isn’t even from one of the 14 states that severely restrict or even prohibit onetime prisoners from casting ballots. Damn right they better check your background. It’s not like all ex-felons can’t vote. In states where they can vote, the process of restoring rights is seen by some as cumbersome and confusing. All this time, I thought rights were something you inherently have, not something you acquire! More excuses, poor technology? Bullshit, 1,086,910 people bought Fifty’s last album and we all know he’s tired of using technology-ology-gy [Ha ha ha, motherfucking ha! I’m DYING over here, can you hear me?!?!?]
It is not fucking fair to say that only unrealistic post-release expectations play a factor in success or failure of a parolee! Fif got shot nine times and lived! Talk about unrealistic expectations! You mean to tell me, after five or more years in prison, upon release, cats don’t feel prepared to face issues like money management, drug and alcohol problems, finding a job, and keeping a job? Getting shot 9 times and making millions or going back to the same environment that got you locked up in the first place, any takers? Fuck that, don’t talk to me about unrealistic expectations. LOSERS! [Whooooo!! Forbes 1.2.3 remember?]
“Put my back on the wall nigga watch me go for mine.”
Parole Violators reported illegal or criminal behavior as an acceptable solution to problems, well who fucking doesn’t? The NYPD is the most shining example of handling problems that need to get dealt with. If you’re going for a hairbrush, you’re fucked.[Oh DAMN! Maxine, you’re killing em out there! Ha ha haha haha]
Seriously, why aren’t you laughing? This is the funniest thing I’ve heard in a while. Don’t take responsibility for what you do and say, it’s just entertainment right? [Ha-ha] It’s supposed to tell a story [*chuckle*]. This is not everyone’s reality right? [ha] Lighten up. Why.Aren’t.You.Laughing? I’m laughing so hard [hahahaha] I can’t [ah] feel my [aha] face.
If you are what you say you are then have no fear
It’s all true. When I worked with at risk youth I’d explain all of this stuff about the system to them back when Boston was praised for being a “violence prevention model city”. Between 1998-2002 they severely cut funding for those services and by 2005 the murder rate shot right back up and gang violence and gang membership shot up all across the Metro area.
That’s why the type of bullshit 50 makes songs about has me shaking my head. Ignorance at it’s finest (or worst)
Powerful post my dude.
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My bad, Maxine.
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Very good post. I worked at a half-way house for males. It is crazy to see them in that setting where some of them were getting their first taste of freedom after doing hard time (15+years) and those who went to prison for shorter bids (4 yrs). It was easy to tell the ones who would be PV’s and end up right back in the system very quickly and those who were willing to struggle and get on their feet resisting the temptation to go back to a certain lifestyle. Some of them were in such a rush to get out so they could use the new skills and knowledge taught to them by their ni**** during time in the yard it was ridiculous. The cook was “allegedly” selling drugs out of thehalf-way house. I loved how they used the word allegedly when they spoke about the crimes they were convicted of. I am sure some of these tales were quite embellished Frank Lucas style from their time locked up. Yes hip hop is entertainment but many of these men who don’t grow at all mentally and socially while incarcerated are highly influenced by these hip hop short stories and are ready to come out still killing and wear the lastest BAPE and Roc-A-Wear while doing it.
since “I Get Money” was somewhat relevant to this, let me just get this off my chest: I can’t stand when 50 yells out “I run New York!”.
Bitch, please.
You can’t even run Connecticut.
that is all.
I think we can’t find concrete solutions to this epidemic because the problems aren’t clearly identified and expressed as a system of oppression, more an issue of public safety, the us against them mentality.
LMAO at this post. A friend of mine is a probation officer and a teacher of mine use to work with before she got into teaching. Had a few people I know out on parole as well and every single one I know atleast went back in a few times. Others probably soon because they are doing the same shit. Sometimes being locked it is not enough. Look at Foxy..she is not out yet and still is cutting up in there. I hope she comes home for the holidays though.
Maxine, I think we can find solutions.
There are a number of past examples of small organizations that help reduce young male-female prisoner recidivism. On a grand scale it may prove difficult because of the aforementioned budget cuts and short-sighted politics that play into major campaign seasons. I hear and read of many stay-in-school
and out of jailprograms that were successful but not every successful program gets imitated. Former President Bill Clinton cited some examples a while back . . . I believe in a Charles Barkely book.In all honesty, we need any entirely different economic model. People talk shit about the environment and going ‘green’ but these same motherfuckers aint ready to decrease their stake in the systen of capitalism.
Putting people in jail, and keeping them there is big fucking business. Curtis Jackson and Shawn Carter are just recruiters for the machinery.
“Putting people in jail, and keeping them there is big fucking business. Curtis Jackson and Shawn Carter are just recruiters for the machinery.”
That’s the realest shit I’ve heard all day.
Dallas Penn > Cultural Studies class.
Capitalism at its best leads to democracy at its worst……
I know how to keep people from going back to jail. Same way you keep them from going there in the first place.
Give them decent jobs with livable wages.
Dallas the subject was strong shit, and I totally agrre with you. But why oh why don’t you still calll curtis “Fisty scent”? Curtis is a clown, glad to see there are people who are aware of the part this clown plays in our degradement.
Mike,
I do still call Curtis ‘Fisty Scent’. The drop above was written by Maxine. She is one of the new young female* contributors here at the website.
(* – we had EEO complaints filed on us at the jig blogosphere H.Q.)
Good drop maxine.
Jobs and liviable wages are needed but we have to change the mentality which the youth romanticise criminal behavior. Many of the youth also have been believe the only way they can make it is through sports, drugs and rap.
This is an awful post. Mainly because the constant (haha) and (chuckles) are simply annoying. The post would be so much more effective without it.
Incilin,
Stick to the gossip blogs that only have pictures. Sarcasm is for more developed minds.
I loved the article, the laughing parts were perfect cuz I was laughin my ass off.
Incilin like a diabetic? That’d be a good rap name: Incilin. As in “I’m chilllin’ with Incilin.” You could have a partner called MC Glucose Meter and call yourselves the Diabetic Duo. Hey, I’d listen to it.
You already know they fed Mike Vick his Thanksgiving dinner just like Akon and Curtis: straight dog bowl.