User:Ashtronaut101/Bitch (slang)/Bibliography

Citations, Quotes, and Reasoning:

Citation #1:

Krohn, Franklin B., and Frances L. Suazo. “CONTEMPORARY URRAN MUSIC: Controversial Messages in Hip-Hop and Rap Lyrics.” ETC: A Review of General Semantics, vol. 52, no. 2, 1995, pp. 139–54. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/42577630. Accessed 7 Apr. 2024.

Quotes:

"The gangsetr attitude influences women as well as men; rapper Apache produced a song entitled "Gangsta' Bitch": /I need a gangsta' bitch/ I want a gangsta' bitch/ I need a gangsta' bitch/ She don't sleep and she don't play/ stickin' up girls from around the fuckin' way/.../puffin' on a blunt// sipping' on a Heineken/ .../on Valentine's Day doin' stickups together/ (Apache, 1993). While the lyrics of "Gangsta Bitch" may be offensive to some, rap music listeners are unoffended by the words and may even attach some sentimentality to the theme of a man needing a female associate to smoke pot, drink beer, and to celebrate Valentine's Day by committing crimes together."

"On the one hand, music and cultural critics praise rap's role as en educational tool, point out that black women rappers are rare examples aggressive pro-women lyricists in popular music, and defend rap's ghetto stories as real-life reflections that should draw attention to the burning problems of racism and economic oppression, rather than to questions of obscenity."

"The following may also be considered misogynist lyrics, from the following may also be considered misogynist lyrics, from the song "One Less Bitch":/ In reality a fool is one who believes all women are ladies ; a nigga is one who believes all ladies are bitches/./ And all bitches are created equal/./ To me all bitches are the same, money hungry scandalous, groupie has, that's always riding on nigga's dick/, always in a nigga's pocket/...(N.W.A., 1991)."