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When Black kids have a party, we get new socks
While Josh gets 10 G’s and a new XBox…

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I make five bucks a week for taking out the trash

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The Family Stone movie

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If over-the-top bar and bat mitzvah parties confer no other good upon Jewish civilization, at least they inspired this rap video.  At 13-years-old, Bobb’e J. Thompson offers the most fascinating treatment of Black/Jewish perceptions on wealth and class since The Green Monster’s last post

on JDUB.  For more discussion on Jews, money and wealth, check out the latest issue of New Voices Magazine

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<h/t to jasonryaniscool from twitter>

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The recession has finally hit home for the millionaire rap community. Apparently, rappers are asking for smaller, cheaper jewelry and even wearing imitation gold download 007 quantum of solace dvdrip . As the founder of Cash Money Records says, “Times are hard, ain’t nobody rocking it like that anymore.” The next rap feud: 50 Cent is accusing Rick Ross of wearing fake jewelry. American Zombie release  

Black Hattitude- Black Hattitude

Long before joining  JDub, I was well steeped in the Jewish rap scene. You see, about 15 years ago, some relative of mine–who shall remain nameless–was peripherally involved in a short-lived rap project called Black Hattitude.  Headed by a couple of yeshiva guys out of Brooklyn, their only album, R.E.L.I.G.I.O.N., waxed on…wow, where to begin? Drudgery of the day-to-day life in yeshiva, antisemitism,  assimilation, shidduch dating, Israeli politics; they tried to cover lot of ground in 10 tracks+3 interludes. A nice summary plus sample lyrics appear here.

BH’s scattered social critiques,  sampling of popular music du jour and a couple of bleep-overs amounted to the album being banned in certain schools, which may  have added to its popularity.  To the average listener,  R.E.L.I.G.I.O.N. would either be deemed cute or offensive, depending on how closely and to which tracks he/she were listening to.  But at the end of the day, Black Hattitude was just doing what every other rap album aims to do: reaching out to their people.  I’m curious to see whether their self-titled track will make Bizmonides laugh or cry… Shabbat Shalom, homeboys.