Wait. Why is The Game On This Song?

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Wait. Why is The Game On This Song?

nOvaMatic | 04/24/2008 at 1:25 PM | Comments (3)

Here's the short version of KRS-One's new "Stop the Violence" track featuring Nelly (with whom Kris beefed back in the day), Talib Kweli, Busta Rhymes, Redman. Styles P, The Game, and Neyo on the hook. The full version is supposed to feature 55 (!) rap artists. I waited a little while to post this because I wanted to see what the consensus was on other sites, mainly because songs with a message really don't lend themselves to repeat listens do they? Also, some of the cats featured on this song are mad suspect, especially The Game. I champion the intentions here, but, perhaps we can use this new "Stop the Violence" movement (which normally just entails Black-on-Black male crime) as a springboard to discuss other issues like, oh I don't know, education, fatherhood, respecting our women, accepting personal responsibility, not being wack--things like that. It'd be great if Hip Hop did that more often, wouldn't it? [H/T: 2DB]

KRS-One ft. Everybody: "Self Construction"

Tags: audio, krs-one, ne-yo, nelly, the game, violence