Azealia Banks Discusses Bill Cosby & Grammy Awards

Thank god Azealia Banks is speaking out about something.

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Kav - yeah, you might want to direct us to the specific time's in this nearly 50 min interview you're trying to highlight.

She's an interesting one. Once in a while she'll pop up with a comment that's pointed, funny and relevant and then, at others, she says the stupidest things and refuses to acknowledge her fallibility - see her insistence that her consistent use of the word "fag" to insult detractors is okay because, according to her, the word actually means misogynist. Not sure she'd feel the same way about a white gay man using the "n" word and deciding he gets to redefine its meaning.

All that said, her new album is really fantastic - may be my favorite of the year.

She seems like a real twat.

She is! I made a comment in this thread about it yesterday, but it got deleted. I guess the mods are Azealia [sic] fans or something.

That's weird. I saw your post, Phyllis.

I think "anti-gay" might be a touch reductive, but while her music is a sophisticated genre-bending affair, her public commentary is often... less than sophisticated. She's falling back on outdated and ****ing offensive epithets to insult people she doesn't care for - sometimes gay, sometimes not. She apologies one minute and then the next uses the slur again and refuses to acknowledge its real meaning. I mean, claiming that "f*ggot" doesn't refer to gay men, but to "misogynists" is just dumb. If you're trying to make the point that there is more misogyny in the gay community than some people wish to acknowledge - a valid point - doing so by using THAT word repeatedly is just plain dumb.

Just wish she'd get a clue on this one.

Yeah, I enjoyed that one, too.

EDITED TO SAY: Now my comment makes no sense. I was referring to a deleted post from PRS above.

Updated On: 12/19/14 at 03:10 PM

PJ - I say this with all due respect, but I think you might be the wrong... demo?

She IS self-important, as are many hip-hop artists, but she's far from untalented. Her new album - her first full-length - is a sophisticated, stylish, genre-bending affair with some of the sharpest and smartest flow I've heard in a while and a slyly, bewitching singing voice to go with it. It's on a lot of 'best of' lists for 2014 for a reason.

She's also, on occasion, spoken quite eloquently and pointedly about issues of race, cultural appropriation, gender and class - not to mention rapped/sung about them. THAT'S what makes her Twitter rants so disappointing. If she were just some untalented hack like Nicki Minaj, it would be much easier to dismiss her outright.

I keep hoping she'll evolve on this one. Especially since she's an out bi woman herself.

Updated On: 12/19/14 at 07:22 PM

But but but Bill Cosby boo hoo hoo.

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The Cosby Show was always very creative with their opening credits...

My favorite one was the Season 3 version....

Season 5 was EPIC.....loved that one as well...

Here are all the themes Seasons 1-8


THE COSBY SHOW OPENING CREDITS SEASONS 1-8

Updated On: 12/20/14 at 01:33 AM

I watched a lot of that linked video and man, I just can't stand the free and copious use of the word "bitch." But then again, work puts me right in the middle of dance clubs (because I don't teach at a college) and there are currently some songs where the refrains are "Get out the way bitch" over and over and another with "Bitch bitch bitch bitch" and it's like, damn, this post-feminist world is SO misogynist.

Azaglia 's a c nt for being so free with faggot.

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Updated On: 12/20/14 at 01:34 AM

I'll be your legs, Franklin!

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