Posted on 12/14/2012 5:44:15 AM PST by Mozilla
Here we go again. Conservative blogger and Twitchy founder Michelle Malkin has reaped a whirlwind of hate tweets from fans of hip/hop artist The Game. It’s due to the cover art of his new album Jesus Piece, which features a depiction of Christ that some consider blasphemous. Malkin had a post about it on her blog on December 11. According to Twitchy:
The Game released a controversial artwork of the album via Instagram on October 21, 2012 and also announced the release date will be December 11. The cover portrays a dark-skinned Jesus in a stained glass window with a teardrop tattoo, a red bandanna around his mouth, and he is wearing a Jesus piece. In the artwork beside Jesus, are symbols of cannabis sativa leaves. The stained glass-inspired image shows Jesus sitting on a throne adorned with gang-related symbols. In the artwork, Jesus is holding a gold “Jesus Piece” chain and pointing to a symbol on his breast plate. The red bandana over his mouth is a reference to the Compton PiruBloods gang, to which Game is allegedly a member. The coconut tree symbolises the Tropics and leisure life. The artwork has a slightly altered logo on the top, which features on all of the previous Game’s studio albums. The album’s title Jesus Piece is stylized as Je5us Piece, depicting that it is Game’s fifth studio album. Je5us Piece logo is styled after the iconic Louis Vuitton. The religious imagery of the art has gained mixed reviews and the ire of some fans who deem the work as blasphemous.[15]Several celebrities praised the artwork including, rap veteran Busta Rhymes, Mac Miller and Kevin Hart.
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I don’t insert myself into the fight I just lend a little moral support of my own.
Doesn't it make sense to find out about the guy you use in your art?
I took an art class once...
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The use of the word “artist” or “musician” to describe anyone in the rap or hip-hop genre is on oxymoron. Sadly, most pop, rock, and country acts over the last 15 years or so fall into the same category.
I call most country acts “crock” (country-rock mix) music since it is mainly heavy guitar and drum. There is no steel guitar and fiddle anymore and what little there is always has a edgy, rock sound to it and the vocals are gutteral.
Give me good country waltzes and western swing (Texas music) and some classic rock and hair bands any time.
While I agree with your biblical reference, that is what the left plays to. They use our own values and moral compass against us.
And it won’t change because we may have already crossed that threshold.
LOLOLOL!!!
BTTT!!
The left is everything they accuse us of being
They’re still threatening Michelle. I’ve never heard of this cheap piece of rap crud until he threatened Michelle.
Here's some sample art.
Hip hop “artists” tend to do so before age 30.
Ah, Portier and Belafonte, behold your child!
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