I'll wait for the DVD rip on Pirate Bay

I have to disagree..not about the Miami Vice scoring necessarily but about your opinion of his taste in music. Did you see The Insider? The soundtrack set to the excellent cinematography and scene flow is fantastic. It sets the mood perfectly. And what about Heat's shootout scene..the intensity of the music made it that much more "on the edge of your seat." And it's Linkin Park, not Limp Bizkit, for that truly would be a travesty.

Heck, almost any Beastie Boys track for that matter is good rap.

I agree with you to a certain extent. I think what people are failing to separate though is the mainstream rap from other hip hop. Generally speaking, it is indeed the artists on mainstream rap stations (Fifty, Eminem, T.I., Snoop Dogg) that do degrade women, talk about heavy drug use and violence, etc. There are some interesting statistics that back up teen pregnancy rates and women who listen to sex riddled rap lyrics. But if people were to open their minds and branch out and discover some of the lesser known artists - Jurassic Five, Typical Cats, Aesop Rock, Fat Lip, Atmosphere...the list goes on, they would find that creativity, conscientiousness, and intelligence can reside in the rap and hip hop culture. Gangsta rap (and most mainstream rap) is a sub genre that can have some filthy ideas and lyrics, but these are artists and businesses simply making money? Is the subject matter immoral? yeah, but who are we to judge?

The real issue here is parental control. Labels are put on albums warning consumers of explicit content, and many nationwide retailers will not sell an album with this label to someone under the age of 17 (same goes for Rated R movies; next time you purchase one or the other at Walmart, Fred Meyer, Target, etc notice on the register LED readout that it will say "is customer under 17?"). There are a lot of crappy parents out there and unfortunately many of them don't get involved in what their kids are into, and in some cases these kids are into women hating, gun toting, drug dealing rap and these kids may have an impressionable mind. Bottom line is these artists are trying to make a buck, and with millions of albums sold / downloaded the economy is being stimulated, parents need to be responsible for what their kids here; not political groups, parental groups, the government, or any other entity; especially those with a "bad rap" (yeah yeah pardon the pun) for policing and nay saying this sort of thing as you so eloquently put, Ben.

Yeah, he should be honored too because after all Obama just used some of Ferrell's fodder from that movie about him being an anchorman..the "Go blank yourself San Diego'' line or whatever it was. Role reversal with the joke coming to life.

Good comment, sending to my ex girlfriend.

Very true!

haha!

26. Spends an inordinate amount of time in the mirror practicing his "concerned look," "thoughtful look," and "what look to express when the teleprompter goes out look" which are all actually the same look.