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Title: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: HD on September 02, 2005, 07:21:37 AM
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What the **** is going on with BET lately? I'm listenin to 889 in NYC, turn it on if you're in the area. The dude spoke directly to 9th Wonder. I just recorded a segment of the show for yall...

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The following artists are banned from airplay(meaning all their NEW videos):
Kool G. Rap
Craig G
MC Lyte
Buckshot
Kool Keith
A Tribe Called Quest
A+
Jeru
The Liks
The Artifacts
AZ
Bad Seed
Bahamadia
Da Brat
Goodie Mob
Bone Thugs N Harmony
Black Moon
Methodman
E-40
Canibus
Afu Ra
Cappadonna
Channel Live
Cocoa Brovaz
Freddie Foxxx
GZA
El-P
D.O.C.
Diamond D
dead prez
De La Soul
MF Doom
Camp Lo
Geto Boys
Brand Nubian
Boot Camp Clik
KRS One
Black Sheep
Raekwon
4th Avenue Jones
Heather B
Jayo Felony
Killah Priest
Lil Cease
McGruff
Mic Geronimo
Monie Love
Mos Def
Ice Cube
Hieroglyphics
Inspectah Deck
Jean Grae
Nate Dogg
O.C.
Onyx

sohh.com

this is some fucked up shit  :o
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: rafsta on September 02, 2005, 07:25:06 AM
wtf ?
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: GangstaBoogy on September 02, 2005, 07:37:01 AM
man wtf? why are all those artist banned?

sad day when little brother cant get play but ying yang twins can. i guess thats what they perfer the black race emulate
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligen
Post by: Citizen-Y on September 02, 2005, 07:41:45 AM
Bone Thugs is banned?  GZA?  HHAHA What the hell.  Fuck BET.
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: Don Seer on September 02, 2005, 07:42:40 AM

did these people diss BET or something?
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: .:Hercy Buggz:. on September 02, 2005, 07:44:10 AM
man FUCK BET
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: HD on September 02, 2005, 07:54:15 AM
fuck em.
this is just sad :'(
"too intelligent" BAH!
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: BigBDrugStores on September 02, 2005, 07:56:27 AM
those damn whitepeople
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: Low Key on September 02, 2005, 08:00:03 AM
Fuck 'em.  :)
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: ABN on September 02, 2005, 08:02:49 AM
if black peeps actually owned the Black Entertainment Network we wouldnīt have these problems. fuck Viacom for owning BET and still making it seem like a "black" network.
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: Westcoastin' on September 02, 2005, 08:42:13 AM
how could nate dogg get banned? he's been on every song released ever
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: Minkaveli on September 02, 2005, 08:53:08 AM
Fucked up.  I am gonna e-mail then and correspond with you all on that
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: Minkaveli on September 02, 2005, 09:05:06 AM

here is what I wrote:

Hello,

I am an avid hip hop fan and respect BET for playing some of the "real" artists that are still around these days.  However, I am disgusted to find a list of artists that are banned.  Why would BET ban an artist?  Little Brother's new video was referred to as being to "intelligent".  Yet, you can have videos played such as Webbie's "Gimme That" which is sexually explicit.  Being called "Black Entertainment Telivision" digusts me when some of the artists that are banned are some black people's favorite artists.  I am really irritated to find out that a network I once believed brought real hip hop to the forefront has sunk to a level as low as MTV.  I guess Fuse network is the onlye way to go.  I can watch my Little Brother and videos from the list I saw.

The following artists are banned from airplay(meaning all their NEW videos):
Kool G. Rap
Craig G
MC Lyte
Buckshot
Kool Keith
A Tribe Called Quest
A+
Jeru
The Liks
The Artifacts
AZ
Bad Seed
Bahamadia
Da Brat
Goodie Mob
Bone Thugs N Harmony
Black Moon
Methodman
E-40
Canibus
Afu Ra
Cappadonna
Channel Live
Cocoa Brovaz
Freddie Foxxx
GZA
El-P
D.O.C.
Diamond D
dead prez
De La Soul
MF Doom
Camp Lo
Geto Boys
Brand Nubian
Boot Camp Clik
KRS One
Black Sheep
Raekwon
4th Avenue Jones
Heather B
Jayo Felony
Killah Priest
Lil Cease
McGruff
Mic Geronimo
Monie Love
Mos Def
Ice Cube
Hieroglyphics
Inspectah Deck
Jean Grae
Nate Dogg
O.C.
Onyx
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: Suga Foot on September 02, 2005, 09:08:27 AM
Doesn't Viacom own MTV too?
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: ABN on September 02, 2005, 09:13:50 AM
Doesn't Viacom own MTV too?
they sure do.......they also own Hot97,Power106 etc etc.
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: Kill on September 02, 2005, 09:16:33 AM
yeah, itīs sad
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: UKnowWhatItIs: welcome to my traps....game over on September 02, 2005, 09:22:43 AM
Thats just so sad,so many legends.I mean,I dont know what to say...
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligen
Post by: SlickPants on September 02, 2005, 09:40:57 AM
I remember this came up a while back (a few months ago someplace else, that list of artists there), and since then some of those artists had been on BET... now i'm not trying to defend BET in general because its not good for the culture anymore, but I'm a little skeptical as to whether this is real or not.  I think a lot of these artists that they listed haven't actually had anything out *to* play on BET or they would, and the rest seems to be a wish-list that someone cobbled up.  I mean, BET does stifle creativity and shit like that, i don't deny that, but this particular list might be fake.  If any of these artists got popular I'm sure they'd get played 24/7.
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligen
Post by: Gangstauu on September 02, 2005, 10:05:39 AM
its sad, we should ban b.e.t.
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: T-Dub on September 02, 2005, 10:22:19 AM
I read the list awhile back and was skeptical but haven't seen any of those artists' videos on BET's programming since.  A lot of them don't shock me, but Nate Dogg?  I read before that those artists don't fit the key demographic which was young black girls (12-19).  There's supposed to be something for everybody.  I mean 106 & Park is obviously going to be poppish but Rap City too?  It's rediculous.  Like Slick Pants said though if any one of these artists had a pop song or were on a record with TI, Ludacris, 50 Cent etc. they would be played.
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligen
Post by: UKnowWhatItIs: welcome to my traps....game over on September 02, 2005, 10:23:19 AM
we should ban b.e.t.
lol
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: .:Hercy Buggz:. on September 02, 2005, 12:18:46 PM
most of the artist are true MC's what a damn shame
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: 2nd ROund KnockOuT on September 02, 2005, 12:26:32 PM
looks like bullshit
i seen some of those artists
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligen
Post by: MANBEARPIG. on September 02, 2005, 01:52:59 PM
Hieroglyphics?  that list got half of Wu-Tang FUCK!!!!
fuck BET anyway Im all about Fuse and IMF ;)
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: -VZA- on September 02, 2005, 01:56:07 PM
e-40... too intelligent? LMAO

i love e-40 and all but c'mon now... he's not spitting any conscious lyrics.
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: Leggy Hendrix on September 02, 2005, 01:57:43 PM
its a sad day when BET shows such a blatant disrespect for its own fans by banning music "too intelligent" for its viewers...

FUCK BET
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Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: WestCoasta on September 02, 2005, 01:58:18 PM
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did these people diss BET or something?
haha, I know Kool Keith has countless times throughout his career
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligen
Post by: Sikotic™ on September 02, 2005, 03:01:06 PM
That's so fuckin stupid. Fuck BET.
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: Juronimo on September 03, 2005, 04:00:53 PM
If this is true, fuck em. This is a damn shame, I used to watch rap city all the time 10 years ago.
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: Tha G In Deee on September 03, 2005, 04:17:58 PM
That's so fuckin stupid. Fuck BET.
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: $do11a biLL$ on September 04, 2005, 09:27:27 AM
If Little Brother is "too intelligent" why do they play Kanye West and Commons shit their stuff is just as "intelligent" if not even more. They shouldn't even play any fuckin r&b  and Bow Wow if they gonna say all those artists are too intelligent man im glad i don't watch bet much anymore.
Title: Re: BET REFUSES to play the new Little Brother single, says "It's too intelligent"!!
Post by: .:Hercy Buggz:. on September 05, 2005, 08:23:27 AM
labels gives money to get airplay