You Sent It: “Imma Homo”
You sent it and I now question whether or not many of you all secretly hate me.
And here I thought GaGa was patronizing.
Just the other day I was telling a friend how unfortunate it is that so many gay artists – particularly lesbians – opt not to be themselves despite the fact that anyone with eyes and at least one working ear can note the obvious. Now this video has been sent to me and I’m now wondering if I should buy a padded lock for the closet the not-so-secretive lesbian rappers in question share. Maybe they were on to something.
Or not, but still.
In some ways, I’m really happy that there’s a video of gay people being comfortable if not flat out boastful about who they are. Yet, this video reminds me of why I often find myself alienated from much of the gay community.
I’ve never liked that rainbow flag, I don’t like calling myself a faggot, and I’m not a fan of illustrating pride via embracement of a bevy of stereotypes.
Seriously, this is kind of like me celebrating black pride by eating fried chicken and picking watermelon sides out of my teeth while blasting Project Pat on the porch of plantation.
Not to mention, these women seem to articulate gay pride by promoting the very negative attitudes about women that male rappers do. You got chickens, and you got all the clothes and mannerisms of the very men who have made life hell for you and the people you claim to be celebrating in this clusterfuck of clichés.
There are even more contradictions in the video.
There’s the rapper who shouts out “her faggot family”, but minutes later is essentially indirectly scolded by another rapper who declares that she’s not a “fag” or a “pervert.”
There’s also the rapper who says, “Yeah, I’m a homo but we all got our vices.”
Homosexuality isn’t a vice, it’s who you are. It’s the sort of vocalized stupidity that makes one wish they had a spray to spread strep throat when necessary.
Worse is D’Monte: “Next time you see me don’t forget the butt plugs. Six colored click, come holla at a real thug.”
What in the hell does any of that mean? No wait, I don’t want to know. I’ll let that one remain a mystery.
In the previous post I noted a new rating system to judge songs that I like. It seems I also need one to show how much I hate the ones that I wish were never created.
On a scale from 1-5 I hate “Imma Homo:”
…this much.
P.S.
Really, though. A part of me worried if I was being too harsh on the song. Then I played it again. No, gay people are not a monolith but I resent this video and its gimmicky form of acceptance all the same.
Consider me a homo who expects more than that.
(sighs and weeps for the children)
On a more positive note, it is by far, one of the most diverse group of rappers I’ve ever seen in a video! Two cheers for racial equality! Hip hip!
This is some of the worst rapping I have heard in my life. All of the black chicks used the Lil Wayne flow. The White chick has some slick lines. The “Flipper like a dolphin” and “Dyke Turner” lines went hard. The rest of them are below average or much much worse. I wasn’t going to watch the whole thing, but it was so bad that I had to see the video in its entirety. And the red-bone “singer….HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.
This video will do more harm than good. Acceptance can be earned through better visual avenues. This group should holla at the person who directed the Marsha Ambrosius “Far Away” video or AT LEAST take some notes on it.
Ummm… fail.
However — like the poster above (January) — I did have a nice “diversity moment” in the middle of my LGBT-focused cultural cringe.
Cultural Cringe = that flash (or, more accurately — that sudden, debilitating cramp) of inner sadness and empathetic embarrassment that I get in the gut of my soul when I witness someone blatantly (or ignorantly) exhibiting a negative stereotype that reflects poorly on a community to which I’ve been “assigned” by society (i.e. gay, black, male, etc.). Sorta like when you watch the news and a HORRIBLE crime is being described in detail… and you hold your breath to see if the suspect will be described as “black male” or if they’re gonna flash a pic of a black person with gold fronts and twists. And…. when it actually comes to fruition and that pic is flashed… your soul faints a little bit… then you recover and wonder if others noticed.
Sidnote: I do love that the cute little caucasian lesbo-pixie / skater-girl started off with “I ain’t no Mary Poppins….” That did make me smile a bit – although I’m loathe to admit it.
I was cracking up at this. First off – the beat is tight. The flow is tight, but the content and context set the community back a few decades. Off topic: Whyyyyyyyyy did I think that was Ellen Degeneres that popped up at 1:18?!?!?! I was caught off guard. Seriously.
Thank goodness this video is not indicative of the gay community at large. It represents a portion, just like Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Gucci….etc……represent a portion of what hip hop is. But like those aforementioned, that is what is shoved down our throats as real hip hop nowadays, so it doesn’t surprise me that the topics of discussion would be what they are. Hopefully, they will open their mind up to different influences and be more than just straight rapper clones. We have more than enough of them running around. Yet, I am excited to see that the LGBT community is burning the damn closet down, never to return to it and riding it out in the world of keep it real.
Now Waaaaaaaait. a minute wait a Got Damn Minute!
Sooo no one else noticed that “Heart” and “D’Monte” ARE THE SAME PERSON!!!!!!!!
What type of switcharoo/Parent Trap fckuery they tryna pull!
That is almost as offensive as the “buttplug in da club” reference! ..almost
I guess if we are all for celebrating diversity, it is nice to see openly gay rappers be granted the opportunity to objectify women, and spew wack cliche’d lyrics just like their hetero male counterparts!
Thats #Bi-Winning!
I just found your blog, and I can’t remember the last time I have LOL reading a post. Plus, the one on Dollicia Bryant was on point – seems like a nice girl, but also seems like not a lot’s going on up there. She should read a few books and learn the name of the designer whose shoes she wasted eight minutes talking about (say it with me girlie – “Chris-tian Lou-bou-tins”).
And that comment “I wonder if some of you all secretly hate me” is my new FB status.
Perhaps it’s a parody designed to mock the gay community? After all it’s posted on WSHH, and we all know how gay-friendly they are.
Right I am a proud lesbian and take them words to heart these young women need help or a mentor. If they dont respect themselves how do they expect someone too. Im Just saying.