South Park

South Park is great because it makes fun of everyone, every type of people, they don't really discriminate they just clown on everything. I think one thing that makes their show so popular is the mass amount of violence.

These days if you want to make a hit T.V. show or movie it's probably not going to do very well without violence, I mean it could, but there are a lot of shows that wouldn't be anything without all of their violence. I think its so popular because all of the violence excites people and also because there's a comedic aspect to it as well. Such as when Kenny gets randomly slaughtered its funny because we know its coming but its different and entertaining every time.

Raekwon's New Album

After over fifteen years of anticipation the long awaited sequel to Only Built 4 Cuban Linx has finally dropped. Although it was said the album was finished in 2006, it only came out this month. Despite rap being in a pretty rough shape, and most fans of hip hop oblivious to the Wu Tang, this album will really help these unfortunate things.

I think with this album Raekwon really wanted to show how the state of hip hop has gradually declined since the 90's. A message he is trying to get across is to rappers who are trying to get up in the business and make some money, is to not. If they don't want to take his advice then, he'd at least like them to study the game and practice and be a poet before a rapper. Finally, another message he is trying to get across is that the Wu Tang is not to be messed with.

There are definitely some hidden messages that are harder to distinguish, or semiotics, in OB4CL2. (Only built 4 cuban linx 2) One example is the fact that so many different producers contribued to this great work of art, and that further proves that the album can not be touched. As you can see, this is a very interesting topic. Ha ha.