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July 26, 2007

Akon Says Musicians Don’t Need To Use Curse Words

R&B singer Akon has echoed music mogul Russell Simmons’ call for hip-hop to be censored for broadcast, declaring the urban scene is “talented enough to write lyrics” without curse words.

“Me personally, I would have no problem getting rid of it, words on any record for anybody, I think we are talented enough to write lyrics for songs without using that type of language. I think it’s a good thing for the positivity of hip-hop in general.

“And at the same time, I look at it like, words in general, stuff like that, words are only what you make it. At the end of the day, it’s just a word - it wouldn’t mean anything if we didn’t react on it, so it’s more of a mind state, people just have to be willing to change.”

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I agree with Akon fully, artist don’t need to use curse words to fill up space on songs. A curse here and there is fine, but when it gets repetitive they are just using it to bs their way through a song. But didn’t Akon just have a single with the chorus, “I Wanna to F*** You”?

10 Comments so far

1.
Tariq wrote on July 26th, 2007 at 5:18 pm

That’s what I’m sayin Akon is a hypocrite

2.
MarkWilly wrote on July 26th, 2007 at 5:25 pm

lol thats what I’m saying..but lets give him a chance and see if he changes

3.
Oh My Damn!!!! wrote on July 26th, 2007 at 5:35 pm

Will he stop humping people on stage? That’s the question. A married man shouldn’t be doing that AND he has a very large teenage following that are very influenced by what they see more so than what they hear.

4.
JamRock wrote on July 26th, 2007 at 6:25 pm

Sometimes cursing brings out the raw emotion in a song, but for the most part I agree rapperz sometimes throw in the word “nigga” or “fuck” to fill up space in a song.

5.
Real wrote on July 26th, 2007 at 7:01 pm

COSIGN WITH JAMROCK

6.
D-rae wrote on July 26th, 2007 at 8:01 pm

and i think it will be a good thing for the positivity in hip-hop if you would refrain yourself from dry humping little girls on stage…he just contradicted himself. A mean he entitled to say whatever he wants to say but, lets no go that far..

7.
rob jones wrote on July 26th, 2007 at 9:48 pm

akon did it tastefully…..lol

8.
GOTHATERSPISSED wrote on July 27th, 2007 at 9:25 am

Fuck dat NIGGA. I guess Im not a real musician after all

9.
Erin wrote on July 27th, 2007 at 12:51 pm

@6, In his defense, how could he have known she was a little girl?

10.
Smokie wrote on July 27th, 2007 at 2:02 pm

I wanna LOVE you sounded just as good…

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