The hip-hop pornographer

The hip-hop pornographer: it’s almost worth skipping straight to page 2 of Salon‘s piece on the new little Li’l Kim album, which is where discussion of the demerits of a pro-porn position gives way to discussion of the record itself. Though ‘discussion’ in both cases is a little too strong a word: Michelle Goldberg essentially suggests that there’s a conspiracy in the media made up of critics educated at ‘porn-friendly’ Universities, and then goes on to slate Li’l Kim’s new record for being nihilistic and hostile. After two pages about the “direct parallel” between pro-porn feminism and people buying Kim records, she does finally accept that perhaps the rapper’s hostility is down to her lover having been shot dead. Wow, you think so, eh?

Tom in New York London Paris Munich • Pop • 2,052 views