IMO, this song is a satire of misogyny in rap music through the device of singing it from a childish perspective, complete with playground-rhyme lyrics and music. Like, "to clean up my room"? What fully-grown man refers to 'his room'? It sounds like he's referring to his mom, not a woman he's in a relationship with.
Then again, Kathleen Hanna, frontwoman of feminist punk acts Le Tigre and Bikini Kill and Ad-Rock's wife, quoted this song in the documentary about her, "The Punk Singer", as evidence of the Beastie Boys' early misogyny. So either I'm wrong or they've just never talked about it.
@caed950683 definitely could be a satire of the rap genre ... not that it made any difference, women are still heavily objectified in rap music and videos (and by women in the genre too).
@caed950683 definitely could be a satire of the rap genre ... not that it made any difference, women are still heavily objectified in rap music and videos (and by women in the genre too).
IMO, this song is a satire of misogyny in rap music through the device of singing it from a childish perspective, complete with playground-rhyme lyrics and music. Like, "to clean up my room"? What fully-grown man refers to 'his room'? It sounds like he's referring to his mom, not a woman he's in a relationship with.
Then again, Kathleen Hanna, frontwoman of feminist punk acts Le Tigre and Bikini Kill and Ad-Rock's wife, quoted this song in the documentary about her, "The Punk Singer", as evidence of the Beastie Boys' early misogyny. So either I'm wrong or they've just never talked about it.
@caed950683 definitely could be a satire of the rap genre ... not that it made any difference, women are still heavily objectified in rap music and videos (and by women in the genre too).
@caed950683 definitely could be a satire of the rap genre ... not that it made any difference, women are still heavily objectified in rap music and videos (and by women in the genre too).