I got my eyes on the lies from Washington It shows that Tone-Lōc was viewed as a safe-for-white-audiences, kid-friendly hip hop star in contrast to those bad rappers that had the nerve to talk about politics in their music. The video ends with him sexually frustrated. until we get together we will never be up for sure Such incidents occur in real-life, and sometimes result in murder. You understand what I'm sayin'? But he does not punch her. Funky Cold Medina: – Soul II Soul BFM Various: The Best Of Funkymix 1 Vinyl and CD Sell Copy. HOT SONG: 21 Savage x Metro Boomin - "My Dawgâ" - LYRICS, NEW SONG: Rod Wave - POP SMOKE - "MOOD SWINGS" ft. Lil Tjay - LYRICS. On March 16, 2013, Lōc collapsed on stage at a performance at the Bridge Bash in Des Moines, Iowa. After Sheena flies through the air and rolls on the ground, we get two shots of Tone-Lōc staring straight into the camera rapping his lyrics about how he’s not into guys. "One more time" At least the violence goes in both directions. He’s certainly playing into racial stereotypes by acting dumb and oversexed. But middle-class white suburbanites don’t want to see that. Blame companies killin our children “Wild Thing” and “Funky Cold Mednia” were the peak of Tone-Lōc’s short career. Back one more time, here to put the message in a rough rhyme We for the prize emphasis the fight, now c'mon and rise. I went up to this girl, she said, Hi, my name is Sheena, I thought she’d be good to go with a little Funky Cold Medina, She said, I’d like a drink, I said, Ehm, ok, I’ll go get it, Then a couple sips, she cold licked her lips, So, I took her to my crib and everything went well as planned, But when she got undressed, it was a big old mess, Sheena was a man, So, I threw him out, I don’t fool around with no Oscar Meyer wiener, You must be sure that the girl is pure for the Funky Cold Medina, This is the 80’s and I’m down with the ladies. From 'Fear of a Black Planet'. But know bad boys move in silence They think we takin shorts, show 'em this is Cold Medina man C'mon, kick it! We movin as a unit so you KNOW we refuse to lose [Chuck D] ... That's why the Enemy is down with Paris and KAM Public Enemy. The video follows the song’s lyrics carefully, filming the lyrics’ story in a straightforward manner. Sheena’s face is grotesque, lascivious, exaggerated, and very unattractive, like scare-drag. Strong Island, where I got 'em whylin' That's the reason they're claiming that I'm violent. I mean long distance They think we takin shorts, show 'em this is cold medina man C'mon, kick it! “Funky Cold Medina”is also shockingly sexist and degrading to women. На музыкальном портале Зайцев.нет Вы можете бесплатно скачать Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause в формате MP3. [Outro] Yeah! ", It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, "Flavor Flav on Addiction, Coining the Title of a Tone Loc Song, and How a Crackhead Started His Clock Trend", "SongFacts - Funky Cold Medina by Tone-Lōc", Australian-charts.com – Tone Loc – Funky Cold Medina", Austriancharts.at – Tone Loc – Funky Cold Medina", Dutchcharts.nl – Tone Loc – Funky Cold Medina", Charts.nz – Tone Loc – Funky Cold Medina", Swisscharts.com – Tone Loc – Funky Cold Medina", "Tone-Loc > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles", Offiziellecharts.de – Tone Loc – Funky Cold Medina", "Top Singles - Volume 51, No. 5:19 PREVIEW Cold Lampin' with Flavor. But it’s hardly comparable—Tone-Lōc hardly flinches in reaction. How many young men have cheered this video? The audience has no idea it’s actually a man and thus experiences the same deception as Tone-Lōc. Collect a dead brother you mind if you silence it yet I'm a hard truth soldier to the bone for change Their music was heavily infused with the spirit of black resistance, and their videos featured late-1960s-style Black Power imagery. First he puts it in his dog’s dish, and the dog starts humping his leg. Cold medina, cold medina Rocking a beat to the strength Yeah, boy, I got a solo, boy ... Like the Ringo song on a Beatles album, every Public Enemy record had to have a Flavor Flav solo cut. Yo man, all they wanna do is get what you got Public Enemy. As he raps these lines, a young woman rubs her crotch on him, visually signifying his enthusiasm for vaginas. Fear and disgust are the only appropriate reaction according to the logic the video. 1. In the video, “Sheena” is heavily veiled when Tone-Lōc spikes her drink and picks her up at the bar. According to Flavor Flav, who is heard using the phrase "cold medina" a year earlier on It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, "cold medina" was one of his assertive affirmations throughout the 1980s and was adopted by labelmates Beastie Boys as a nickname for the cocktail known as a "fuzzy navel"; Flav allegedly later advised Tone Loc to use the catchphrase in a song. S1's got my back if the clappin come Seize the time, always rhymin combinin the antidote Delicious Vynil Cassette Single 2 tracks: 1)Funky Cold Medina 2)Funky Cold Medina (Instrumental) Songs appear on both sides of cassette tape.4/5(1). Then comes the punch, a nasty vicious punch (like the Roth video), filmed from Sheena’s perspective as though the fist is coming straight towards us. (Flavor Flav) Or erase my case, we marry words with BASS Statistics Have: 86; Want: ; Avg Rating: / 5 Ratings: 16; Videos (4) /5(16). Sounds a lot like date-rape to me. On October 15, 2011, Lōc was hospitalized for exhaustion after collapsing on stage during a concert in Atlanta. "Funky Cold Medina" is a hip hop song written by Young MC, Matt Dike and Michael Ross, and first performed by Tone Lōc. The camera zooms in a jagged manner up to Sheena’s face like in a horror movie. In 1989, there was considerably less transgender visibility in the media, and little public awareness of the violence and discrimination facing transgender people. Just another wicked rhyme that I'm rappin on Your email address will not be published. The video, however, depicts these lyrics as a fist-punch that sends Sheena flying across the room—clearly, a blow with force and muscle behind it. Cause yo, man let me tell you a little somethin man All these brothers around here fiendin for that crack-a-lack-a-lack You got to tell 'em JUST LIKE THAT, you know what I'm sayin? 4. Cause on the street they do as we influenced by what we see I want to receive notifications about featured artists and news. So what you gotta do, you gotta play 'em long distance It was the second single from Lōc's debut album Lōc-ed After Dark (1989). C'mon, kick it! [2], The song contains several samples. The video’s first verse shows Tone-Lōc “sitting at a bar” like the lyrics suggest, getting rejected by various “hot” women. You dig what I'm sayin? His next effort involves him appearing on a dating show and a meeting a woman who immediately wants to marry him, which scares Loc away. 'Less the mic like the art dart told you before A Letter To The New York Post. I’ve never understood “Wild Thing’s” huge popularity. (Chuck D) Each performer used anti-LGBT violence as a source of humor, something to be laughed at, a joke. To many, Public Enemy were prophets. Never simpin but they pimpin my people, for the dollars Rise Lyrics ... show 'em this is Cold Medina man C'mon, kick it! Beating up gay and trans people is totally cool in such a context. He was released less than three hours later after posting $50,000 bail. They think we takin shorts, show 'em this is Cold Medina man C'mon, kick it! We showin' up in E-F-F-E-C-T also known as effect. "c'mon, ah-c'mon"Rise... Rise up! It’s “This is the 80s and LOC is down with the ladies” not “Im down with the ladies”. Rise... rise up! [3], After the song became popular, several different cocktails were introduced bearing the name "Funky Cold Medina". As long as videos like Funky Cold Medina seem funny, trans people will continue to get murdered in alarming rates. The single was released on March 18, 1989, and rose to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 the following month where it went platinum, selling over one million copies and becoming the second ever platinum-certified rap single (after Wild Thing from the same album being the first). You know what I'm sayin? Free shipping on orders of $35+ from Target. And never back down, you can take it to press Esther Iverem, "We Think It's Legal: Would You Like a Funky Cold Medina? Stará Stezka - Wabi Ryvola - Master Serie (CD), Sei - Nek - Live - Lei, Gli Amici E Tutto Il ;Tour; (DVD), Azathoth - Flint Glass - Nyarlathotep (File, Album), The Great Pretender - The Platters - The Great Pretender / Im Just A Dancing Partner (Shellac), Missqulater - Unfinished Downer EP (File), Stoned Houses #1 - The Rollers - Elevator (Vinyl, LP, Album), The Staple Singers - Platinum Gospel Collection (CD), Psychotic Funk - Silent Phase - (The Theory Of) (File, MP3), Pull Up - MC Crunk & MC Figo - Sono Figo - The Mixtape (File, MP3), I Wanna Be Loved - Dinah Washington - Dinah Washington (CD), Neću Propast Ja - Doris* - The Best Of (CD), Ella me quiere matar - No Nipples - No Babies Allowed (Vinyl, LP, Album), My Only Desire - Various - Freestyle Club Vol. The video coaches young men to react to transgender people with shock and violence. Lyrics to "Cold Lampin' With Flavor" by PUBLIC ENEMY: No more music by the suckas / No more music by the suckas / Yo man, what do he mean by suckas, man? Y'all don't know, y'all don't know uhh {*4X*}, (Chuck D) 1988 Preview SONG TIME Countdown to Armageddon. Edit lyrics. No translations available + Add Translation. ... Ver todas las canciones de Public Enemy. A common Indica, Sativa hybrid strain of marijuana. No wonder trans people get murdered so often. Brother to brother, ain't no other can smother Read reviews and buy Various Artists; - Old School: Rap Party (CD) at Target. Tone-Lōc’s most popular video, “Wild Thing,” satirized Robert Palmer videos (“Addicted to Love,” “Simply Irresistible,” etc.) ... That's right, cold medina, that's right. Wanna squeeze on the fleas at MTV 2. Better decide on which side you ride, won't stop until we rise, (Flavor Flav) He quickly flees. 5. Lyrics to 'Rise' by Public Enemy. [4], The song tells the story of Tone Lōc's experiences with "Funky Cold Medina", a potent aphrodisiac in liquid form. Why? I was surprised by the video’s anti-trans violence because VH1 Classic is more sensitive to its LGBT viewers than MTV was in the 1980s. I must have blocked out seeing it at the time. The lyrics are vague on Tone-Lōc’s specific reaction to the revelation that Sheena is a man, simply stating that he “threw him out”. Sheena is a freak of nature, not a human being. [Chuck D] Back one more time, here to put the message in a rough rhyme It's important that you knowin the time Cause I'm seein the program, know what I know and until we get together we will never be up for sure So I wreck like I'm posessed by Malcolm X Last.fm Music | Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. / All rights reserved. Yet the video’s humorous tone makes this violent reaction seem acceptable, normal, and fun. Back one more time, here to put the message in a rough rhymeIt's important that you knowin the timeCause I'm seein the program, know what I know andUntil we get together we will never be up for sureSo I wreck like I'm posessed by malcolm xSee the feds want us dead, we too complexI always speak the truth, comin from me to youWe movin as a unit so you know we refuse to loseI got my eyes on the lies from washingtonI'm a survivor, I know how the west was wonSee a show and tell, the way the cointelUndermind the real hip-hop so the cops can trailBut know bad boys move in silenceSave us all from the pain of a life of violenceThey tappin my phone, full grown and knowinAnd still prone to refute the lies, won't stop until we rise, Rise up!
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