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01/18/03 - The Awakenning

08/20/02 - Hiphop, a Muted Revolution

07/22/02 - Pimps and Ho's
(A Matter of Perspective)

04/18/02 - As Real As Fiction
(Studio Thugs), by I.M.C.
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Pimps and Ho's
(A Matter of Perspective)

Shall we speak of Pimps and Ho's, and the undying reliance of one to the other? Since the beginning of time, this torrid affair has existed. To some, it is a job more so than a lifestyle. To others, a mind state more so than the act itself. Anyway you look at it Pimpin' and Ho'n is a game that has existed since the beginning of time. It is a game of power, obtained by way of monetary gain, social status, or suggestion. Ultimately one gains access to the other, and in the never-ending saga of "The Game", the players may change but the game remains the same. From the skin trade, to politics, Wall St. to Bourbon St., from the L.B.C., to the NBA. Especially the Music industry, and more specifically Hip Hop where everyday the proverbial Ho is being turned out, and the line between sacrifice and subservience has become a blur, with the line between the Pimp and the Ho even blurrier. Hip- Hop, with all its majestic and tragic existence, from the beginning has suffered from being Pimp and Ho unto itself.

Will the culture ever will itself of the "Ho Stroll" of codependency for something more? Or have we already been turned out? Holla.

Self Pimped,
I.M.C.