Thank all of you for your replies. I've thought about this some more, too. Sorors, I almost fell out of my chair laughing when I read the comment about "Project Chicks". As Mike Tyson would say, "that's ludicwous". In all fairness though, I have to admit I remember being in a club and hearing a song called "Freakshow on the Dance Floor" by the Bar-kays. I would even dance to it if the right guy asked. I did, however, draw the line with a song called "The Freaks Come out at Night" (by Kool Moe Dee, maybe?). I remained seated, no matter how fine the guy was who asked me to dance. I remember arguing with a friend of mine about the negative lyrics even back then.
Anyway, to answer one question about other musical alternatives...I listen to "smooth" jazz, some new age, and a lot of "old-school" funk. I find that I can't really abide a lot of hip-hop and straight rap. I'm in the military and have lived/traveled all over the world. After every trip overseas, I found that I was less tolerant of negative black music when I returned to the states. I gave up listening to rap almost completely after traveling in South Africa, Senegal and Ivory Coast for several weeks in Spr '99. I will never forget speeding through Abidjan, Ivory Coast at 70 miles an hour and fearing for my life because my maniacal cab driver couldn't keep his eyes on the road for bopping and singing to a song by Dru Hill. And then, the next 3 songs I heard were all rap. And negative rap at that. And I thought, "even Africans are singing this crap". I couldn't stand to think that people all over the world were buying into this musical negativity that was being spread by OUR OWN.
Anyway, enough said, I think. Keep it simple and elegant, sorors.
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