Bill Cosby About To DROP Hip Hop Album
Posted by Media Outrage on October 14, 2009
America’s favorite dad is about to drop a hip-hop album.
Via AHH:
TV legend and social critic Bill Cosby has announced a new album aimed at bringing socially conscious lyrics to the forefront of Hip-Hop.
The new project is titled “Bill Cosby Presents the Cosnarati: State of Emergency,” and will be available directly though Cosby’s social media network site www.billcosby.com.
Cosby, a veteran of several comedy and music albums, serves as the executive producer. Although he does no actual rapping, he is responsible for conceiving all the narrative concepts for each track.
When describing the music, Bill Cosby explained it as a declaration of a new direction rather than an indictment of the current Hip-Hop scene.
“I don’t like referring to the music as clean,” Cosby said in a statement. “What I like is what you’re not going to do. You’re not going to curse. You’re not going to put women down. You’re not going to put the glory of the gun somewhere. And you’re not going to put a whole lot of violence up front like that’s the thing that will cleanse you and make you feel better.”
The production is handled by William “Spaceman” Patterson (Miles Davis, LL Cool J, Eric Clapton, Alicia Keys) and Ced-Gee, co-founder of the seminal Hip-Hip collective the Ultramagnetic MCs.
The album will mix elements of Hip-Hop, R&B, jazz, pop, rock, and funk. Song titles include “Where’s the Parade,” honoring black women, “Dad Behind the Glass,” about absent fathers, and “Get on Your Job,” detailing self-responsibility.
Bill Cosby and the Cosnarati Band will premier on October 19 via a virtual town hall meeting in New York City. The presentation is courtesy of Ustream and commences at 7PM. Additionally, the concert will be available on www.billcosby.com and www.facebook.com/billcosby.
At press time, Bill Cosby’s “The Cosnarati: State of Emergency” is set to have a physical and digital release on November 24.
Mediaoutrage- How many of you will be copping this masterpiece?
October 14, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Is Bill serious. SMDH!!!
October 14, 2009 at 4:03 pm
If Rihanna and Soulja boy tellem can get recording contracts then why the hell not can’t Bill do hiphop?… follow ur dreams ole paps!
October 14, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Bill…back your ass up and sit it down!
October 14, 2009 at 6:24 pm
dirty old negroes who didn’t get rich until they had one foot in the grave are so jealous of this generation who made it BIG at a young age, they’d do anything to try and steal their glory. this is a sick SOB
October 14, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Let it out John, let it out, lol.
October 14, 2009 at 6:35 pm
I love Bill as an actor and activist but listening to a 72 year old man rap is like listening to Shaq sing the Star Spangled Banner…..
The problem is that someone should have told him that no one in their right mind would buy this bullshit and that conscious rap died in 1992. I miss conscious rap, but im a realist, and I know the shit is dead because as conscious as Queen Latifa was if some Jew executive told her to whip out her tits in a motion picture…SHE WOULD…
Now what would be funny and entertaining is if Bill DID come out talking about shooting niggas and doing drive by on Executives and smoking trees with Theo in the drivers seat. Then talking about how he used to beat up Clair’s pussy….NOW THAT WOULD SELL….
October 14, 2009 at 11:49 pm
What the hell?!!