CEE LO DEFENDS EXPLETIVE-LADEN SONG AS ‘ART’
Rapper CEE LO has hit back at critics of his new expletive-laden song abo ut a money-hungry ex, defending the controversial track as a work of art.
The Crazy hitmaker is under fire for dropping the word "f**k" 16 times in a three-and-a-half-minute track called F**k You, which has become an i nternet sensation ahead of its release on his forthcoming album The Lady Killer.
A spokesperson for America’s Parents Television Council has taken aim a t the star for setting a bad example for impressionable kids, calling the track "the latest example of an entertainment industry bent on racing to the bottom of the barrel".
But the Goodie Mob star has brushed off the criticism, insisting his ly rics have valid artistic merit.
He tells the Associated Press, "What I’ve tried to accomplish, like, is making art products… so I still believe that (the song) can be classif ied as art because it’s an original piece and the edge and alternative is there, and the integrity is intact." In the meantime, the rapper has agreed to release a radio-friendly vers ion of the hit, entitled Forget You, to piggyback on the song’s viral suc cess.
But he admits revamping the lyrics wasn’t his original plan: "It wasn’t like we were looking for it to be a radio hit of some sort. It was only until a short time after that we considered doing a clean version just in case."
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