Wed 12 Nov 2008
Busta Rhymes on the “Arab Money” video set with Rik Cordero
Posted by Miss Info under crony-ism , laugh at , videos[17] Comments
just the thought of Bussa Bus with Rik, Nancy and the quiet Three21 crew cracks me up. The finished product should be hilarious, and hopefully will be the culmination and the expiration of that dance.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
it’s great to see rik getting so much work. big ups to him
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November 13th, 2008 at 5:24 am
Damn…id suck as a A&R. I was hoping this song died quickly. Arrgg
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November 13th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Yeah, they made a “movie” there all right. This one’s going down in history.
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November 14th, 2008 at 12:24 am
A perfect combination 4 da song and video b cause the fact that President-elect Barack Obsma is the first African-American President of the United States. Pop Champaigne on that and soon we gettin Arab Money cut taxes cut da check. Prsident-elect Barack Obama made history on November 4th. Its a hit.
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November 14th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
This genius has a pretty broad definition of A-rab. I wonder if he even knows that Yassar Arafat is no longer with us – and what a loss. I was just at the store and dude told me the hook isn’t even Arabic, according to him it’s Paki. Busta Rhymes has definitely had some hits, but this is the pinnacle of his already apparent ingorance. They should re-mix this shit as “A-rab sweaty” and call it a day. He really believes that because of some monopolized oil wealth, they all must be rich… What. A. Dick.
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November 14th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
the hook lyrics are not paki or any other known human language, its like when white folks used to use make up in the 20’s to become black folks..its juts imitation. Come on Bus!! it can be that hard to find some real Arab lyrics, or Paki lyrics.. or anything close to middle eastern.. just stop any NYC cab driver for pointers!
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November 18th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Is everybody having a problem ONLY because the TITLE of the song is “ARAB” MONEY….???? Nobody on this site seems to take the song as a whole which includes GREAT MUSIC…. WELL THOUGHT of a Video shoot renacting a seen from a CULTURE which is seven seas away for Busta…. He has never been to the Middle East but has had the original and creative thought of making a FUN VDEO using the same TITLE “ARAB”, which is being used as an EXCUSE to ABUSE,CATEGORIZE,SEREOTYPE and MALIGN a community of over 1 BILLION PEOPLE from behind the VEILS of IGNORANCE…Basing their BELIEF on the HIGHLY PERSUASIVE VERBAL AND SUBLIMINALY SUGGESTIVE POWERS of a few Self Declared RECENTLY MIS-ENLIGHTENED LEADERS, who are directing masses of people towards A MIRAGE OF ARROGANCE.
Movies have been made for decades in which Arabs are shown to be Either BRAINLESS BILLIONAIRES running on around on Rodeo Drive spending what an average man may consider “ABNOXIOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY” or ther are shown running around with 30 Top Notch Call Girls like it was their first time touching a woman.
African Americans, for decades as well, have been portrayed as BUTLERS in a “WHITE MAN’s” mansion or DRIVERS Chaufering around “MISS DAISY”. And if ther are lucky they may get a positive role of a cop or a Doctor in a movie.
The Real Problem people are having with this GREATLY THOUGHT of and DILIGENTLY TIMED “ARAB MONEY” video is that NO ARAB has been shown in a NEGATIVE LIGHT and the video is an INDICATION of the times to come where “ARAB MONEY” will be forgotten and REPLACED by “INTELLIGENT ARAB’S MONEY”.
So Just chill out… praise the efforts of a dedicated artists who is trying to make a difference and is taking an initiation to BRIDGE THE CULTURAL GAP by doing what he does the best… CREATING GREAT MUSIC.
P.S. By The Way Busta… Whats your definition of ARAB MONEY in DIGITS…. Billions… You See we have a saying in our family…. My Grand Father once said.. If you know how much your EXACT NETWORTH is any given day… You ONLY have MONEY…. BUT if it takes a group of Accountants from across the globe to Consult with Your Estate Lawyers for weeks before they can give you a CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT of your NETWORTH… You DO NOT have MONEY… You Have WEALTH.
As Salam u Alaikum To All.
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November 22nd, 2008 at 8:43 am
IT’S JUST A FIGURE OF SPEECH. Everyone overreacting to the song title is a little prick. Relax. The bottom line is that Arabs (or Middle Easterners) who come to the USA or abroad usually hustle hard for their cash. They will put up with ridiculous amounts of ridicule and (New York) nastiness for a buck and their children will thank them for it.
Hell, I wish we had a song called ‘Afrikan Money’ signifying Black struggle, wealth and prosperity.
Oversensitive listeners. This how I know the world is gay now. lol.
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November 22nd, 2008 at 8:45 am
P.s;
MISS INFO IS THE CUTEST LITTLE PIECE OF CANDY.
lol.
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December 13th, 2008 at 12:16 am
EXCUSE ME , JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE FROM THE MIDDLE EASTERN DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE ARABIC! I am IRANIAN , NOT ARABIC.
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December 20th, 2008 at 12:43 am
Funny thing is my wife, who speaks Urdu and is Pakistani, is always laughing at how rappers use beats with foreign hooks from the Middle East, Asia and Africa and have no clue what the hooks are saying. BTW, why is RAGE, the director, hating on and trying to SON Rik. Damn PHDs being given out before commencement early this year. Like Rodney said, “can’t we all just get along?” Big Ups Miss. I used to live across the way from uR digs Uptown.
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December 24th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
I am middle easter. Theres no such thing as arabic thats the language spoken, its like calling mexicans spanish and it isnt arab its paki/indian and Arabian only is for people from Saudi Arabia theres so many more middle eastern countries. Im Jordanian. My family is from Jordan. Im also Christian not all middle easterners are muslim or followers of islam.
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March 2nd, 2009 at 12:47 pm
First of all, as Jesse said in the above comment not everyone from the middleeast is arab. There is kurdish people, assyrians, chaldeans, and persians. These types of people are no considered arab. Alsoo people need to understand and get it through their THICKKK skulls that NOT EVERYONE from the middle east is muslim. Did peeple forget that christianity did come from the middle eastern but is now seem as a european religion. It makes me so angry how ignorant people have become.
Oh and for all the people getting offended by this song get over it.
One more thing, even though I dont speak or understand arabic I know 100% that the chorus in this song is not arabic, it sounds more like Paki language to me.
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March 11th, 2009 at 4:38 am
what do you mean by paki language i don’t under stand it i speak urdu hindi an punjabi ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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March 11th, 2009 at 4:39 am
dime bar
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March 11th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
he says in robot voice “bismillah herramaan neerra heeame al humdullah hi rabil alahmin so it is in arbic akon says it the clearist if you pay attention to it.
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March 31st, 2009 at 5:17 pm
I thought Rage shot this video??
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