Most Controversial Videos, 2012: Musicians Pushing the Envelope and Making Headlines
Contessa Gayles writes on AOL’s music blog that, “When it comes to music videos, 2012 was as controversial a year as any. After recent backlash forced No Doubt to pull down the video for their single, “Looking Hot” — almost as quickly as they premiered it — we got to thinking about all the other visuals that caused a stir for all the wrong reasons this year. From the offensive, to the ill-timed, to the downright inappropriate, check out our list of the Most Controversial Music Videos of 2012 below!”
If the song title itself didn’t tip you off, Nicki Minaj‘s “Stupid H-e” music video isn’t exactly a beacon of political correctness. BET banned the video from the station without explanation, but we’d guess it was due to the sexually explicit nature of the visuals, including many close-up shots of the MC’s famous derriere. The ban itself was a controversy in it’s own right, as many cried sexism, recalling BET’s reputation for playing the equally racy videos of Ms. Minaj’s male peers.
M.I.A.’s “Bad Girls”
M.I.A. landed in hot water for her “Bad Girls” video, which some deemed a culturally insensitive depiction of the Arab world. With scenes of Burqa-clad women speeding their cars through the desert and gyrating their hips in the streets as the men watch from the sidelines, M.I.A.’s work is a defiant statement against the oppression of women. “The imagery becomes a powerful rebuke to the fact that women in Saudi Arabia aren’t legally allowed to drive,”Spinner.com writes.
See the rest of the list here: http://blog.music.aol.com/2012/11/16/most-controversial-videos-2012/?ncid=webmail10
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