Bill Cosby's Rap Album Already Controversial
Bill Cosby is supposedly going to cut a non-profane rap album called State of Emergency, and in just half a day the news is dusted up the sort of controversy once reserved for rap albums with graphic sex, cop-killing violence and psychopathic clowns. Entertainment Weekly thinks Cosby will "embarrass himself," New York Magazine speculates the album will be "terrible" and the commenters at All Hip Hop are barely more kind, particularly given Cosby's previous criticism of an urban subset of black teenagers. But Cosby has become a more interesting cultural critic in his old age than most hot rappers are now that their genre has awkwardly matured and their once-controversial macho poses become stale. Also, the man's Sergeant Pepper rendition is brilliant, audio excerpt after the jump.
