What do u think about this girls that appear in music videos? The likes of Melyssa Ford who is now a host of BET Style, Summer Walker, Esther Baxter, Buffie "The Body" Carruth and many more others. Do you think they being exploited by the rappers?

Most of them don't even get paid especially tha ones in uncut videos. Nelly's "tip drill" was a controversy when it came out. Do you think this girls should show less skin and shake less ass but then do you think without them hip-hop videos will be fun to watch

http://music.aol.com/photo-galleries/music-video-vixens

imma bookmark this topic and get right back to comment. i need to do some investigation and research before saying what i need to say.

but before y'all start talking. i know that kanye west's diamond are forever video, didnt have no girl shaking her ass in it.

As long as they are not being forced to shake their "booties" in those videos, not pressured to wear skimpy clothes they'd never wear, not decieved about how much they are going to be paid for the aforementioned acts, and not misguided about what the videos are going to be used for, then they are not being exploied.

What an adult decides to do for the sake of money or fame (very important to women) is not ours to regulate!

yes i do feel like they are being exploited, but this women have a choice and they have chosen to do what they do, the ones on uncut videos agree to do it free because they feel like it will get them the exposure they need to make it big, Hip hop wouldnt be what it is today without these women, as long as there are women out there that are willing to be in these videos then people will want to see videos with women in it instead of other videos.

am sorry but who is buffy and what videos has she been in because i was once compared to buffie and i want to know what she looks like. But am totally agree with bluenabian

bumbaby:

am sorry but who is buffy and what videos has she been in

Just one if I remember correctly. Tony Yayo's "So seductive" video. About the only redeeming factor about the video. She was the "vixen" in black clinging onto Yayo thruout the party scene.

@Topic

It's their choice. They prefer to use their bodies instead of their brains to get ahead. Not the first time its happened, not the last time it will. Besides more than likely if they don't do it someone else will. But then Hip hop videos as a whole need to adopt a new format. The "bootie shaking", "cristal drinking", "jewelry flashing" format is really ancient.

right

im getting tired of it, now the girls be taking it to a whole nother level
anyway sha its thier choice

i agree with seun
it their choice

As afar i can tell it more of sex[b]-me[/b] than se[b]xy[/b]

most of this girls actually sleep wit the rappers just to appear in the vids. whoever has read the "confessions of a video vixen" by Karrine Steffans will confirm to this. she wrote that book as a warning to aspiring video vixens and all that it takes to be as popular as she was. she listed the names of all da rappers she slept wit just to be where she is now and she dont sleep wit them for free. she's a big time sex hustla anyways to be popular is their ultimate goal and they ready to do whatever. the ones in uncut vids are way too trashy even tha real video vixens confessed they will never be in uncut vids. they said this on one show on VH1 called sexploitation in hip-hop videos.

i dont c nothing wrong in that , i gat female friends 'groupies' who sleep wit rappers and dont even appear in no videos

No offence , but 2fine4u, whwre are u from gurllllllllll?nobody will watch hip hop videos without dem gurls shaking what they gat, thats hip hop . no buddi / ass rolling, they aint selling their shit, thats the way is it

bwoy don't even come up to me wit that "where are u from girl" attitude read my posts carefully nd then ans ur own dumb ques

2fine4u, hahaha hello neighbour, where u at in tx ?

Confessions of a video vixen was written so that karrine aka Superhead can make money [/b]she said she made over [b]7 million dollars from book sales and the movie script ( she sold the rights for the movie). You people should not be respecting/quoting people who get rich by betraying/dragging someone elses name in the mud! aka monica lewinsky

Nobody forced the girls to shake their asses in a music video. With all the money in America if you decide you want to make money by being a video girl good for you. Shake on!!

Karrine Superhead stevans is a slut plain and simple others have come danced in the music videos and launched succesful careers without banging all the rappers for example melissa ford, and eva mendez(if you watch will smith's welcome to miami video), jennifer lopez [/b]started out in music videos and [b]Nicole kidman also started out in a music video.

As for BET uncut most of the girls are [b]real life strippers [/b]all the money the rappers pay go to the love-vendor/owner of the strip club. The girls want this attention and they want to be in his good graces so that they can ensure that they work to "retirement"

Its a free world.!!!Girls are exploited yea give me a break!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nobody says nothing about victoria secret models are they being exploited they wear bra and thongs all day and we still treat them like godesses oh wait my bad they dont sleep with fashion designers/managers or other top models.

Zebudaya, u are wonderful.

Victoria secret models are like goddesses. But video vixens are the ashewo's.

Im not comparing them, but i think whatever those video girls wanna do is their choice. I don't really care wat they do.

And talking about superhead, that bitch is basket mouth. How she gon be spilling errthang that happened back-stage all cos of a book. She gained what she wanted tho. I don't blame her. Abi was she forced to go and do what she did?

well spoken zebudaya


@ MP
my profile says am from Houston so that's where am at

I don't watch music videos b/c I think hip hop videos condone and propagate the objectification of women. Hip Hop videos & "video hos" - I refuse to call them vixens! - used to make me sad but now I just laugh b/c someone ppl actually think that they depict class, achievement, art and beauty.

I hate the fact that music videos confuse ppl about the beauty of real art which does include nudity, sexuality and eroticism. I'm not suggesting that hip hop videos started moral decay though I do think it plays a part. As for the women: Haba! Melissa Ford, for example, looks disgusting. She looks like a melted mannequin designed during a 12 year old's wet dream; she's a grotesque of a real woman, like those wax dolls in London. Her Jessica Rabbit figure would be seductive if her breasts weren't flammable and her figure wasn't courtesy of a plastic surgeon. But "Let them eat cake". That such women would be popular in America is no surprise.

To a certain extent, Hip Hop Video Hos & Gold Diggers are created by men (yes I say men b/c while women work in this industry it is controlled by men) to cheapen the image of women & make women more contemptible for such cheapness and classlessness. Oh, the sexuality of black and ethnic image in the _Brave New World (read: America). . .The popularity of said women is indicative of the moral decay in Black America.

Anyhow, if the highlight of your life is letting Nelly swipe a credit card through your butt cheeks or bouncing your breasts in someone's face then send me an email & I'll add you to my prayer list.

Oh chinani. U make me laugh with the last part of ur post!

LOL
theres a difference between the victoria secret models and video hoes
vc models at least act like they have class even though some do sleep with whoever they have to to gain fame

@ chinani
about that part on the credit card thingy that was really disgusting and most women around America protested about that video.

BET UNCUT IS THE BAD ONE!

I mean damn?? U can't even leave your child with the remote at night. Lets say ur child decided to change channels from disney channel to BET. The poor child would see things he's never seen before.

chinani:

Hip Hop videos & "video hos" - I refuse to call them vixens! -

wonder who gave them the name vixens. there are hos and not vixens and i know no one carried there nasty worthless ass to the screen. let them not give me that bull about paying for college cuzz i wont take it. i don't know of any college that teaches stripper 101 or LovePeddler 1209. they think by dancing in music videos naked, dey will get respect. nahhhh, they get nothing but dispice and insults cuzz they just degraded theirselves and thye have shown the whole world they aint got no self respect.

Haba! Melissa Ford, for example, looks disgusting. She looks like a melted mannequin designed during a 12 year old's wet dream; she's a grotesque of a real woman, like those wax dolls in London. Her Jessica Rabbit figure would be seductive if her breasts weren't flammable and her figure wasn't courtesy of a plastic surgeon. But "Let them eat cake".

she makes me wann@ puke cuzz looking at her, you can tell she did what MJ did. she had to nip/tuck to be able to show face for public. that shows us how low her self esteem is.



That such women would be popular in America is no surprise.

this is why when i hear that white folks don't look at black folks here, i say i don't blame them sometimes.

Oh, the sexuality of black and ethnic image in the _Brave New World (read: America). . .The popularity of said women is indicative of the moral decay in Black America.

blacks are the ones degrading themselves, thats why they aint got no respect from the white folks.

Anyhow, if the highlight of your life is letting Nelly swipe a credit card through your butt cheeks or bouncing your breasts in someone's face then send me an email & I'll add you to my prayer list.

thats funny. lmao

@ hot-angel
girl it's so bad that it made me sick the day i tuned to it after that i never tuned to it again. i cant believe what those girls were doin. nelly's tip drill was even kinda better compared to some uncut videos.

its sad that they even show those videos on bet, you dont see them showing mtv uncut
that just just goes to show how the black comnunity degrades itsself and its so sad

and its even more sad that some girls call people like mellissa and the super head chick thier role models

its crazy what the world is turning into
girls like that arent even supposed to be accepted by any part of society

@ diddy
am gon disagree wit u at some extent about white girls not doin stuff. actually white girls are more disgusting, have u seen "girls gone wild" _{i only saw tha preview nd i can tell it's nasty}and some other dumb shows white girls appear in? if u ask me, i'll say they all disgusting no exceptions

2fine4u:

@ diddy
am gon disagree wit u at some extent about white girls not doin stuff. actually white girls are more disgusting, have u seen "girls gone wild" and some other dumb shows white girls appear in? if u ask me, i'll say they all disgusting no exceptions

I was gon say that.

DAMN!! comedy central at night is a disaster. Fxcking stupid girls on spike TV. I mean GIRLS GONE WILD> WOOOOOO!!!! *ROLLSEYES*

It's just that, black girls have this whole package that is easy to see. White girls are just u know tiny, u can look pass them i guess?

lol @ hot-angel, yaa they just too tiny that's why they r not noticed nd talked about compared to video girls

yeah, i think im gon retract that statement. i didnt think about girls gone wild and comedy central.

zebudaya:

Confessions of a video vixen was written so that karrine aka Superhead can make money [/b]she said she made over [b]7 million dollars from book sales and the movie script ( she sold the rights for the movie).

Karrine Superhead stevans is a slut plain and simple

I seem to remember something about her being in a porn flick, before she started videos.

zebudaya:

[b]jennifer lopez [/b]started out in music videos.

I thot she started out on "In living color"

shotta:

its sad that they even show those videos on bet, you don't see them showing mtv uncut
that just just goes to show how the black comnunity degrades itsself and its so sad

BET is now owned by VIACOM. MTV is owned by VIACOM. VIACOM shows racier videos on BET b/c they're "giving the people what they want" or so they think. BET Uncut is a product of what mainstream (white) America thinks Black people want to see. I'm not saying that Black people lack agency or accountability but I just wanted to point out that BET is no longer BLACK owned & operated. Maybe that's the problem.

shotta:
and its even more sad that some girls call people like mellissa and the super head chick their role models

A human tragedy

@Hot-A
Glad to amuse you!

@2fine4u
Yes that video was protested but I pointed it out b/c I think it's indicative of the activity of the Uncut videos. Even the "day time" videos are getting a bit much. . .