Contributed by Nasa.

I should explain something before I begin.  I purposefully unplugged myself from the pop music machine a long time ago.  So I'm just now seeing this Haiti tribute video that some well known bloggers consider the "literal death of Hip-Hop".  I wouldn't take it quite that far after finally viewing this for myself, but that outcry got me to take time out my rather busy days to watch it.  I set a record for saying "What the fuck?", "Who the fuck is that?" and "What the fuck is he/she doing?".  It was actually humorous from a musical standpoint. 

BUT, it was not humorous on a lot of levels.  This video presents an unrealistic vision of Haiti, it's trying to come off as uplifting but many times comes off glitsy.  The last thing the people of Haiti need right now is glitz.  I think it's exploitive in many ways to show dancing Haitians in rubble.  Haiti was the first free nation of black people in the entire Western Hemisphere.  The country has a rich history that cannot be expressed in a 8 minute music video or a blog post.  That history deserves better then this.  The problems that stem from this Earthquake are NOT natural, they are only partly naturally caused.

Just like the floods in New Orleans, it was the decisions of man that caused there to be so much death and destruction in Haiti.  The decisions of human beings over the years from the United States, France and Haitians themselves that were in power lead to the massive destruction that took place there. 

In Public Schools, you are taught about 3rd World Countries, but never taught about what lead them there.  No country and no people are meant to live out their days in poverty.  There is always a cause and an effect, don't ever believe anything different.  There are deep ceded reasons why Haiti was so impoverished that it could not withstand to the least an Earthquake that would absolutely not caused as much damage in other parts of the world. 

Singing "We Are the World" does not begin to address these issues.  Maybe, it raises awareness, maybe it raises money you might say.  Maybe you have to play the game of what the pop masses want and deliver a dumbed down message to them in order to get the help necessary.  I guess.  I can't argue with that, but I don't have to like it.

Ok, now that the seriousness is out of the way- here is the video with some random comments that popped in my head for the first time watching it.  Play along and follow my quotes and you might feel like I'm sitting next to you.  Enjoy!

@ 0.35 Jamie Foxx talks like a major D Bag

@ 0.55 "As we have" says Jamie Foxx, interesting

@ 1.29 What the fuck?

@ 1.44 Is that Kim Kardashian?

@ 1.50 Who the fuck is that?

@ 1.59 Grobin needs to chill with that

@ 2.29 Was Janet too busy for this? 

@ 2.50 Get the fuck outta here

@ 3.16 What in the fuck is Wyclef doing?

@ 3.35 Is that Danny Glover?

@ 3.45 MJ singing 25 years ago squashes all these people

@ 3.57 Why is Lionel Ritchie chilling with Celine Dion this whole video?

@ 4.14 When does Hip-Hop die exactly?

@ 4.30 Who's that bald guy?

@ 4.56 Lil Wayne needs more Autotune

@ 5.20 Who's that corpse looking fool in the front row?

@ 5.29 What the fuck?

@ 5.37 Was that Jeff Bridges?

@ 5.49 Seriously Jamie Foxx, go fuck yourself. 

@ 5.54 LL is from the Dirty nowadays huh?

@ 6.12 No dope emcees were harmed during that, only washed up and wack ones- Hip Hop Lives On!

@ 6.33 What the fuck?

@ 6.59 Gay Fish

@ 7.35 What the fuck?

@ 8.03 Donate or at least educate yourself!

@ 8.09 You said it right there Lionel, "Wow".