expressing their views, opinions and feelings in their

songs about what they see and what they know. This is on

of the great things about this country, the freedom to

express yourself. It is not fair, nor is it constitutional

that music should be censored in anyway. It is not only rap

music trying to be censored it is in all types of music.

They are taking away their rights and it isn't fair. As

reported in the New York Times. "Wall-Mart CD standards are

Changing Pop Music", Wal-Mart and other large department

stores sell CD's by your favorite artists which are not what

your favorite artists originally created. Some retailers

refuse to carry CDs with "Parental Advisory Stickers", a few

also go as far as to make it known to labels and artists

that if the CD comes to their shelves with a "dirty" word, a

"controversial" cover, or an "explicit" lyric it will not be

allowed on the shelves. Some of the artists include

Nirvana, Beck, John Mellencamp and the list goes on.

(Internet ultratnet) The most recent case involving Wal-Mart

and censorship, was the new Sheryl Crow album. A song on

the album which lashes the company for selling gun

Smith, Danyel. Rolling Stone, "House of Pain, the fight against gansta

launched the first of what some predicted would be several

Senator Joseph Lieberman, and Senator Sam Nunn held a press

cops, (Light 20) I personally thought the song was very

she puts much of the blame on the current political climate.

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