The Trailblazer Uncle Luke - Homeisode 55

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What's up, people? It's your boy Quincy Murdaugh

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with another episode of Not Just Music podcast,

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where we keep it real and honest always. We talk

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about a lot of black history. We talk about a

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lot of history, right? And unfortunately, a lot

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of individuals that we speak on have since passed.

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But it's some people that have done crucial things.

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as far as black history or just history period

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that are of color that are still living that

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we tend to forget. They could just be walking

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here and we tend to forget the things they've

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done. And a lot of us do because we don't know

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or we choose not to know or we just choose to

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ignore the existence of them. So what I want

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to speak on is Luke the Campbell, AKA Uncle Luke.

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As many as y 'all know co -founder founder of

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to live crew a rap label rap Excuse me a rap

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group based in Miami, Florida known for their

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bass the bass known for their raunchy lyrics

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known for their raunchy photos and videos and

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Sex talk they made it cool. They made it popular

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to brag about sex And it was a case that changed

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the hip -hop culture specifically. And I think

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just the music culture, period. Because if he

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wouldn't have worn this case, who knows where

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music would be today? There's a lot of things

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that you probably wouldn't be able to say. There's

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a lot of things you wouldn't be able to display.

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Videography, photographic, like this played a

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huge role. Loot Records vs. Navarro, 11th Circuit,

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1992. In Loot Records vs. Navarro, the 11th U

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.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an album

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by rap group 2LawCrew was not legally wronged.

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The decision stands for the principle that music

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has serious artistic value and as such does not

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rise to the level of obscenity even if it's filled

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with profanity language. Back then, you know

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To our crew were known for their sex talk and

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rachi lyrics. So the government had tried to

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ban Basically freedom of speech tried to ban

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sex talk quick opinion on that is I've always

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had a problem with people that felt like the

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things that we say Overweighs the things that

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we do and what I mean by that is You have people

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out here having sex daily, unprotected sex daily,

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having multiple kids daily. The churches where,

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you know, they're so judgmental. Think about

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it. Look at all the baby Christians in the church.

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So you can't tell me that sex is not a thing

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for them. So it's always crazy to me how we are

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so against what we hear. But when do we focus

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on what's really going on? What are the actions

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I hear? What are people actually doing? So when

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that the doing the when the saying are the Exposing

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of what's going on over shadows. What's really

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going on? If you get what I'm saying, it's always

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been crazy to me. So some of the repercussions

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a to live crew mr. Luke uncle Luke standing by

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what they stand on in their music. What's going

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record store owners from selling the 2LawCrew

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album as nasty as they want to be. In response,

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the group compromised a performers, Luther Campbell,

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filed a lawsuit in federal district court seeking

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a judgment from the court that the album was

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not obscene in order and an order for court,

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enjoicing the sheriff for taking further actions,

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limiting the sales of the album. Once again freedom

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of speech and this is a case where it was affecting

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Their livelihood as I spoke on previous episodes,

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you know freedom of speech should never Affect

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you your livelihood Long as you're not attacking

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long as you're not bringing physical violence

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words What's the saying it sticks and stones

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may break my bones, but words will never hurt

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me Okay The group's record company, Luke Records,

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appealed the finding of obscenity in the 11th

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Circuit. On appeal, a three -judge panel of the

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11th Circuit unanimously reversed. So, Uncle

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Luke had won this case, this trial, and it says

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the 11th Circuit Court says as nasty as they

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want to be was protected by First Amendment,

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not obscenity. The 11th Circuit applied the U

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.S. Supreme Court test for obscenity known as

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Miller Test from Miller vs. California. That

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three -pronged test focuses on whether the work

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as a whole under contemporary community standards

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appeals to a or shameful interest in sex, splits

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sexual material in a handsomely offensive way,

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and lacks serious literary, artistic, political

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or scientific value. Sheriff offered no proof

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that the album was obsessed, obscene. So the

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sheriff couldn't even prove it. You know what

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I'm saying? They just was like, no, he's talking

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like this on the album. We don't want it. And

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I think honestly, speaking on this. To get real

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deep with it. It was okay when Uncle Luke was

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affecting the black community with these lyrics.

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It was okay when Uncle Luke was inspiring and

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you know touching the black community with the

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sex talk. But the problem came when I think when

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it went into the white culture and these white

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individuals didn't want their kids hearing this

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type of music. They didn't want their kids being

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influenced by this type of person or this group.

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So that's when it became a problem. And I feel

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like it's always okay when it's in the black

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community. But as soon as it reaches worldwide,

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the white race or other race, particularly the

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white race, it becomes a problem. And that's

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when the government wants to strike, especially

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the Republicans. Democrats too, but Republicans

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have a history of attacking hip -hop, attacking,

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you know what I'm saying, things like that. Uncle

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Lou played a pivotal role, man, in freedom of

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speech, man, in the First Amendment. And if it

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wasn't for him, a lot of hip -hop artists wouldn't

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be able to say things that they say on records.

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They wouldn't be able to do what they do in music

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videos. I know me as a music artist, I have some

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very... outrageous music videos sexually. My

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music really caters to the women. My visuals

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cater to the women more than men. So I'm in a

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field where sex appeal is huge. You know what

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I'm saying? Sex appeal sells for me. And it's

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like if I couldn't be me, who knows? I wouldn't

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have a career. I wouldn't be able to do me. I

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wouldn't be able to express myself, my true self.

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And that's who I am as a person. You know what

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I'm saying? Love and sexually, you know, vibe,

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positive vibe type of guy. So it's like, I respect

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people that took that risk to protect an upcoming

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brand of individuals that wanted to step into

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music, artists. Period. I'm going to call it

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art because this affects all of it. Let's start

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remembering these people more. Let's start giving

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these people respect. They flowers that's here

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still, you know, to this day. And yeah. Freedom

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of speech. Hey, we want some. Hmm. Hey, another

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episode. And not just music podcast. Your boy

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Quincy Murdock.