BMW asks too much of its drivers. You know like "manual transmissions" and such

Personally I'm not sure how the top 10 list of names dropped by rappers is even news. Is there a study on the most dropped trucks in country music?

Plus I guarantee if you asked any rapper what a Kalishnikov rifle was they would stare at you like you were crazy.

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"promote the general welfare, not provide the general welfare"

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Kalashnikov

(Sorry, my dad was a gunsmith)

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There are a lot of things you could ask a whole lot of people ( me included ) and they would stare at you like you were crazy. I was looking over the "who's your favorite entertainer" thread and i was like a deer in the headlights. HUH was my continued response. And I agree with you; Who went thru the trouble to compile this list? And why was it important?

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Harmony happens whenever different parts get to form a whole by means of congruity, concord, symetry, consistency, conformity, correspondence, agreement, accord, unity, consonance…….

Remember this appeared in CNN's Money section, then read this part carefully:

Rapper 50 Cent was the most brand-dropping rapper of the year, with 17 product mentions in 7 songs, mentioning brands like Bentley, Cristal, Lamborghini, Mercedes and Nike.

It was unclear how many of the product mentions were paid placements -- advertising industry analysts quoted in AdAge said that revealing such a deal would likely undermine both the rapper and the brand's credibility.

The deals are indeed made, and they move product and create brand loyalty. I can't tell you how many times I've seen an Escalade drive by with a parking sticker in the back window from a shady apartment complex. There are lots of people who prefer to spend the majority of income on what they drive as opposed to what they live in- I'm from that kind of neighborhood and I used to be of the same mindset.

The reason you don't hear shout outs to Ford, Chevy or Dodge in country tunes is that kind of brand loyalty comes from someone's family, and no song is gonna change that. Mentioning a specific brand of truck would do the artist more harm than good- it would alienate those who are fans of the brands not mentioned in a positive way.

JV

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JV

What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know...it's what we know for sure that just ain't so

actually.. make that dropped trucks with gun racks!

Makes me happy to know that BMW chooses NOT to pay rappers to mention/show their product.

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Dennis

well nothing really rhymes with BMW :P haha
most rappers go for the black 7 series with tight rims on em but that's about it

prob cause bmw is to many sylabuls for a rapper to pronounce.