More like: (Brad Paisley-Underground walks into a Starbucks) LL Cool J: hi welcome to Starbucks-why are you wearing that shirt Brad Paisley-Park: it's a Skynyrd shirt, you don't see me judging you for your bling That dude who made Radio: I'm not wearing any bling, you are the descendant of slavers Ticks man: agree to disagree L: sure, BTW ALL HAIL ROBERT E. LEEEEEEEEEE
My history teacher made us analyze this track during the civil war unit, and he was being 100% genuine about it and told us to take it seriously. My jaw fucking dropped when I heard the gold chains bar
the part about brad paisley “being from the south and claiming it as his heritage” kinda confuses me. me and him are from the same small town in west virginia, a state literally created to get away from the south in the civil war
BRUH my relatives pull this shit too and it’s so wild because like literally all of us are from the pacific northwest - and yet i have cousins who cry “heritage not hate” like???? broe we have the same fucking heritage and no it’s not lmao
People nowadays don’t even know that slavery only existed in a few states and was intended to be stomped out since the signing of the US constitution. Im fact founding fathers had planned to ban slavery in the original draft of the constitution, but 3 slave states wouldn’t agree and it had to be unanimous. We weren’t in any place back then to start a civil war.
@@presidentelecttaterpuddin1626 I believe ending slavery wasn’t an actual part of the constitution. They said they wanted to end slavery and bring free rights to everyone but they still kept slaves anyway. Way to go, Mr.Wash.
@@belkaisbetterthanosea5490 mostly everyone owned slaves back then except the republicans, so it was perfectly normal, he actually was against slavery but did not believe in his state being invaded, know your history
“Is Brad Paisley asking for reparations???” I sure hope he is because I am DYING over the idea that he is, like crying tears, this is the funniest thing I have ever heard, everything else can go home
Speaking of Skynyrd: one of the songwriters of Sweet Home Alabama strongly condemned Governor Wallace’s racist policies, so Brad is literally a fan of a band that would hate his song
@@silverphoenix4934 the rebel flag and the swastika have nothing in common If you knew your history you would know that's not even the real confederate flag the real one looks more like the Georgia state flag
Sten Hansen Maling the difference is, that’s an album from an irrelevant neckbeard who basically recorded a low quality bandcamp fever dream version of the Wall to talk about how much he doesn’t like the Wall. This is worse because the guy is trying to tackle a legitimately important topic while lacking all self-awareness, and in doing so is giving cover to racists, or at the least drowning out voices who SHOULD be heard.
Even more specifically, what I hear the song screaming is, "I insist on continuing to play to my racially insensitive white fanbase! It's my bread and butter!"
@@dogsdreamtoo8427 You don't know me. First of all, blow my "assumptive" mind by revealing to me that you're not white. Secondly, show me one link to one photo of one live Brad Paisley concert with one black audience member. And most importantly, how likely is it that a black American consumer would like a song that casually excuses the confederacy?
@Da gorrilaa Where is there censorship? The 1st Amendment doesn't apply to private companies like RUclips. Who's banning books? The 6 Dr. Seuss books were pulled by the publisher at the request of his family. The statues were taken down by the owners, as is their right. Just be honest and say you don't like America anymore; don't use non-existent facts as an excuse.
@Da gorrilaa You're inventing "tyranny" to rationaize the revolution fantasy that a moronic TV personality invented so he could hold onto power, but I'm the one who's brain dead. Sure thing.
You know how this could've been a good song? If there was some actual progression. Have Brad Paisley just think the Confederate Flag is cool in the first verse. In the second verse, he'd read up on what slavery and the Civil War was like and start questioning if he should keep using the rebel flag. Have the guest rapper (whether it be LL Cool J or anyone else) tell him about his experiences with racism and how it relates to the Civil War. Finally, in the final verse and chorus, Brad Paisley is convinced to get rid of the Confederate Flag even if it pains him to do so. Actually, the ironic thing is that Paisley is from West Virginia. That state used to just be part of Virginia, but broke away because those people owned very few slaves and didn't want to be saddled to the Confederacy. West Virginia was given statehood in 1863.
Except that would go completely against his target demographic. This song was specifically aimed at the “I’m not racist. I just want the world to move on from racism” crowd. This was not about making any kind of difference. It was about selling records and profiting off the confederate flag conversation.
Another contradiction is that he singing about the Confederate flag and being a son of that. He was born and his from West Virginia and the way West Virginia broke away from the Confederacy's and the Confederate State of Virginia. So technically he's a son of a place that was against that red flag he sang about
When I lived in Wyoming, there were a bunch of people that flew the flag and used confederate bumper stickers. They'd always use the excuse of "supporting where I come from" etc.. wyoming wasn't a state until 1890, and the area had close to no part in the Civil War. CMV: Anyone who flies the confederate flag is just stupid.
No really I'm writing a story where this Pitchfork-endorsed country-rock dude gets popular again thanks to a mermaid and her enby roommate and there's a scene where, as country-rock bro gets prepared to go on stage at a big music festival, Brad and LL finish their set with the shitty racism song with explicit focus on LL's ad lib about him forgiving slavery if Brad doesn't make snide comments about his jewelry.
What I can’t wrap my head around is what demographic was the market for this music? Brad Paisley fans aren’t going to like the “let’s all admit we’re racist message” and LL Cool J fans, if there is such a thing lol, will not appreciate the cheesy pop country format that this message is being projected through
Pirate flags, at least in the sense that we usually think about them, were barely ever red. Do you have any idea how you came to the conclusion that the Confed flag was a pirate flag?
as someone from Texas, I never really did understand all the people defending the confederate flag. that being said, I wouldn’t go as far to say that everyone of them is racist, just REALLY misguided
@@anthnylder8136 Okay. Thanks for giving a real reply. I'm sorry if I came across as rude, I really just want to understand. When we're on the internet, it can be a little too easy to just type out quippy, sarcastic quotes, and forget that there's a real person on the other side. So I really genuinely apologize if I came across as immature. So, when you say that you have Confederate heritage, does that mean that you wish that the Confederacy had/would become a separate country? What is "confederate heritage", as you define it? Is it a synonym for Southern pride? What does that mean to you?
i cant tell you how many times white people where i've lived or restaurants i've worked at have played this in a car with me as we smoked as if its really deep. they always get defensive afterwards anyway lol. the weirdest thing about being black i've noticed, is how often you hit the wall of human potential to relate to each other.
Ngl me and my black gf of 6 years first started talking when we were talking shit on this song back in high school. Glad this was your first video of the year man !
Great video, but Jesus Christ it’s so awful. I listened to it after and it was even worse. I mean the whole song was completely unintentionally ironic. Calling it Accidental Racism and then being racist? They’re idiots. BTW shoutout Robert E Lee
When this came out my boss showed it to me because I was pretty much the only non-conservative that worked at our job and I think he thought this would impress me
I legit have shivers of embarrassment from hearing these lyrics, & 100% BOAN - Like Paisley watched it first for inspiration & LL walked it & paisley pretended to be watching porn.💔🤣😞
luc1D 1337 even then we still don't know, but I'm pretty sure in that case, Tom is kinda real about his fucked up views. This doesn't apply to all cases tho. For example Carly Rae Jepsen; she has a ton of fans that are simps but she's not inherently simp bait.
As someone who actually like Brad Paisley, I've never heard this song. Listened to it before watching the video and... holy shit who approved that song???
That picture of them together is so funny, LL Cool J looks like the only thought he’s ever had in his life was about a puppy sneezing and Brad Paisley looks like he’s about to beat me up.
10:50 WHAT. WAIT. You're seriously just gonna brush right past LL Cool J literally APOLOGIZING TO THE KKK FOR ASSUMING THAT THEY ARE RACIST?!!!!!! WHAT. This song has completely broken by brain, and I haven't even heard it.
Wait I'm confused isn't he just apologising to "white cowboy hats" for assuming they're KKK? Or is that a metaphor? I'm not American enough for this shit
I get what they're going for: a thing about us moving on from the racism of the past and just being normal humans instead of hating each other... But they fucked it up so bad. The flag is a racist thing, no doubts about it. If he was talking about his cowboy hat maybe the song would make more sense. Would still be stupid, but not as blatantly ignorant.
I keep forgetting this song and this video exists and then I find it again and all the memories come rushing back, the joy of watching this video and the pain of listening to song both rushing back at once...its a uniquely traumatic experience.
“When I say ‘the worst’, I’m not talking about how it sounds. I’ll leave that to Corey Feldman.” Feldman really is the most roast-worthy musician(?) in history
I honestly get what Paisley and LL were trying to say and accomplish with "Accidental Racist," but this song is a prime example of "heart in the right place," but horribly executed. As they would say in the South, "Bless their heart."
It was a similar attempt at giving incites into racism from different point of views. (eg. Real VS stereotypical experience.) Kinda like what Joyner Lucas did in "I'm not a racist" except they missed their mark and Joyner executed his perfectly.
The "but both sides" of rap songs with a guest verse from Richard Spencer. Shout out to the homie David Duke, we may not see eye to eye, but put down the noose, I'll put down the dukes and we can hang out like homies play some 2k talk about the bae and get loose.
So basically, this song can be summed up as: BRAD: "I feel so sad that, even in 2013, I'm still supposed to be careful about saying and doing racist shit." LL COOL J: "Aw hey, bro, it's okay, I know YOU'RE a really cool white dude most of the time! And look - I got *my* jewelry and *my* millions, so I guess that just proves racism is all gone now anyway!" 🤦♀️
as a southerner, i want to clarify: some people in the south (particularly white people but some of other races) don’t see the confederate flag as racist, and rather as a symbol of southern pride. i personally don’t identify with that, but i just thought i’d mention it.
That only makes it worse because Brad is from West Virginia. West Virginia was literally made to get away from the South during the war. He ain't Southern.
I just heard "Accidental Racist" for the first time today. I'm going to disagree with you on this one. First, Brad Paisley is a decent human being, and he's trying. This isn't a protest song! It's a song about coming together, and trying to understand one another. You're actually doing exactly what the song talks about--judging a book by its cover. T-shirts are not racist. Symbols mean different things to different people. Take a look at Collin Kaepernick's protest if you want a perfect illustration. That flag--the current US flag--means different things to different people, yet many insisted it means what THEY say it means. It's a SYMBOL. It's a SONG. There's only so much you can do with a few lines of verse. I think a lot of these lines are supposed to bring up images--not be taken at face value. I take issue with the whole idea of "if I'm going to hear a song about racism, I want to hear it from someone who's been through it." Let me say this one more time: RACISM IS A WHITE PROBLEM!!! WE own that! If we can't talk about it, it's never going to get better. We need to be able to muddle our way through it--because it's the only way we'll ever understand what it is, how to fix it, and why it's STILL happening. That's my criticism of the song--it jumps 150 years, and doesn't acknowledge that racism is still alive and well--regardless of what flag you fly, or what t-shirt you wear. Yeah, it's too light for the subject. BUT without people--especially white people--willing to talk about it, make mistakes, ask questions, learn, and try to bridge that racial divide, it's never going to get better. It's ALWAYS going to be something white people expect black people to get over. Paisley is a country artist. He's probably a lot more racially sensitive than this song--but he wrote it for his fans--who are more likely to wear that flag, than a durag. It's for those who need to stop judging. It's for those who claim they're not racist, but don't understand how that flag's seen by those who aren't white "rebels." It's for those who might have grown up watching "The Dukes of Hazzard," and that car--laughing at authority. Lots of work still needs to be done, but please don't stomp on people when they take the first steps to do it. Lots of country artists are still comfortable wearing and flying that flag.
Someone actually write this song....Then artist they colabed with recorded with them. They mixing guy in the studio done his thing. They all listened to the finshed track. Then the record label got a copy and listened to it. Then they released it....... How the hell did that happen? Did all those people hear a different song? Did they record 2 songs and accidentaly release the wrong one? Wtf?????
You can try to re-appropriate a Confederate symbol to stand for what you love about the South, but you have to have very little respect for all the people bugging you about it to not even give it a second thought. You can show Southern pride in your cooking, adorable dialect, affinity for pickup trucks, and whatever other stereotypes have nothing to do with being racist. It’s not hard.
Hey, maybe they can make a different flag. It could save them all the trouble in the world? It won't have the weight of the confederate flag. Yeah nvm....they'd probably wouldn't like that.
5:53 It's pleading ignorance instead of acknowledging that you've made a mistake. See also Paul McCartney talking about covers of "Yesterday" on The Late Show: "You know the funny thing about Sinatra, Marvin and Elvis? They changed the words. In the middle, I sing ‘I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday’ but all of them said: ‘I must have said something wrong’. They’re not owning up!”
i work at a record store and had someone wanting to order this (wheelhouse) in and it took all of my retail-sculpted restraint not to laugh right at them. wouldn't stop talking about how much they love paisley and his lyrics. god rest their souls.
“I’m sure you won’t be shocked by me saying racism is bad” Me as someone in a lot of online political spaces: OH YOUD BE SURPRISED HOW CONTROVERSIAL THAT CAN BE ALFO, YOUD BE SURPRISED! (great video just hoping you didn’t get mobbed by racists)
Can’t re-write history babyyyy
@Freedog13 you are right. The winners write history
Freedog13 yes but we can look at the mistakes and prevent them from happening again
@@ghoulishtoad or...hear me out...
we can make those mistakes again.
to make some money
Are you not familiar with the kinds of things they teach in US schools!? 😂😂😂
@@PaintedHoundie NO
Some stay dry, and others feel the pain. Chocolate rain.
thank you nate
Hey nate the mate. Love your channel. You got me into modern baseball.
No one really even noticed how serious Chocolate Rain was.
booty bandit I blame it on me being in 4th grade
@@NateTheMateForever I blame it on 4chan.
I miss 15 minutes ago when I didn't know this song existed
I don't, this shit is fucking hilarious
You and me both. This song just felt cringe worthy. People who don't know what they're talking about shouldn't talk
🤣🤣🤣
Should I stop the video? Hasn't started yet I'm still in commercial
Agreed.
White person: *says something racist*
Ll cool j: Wtf dude
White person: Yo sick chains tho
Ll cool j: nvm you aight
More like:
(Brad Paisley-Underground walks into a Starbucks)
LL Cool J: hi welcome to Starbucks-why are you wearing that shirt
Brad Paisley-Park: it's a Skynyrd shirt, you don't see me judging you for your bling
That dude who made Radio: I'm not wearing any bling, you are the descendant of slavers
Ticks man: agree to disagree
L: sure, BTW ALL HAIL ROBERT E. LEEEEEEEEEE
🤣
My ex-wife used to call me Ku Klux because I'm a wizard in the sheets. Does that mean I'm a racist? I sure hope not; I'd be really disappointed in me.
@@budlewis721 Uhh.........
@@yhb4682 Well said. No... that's wrong. I meant to say - Well, said.
But you know the old saying.
Imagine talking about anti racist songs and not even mentioning Chocolate Rain smh my head
Shaking my head my head
this but unironically
@@White-lh3le nooooo u didn't get the joke run someone who's late to memes is gonna whoosh you!
Aye someone watches Quinton... maybe?
Chocolate Rain is about scat fetishism
It's like he's more offended by being labelled racist than he is by actual racism
thats because he is
That's how a lot of white Democrats be like.
So he sounds like a white conservative
@Kausachun Velasco Nah it's mostly white Democrats. I can tell by your name u don't know shit fr
@@rivalsoul9853 You're right. Most conservatives are openly racist and Democrats are closet racists
My history teacher made us analyze this track during the civil war unit, and he was being 100% genuine about it and told us to take it seriously. My jaw fucking dropped when I heard the gold chains bar
Sieakuros sounds like a genuinely useful class
@Blue Heart yeah its kind of a damning indictment of the teacher that does it..
@Blue Heart
This song is the opposite of a white guilt song
I’d laugh the fuck out of it
I feel that in the USA, you sort of have to call them "history" teachers.
"Can't re-write history baby!" is the racist equivalent of "Who can relate? WOO!"
I felt this.
wow lmao
God that song is so bad. It was the start of Logic turning into a completely awful rapper.
Shout out to George Floyd’s family
Children kill themselves everyday.
Who can relate? WOO! 🥰😂🥰👌👌
Brad "see, I do have black friends"
Anthony Joseph It’s how White people justify their racism “I have black friends so I’m not racist”
@Anthony Joseph it kinda ironic that would happen to you. That fact that happened prove that racism is still issues we face
@Anthony Joseph
Try being black in 2020
Anthony Joseph Man if only that were true.
Anthony Joseph I can see why it doesn’t go well for you. Try not being racist and maybe you’ll have friends
the part about brad paisley “being from the south and claiming it as his heritage” kinda confuses me. me and him are from the same small town in west virginia, a state literally created to get away from the south in the civil war
Its bullshit
hey a fellow west virginian :)
mountain mama
BRUH my relatives pull this shit too and it’s so wild because like literally all of us are from the pacific northwest - and yet i have cousins who cry “heritage not hate” like???? broe we have the same fucking heritage and no it’s not lmao
Looks like someone didn't pass us history
Ain't got two Ls in his name now for nothing
This song added a third L
@@brb.8962 LLL Cool J
🧠
Gonna need some LL ice for that LL burn, don't make fun of it tho or he'll get real upset.
He’s from WEST Virginia, WEST Virginia. That state was created so that they wouldn’t be in the south. He’s not a southern boy.
People nowadays don’t even know that slavery only existed in a few states and was intended to be stomped out since the signing of the US constitution.
Im fact founding fathers had planned to ban slavery in the original draft of the constitution, but 3 slave states wouldn’t agree and it had to be unanimous. We weren’t in any place back then to start a civil war.
Ever been? West Virginia is definitely more “southern” than regular Virginia.
@@clarkrrr not whatsoever, unless by "southern" you mean "rural"
@dilapidated daffodil Harriet Tubman is a children’s story. There is no historical proof of her before 1868
@@presidentelecttaterpuddin1626 I believe ending slavery wasn’t an actual part of the constitution. They said they wanted to end slavery and bring free rights to everyone but they still kept slaves anyway. Way to go, Mr.Wash.
LL Cool J: Don't misrepresent what I say
also LL Cool J: "RIP to Robert E. Lee"
Elie Raskin Did he stutter?
XD
What’s wrong with Robert e Lee ?
@@JohnDoe-hc6sf he was a general in the CSA and owned slaves
@@belkaisbetterthanosea5490 mostly everyone owned slaves back then except the republicans, so it was perfectly normal, he actually was against slavery but did not believe in his state being invaded, know your history
brad hasn’t interacted with a black dude since cool j
Orinami yes he has, he has made some ads with Peyton manning 🤴🏿
Not Hector football doesnt count your parents made it up
@Anthony Joseph lol wut
@Anthony Joseph found the Trump supporter
I mean, there was Lionel Richie
This song feels like the anthem of people who unironically say “I’m not racist, I have black friends”
The lyrics “Like the elephant in the corner of the south” sound like something a 6th grader would write after just learning about metaphors.
Jan terri level.
It's not even a metaphor, it's a simile.
I disagree. A 6th grader would be a lot better at it than Brad.
“Is Brad Paisley asking for reparations???” I sure hope he is because I am DYING over the idea that he is, like crying tears, this is the funniest thing I have ever heard, everything else can go home
Relatable, have a nice day. Lmao.
Elizabeth N I know llcoolj had been under some criticism for some time for selling out but this pretty much proves it for me
accidentally racist = actually racist
Nah
@Anthony Joseph who
@Anthony Joseph he is a zoomer, dumbass
@Anthony Joseph you're probably just hitting your teens and trying to act hard with your childish trolling.
It's very possible to be ignorant, without being intentionally racist, but most people would know whats wrong.
Had a community college professor call this song phenomenal.
That was my last straw for being in Tennessee.
Not a quality education in a community college.
Speaking of Skynyrd: one of the songwriters of Sweet Home Alabama strongly condemned Governor Wallace’s racist policies, so Brad is literally a fan of a band that would hate his song
But Skynyrd is still racist because they used that flag
@@albertnortononymous9020 bro OutKast used that flag and their definitely not racist
@@blueshinobi8665 yeah, if a Jew wears a zwastika it makes it alright for a white person to do so.
@Mann Person that's not even the real confederate flag the real one looks more like the Georgia state flag
@@silverphoenix4934 the rebel flag and the swastika have nothing in common
If you knew your history you would know that's not even the real confederate flag the real one looks more like the Georgia state flag
[Nostalgia Critic's The Wall enters] "is this a challenge?"
Sten Hansen Maling the difference is, that’s an album from an irrelevant neckbeard who basically recorded a low quality bandcamp fever dream version of the Wall to talk about how much he doesn’t like the Wall. This is worse because the guy is trying to tackle a legitimately important topic while lacking all self-awareness, and in doing so is giving cover to racists, or at the least drowning out voices who SHOULD be heard.
@@joma5721 except nobody remembered this song_
[the whole Blood on the Dance floor discography breaks through the wall] "for you prehaps? for me, no"
my therapist: "nostalgia critic's the wall isn't real, it can't hurt you"
nostalgia critic's the wall: "nostalgia critic's the wall"
@@joma5721 nah, dude, Doug is much worse
This confirms my dislike of Ladies Love Cool James.
people forget that his name is Ladies Love Cool James!!! how crazy is that!!!
Alfo Media ... i think im gonna puke
Worst rap name ever 😂
Wait, that's what LL Cool J stands for?
@@kenyasmith1995 yeah lmaoo
I didn't wanna be reminded of this abomination but here we are...
did expect to see you here
The song just SCREAMS “I’m a closeted racist!”
Is that bench shrapnel I see?
Even more specifically, what I hear the song screaming is, "I insist on continuing to play to my racially insensitive white fanbase! It's my bread and butter!"
In my opinion this song kinda came off to me as "cant we all get along," not against that but obviously the way it was delivered was bad.
@@happybirthday146 how would you know what the racial makeup his fanbase is? that's literally an assumption based on racial biases you have
@@dogsdreamtoo8427 You don't know me. First of all, blow my "assumptive" mind by revealing to me that you're not white. Secondly, show me one link to one photo of one live Brad Paisley concert with one black audience member. And most importantly, how likely is it that a black American consumer would like a song that casually excuses the confederacy?
Its funny that most people who say "you cant rewrite history" are almost always the ones trying to rewrite history.
The left?
@@everychannel1025 Not even close, but ok.
@Da gorrilaa Where is there censorship? The 1st Amendment doesn't apply to private companies like RUclips. Who's banning books? The 6 Dr. Seuss books were pulled by the publisher at the request of his family. The statues were taken down by the owners, as is their right. Just be honest and say you don't like America anymore; don't use non-existent facts as an excuse.
@Da gorrilaa You're inventing "tyranny" to rationaize the revolution fantasy that a moronic TV personality invented so he could hold onto power, but I'm the one who's brain dead. Sure thing.
@@budlewis721 I like that he didn’t reply and his final response was a weak insult instead of defending his point.
You know how this could've been a good song? If there was some actual progression. Have Brad Paisley just think the Confederate Flag is cool in the first verse. In the second verse, he'd read up on what slavery and the Civil War was like and start questioning if he should keep using the rebel flag. Have the guest rapper (whether it be LL Cool J or anyone else) tell him about his experiences with racism and how it relates to the Civil War. Finally, in the final verse and chorus, Brad Paisley is convinced to get rid of the Confederate Flag even if it pains him to do so.
Actually, the ironic thing is that Paisley is from West Virginia. That state used to just be part of Virginia, but broke away because those people owned very few slaves and didn't want to be saddled to the Confederacy. West Virginia was given statehood in 1863.
Except that would go completely against his target demographic. This song was specifically aimed at the “I’m not racist. I just want the world to move on from racism” crowd.
This was not about making any kind of difference. It was about selling records and profiting off the confederate flag conversation.
Another contradiction is that he singing about the Confederate flag and being a son of that. He was born and his from West Virginia and the way West Virginia broke away from the Confederacy's and the Confederate State of Virginia. So technically he's a son of a place that was against that red flag he sang about
When I lived in Wyoming, there were a bunch of people that flew the flag and used confederate bumper stickers. They'd always use the excuse of "supporting where I come from" etc.. wyoming wasn't a state until 1890, and the area had close to no part in the Civil War. CMV: Anyone who flies the confederate flag is just stupid.
I’m kinda surprised Brad Paisley didn’t ghost write in an n-word or two
How are you doing fellow blacks?
"Can't rewrite history baby"
*kisses fingers and throws up the peace sign ✌🏾*
One of the most tone deaf songs ever. It seems like a parody. It’s funny then you realise it’s genuine.
No really
I'm writing a story where this Pitchfork-endorsed country-rock dude gets popular again thanks to a mermaid and her enby roommate and there's a scene where, as country-rock bro gets prepared to go on stage at a big music festival, Brad and LL finish their set with the shitty racism song with explicit focus on LL's ad lib about him forgiving slavery if Brad doesn't make snide comments about his jewelry.
@@Malkmusianful Ayo, you done with the story yet?
@@paisleepunk I put it on the backburner so I can write the songs, but it's still something I wanna finish
What I can’t wrap my head around is what demographic was the market for this music? Brad Paisley fans aren’t going to like the “let’s all admit we’re racist message” and LL Cool J fans, if there is such a thing lol, will not appreciate the cheesy pop country format that this message is being projected through
Honestly, I’m not even sure he admitted to the racism…
Dude I always thought the confederate flag was some kinda pirate flag so when I saw it in my neighbors yard I thought they were pirates,if I only knew
Pirate flags, at least in the sense that we usually think about them, were barely ever red. Do you have any idea how you came to the conclusion that the Confed flag was a pirate flag?
as someone from Texas, I never really did understand all the people defending the confederate flag. that being said, I wouldn’t go as far to say that everyone of them is racist, just REALLY misguided
But yeah the song is shite
Yeah it’s a lot of ignorance and wanting to be edgy or “anti PC”
Sure racism isn't in the Confederate ideology, but it's really damn hard to find a Confederate that isn't racist
@@anthnylder8136 that's confusing. what does that mean, then, exactly?
@@anthnylder8136 Okay. Thanks for giving a real reply. I'm sorry if I came across as rude, I really just want to understand. When we're on the internet, it can be a little too easy to just type out quippy, sarcastic quotes, and forget that there's a real person on the other side. So I really genuinely apologize if I came across as immature.
So, when you say that you have Confederate heritage, does that mean that you wish that the Confederacy had/would become a separate country? What is "confederate heritage", as you define it? Is it a synonym for Southern pride? What does that mean to you?
Alfo Media :"Hey everyone, racism is bad"
Centrists :"HOW DARE YOU GETTING POLITICAL HERE, IM LITERALLY CRYING AND SHAKING"
have you ever met a centrist?
@@joshgibbons-eyre8697 Unfortunately
@@joshgibbons-eyre8697 yes
@@mignob haha golden
pssst the secret is that 99% of conservatives are racist
I couldn't stop laughing at "Dear Mr. White man" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤪🤪🤪🤣🤣🤣🤣
This song made LL look like a Uncle Tom, but, he ain't write his own lyrics so I gotta let him slide 🤣🤣
@@shaneshiphopchannel1688 naw he chose to recite them for a few bucks.
i cant tell you how many times white people where i've lived or restaurants i've worked at have played this in a car with me as we smoked as if its really deep. they always get defensive afterwards anyway lol. the weirdest thing about being black i've noticed, is how often you hit the wall of human potential to relate to each other.
Very relatable
Yeah LL cool j definitely didn't write any of his lyrics
That's crazy that he would recite that crap since he calls himself the goat.
At least I hope he didn't because this shit is embarrassing
Probably had the canibus man ghost write them.
I KNOW FOR SURE LL DID NOT WRITE THOSE LYRICS
The Key and Peele sketch is wonderful
There is a key and peele sketch?
Answer him dammit, is there?
Kind of. There is one about racist country songs called "Is This Country Song Racist" and it's one of their best imo
@@olisonic6577 Oh okay. Saw that one before. It was hilarious LOL
Your first video for 2020 basically set the tone for the whole year...
Failure?
@@buhtsecks1303 YES
This is like making a song about racism and trying to avoid the topic of racism.
as it turns out, this song is accidentally racist
"accidentally"
It’s not racist. Corny yes but not racist.
@@trapez77 the song is full of racial insensitivity what
@UCFsps8WGrG-dLRYthO2WpgQ shut yo confederate ass tf up
Ngl me and my black gf of 6 years first started talking when we were talking shit on this song back in high school. Glad this was your first video of the year man !
Congrats on 6 years :D
do you want a pat on the back for having a black girlfriend?
@@shizzlemywizzle1 no do you want a participation trophy for making a useless, unrelated to the original, and Un needed comment?
@@shizzlemywizzle1 he wasn't implying that at all, your attitude stinks fam
Oh you have a black gf? That means you can't be racist
A southern coworker legitimately said “this song is powerful” played this for me in the car
It's like Candace Owens with a beat
@@xp8969 Bruh whats your problem with Candace?
Is This what they call "southern hospitality"?
@@everychannel1025 probably the fact she’s a grifter 🤷♂️
Lmao 🤣
I guess LL woke up one day and was like;
Mama said, Time to sell out
these comments aint gonna be good
oh my god its like I'm Not Racist but even worse
Ashley _ exactly
I'm not racist is a banger. The guy who sings it is black. Also it is neutral as it picks at flaws from both sides.
Edit : grammar.
Joyner lucas, and the two actors in the video are liberal, and joyner has advocated for blm publicly
antlerman it’s not. It basically lets the white get away with blatant racism. It’s hideous and sad. Joyner failed with that god awful song
Kausachun Velasco 1. joyner aint even underground he worked with eminem lol 2. i fucking adore that remix and im gonna go listen to it again
Oopsie, I accidentally put on my confederate shirt today. Silly me.. give me a break..
LMFAAAOOO
They should do a parody of this song with Eminem and Darius Rucker
Great video, but Jesus Christ it’s so awful. I listened to it after and it was even worse. I mean the whole song was completely unintentionally ironic. Calling it Accidental Racism and then being racist? They’re idiots.
BTW shoutout Robert E Lee
Can't rewrite history BABYYYY!
This feels like the music equivalent of saying, “I’m not racist but”...
When this came out my boss showed it to me because I was pretty much the only non-conservative that worked at our job and I think he thought this would impress me
I've yet to actually listen to the actual song and hear the music, but the lyrics gave me ''The Birth of A Nation (1915)'' vibes
I legit have shivers of embarrassment from hearing these lyrics, & 100% BOAN - Like Paisley watched it first for inspiration & LL walked it & paisley pretended to be watching porn.💔🤣😞
The film that has racist dudes in ghost costumes
@Luke Lyall It actually fueled that group's resurgence in the 1920s
Don’t studios have to approve a record before it is released. Like they aren’t small artists so there must off been.... nvm
Hey, at least we got the Stephen Colbert & Neil Patrick Harris "Oopsie Doopsie Homophobe"
How is this not a parody song? Absolutely sounds like something I’d hear in a South Park episode
You obviously haven't listened to Tom Mac Donald if you think this is the worst.
*WhItEbOy WhItEbOy*
Yeah but Tom is just an annoying troll. Brad Paisley and Cool J were trying to make a genuine statement, and that's what pushes it over the edge
@@jamesdfd2001 But there are actual people that unironicly listen to his music and enjoy it.
luc1D 1337 even then we still don't know, but I'm pretty sure in that case, Tom is kinda real about his fucked up views. This doesn't apply to all cases tho. For example Carly Rae Jepsen; she has a ton of fans that are simps but she's not inherently simp bait.
@@peanutbutterpikachu excuse me that carly rae jepsen comment hurts cause I know its true
As someone who actually like Brad Paisley, I've never heard this song. Listened to it before watching the video and... holy shit who approved that song???
That picture of them together is so funny, LL Cool J looks like the only thought he’s ever had in his life was about a puppy sneezing and Brad Paisley looks like he’s about to beat me up.
10:50 WHAT. WAIT. You're seriously just gonna brush right past LL Cool J literally APOLOGIZING TO THE KKK FOR ASSUMING THAT THEY ARE RACIST?!!!!!! WHAT. This song has completely broken by brain, and I haven't even heard it.
Wait I'm confused isn't he just apologising to "white cowboy hats" for assuming they're KKK? Or is that a metaphor? I'm not American enough for this shit
I just had an anxiety attack from how cringy those lyrics are
durags are for making waves in your hair and keeping cornrows from getting freyed
I get what they're going for: a thing about us moving on from the racism of the past and just being normal humans instead of hating each other... But they fucked it up so bad.
The flag is a racist thing, no doubts about it. If he was talking about his cowboy hat maybe the song would make more sense. Would still be stupid, but not as blatantly ignorant.
"Rip Robert E. Lee."
- LL Cool J, 2013
Also this song is so bad it makes me want to dislike the video for even hearing the lyrics. But I'm still gonna like
Yeah, they're terrible. They don't even look like lyrics, more like a facebook rant or something
I keep forgetting this song and this video exists and then I find it again and all the memories come rushing back, the joy of watching this video and the pain of listening to song both rushing back at once...its a uniquely traumatic experience.
My sociology teacher in high school made our class watch this, unironically.
"Accidental Racism" walked so "Am I the Only One" could drunkenly stumble into a cowpie.
I feel bad for LL Cool J man. I don't think people realize how embrassing this must've been for him.
HE should've realized how embarrassing this was going to be for him.
What are you embarrassed for him about? Him being too stupid to realize how horrible these lyrics were?
“When I say ‘the worst’, I’m not talking about how it sounds. I’ll leave that to Corey Feldman.” Feldman really is the most roast-worthy musician(?) in history
I honestly get what Paisley and LL were trying to say and accomplish with "Accidental Racist," but this song is a prime example of "heart in the right place," but horribly executed. As they would say in the South, "Bless their heart."
It was a similar attempt at giving incites into racism from different point of views.
(eg. Real VS stereotypical experience.) Kinda like what Joyner Lucas did in "I'm not a racist" except they missed their mark and Joyner executed his perfectly.
Listening to this song hurts more than forcing gravel into my urethra.
The "but both sides" of rap songs with a guest verse from Richard Spencer.
Shout out to the homie David Duke, we may not see eye to eye, but put down the noose, I'll put down the dukes and we can hang out like homies play some 2k talk about the bae and get loose.
I love this song, because it ages like milk and it gets more baffling every year and that just makes it funnier
Can't re-write history so let's ignore racism
Yeah!
My man really said rip Robert E. Lee ...... I’m dead 💀😭😂
So basically, this song can be summed up as:
BRAD: "I feel so sad that, even in 2013, I'm still supposed to be careful about saying and doing racist shit."
LL COOL J: "Aw hey, bro, it's okay, I know YOU'RE a really cool white dude most of the time! And look - I got *my* jewelry and *my* millions, so I guess that just proves racism is all gone now anyway!" 🤦♀️
as a southerner, i want to clarify: some people in the south (particularly white people but some of other races) don’t see the confederate flag as racist, and rather as a symbol of southern pride. i personally don’t identify with that, but i just thought i’d mention it.
That only makes it worse because Brad is from West Virginia. West Virginia was literally made to get away from the South during the war.
He ain't Southern.
I just heard "Accidental Racist" for the first time today. I'm going to disagree with you on this one. First, Brad Paisley is a decent human being, and he's trying. This isn't a protest song! It's a song about coming together, and trying to understand one another. You're actually doing exactly what the song talks about--judging a book by its cover. T-shirts are not racist. Symbols mean different things to different people. Take a look at Collin Kaepernick's protest if you want a perfect illustration. That flag--the current US flag--means different things to different people, yet many insisted it means what THEY say it means. It's a SYMBOL.
It's a SONG. There's only so much you can do with a few lines of verse. I think a lot of these lines are supposed to bring up images--not be taken at face value. I take issue with the whole idea of "if I'm going to hear a song about racism, I want to hear it from someone who's been through it." Let me say this one more time: RACISM IS A WHITE PROBLEM!!! WE own that! If we can't talk about it, it's never going to get better. We need to be able to muddle our way through it--because it's the only way we'll ever understand what it is, how to fix it, and why it's STILL happening.
That's my criticism of the song--it jumps 150 years, and doesn't acknowledge that racism is still alive and well--regardless of what flag you fly, or what t-shirt you wear. Yeah, it's too light for the subject. BUT without people--especially white people--willing to talk about it, make mistakes, ask questions, learn, and try to bridge that racial divide, it's never going to get better. It's ALWAYS going to be something white people expect black people to get over.
Paisley is a country artist. He's probably a lot more racially sensitive than this song--but he wrote it for his fans--who are more likely to wear that flag, than a durag. It's for those who need to stop judging. It's for those who claim they're not racist, but don't understand how that flag's seen by those who aren't white "rebels." It's for those who might have grown up watching "The Dukes of Hazzard," and that car--laughing at authority.
Lots of work still needs to be done, but please don't stomp on people when they take the first steps to do it. Lots of country artists are still comfortable wearing and flying that flag.
Facts
Someone actually write this song....Then artist they colabed with recorded with them.
They mixing guy in the studio done his thing.
They all listened to the finshed track.
Then the record label got a copy and listened to it.
Then they released it.......
How the hell did that happen? Did all those people hear a different song?
Did they record 2 songs and accidentaly release the wrong one?
Wtf?????
You can try to re-appropriate a Confederate symbol to stand for what you love about the South, but you have to have very little respect for all the people bugging you about it to not even give it a second thought. You can show Southern pride in your cooking, adorable dialect, affinity for pickup trucks, and whatever other stereotypes have nothing to do with being racist. It’s not hard.
Hey, maybe they can make a different flag. It could save them all the trouble in the world?
It won't have the weight of the confederate flag.
Yeah nvm....they'd probably wouldn't like that.
Accidental Racism is actually “Please Excuse My Actual Racism”
5:53 It's pleading ignorance instead of acknowledging that you've made a mistake. See also Paul McCartney talking about covers of "Yesterday" on The Late Show: "You know the funny thing about Sinatra, Marvin and Elvis? They changed the words. In the middle, I sing ‘I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday’ but all of them said: ‘I must have said something wrong’. They’re not owning up!”
and you're telling me he replaced taylor swift in the corner of legends mural in nashville?!
i work at a record store and had someone wanting to order this (wheelhouse) in and it took all of my retail-sculpted restraint not to laugh right at them. wouldn't stop talking about how much they love paisley and his lyrics. god rest their souls.
Alfos voice just gets more and more alike ARTV
I know right ive been thinking the same thing 😂
the RIP Robert E Lee lmaoooooooooooo
bold of you to say this knowing that all of Tom MacDonald’s discography exists 💀
edit: never mind i was wrong
Tom really ain't bad everyone says stuff like this but can never give me a reason why just because you don't like his politics doesn't make him bad
can we talk about how ugly that album cover is though
Sounds like a great setup to one of the best South Park parody episodes that never happened.
Eric Cartman will write a song with LL Cool J and this abomination will be born
My gosh, all it took was you reading the lyrics to realize everything wrong with it 🤭😂
"far from easy listening"
"fun"
*cue Tim and Eric mind explosion gif*
I remember people talking about this but I never listened to it...holy shit...thank god
12:19
Wooooowwww
Im genuinely....
You know what?
I don't even know what to say...
Bro i got a nationwide ad on this vid i cant anymore
The RUclips algorithm has a sick sense of humor
It's like a song that creators of south park would create to illustrate how US southern nationalists try to normalize their point of view.
I laughed so hard, you read the lyrics exactly as I would and as confused as I would be. My response to this is just “BRUH” 🤦🏾♂️
It takes a philosopher to understand this song and yet nothing in it has any value. interesting.
The worst part about this song is that it charted (77 on the hot 100, 23 on the US Country chart)
Isn't that guy wearing the cowboy hat in the thumbnail the guy from the Peyton Manning commercials?
“I’m sure you won’t be shocked by me saying racism is bad”
Me as someone in a lot of online political spaces: OH YOUD BE SURPRISED HOW CONTROVERSIAL THAT CAN BE ALFO, YOUD BE SURPRISED!
(great video just hoping you didn’t get mobbed by racists)