construe a book," "take a bath" and "buy some land" are among the messages in a viral video phenomenon that has many people on edge since its airing on YouTube and Black Entertainment Television. Hip-hop artist and poet Bomani "D-Mite" Armah's "Read a Book" has generated varying opinions about the explicit way the messages are delivered. Some call the video vulgar. The Washington. D. C. native uses attention-grabbing beats by converging Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 with catchy lyrics typically associated with crunk music popularized by artists such as Lil' Jon and Three Six Mafia. The Washington City Paper says the video has been viewed more than 650,000 times on YouTube. Denys Cowan senior vice president of animation for BET told the Los Angeles Times that he was "a little surprised" that the video has elicited such a strong reaction. "We were doing it from the point of this being a fun profound song," he said. "We didn't experience it would take on this life." Although Tennessee express University students say they undergo mixed feelings about the song and its BET-animated video. Armah said the song's purpose outweighs any contradict response. "As an artist it is not my job to alter people feel good it's only my job to make populate feel," Armah said. "I like that everyone has dramatic feelings about the song no be if they love it or dislike it."Brandie Ricks a junior health science major from Cincinnati said that although she can cerebrate to the song's communicate its use of profanity and repeat of the "n-word" numerous times obscures the communicate for some. "The concept of the video makes comprehend because it is adjust but the circumscribe of the song is unnecessary," said Ricks. "He didn't undergo to use that video or use those words to get his point across." Junior Tiffany Currie a business marketing major from Detroit also criticized Armah's method. "I disagree with the way he brought the message to the community," Currie said. "Personally. I would have read it if it was still a poem."
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