The problem with hip hop journalism
No genre of music has experienced a more dramatic negative shift in values and content over the past 30 years than hip hop.
No genre of music has experienced a more dramatic negative shift in values and content over the past 30 years than hip hop.
Rap music in its heyday was an incredibly diverse genre that had room for hippies, hustlers, militants, gangsters, teachers, romantics, intellectuals, party animals, poets and more.
Just as you have no business rapping without knowing the history of the race that spawned your art form, you have no business rapping without knowing the history of the art form itself.
Chances are you probably understand the value of good press. Otherwise you wouldn’t be here trying to find out how to write a good press release.
The culture of materialism and degradation that’s posing as hip hop makes me nauseous. Listening to modern-day mainstream rap after growing up during hip hop’s golden age is like finding out your little sister has become a prostitute.
There’s a fundamental truth that most people who are very busy promoting themselves don’t seem to grasp: Self-promotion is not about you.
Few have considered that Raven’s statements were not the result of any mental deficiency, character flaw or self-loathing, but simply the desire to define herself on her own terms rather than those imposed by society.
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You can tell a lot about an artist by their fans, and what the lack of diversity in terms of race and age tells me about Drake and Lil Wayne is that they are part of a larger trend in mainstream rap music, which is skewing younger and whiter as it becomes increasingly ignorant, party-oriented and faux rebellious.
He is often tactless and lacking decorum, and his honesty comes with absolutely no filter. Branding him as arrogant, obnoxious and egomaniacal seems to be the simplest, most obvious conclusion available. It’s just not entirely accurate.