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A Rock The Bells Fail: Grassroots Hip Hop Must Support Local Hip Hop Media (EDITORIAL)

A Rock The Bells Fail: Grassroots Hip Hop Must Support Local Hip Hop Media (EDITORIAL)

How Rock The Bells showed us they no longer represent the ideals and mindset it once did, of an independent-minded organization with a dedication to the advancement of hip hop music and culture.

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Mister Cee and Hip Hop as its Own Worst Enemy

Mister Cee and Hip Hop as its Own Worst Enemy

Spent all morning trying to ignore the onslaught of negativity that's been circulating due to the circus-like circumstances and childlike rivalry between NY's hip hop radio stations. Ranted about it.

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Best New York Hip Hop List is a Bad New York Hip Hop List (Editorial)

Best New York Hip Hop List is a Bad New York Hip Hop List (Editorial)

Time Out New York's "50 Greatest NYC Hip Hop Artists" kinda is, but kind isn't. We'd rather hip hop journalism, especially New York hip hop, be taken a bit more seriously. BirthplaceMag.com EIC Manny Faces has a few things to say about it.

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Meyhem Lauren, Pitchfork, Hip Hop and Hipster Media

Meyhem Lauren, Pitchfork, Hip Hop and Hipster Media

Meyhem Lauren joins the growing backlash against hip hop journalism by non-hip hop journalists with a track aimed at music site Pitchfork.

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