Sorry not sorry for the curse-riddled headline, but what the entire fuck Rolling Stone? Apparently, Rolling Stone decided that an asinine clickbait article from 2010 didn’t generate enough backlash-slash-clicks-and-social-media-frenzy when it was first published, and decided to re-unleash this moronic concept back onto the masses in a June 19 tweet. Is Bob Dylan hip-hop's godfather? […]

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Yes, Dave East and Young M.A. are representing lovely for the region, but to be honest, the only thing 'coming back' to New York hip-hop, is your attention.

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It is completely understandable that, in a time when the over-commercialization, over-capitalization and rampant bastardization of the rap music industry by conglomerated media, traitorous enemies from within and pernicious cultural outsiders, hip-hop OGs would feel morally responsible to speak out against those who they feel poorly represent hip-hop’s traditional ideals and standards. After all, the […]

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A look at one advocate journalist's efforts to call out the issues within the hip hop journalism landscape through the years

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We don’t need ALL of the "writers" waxing analytically about its complexity and/or depth and/or greatness and/or jazzness and/or hiphopness and/or blackness

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Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Bill Kristol & pundits speaking on rap & hip hop without knowledge or cultural perspective is corporate-sponsored bigotry

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Telling the world that there is no respect for hip hop's OG artist population, and no media that supports them, only tells part of the story.

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Radio is flocking aboard the Classic Hip Hop format bandwagon and the initial numbers are impressive. However, the long run might not be so promising.

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This year’s Best Rap Album category for The Grammys is the best Best Rap Album category maybe since the beginning of time.

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Easy for media to point at J. Cole, Talib Kweli, Game & Diddy and say, "Look! Hip hop's response to Ferguson," but that's hardly where the coverage should end.

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