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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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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In the day and age when anyone can download or stream an album for free, and an abundance of opinions clutter the internet and social media, the “album review” is becoming increasingly insignificant.

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A recent discussion on CNN demonstrates why hip hop music and culture continues to get a bad rap, and the real problems affecting America, continue to be ignored.

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For the love of God (and hip hop), people need to stop believing (and blindly spreading) everything they fu*king read on the internet. Bloggers, you are the worst offenders. And larger sites like Global Grind, once again prove to be incompetent, evil and dangerous, and deserve to be shut down.

The post MTV 25 Hottest MC List Is Not MTV 25 Hottest MC List. People Are Just Stupid. appeared first on New York Hip Hop - Birthplace Magazine.

In this piece, I attempt to partially explain why I passionately pour my heart, soul, blood, sweat, tears, time, energy and money into Birthplace Magazine.

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