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>I wanted to be a journalist in my younger years, and that's >what my undergraduate degree is in - so I understand where >he's coming from as far as the research aspect and >establishment of full, linear, substantiated timelines when it >comes to reporting on hip-hop and understanding its context in >2019. > >However, what I think it has and still suffers from is two >fold and brings us where we are: > >1. Hip-hop was never expected to survive. It was thought of as >a fad - even by black radio and media outlets who should have >been the torchbearers, so there was no concerted effort to say >"Hey, let's preserve this. We might need it later." History >was being made right under people's noses, and they thought it >might have been cool for the moment, but ultimately >disposable. >
Although that is true from early on there were some people in academia and even outside (Krs) trying to chronicle it. When I was at Upenn a professor named Doc Perkins tried to initiate a Hip Hop Library. Not sure what happened but we DO now have one at Harvard that Nas, 9th, Lupe and 15 all have relationships with. From what I see the current problem is that there is not someone there (like Dart) to do the meticulous dirty work of just archiving EVERYTHING. >2. Because of that supposed disposable nature, it was >commoditized quickly and it the thought was "How much can we >get out of it quickly?" of course, there was an era of >thoughtful journalism/varied musical lanes as Dart mentions, >but outlets like MTV, BET, and now moving to blogs and the >internet era haven't been able to strike a balance between >making money and providing quality, contextual content. Or >maybe it's something the market at large (especially now) just >isn't looking for.
It is crazy to me that Viacom doesn't have easily accessed archives for MTV & BET but I am sure tapes are somewhere.
> >Either way, great episode. I've been listening since you >introduced it. Looking forward to more. >
Thanks again for tuning in!
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