166565, ^BOOM^ Posted by Ishwip, Thu Jun-07-12 01:14 PM
>see that's whats bothered me so much about rap coverage in >the middle of the aughts, it was white males who grew in >middle class suburbs, who aquired their taste for rap through >the internet, becoming the new gate keepers. they grew up with >the commercial stuff of the late 90s/early aughts, which was >in direct opposition to the stance of the old guard, and felt >no qualms about their positions, because they're white, middle >class, and entitled/privileged. they just willy nilly will >jump on whatever wave and stick their noses up at whoever is >now in opposition to them and the new face/sound of rap. > >While the old gaurd Hsa Hsu, Sach Jenkins, Nelson George, >Toure, Greg Tate, Kevin Powell, Jeff Chang were urban people >of color who not only were participating in "the culture", but >organizing events and writing about it, the new guard and >their technocrat privilege came in and basically re-wrote the >rules after the groundwork was laid. > >i'm not saying there weren't flaws with the old gate keepers >of rap writing, but they were intrinsically part of what was >going on and had accumulated knowledge of rap music that >wasn't tied to torrent downloads that all of the sudden makes >some one an expert on UGK or Project Pat after one week. > >right now all the major writer are: Noz, Briehan, Soderberg, >Sean Fennesy, Jeff Weiss, Jayson Greene, etc all white and all >arrogant cock suckers (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WEISS) who if you >follow them on tumblr or twitter are dismissve of their own >followers and circle jerk each other constantly. > >it makes me roll my eyes constantly
__ I don't like the beat anymore because its just a loop. ALC didn't FLIP IT ENOUGH!
Flip it enough? Flip these. Flip off. Go flip some f*cking burgers.(c)Kno
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