One of Many

Obviously, I'm not the only one who keeps up a hip hop blog. In fact, type "hip hop blogs" in Google and you'll be able to choose from just over 5 and a half million results. Who knows where mine will show up. Anyway, I'm glad other people are doing it; that way pretty much every aspect of the culture is covered somewhere on the internet.

One blog I ran across was a blog called Welcome to Real Hip Hop. The blog moderator is a user named "asian persuasion." He doesn't write much; each post is basically just an album suggestion along with the track listing. Going down the list, I couldn't disagree with one album he suggested. If someone was to actually cop each of the albums he's suggested, they'd be well on their way to being an expert in underground hip hop.

Another blog I've known about for years is called Nappy Diatribe, written by a guy who calls himself Humanity Critic. He was sort of an inspiration for me wanting to write about hip hop. He blogs for Vibe.com, and he's on Blogger too. Lately he's been more of a political blogger than a hip hop blogger, but if you look at his older posts you'll see why I thought he was so good. He's a sarcastic, bitter man who shares my hatred for Lil' Wayne and my love for Rakim.
(If you find his post from about a year ago titled "Respectfully, Blender Magazine has lost it's f**king mind!!", addressing Blender's 40 Worst Lyricists list, you'll find my name mentioned there because I suggested the topic to him. That's how avid of a follower I was.)

And since I mentioned Rakim, check out this album:



Yeah, it's old school, but I believe Rakim is the greatest MC in history. I hope you'll see why.