Dear VH-1, Gossip Is Not Hip-Hop
DIGITAL NEWS By Gotty™ on September 17, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Let the record show that I have nothing against the sites (called “blogs” for this purpose) seen listed above.
I <3 C&D. It’s what I read when I’m not TSS’ing and it’s what your favorite blogger forwards to his friends. Believe that.
eskay (lowercase “e” you bastids!) has always shown us nothing but love & support. Same for Angel & the team @ CL.
But this feels like when Will & Jeff first won a Grammy. We didn’t dislike them nor were we, as an audience, mad.
We just knew it wasn’t accurate.
To categorize some of these sites as “Hip-Hop” is a mislabeling at it’s finest. “Celebrity gossip” that often includes Hip-Hop, these sites would be at the top of the list.
I don’t put much stock in these particular awards & accolades because regardless if the congregation never paid us any attention, we’d still be puttin out material for you, the choir members. At the same time, I can think of a few other sites that keep it Hip-Hop as Timb boots & Yankee hats. Sites that reflect the core of what Hip-Hop is - which is a culture that revolves around the music & not necessarily its celebrity. Those that remember that the DJ is just as important as the emcee standing @ the front of the stage & in the spotlight. Sites that can trace part of their roots back to having a little spraypaint on their fingertips & shoes. Cats that can tell you the B-side of a OOP single from the 90’s. You know, the ones you know live, breath & truly enjoy Hip-Hop. Individuals who have dusty crates & broken cd cases to go along with their hard drives.
Sites that will never get their just due if we’re talking awards.
No, I’m not bitter. Truthfully, the only energy I’ll devote towards the topic will be nonexistent after I hit publish on this post. We’re too busy planning shit on the level of ‘98 Week and more Sessions like a few weeks ago to focus on who’s not paying attention to us.
So, respect due to those nominated.
But to VH-1, you’ve done a great job honoring artists each year, selecting artists that had a true impact but weren’t necessarily recognized on a mainstream level during their prime. But for honoring websites, well…here’s to diggin a little deeper in the crates next year instead of this half-hearted attempt @ recognizing the internet. Try honoring some hardworking Hip-Hop sites now instead of waiting til later. I’ve even done part of your work for you so click those names, add’em to your RSS feeds & pay attention!
And if you’re wondering, I voted for eskay. I hope he wins another recognition for his work.
And if you were going to mention “Hip-Hop related sites,” then I respectfully believe they should have included Bol. While we haven’t always seen eye-to-eye on various things, I respect his work.
Yep, I said it.
VH-1’s Best Hip-Hop Sites [VH-1]
Posted in DIGITAL NEWS, GENERAL, SMOKE BREAK — Tags: Crunktastical.net, Hip-Hop Honors Awards, nahright.com, VH-1
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I’m sick of these award shows not knowing what each of these blogs represent. Just because a black person runs the blog, does not categorize it as a ‘hip-hop’ blog. Nah Right definitely should be there, but my site (concrete loop) and the rest of the list shouldn’t. Those are more entertainment based. Not to mention, CL speaks on politics and social issues.
I’m sorry you guys got passed over because you do great work and definitely have great features. Keep doing y’all and don’t even worry about it. All these nominations are nice, but at the end of the day I don’t lose sleep over them.
VH-1 is probably the last outlet I expect to accurately recognize Hip-Hop. Judging from all the reality TV programming, they don’t even know what music in general is anymore.
And all the good Lord’s people said “Amen.”
What do you expect VH1 is only dealing with hip hop because hip hop has brought ratings and revenue to them. They don’t care enough about the culture to do the proper research.
I agree with angel la… other than eskay’s ish the rest aren’t Hip-Hop by far! I enjoy the rest of em’ but these are not Hip-Hop.
should’ve been (in no particular order):
TSS
nahright
weapons of mass destruction
the rap up
okay player
Shitty list..a few are good. We all know how is putting in work.
Vh-1 over the years has lost hella viewers.
did u meant Bossip is not Hip Hop?
do you prefer :
Kurupt/Primo futur project, BlackStar new album
Saigon first album, QTipTheRenaissance,
888’s and autotune…
whatizyahiphopchoicesoon?
letsgetyamind! dropyatop!
OKP is listed for the sites category. Vote for’em. Dan & his team go hard.
90% of the blogs you linked to are my morning rounds haha.
I agree these are some weak picks for “Best Hip-Hop Blog”, but it’s always been the general consensus that VH1 doesn’t know hip-hop, so I guess this is expected…
TSS…Too hard for (VH1), Not black enough for BET, Just let us be…. ;)
The Minstrel Show was also not black enough for BET; TSS is in good company
lol
Everyone who wants to let VH1 know what’s up… DIGG THIS POST! I know I sure as shit did.
well…The Wire didn’t get an Emmy nomination either and that show has crazy diehard fans. Methinks it’s better to have that kind of support
http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video640.php?v=wshh5M352583CnrmON8h&set_size=1
nas’ make the world go round (preview)
———————-
what the fux with Common ‘UMC’ album cover ! damn? not bad. but “bizarre”!..
———————–
From an interwiew of Roscoe. AnAlbum called “The Frank And Jess Story” with Kurupt is on the way ! But he said also that : Scarface & Bun B !, do also an album together called ‘Frank & Jesse’, too. Dat Will Be Dope As Hell ! OHH Shhiit ! Please.
TSS = The Wire of Hip-Hop sites
Yes, yes… I like your where you’re going with this, D. Further vindication for our full-on Stan-ery.
Boy did this need to be said!
VH1 thinks this guy is Hip Hop:
http://www.youtube.com/v/0wFrUkgMCmQ
http://www.youtube.com/v/0wFrUkgMCmQ
Arnold Shortzenegger
Que es hip-hop? No seriously though, fuck VH1.
Like I said when you sent this to me the irony is priceless
because at this very moment, I am
in the middle of a piece about the History
of Hip Hip Blogs.
Them gossip jawns ain’t on it simply because they
ain’t ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, which is my arbitrary cut off.
Earlier this year I wrote a “Is Blogging Journalism” Piece.
http://modelminority.blogspot.com/2008/04/is-blogging-journalism.html
Which is really the same issue that you are talking about here.
Feel me. I know you know and you know me.
We gonna grind some ish out regardless.
We stay self defined.
We are stay working.
….Say word…
The truth is TSS is not in the list cause Gotty refused to be in “I love NY season 2″.
dugg.
lol@Numba
respect@Angel
smh@Vh1
props@TSS of course
nice selection of links@Gotty
numba..i thought it wuz because P wouldnt show up @ Flava of love auditions
…Straight from Kanye West himself.
Kanye’s new album will be completed within 2 weeks. Which means it will almost definitely make the December 16th deadline!
source : ww.kanyelive.com
tss is the people’s champ. that means so much more. tell the TSS Braintrust that everything happens for a reason…and u cats will be rewarded with something bigger and better in the future.
stay optimistic and focused. fuck that other bullshit.
You mean to tell me Gotty isn’t Midget Mack!!!
LOL
TSS is sickwidit, when I was a senior in college my guy Dre (grad student, now a professor at U of Iowa) put me on to this site for my stray shots and loosies, I would check it out here and there, then I started checking it out more and more almost daily since last winter, than I got hip to net lingo and learned what a “lurker” was and said fuck that I aint on no lakeview terrace stalking shit so I decided to start posting and fucking with y’all on a regular basis, even joined TSS facebook group and TSS FFL just to show my appreciation, best 1-1 team in the league haha.
Props to TSS all day everyday
That happens as often as people refer to Laptops as “Labtops.”
Not only that, but the line differentiating what a blog is as opposed to a full site has faded over the years.
@| Jokesta.. we quotin Royce now?
ok, ok….wordup.
and Re: this issue — its VH-1….
the most coontastic channel of them all.
*shucks and jives outta the room*
I voted for eskay as well.
i voted for crunktastical….
@ Peace Images—
Damn right, I took the day off blogging over at DS to catch up on new music and so far The Bar Exam 2 is the only tape out thats worth replays.
Damn…. VH1’s fuckin’ up.
@|Jokesta
goin to your site now.
nuff respect!
yes, please, vote for us! (thanks for the words Gotty, and we are with you 100% on these notions)
-dantanimal
http://www.okayplayer.com
Smh @ VH1
If the category was Hip Hop Gossip Sites not Hip Hop Blog then the list would make sense.
Only nominee that stands out is Nahright. I don’t consider Nahright a gossip site or blog. Its more a lastest news type site. Eskay collects this and that from other sites so we can just hit up Nahright when we don’t have time to check out all the other blogs we frequent.
what? theres a TSS fbook group, haha im late.eskays gets mad love on my firefox browser, but unfortunately, TSS = #1stunna
I have to cosign my cohorts who pointed out that TSS is The Wire of Hip-Hop Blogs.
I voted eskay coz the man puts in work. And of course OKP got a super hard nod. lol. Damn near double clicked it for that one.
@texas: yeah, there’s a tss fb group. yes. we are indeed that major.
Bigga> Lol !
Okpdan> For sure I’ve voted for okp !
dap
Much love on this.