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Hiphopmusic.com Article: When They Reminiscence Over Mixtapes

“I miss mixtapes. I miss the bad cover art and the slim cases. I miss how cheap they are, I miss the shouting and gunshots peppered throughout otherwise listenable tracks, and I miss having to hunt them down, going in and out of stores that still advertise “Pagers”, having no clue which ones they’ll have or if they’ll even have any. I even miss the anonymous rappers that often show up on an otherwise good track and ruin it by rhyming the end of each line with the same word. Who is to blame for the hole in my heart formerly occupied by mixtapes? We all know the answer to that one.”

Written by Brandon

July 9th, 2007 at 1:18 pm

Posted in Hiphopmusic.com, mixtapes

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Hiphopmusic.com Article: Rap & Country More Alike Than I’m Willing to Admit…


“Kelefa Sanneh’s article ‘It Takes a Tough Man to Tell a Bad Joke’ contrasts the serious attitudes of most rock stars with country singers who are more than willing to joke around: “While rock stars often try their best to make audiences forget they are professional entertainers, country singers have often been happy to celebrate the fact.” (23). Sanneh invokes Brad Paisley’s love-song ‘Ticks’ (“I’d like to check you for ticks”) and Toby Keith’s ‘High Maintenance Woman’ containing the chorus “A high-maintenance woman don’t want no high-maintenance man” (1). I know, I know… this isn’t www.war-mongeringcrackermusic.com, it’s www.hiphopmusic.com but bear with me…”

Written by Brandon

June 27th, 2007 at 6:29 pm

Posted in Hiphopmusic.com, Polow Da Don, crack rap, the South