Tag: karen civil

The Hip Hop Echo Chamber

One of the pioneers to this rap blog shit, Andrew Nosnitsky, just dropped a nice piece about the consequences of blog’s becoming the new tastemakers. Here’s an excerpt: The principal currency in this new blog economy is buzz. Buzz is a thing that is almost completely imagined, which everyone desperately wants to have or be […]

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Will Karen Civil Ever Say Anything Bad About Lil Wayne?

No this isn’t a “Karen Civil sucks” post, so if you’re here to see YoRapper take a number 2 on Karen please leave now. This is a YoRapper taking a number 2 on the state of hip hop taste-making. You see I learned from The Source’s battle with XXL many years ago that coverage can […]

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