Sittin' here

Amazingly badly researched, ignorant, scary and trez-racist article written by Neil Spencer here, with contributions far more educated and realistic from Patrick Neate who wrote the book 'Notes From A Hip-Hop Planet' Spotted via SpineMagazine.com (because f*** knows I'm not going to The Guardian's website).

This isn't the first time I've been disgusted and horrified by the lack of research at The Guardian. When you read articles like these about a subject that you care about and can claim a reasonable knowledge on, seeing the obvious flaws and lack of research it really makes you wonder what to believe when the "Experts" write about any subject.

"leading one industry insider to remark that 'the record companies have turned themselves into pimps'. Wow. I think Neil may have spent some time writing for The National Enquirer.

"The more sophisticated add that murder and mayhem have always been part of pop's discourse - witness the many old blues songs featuring gunplay or the gore-soaked 'murder ballads' of country and folk.Some hardcore hip hop does fit into this lineage - Eminem's catalogue, for example, includes skilful narratives of life on the wrong side of the tracks" I have never been the man to point out race in Hip-Hop. I don't think I really need to now.

"In recent years other, better informed voices than Cameron have also had 'the courage to speak up' - Trevor Phillips of the Commission for Racial Equality and Lee Jasper, of the National Assembly Against Racism, for example" Hmmm. I wonder what makes Trevor and Lee more "Qualified"? Must be there great knowledge of Hip-Hop and their difficult upbringings?