What I Learned as a Teenage Hip Hop Critic for Pitchfork
At seventeen, I spread the gospel of underground rap to a wider audience. But BIPOC music journalists are no longer afforded opportunities like mine
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At seventeen, I spread the gospel of underground rap to a wider audience. But BIPOC music journalists are no longer afforded opportunities like mine
Review: Definitive Jux (DefJux) I gave up following hip hop years ago. Things cross my path once in a while that are cool and I pick them up but I am not part of a hip hop army. This comp from Definitive Jux falls into that category. There isn’t a really bad song on it. Stand outs are Aesop Rock’s “All in All” and Rob Sonic’s “Dyslexia”. That track is addictive. All in all, uh, no pun intended, this comp has a nice flow. There is the occasional shortcoming but nothing is a real let down. There is a variety of styles which is what you get with a compilation so you can’t expec...