Not 10, not 20, but 100 “ways to save hip-hop”! I like it, but somehow I can see this Henry Adaso’s list making it into someone’s hip-hop track before the year is over. Here’s the first 10:
- Stop playing the same 5 songs on the radio.
- Stop listening to radio stations that play the same 5 songs.
- Stop blaming Diddy.
- Stop Diddy.
- Stop dubbing every new jack “the next great” this and that.
- Stop charging exorbitant fees for shows.
- Stop fabricating feuds to sell records.
- Stop putting Lil Wayne on every song.
- Stop saying hip-hop is dead.
- Stop hating Kanye for being weird.
I particularly like “73. Stop congratulating yourself on every other song.” The list was so long I forgot already, but if it’s not in there, “Stop rapping about how much money you have.” People with real money, don’t talk about how much money they have.
See the entire list at Henry Adaso’s blog.
Doc DJ