Comments on: Can Hip-Hop Still Be Artistically Viable When It’s Getting Spanked By The Arcade Fire Sales-wise?

By: Ned Raggett

Ned Raggett — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:21:12 +0000

Adam, the intense individual.

By: Oh Word

Oh Word — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:06:58 +0000

I have never understood the hip-hop blogger animosity towards Sanneh.

In the middle of this older post I link to two other bloggers attacking Sanneh for no apparent reason....
[www.ohword.com]

KS does very good work and I've yet to see any of these arguments against him make any sense at all.

Adam Bernard on the other hand wrote this bullshit

[adambernard.blogspot.com]

and as a result was the target of my derision (and it totally went over his head)

[www.ohword.com]

By: Adam Bernard

Adam Bernard — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:33:58 +0000

You know what, all this talk is pretty cheap. I’m going to be at Kats’ show (a dope underground artist from NYC) on Saturday in the city. If you want to know the time and place so you can meet with me and discuss this further just email me at adamsworldblog@gmail.com

Just be warned, you might get dirty, you’ll have to experience underground Hip-Hop up close and personal.

By: Adam Bernard

Adam Bernard — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:37:25 +0000

@Oh Word: In the world of publicity hate can sometimes be just as good as props, and both are mutually appreciated by me.

You may dislike my opinions, but I really do appreciate the fact that you talk about them. I'm not writing to make everyone agree with me, I'm writing to create conversation. Clearly, if you're, in turn, writing about me my goals are being accomplished. This is why I will continue to thank you even though you don't understand why.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:23:27 +0000

@Oh Word: No offense, but you probably shouldn't have sent us to a page with a link to "Gawker launches shitty music blog," unless that just totally went over my head.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:47:22 +0000

@loudersoft: href="#c3520840">jordan_s: Yeah, no one's hating on underground artists. But this is a story about a BUSINESS model, and in order for the story to work, there has to be BUSINESS happening, not small petty commerce that's not regulated by the IRS.

And Jordan, I totally agree with you on how different publications should cover different things, depending on their audiences. Adam may not think this is important, writing for the illustrious publications that he does, but Sanneh was stretching pretty seriously for the NYT's audience and I applaud him.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:40:57 +0000

and re: personal jabs, flaunting your resume doesn’t really prove cred. if you know your shit you know your shit whether you’ve been published in rolling stone or don’t even know what a blog is.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:39:46 +0000

im not “hating” on the underground, just saying that this article would be way less interesting to me if it focused on ppl i’ve never heard of and whose story is kind of overdone (i.e. the struggling indie artist/the indie artist who has made it).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:37:46 +0000

My beef with KS is that he has never, and seems to never plan on, being a part of the NYC Hip-Hop scene, and being a writer for an NYC paper (yeah yeah, world paper, yadda yadda, NY is in its name) he should be at least attempting to get to know it.

this seems like something more suited for the voice to be honest. maybe im just being an optimist. i think it's a victory that a rapper like turf talk is getting written up in the new york times!! i can't really help you if you think it's a problem.

By: loudersoft

loudersoft — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:36:36 +0000

And by the same token, don’t hate on the underground movement because it takes heart to struggle in relative obscurity out of passion for what you do.