Philaflava.com ::

blasphemy...

http://animalnewyork.com/2009/11/xxl-ke ... logs-list/

thought it would pan out like that. most of those sites just recycle each others material and post whatever half baked shit the labels send them.

Some terrible websites on that list. Wow.

http://rickrossdeeperthanrap.com/

hahahahahahahaha what?

this is a terrible list, they basically just filled it out with a bunch of rapper's sites which are nothing more than an intern updating a general blog with week old info.

Not surprised but no TROY? XXL is wack as fuck.

HOLY SHIT this list is pathetic.

1200squad.com
2Dopeboyz.okayplayer.com
24hourhiphop.com
57thave.com
allhiphop.com
ballerstatus.net
bbcicecream.com
beatsandrants.blogs.com
bestofbothoffices.com
blogxilla.com
bestofbothoffices.com
bobatl.com
bossip.com
brandonsoderberg.blogspot.com
buckmarleyxxx.com
byroncrawford.com
chamillionare.com
cocaineblunts.com
complex.com
concreteloop.com
cratekings.com
daily-math.com/weblog
dallaspenn.com
Datpiff.com
daveyd.com
dctobc.com
differentkitchen.blogspot.com
djsmallz.com
down-south.com
dubcnn.com
fakeshoredrive.com
getrightmusic.com
globalgrind.com
grandgood.com
gyantunplugged,.com
hear-it-first.net
herfection.com
hiphopdx.com
hiphopgame.com
hiphopisread.blogspot.com
hiphopofficial.com
icedotcom.blogspot.com
illdoctrine.com
illroots.com
itsthecons.com
itsthereal.tumblr.com
joebuddentv.com
kanyeuniversecity.com
karencivil.com
kevinnottingham.com
live.dr.jays.com
Loud.com
lupefiasco-lupend.blogspot.com
mauricegarland.blogspot.com
maliceoftheclipse.com
mediatakeout.com
missinfo.tv
mixtapekings.com
mtv.com/news
myfabolouslife.com
nahright.com
necolebitchie.com
octobersveryown.blogspot.com
ohhla.com
okayplayer.com
onsmash.com
onsmash.com
ozonemag.com
pliesworld.com
poisonousparagraphs.blogspot.com
prodby.altervista.org
radioplanet.tv
rapradar.com
realtalkny.uproxx.com
rickrossdeeperthanrap.com
roc4life.com
sandrarose.com
sohh.com
smartenupnas.com
smokingsection.com
soulassassins.com
souljaboytellem.com
spinemagazine.com
the305.com
theblastbydigiwaxx.com
thefader.com
therapup.com
theybf.com
thinkcommon.com
thisis50.com
thisizgame.com
trapsntrunks.com
unkut.com
usda2day.ning.com
vibe.com
vladtv.com
wordofsouth.com
worldstarhiphop.com
wydublog.com
xclusiveszone.net
xxlmag.com
yourheardthatnew.com

You guys do understand that the majority of hip-hop/rap fans are between the ages 11-21, right? You gotta be completely brain-dead if you're surprised by XXL's picks for rap's "top 100" blogs.

deaf ears but i'mma write an email to xxl@harris-pub.com just to speak my mind.

it was kinda foolhardy to hope that a forum was going to make the list, but TROY should have been on there. Still not that surprising though. How many TROY visitors/posters read XXL? How many XXL readers give a fuck that someone found Delicious Vinyl throw-away, non-album tracks from some group which broke up 15 years ago after their album got shelved because they weren't building any buzz?

I'm in the latter camp, meaning, I couldn't even describe a cover photo on XXL from the last 8 years.

Philaflava wrote:deaf ears but i'mma write an email to xxl@harris-pub.com just to speak my mind.

it's an impossible email to write without coming off like ACThePedo.

Not even trying to diss. Prolly just not even worth your time.

blastmaster wrote:Some terrible websites on that list. Wow.

waaay too many rapper sites

PopeyeJones wrote:it was kinda foolhardy to hope that a forum was going to make the list, but TROY should have been on there. Still not that surprising though. How many TROY visitors/posters read XXL? How many XXL readers give a fuck that someone found Delicious Vinyl throw-away, non-album tracks from some group which broke up 15 years ago after their album got shelved because they weren't building any buzz?

I'm in the latter camp, meaning, I couldn't even describe a cover photo on XXL from the last 8 years.

Philaflava wrote:deaf ears but i'mma write an email to xxl@harris-pub.com just to speak my mind.

it's an impossible email to write without coming off like ACThePedo.

Not even trying to diss. Prolly just not even worth your time.

I didn't even mention my sites, I just said who came up with this list? I'd really like to know. I kept it real short with no mention of PF, TROY or SB.

^^^ Fair enough.

My guess is they had an intern write out a list of as many hiphop blogs they could find, and then had a few people in the office email their friends and ask which hiphop blogs they read. That's the way the History Channel picked shit for its 20th Century series (I interviewed someone who supervised the project about 5 years back), and the way that the publishing house I interned at selected bloggers to send review copies of its books to. Save for presenting things in list form, there's nothing definitive or informed about the process of making stuff like this. It's basically a ploy (and one that works well) to get a lot of hits on digg.

PopeyeJones wrote:it was kinda foolhardy to hope that a forum was going to make the list, but TROY should have been on there. Still not that surprising though. How many TROY visitors/posters read XXL? How many XXL readers give a fuck that someone found Delicious Vinyl throw-away, non-album tracks from some group which broke up 15 years ago after their album got shelved because they weren't building any buzz?

Pretty much. Not suprised. The list is much worse than I expected though.

PopeyeJones wrote:^^^ Fair enough.

My guess is they had an intern write out a list of as many hiphop blogs they could find, and then had a few people in the office email their friends and ask which hiphop blogs they read. That's the way the History Channel picked shit for its 20th Century series (I interviewed someone who supervised the project about 5 years back), and the way that the publishing house I interned at selected bloggers to send review copies of its books to. Save for presenting things in list form, there's nothing definitive or informed about the process of making stuff like this. It's basically a ploy (and one that works well) to get a lot of hits on digg.

This.

Drastik Da God wrote:You guys do understand that the majority of hip-hop/rap fans are between the ages 11-21, right?

XXL readers might be in that (mental) age bracket but in 2009 theres aas many 22-35 year old fans/listeners.

Philaflava wrote:HOLY SHIT this list is pathetic.

1200squad.com
2Dopeboyz.okayplayer.com
24hourhiphop.com
57thave.com
allhiphop.com
ballerstatus.net
bbcicecream.com
beatsandrants.blogs.com
bestofbothoffices.com
blogxilla.com
bestofbothoffices.com
bobatl.com
bossip.com
brandonsoderberg.blogspot.com
buckmarleyxxx.com
byroncrawford.com
chamillionare.com
cocaineblunts.com
complex.com
concreteloop.com
cratekings.com
daily-math.com/weblog
dallaspenn.com
Datpiff.com
daveyd.com
dctobc.com
differentkitchen.blogspot.com
djsmallz.com
down-south.com
dubcnn.com
fakeshoredrive.com
getrightmusic.com
globalgrind.com
grandgood.com
gyantunplugged,.com
hear-it-first.net
herfection.com
hiphopdx.com
hiphopgame.com
hiphopisread.blogspot.com
hiphopofficial.com
icedotcom.blogspot.com
illdoctrine.com
illroots.com
itsthecons.com
itsthereal.tumblr.com
joebuddentv.com
kanyeuniversecity.com
karencivil.com
kevinnottingham.com
live.dr.jays.com
Loud.com
lupefiasco-lupend.blogspot.com
mauricegarland.blogspot.com
maliceoftheclipse.com
mediatakeout.com
missinfo.tv
mixtapekings.com
mtv.com/news
myfabolouslife.com
nahright.com
necolebitchie.com
octobersveryown.blogspot.com
ohhla.com
okayplayer.com
onsmash.com
onsmash.com
ozonemag.com
pliesworld.com
poisonousparagraphs.blogspot.com
prodby.altervista.org
radioplanet.tv
rapradar.com
realtalkny.uproxx.com
rickrossdeeperthanrap.com
roc4life.com
sandrarose.com
sohh.com
smartenupnas.com
smokingsection.com
soulassassins.com
souljaboytellem.com
spinemagazine.com
the305.com
theblastbydigiwaxx.com
thefader.com
therapup.com
theybf.com
thinkcommon.com
thisis50.com
thisizgame.com
trapsntrunks.com
unkut.com
usda2day.ning.com
vibe.com
vladtv.com
wordofsouth.com
worldstarhiphop.com
wydublog.com
xclusiveszone.net
xxlmag.com
yourheardthatnew.com

onsmash is on there twice. nuff said

Fuckery ...

PopeyeJones wrote:^^^ Fair enough.

My guess is they had an intern write out a list of as many hiphop blogs they could find, and then had a few people in the office email their friends and ask which hiphop blogs they read. That's the way the History Channel picked shit for its 20th Century series (I interviewed someone who supervised the project about 5 years back), and the way that the publishing house I interned at selected bloggers to send review copies of its books to. Save for presenting things in list form, there's nothing definitive or informed about the process of making stuff like this. It's basically a ploy (and one that works well) to get a lot of hits on digg.

Maybe but there are some "throwback" blogs on there like Unkut or WYDU so its hard to believe that TROY isn't on their radar. If we were ranked 20 out of 50 on Vibe, how is it we couldn't even get a spot on a list of 100?

Again, I'm just speculating because that list is embarrassing.

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PF blog shits on alot of those on the list. Trust me i visit them reguarly. Especially on rare stuff/T.r.o.y. only cocaine blunts could compete.

mike eagle wrote:
onsmash is on there twice. nuff said

They also put themselves on the list, which is fucking stupid.

in any case, just a list of 100 websites in alphabetical order with no ranking and no editorial content is a huge shitbag of fail. At best the websites whose URLs happen to begin with a number might see slight rise in unique (and very short) page views, but after that shit is just going to be ignored or used to talk about how retarded XXL is.

Whoever had this shit idea should be fired or reassigned because:

1) the list is wayyyyyy tooooo long. There aren't 100 websites worth checking out on the web for any topic at all. Seriously. Only thing that makes this is a good idea is that you know that 100 websites will be linking to the list (which might be the whole point -- it would be interesting to see if this list correlates directly to webtraffic and the whole thing is just a marketing play, which would actually be pretty smart).

2) none of this is grouped into genres, and there's no editorial content or voice or reasons to check any of these other places over others. You're not providing your readers with a damn thing, because if they're even reading XXL they already have blogs they check, and this list provides no reason as to why they should check a different one.

plus a lot more. whatever.

Popeye you're the new publicist for Philaflava.

Other than Eye Candy, what has XXL ever done that is even remotely worthwhile. Exactly.

joebuddentv.com is considered a hiphop site? I thought it was just a ongoing apology or something.

that list is so ass, just like XXL....

fuck man....Hip-Hop was so much better when we didn't have this technology to dilute the fuck out of it....

i don't think I check more than 5 or 6 hip hop sites period

Soundcircuit
here
2dopeboyz
onsmash
trapsntrunks
blvdst

this list is worse than I expected. seriously what an embarrasment. it seemed like a dumb idea in the first place & still came out even worse

The Aluminum Falcon wrote:joebuddentv.com is considered a hiphop site? I thought it was just a ongoing apology or something.

this thread is the real embarrassement
not xxl's list
you can't possibly need props that much

Wouldn't take it personally....it is XXL after all.

"Rap is something you do, Hip hop is something you live"

Rap = XXL
Hip Hop = PF / TROY