Nanci O Is Hip Hop

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If you’re a rapper (with or without a fan base) who’s been in the game for at least a year and have never put out a mixtape, you’re in the minority. Regardless of how long your career lasts, it is a right of rapper passage that you must put out at least one mixtape. However, it’s now at a point in hip hop where established artists are releasing intentionally free music….regularly.

In this week’s edition of Where Is Hip Hop?, Randy and I discuss the current mixtape scene. Are there too many? Do certain artists really need to release a mixtape (ie, Trap or Die II)? If the music is that good, why even bother to give it out for free? Is the flood of mixtape releases hurting the game? And last, why aren’t more artists (especially the established ones), selling music?

After wrapping up with Randy I remembered that Craig Lindsey, Pop Culture Editor/Critic for The Raleigh News & Observer interviewed Eric Tullis, Hip Hop Journalist for The Independent Weekly newspaper and yours truly last year for an article on the over abundance of mixtapes in hip hop and their relevance.

Sidebar: Craig used to think (and I believe still does) I’m a super major annoyance. Regardless if you agree, he’s gotta admit, I know my hip hop sh*t. Otherwise why even ask to interview me for the article?

Where Is Hip Hop? Episode 44

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WHERE IS HIP HOP? will give you information on the current state of Hip Hop in the world today as seen by Randy Roper aka Randy Exclusive, Music Editor of Ozone Magazine and yours truly. We talk about who is hot and who is not, interviews, how we feel about certain albums and the direction of Hip Hop culture in the world today.

Think of us as the Roeper and Ebert of Hip Hop.

Get ready to be EDUCATED, INFORMED and ENTERTAINED.