Some bizarre knowledge gaps revealed in the pieces below:
MOG: Shameless Plugs: The Sudden Rise of Hip-Hop Hype on the Internet
"by and large, the internet music marketing boom has been one to mostly benefit musicians in the indie rock and electronic spheres. Hip-hop artists, on the other hand, have been slow to adopt the internet as a tool for exposure. But in the last year, that began to change."
"the last year" Say what? That's such a bizarre statement I don't even know where to start. But Mr. Covert has clearly missed some big chunks of web history.
BusinessWeek: Music Industry: How Rappers Boost Street Cred
Aka: BusinessWeek discovers Hood DVD's. Apparently it's a trend! ROFL!!!
BWeek link via alex j. mann.
That MOG piece gave me a f’ing nosebleed. No words for the rage and despair I felt.
Very strange. It’s hard to believe Covert’s research skills are that weak. Yet another reminder of the dangers of assuming one knows what’s up.