Music Television Explotation...

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Today I was flipping through the cable dial,

looking to find out what was going on on

Channel Zero when I happened on CH. 160,

MTV I. As usual, they were rating the BEST

RAP GROUPS of all time with the usual EAST

COAST biased subjects ranting, raving about

eastern dominance.

Their list consisted of the following:

#1) RUN DMC

#2) NWA

#3) Public Enemy

#4) Outkast

#5) WuTang

#6) A Tribe Called Quest

#7) EPMD

#8) Salt -n- Pepa

#9) Fugees

#10) UGK

I have absolutely no problem with the top four and

depending on how the next OUTKAST cd sounds, they

may need to be moved into the #3 position. However,

I break ranks with the final three spots. First of all,

Salt -n- Pepa isn't in the top 20, the group was manufactured,

the raps were wack and their appeal was primarily due to

them being females and filling a Hip Hop feminine void.

EPMD was never hotter than the Fugees or UGK, which pushes

them into the top 15. Fugees only had one classic cd, The

Score, which pushes them into the top 15 as well.

The last four spots should consist of...

#7) The Roots

#8) Ghetto Boys

#9) De La Soul

#10) UGK

Total break down...

FIVE truly East Coast groups, The Roots, though they are

from Philly, musically they are on an entirely different level,

hence their title of "Hip Hop's Greatest Band".

THREE Southern groups, each were HOT, enough said!

ONE West Coast group, but its NWA, plus, the only other

West Coast group worth anything was West Coast Connection

which only had one classic cd, their first.

I posted this piece becacuse I'm absolutely SICK & TIRED

of East Coast media bias concerning music and fashion. I

should have been a journalist, instead, I continue being a

SUPER HIP HOP HEAD.

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