Allhiphop catches up with Baby Bam to clear the air. Or maybe unclear it some more? I refuse to post one of those pictures. Link
update: As Rafi pointed out in the comments, there appears to not have been any direct communication between an Allhiphop correspondent and Baby Bam. This gets a big gasface.
“In the wake of the death of Hip-Hop as an authentic culture, from the ashes rise Pagan Society. Before Hip-Hop had a name it experimented and mixed together existing genres of music to evolve into itself. It was a rebellious movement that later conformed and allowed itself to be pimped by corporate interest who initially gave it the cold shoulder. It had more juice when it was underground and only those in the know were up on it.
Now it’s been reduced to one hit wonders and token puppets who are being used to sell everything but music. We the people of Pagan Society are not nostalgic underground backpacking culture vultures, Hip-Hop groupies trying to bust a rap star nut for our ego’s sake so we can say we fucked her too; correction some of us are culture vultures. Nor are we trying to create another sub-genre of the style to get you gassed up on the new cookie cuttin’ shit we baked to get your deflated dollar. We’re a movement with leaders that are opening the gates of hell and letting out a fury of creativity that has no boundaries. The way you thought the world would be before your brain got child molested by social norms. Like the internet we are not regulated by rules. “
These are just the song lyrics from the manifesto type song at the Pagan Society that SoulBounce linked to last week. That’s some funny kinda journalism from allhiphop.
that super weak. i guess we shouldn’t take allhiphop that seriously as a news organization since it basically it one big outsource machine anyway. gasface!
i know i shouldnt really care what 3 people think, but i do. 1st of all, we did talk to bam via email. we asked if he cared to talk to us and explain to us the changes in his life and his new movement. he sent ME back that editorial. i didnt see it on myspace, before he sent it to us. so as far as i am concerned, he sent that to us and then added it on to his myspace. we cleaned it up a bit, bt mostly it is exactly has he sent it to us. so, all youre yip yapping about AllHipHop and journalism is a bit ignorant and accusatory. We put in work 26 hours a day and 8 days a week 13 months out of the year. Give me a break, grandgood. At any rate there is a quote from Teddy Roosvelt that comes to mind when i think about your “gas face.” it says, “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better….” (there is more) Regardless, this is really a big nothing in the big scope of things, but i figured it was worth my 2 min to type it. Peace and keep up the grandgood work. lol
Since you took a few seconds to reply, so will I. To be clear, I like allhiphop very much (as i’ve mentioned previously) because it manages to incorporate authentic and underserved artists into its universe of coverage. The fact that a baby bam rumor even gets a post is commendable. And to be honest, journalistic integrity was the furthest thing from my mind when I gasfaced your post. What I was referring to when I wrote “news organization” was the faint notion of allhiphop trying to be editorial. Which I just came up on my own and I regret even bringing up since this was not an editorial style post. But whether or not it is entirely your fault (Baby Bam will need to own up eventually for his response) your post was ultimately flawed with outdated information, which I’m sure is not something you like anyway. And unfortunately (for me, not allhiphop), when I think of allhiphop, I think of gossip, ads and interviews (in that order), not journalism or editorials. But that’s not something I put on your shoulders or anyone’s for that matter since I don’t think that’s the angle allhiphop is trying to come from anyway. So much respect for what you do! I mean it. Peace.
If mention allhiphop.com to artists, writers, or most people making progressive moves under the guise of Hip-hop, generally they kinda smirk or really have no respect for what they do. I personally feel that beyond the website they’ve grown and are doing much larger influential things that should overshadow their flaws and missteps. It is what it is.