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About Hip-Hop Linguistics .Com
PEACE! My name is Nathaniel Long, and this is my website. I live in New York City, and follow a lot of local and regional hip-hop, but also try to give props to underground hip-hop all over the world. I used to try to front like there was a staff of people here – trying to look like a baller, I guess – but after working with a handful of contributors, I realized that pretty much everybody is wack but me. So now I don’t let anybody touch my shit. Sike, I’m just playing – but not really though.
I started this blog however many years ago in an attempt to provide a little something different to hip-hop on the Internet. And the longer I’ve done this, the more I realize how necessary HHL is. Right around 95% of the hip-hop blogs on the Internet these days are copycat dickriders. They all post the same shit, and will only go out on a limb and say shit is tight if somebody else said it was tight first – which I guess isn’t even going out on a limb in the first place. The majority of so-called bloggers just hit a couple of the top sites and repost all their shit on a daily basis.
This has always been crazy to me. Maybe I’m just getting old, but back in my day the worst thing in the world you could be – especially within the culture of hip-hop – was what we referred to back then as a “biter.” Nowadays, punk ass motherfuckers not only bite other people’s shit, but they take pride in it. As Talib Kweli once said, “biting like there ain’t no shame in it.” And worse, hundreds of thousands of mindless followers frequent these websites every day, in a fashion not much different than the cats who listen to the same five songs on the radio all day long. In celebration of this, I would like to say a big FUCK YOU to the 95% of hip-hop blogs on the Internet that are copycat dickriders.
HHL does not ride dicks. I post the shit that I like, and the shit that people send me that I like. If you don’t like it, FUCK YOU – go to another website. Occasionally, I’ll post something that isn’t all that tight, but it’s different or unique. If you don’t like it, FUCK YOU – go to another website. And occasionally, I’ll post stuff that my friends make. I live in NYC and frequent the local hip-hop scene. And often, I find myself drinking beers or smoking chronic with local artists. Basically, if somebody buys me a beer or gets me high outside of a local show, maybe I’ll post their shit. If you don’t like it, FUCK YOU – go to another website.
I’m tired of punk ass motherfuckers telling me what I should and shouldn’t post. Music is a relative thing. Your favorite song in the world might be wack to me, and the music I post might be wack to you. I’m not the world’s foremost expert on hip-hop, and contrary to what you might believe, neither are you. I post what I like. If you don’t like it, FUCK YOU – go to another website.
I guess the two main points here are that (1.) my name is Nathaniel Long, and (2.) HHL is my site. I don’t give a fuck if you like it or not. I don’t give a fuck if you visit the site or not. In all honestly, if you’re one of those negative shit talking motherfuckers, I don’t want your bitch ass to visit this site. Go ride dicks with the rest of those clowns. But if you’re looking for something different, something that you won’t get with the 95% of copycat dickriding bloggers on the Internet, swing by HHL once in a while. You might find something you like. PEACE.
