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Is The Weekly’s Cover Too White?
I’m trying to figure this out. The Divorce, a white rock band, is on the cover of the Seattle Weekly’s music awards issue, which can only mean The Divorce got the most votes from the paper’s readers. But look inside and it’s the Blue Scholars, a hiphop duo, that actually won the “top vote getters overall,” not the The Divorce—they won the most “pop/rock” votes. So what does this mean? I called Blue Scholars, who are on tour in California, and explained the odd situation.
DJ Sabzi, who is Iranian American: “That’s very interesting.”
MC Geologic, who is Asian American: “I’m not surprised, that’s how they treat hiphop. They are always privileging rock over rap.”
Blue Scholars promise to take a deeper look into this matter.
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ah...the Divorced should look into it actually. Because for a band to apparently win the same f--kin contest three years in a row is a little sad. To me it says they aren't going anywhere.
Blue Scholars also think that businesses are being ousted off MLK for "monorail construction' on their new record. Jeezus. No es mi falta. The monorail isn't getting built. Charles, please tell them.
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oudated white wanna-be-hip middle-of-the-road rock takes precendence over more popular multi-ethnic, younger, politically oriented hip hop? at the Weekly? Not hard to believe. Lame, but not hard to believe. Geov should be all over this!