On a quick Google search looking for a Hip Hop group with a name similar to Proletarians (or prolaterians, I don’t know, if you do please drop a comment. They’re fairly well known) I came across this article, and I instantly knew I had to share. It’s a very thought provoking commentary on Hip Hop and its faults as a revolutionary art form, from the point of view of a self-confessed Proletarian who initially was a punk rocker (he explains more in the article). It mainly discusses contemporary mainstream Hip Hop, but as underground fans that does not make it irrelevant as a) fundamentally its still relevant to Hip Hop and b) many points are still valid. Anyway, it’s worth a read, even if you find yourself disagreeing with it.

Neither I nor Word Is Bond claims credit for this article. All kudos goes to Crudo from the Modesto Anarcho Crew who wrote it and Revolutionary Hip Hop Reporters, a site which I will definately bookmark and you probably should too, who originally published it.

“The Problem With Hip Hop: Patriarchy, Proletarians, and Revolutionary Culture”

Punk rock was the first style of music that really meant anything to me. That