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Article Evaluation #1: Madvillain: I am amazed the there is not more information on this legendary hip hop duo, and their wiki does not do the pair justice. Madlib and Doom inspired countless artists of the current generation and pushed experimental hip hop a lot farther than their contemperaries at the time. Their willingness to not conform to radio friendly boom bap hip hop set the stage for hip hop to expand into different sub genres and make it a more diverse listening experience. Now as far as the evaluation this article is definitely a little biased. It labels the pairing of Doom and Madlib as a "super group" and it gives too many opinions in place of information. Even though I just gushed about how revolutionary this pairing was, I would want to back that up with actual evidence that can be sourced reliably. Beyond that the article does not have any real flow, and when it does list pure information, it does so in a very list-like format which is not that appealing to read.

https://www.stonesthrow.com/madvillain

https://genius.com/artists/Madvillain

Article Evaluation #2: Love Sosa: I had no idea that there were Wikipedia pages for individual songs from an artist. On its surface you may question how much there is to write about one song but I feel like Love Sosa, despite the simplistic lyrical content, is jam packed full of interesting details. It is one of the first songs that would be put under the Chicago Drill umbrella, and it not only inspired the drill scene but trap music to come. With the heavy hitting yet spacey production, and Keef's ability to glide over the beat while almost mumbling, it was a refreshing taste of something new in a genre that was becoming somewhat stale at the time of its release. The gritty portrayal of the life on Chicago's streets, whether it was through the infamous music video or the song, appealed to a more diverse audience and spear headed a style with heavier production and not as great of an emphasis on the the words the rapper is rapping. The article does a good job of slicing up the sub divisions. I think all of the headings are relevant, but there is not enough information underneath each of them. All of the sources are reliable, it just looks like whoever was writing was not invested into transferring all of the information from the source to the article.

https://genius.com/Chief-keef-love-sosa-lyrics

http://www.thefader.com/2017/03/23/chief-keef-i-dont-like-love-sosa-platinum-certification

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/chief-keef/love-sosa

Article Evaluation #3: Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst: I cannot believe that they do not go into the story behind the song. Kendrick Lamar paints such a vivid picture with this song and tells such a complete and filled out story and they hardly even reference the contents of the track. So the first thing I would do would be to go over what the song is about, and there are plenty of reliable sources on it who have checked with Kendrick himself to verify accuracy. This wouldn't be the only thing I change but that would be the place I start, and it would be the bulk of my contribution to this article.

https://genius.com/Kendrick-lamar-sing-about-me-im-dying-of-thirst-lyrics

https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.22411/title.kendrick-lamar-explains-the-story-behind-sing-about-me-im-dying-of-thirst

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/kendrick-lamar/sing-about-me-im-dying-of-thirst

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Anime in hip hop is a recent phenomenon where anime and Hip Hop, two vastly different subcultures, have collided to form a new subgenre in today's globalised popular culture. Many notary rappers such as RZA (of Wu- Tang Clan), Kanye West, and Frank Ocean have been known to take inspiration from anime when creating their music.[1] In mid 2015 a Canadian rapper by the name of Sese, a.k.a. Lord Frieza caught the attention of this subgenre when he released his mix-tape "The Frieza Saga" which was entirely inspired by Dragon Ball Z. “One of my friends was talking about how epic the battles on Dragon Ball Z were and then we started talking about how crazy the parallels between hip-hop and the show are,” Sese explains.[2]

Hip hop's influence in anime[edit] Since the early 1960s anime has become increasingly more profitable in Western Countries. The growth of the Internet provided Western audiences an easy way to access Japanese content.[3] The Western world’s access to anime has influenced many anime creators to seemingly incorporate more Western culture in their productions. This Western market has influenced the creation of many popular Hip-Hop inspired anime such as Afro Samurai, Samurai Champloo, Tokyo Tribes, PaRappa the Rapper and Detroit Metal City.

My Edit: Anime in hip hop is a recent phenomenon where anime and Hip Hop, two vastly different subcultures, have collided to form a new subgenre in today's globalised popular culture. Many notary rappers such as RZA (of Wu- Tang Clan), Kanye West, and Frank Ocean have been known to take inspiration from anime when creating their music.[1] Whether it be from sampling anime music or having influenced cover art, or even having full scenes inserted into hip hop songs, anime in hip hop has been a niche in the genre since the early 90's.

Hip hop's influence in anime:[edit] Since the early 1960s anime has become increasingly more profitable in Western Countries. The growth of the Internet provided Western audiences an easy way to access Japanese content.[3] The Western world’s access to anime has influenced many anime creators to seemingly incorporate more Western culture in their productions. This Western market has influenced the creation of many popular Hip-Hop inspired anime. In 1999 Afro Samurai was released featuring a predominantly African American depicted cast of characters that was untraditional to the genre at that time due to the majority of anime not being aimed at Western audiences. Takashi Okazaki, the head writer for the show started drawing African American characters at a young age, influenced by Western Hip Hop culture. The series starred Samuel L. Jackson and the soundtrack was created by the RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan. This graphically violent tale of revenge is probably the largest merging of these two genres to date. The other anime which was heavily influenced by Western hip hop culture is Shinichirō Watanabe's Samurai Champloo. Along with a soundtrack that features a lot of hip hop songs, themes of the Western culture can be found all throughout the show ranging from graffiti to break dancing. Both of these shows ,while being critically acclaimed have not inspired a wave of more hip hop themed animes, leaving them in a niche by themselves.

Hip hop songs that have sampled anime:

Song: Dipset- Lil Yachty

Sampled from: Cowboy Bepop

Song: Nostalgia- Chance The Rapper

Sampled from: Gundam Wing

Song: Rapping 2 U- Das Racist

Sampled from: Samurai Champloo

Song: No Social Media- Wiz Khalifa & Snoop Dogg

Sampled From: Higurashi no Naku Koro

Song: New York- Robb Bank$

Sampled from: Naruto

Song: Cyberpunk- Del the Funky Homosapien