Comments on: Blog Announcements

By: D. $cience

D. $cience — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:09:29 +0000

Oh, and BTW…Crystal Castles latest album is so far one of THEE dopest albums on the planet right now.

By: D. $cience

D. $cience — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:07:02 +0000

I ain’t gonna lie…

At first, when I seen the changes of the layout and posts of Crystal Castles music, I was slightly upset. Only slightly…I felt like Potholes In My Blog catered to my undiscovered underground needs for hip hop, for I’ve discovered some dope music on here that I didn’t find on 2DopeBoyz or KevinNottingham (No disrespect to those blogs, I still check them daily). I still think the rating system on this site is very good and non-bias, keeping it 100, and I agree 98% of the time with it.

Tell you the truth though, I kinda feel the direction that this blog is heading off to. Just like I constantly look for undiscovered but super ill underground hip hop, I check for undiscovered, super ill indie rock and electronica as well. I know a lot of heads who listen to new indie rock and electronica now because they feel like the current state of hip hop is stagnant and isn’t really going nowhere. So far, the new PHIMB is posting great music from all different genres, so I say keep going in this direction, and maybe it’ll last with the same quality as long as you keep the posts balanced with fresh, innovative music. Not just hip hop, but MUSIC.

By: RebL

RebL — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:25:12 +0000

I believe Potholes in my Blog does represent Hip-Hop very well, as many so called Hip Hop artists are flirting with other genres aswell. Furthermore, i believe that the concept of genre might be a bit outdated in this age of fluidity and creolization.

Anyhow, i hope you stay critical and keep bringing that good music, thanks for all goodness you’ve shared with us thusfar!

By: saibot

saibot — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:47:25 +0000

I have read Potholes from the beginning because I read Andrew Martin’s hip-hop posts on a forum (he knows me as headpiece747 there) and our music taste was similar. This website has put me on tons of music. I listen and have about 80-90% of my music Hip-Hop but the 10-20% of random stuff from all genres with too many to list. I don’t have to agree with every post you put up (Zach Cole I’m looking at you) but I can respect that you are putting your heart into this. My point is it is your website and if you write about what you like then it makes it easier to put out great content.

By: cm

cm — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:48:49 +0000

EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING – and there is only 2 kinds of music…Great or Not…you should not worry.
So i am go listen to some JB’s

By: realitycheck

realitycheck — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:26:56 +0000

your taste might evolve ,
but you guys are gonna lose an audience, and gain new ones.
depends on your prefence.
i’m all for change.
jst keep the hip-hop flowwin.

By: A.I.

A.I. — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:53:26 +0000

David, I quite like this move… Broaden your/our horizon and introduce us to new artists from different genres… Hip Hop (Underground, that is) will always be my first love but good music is good music… By the way, if it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have known about Andreya Triana and she is talented…

By: jcrillz

jcrillz — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:35:51 +0000

More power to you guys. I must say I’m glad you guys choose to showcase other genres of music. There are plenty of non hip-hop artists that I enjoy so, I can appreciate the fact that you choose to share what you’re listening to with us. We may just dig it…

By: Gedi Dabakaeri

Gedi Dabakaeri — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:45:53 +0000

The music on this blog has always represented what we’re listening to and that’s not going to change. We love hip-hop but there’s so much other great music happening in the world. So If we’re bumpin’ some Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Erykah Badu or Havana Club project by Gilles Peterson then you’ll see that on our blog.

We’d rather share great music irrespective of genre than mediocre music to fulfill some hip-hop quota. With that said, we’ll continue to feature hip-hop on this blog so you guys have nothing to worry about.

By: Zach Cole

Zach Cole — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:45:28 +0000

I’m with Fred. I really appreciate a variety of music, and I’ll be the first to admit that I have a lot of learning to do about bands outside the black-oriented music as afan pointed out. It’ll be a fun ride regardless of what happens, and in the end good music is good music. I hope people truly see that that is what this is really all about. Hip-Hop won’t die out, so don’t worry.

P.S. I loved that someone above mentioned Moe Pope. Hell yeah!