Everybody is winning because hip-hop has been in a slump, and there hasn't been anything interesting going on in hip-hop for a while now.

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But Kilson couldn't acknowledge that since it would ruin his argument, much as the critics of hip hop don't want to spoil their biases through concrete engagements with the culture they despise.

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The number one song in the land right now is by hip hop artist T.

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