You’ve got indie rock in my hip-hop: stray thoughts about a Kid Cudi video & misreadings of the Great Gatsby

(Image via University of South Carolina F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary website.)

All over the land you can hear hipsters saying, “You’ve got hip-hop in my indie rock,” and all over the hip-hop nation, they are saying in return “You’ve got indie rock in my hip-hop.” I’ve been meaning to write a bold, brilliant essayistic statement about this phenomenon. I’ve even collected a ton of articles about it to reference. But, hey, I’ve had bills to pay, checks to cash, et. cetera.

A nice summary statement of the phenomenon, though, can be extrapolated from viewing this new video by Kid Cudi, featuring the musical skills of indie rock(ish) darlings MGMT and Ratatat.

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Posted by Alec Hanley Bemis  

Tags: Dirty Projectors, Hip-Hop, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, MGMT, P. Diddy, Ratatat, Solange Knowles, The Problem With Glamour, Tragedy

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