vet (v): to appraise, verify, or check for accuracy, authenticity, validity, etc.: An expert vetted the manuscript before publication.-- dictionary.com
We got to give it up to our man
Vikter Duplaix for unintentionally pointing us in the direction of some foolishness. When we saw that Vik had posted our
"25 Things That Killed (and are Still Killing) Urban Music" list in a Myspace bulletin, we were ecstatic! That could only mean he reads SoulBounce. But, strangely, the bulletin ended with this:
Urban Network wants to get your input on this op-ed, send your responses to dmitchell@urbannetwork.com.
Ahh, so he got it from The Urban Network. It's posted
here. If you look closely, you'll see no citation, no link, no credit and no mention of SoulBounce, which is basic "internettiquette". Why, it's almost as if the "Anonymous" individual that submitted it to The Urban Network would have you believe
they emailed dozens of friends and got the input of co-editors and slaved over that listicle for a week. Oh, and instead of a witty rejoinder like
XXL, "Anonymous" posted it verbatim; a straight up copy/paste jack. At SoulBounce, we pride ourselves on providing our audience with original content. We may quote, we may paraphrase, but we always tip the hat. We get that we're dope, but what's dopeness without proper attribution?
Since I'm nothing if not diplomatic, I did email dmitchell to let him/her know "25 Things That Killed (and are Still Killing) Urban Music" originated with my own personal blood, sweat and keyboard. I also informed dmitchell that if no correction was made on The Urban Network I would be airing them out at 12 noon.
Oh look. It's 12:05.
nOvaMatic | 04/30/2008 at 12:05 PM | Comments (10) | Permalink
"What does Michael Jackson make you think of?" AOL's PopEater polls it's readers, "His music, his plastic surgery, the scandals, or other?" Well, it appears they aren't really giving them a fair choice, as they have a photo gallery chronicling his "50 Faces in 50 Years." Good heavens! Not that I'm a stan for MJ (I reserve that behavior for Janet, who's about one can of Jesus Juice away from being just as loco), but could his plastic surgery be an easier mark? The topic isn't so unavoidable that there can't be discussions about everything else. Maybe I'm being a little too generous and self-righteous today. To their credit, they didn't say he looked like the ghost of Joan Crawford, which is admirable. However, it would be nice if, on the man's birthday, everyone could say something positive about Michael Jackson. Then tomorrow we can go back to calling him the lovechild of Mickey Mouse and Casper. [PE]
Major props to 
Although some of you out there may not like it, we talk about Hip Hop here at SoulBounce. There will probably never come a day that we won't. That being said, I happened upon About.com's 
Erykah Badu is PISSED, y'all. Pissed like, when people judge you for having more than one "baby daddy." Only, that is the reason she's pissed. (Okay, make that was pissed since this happened last Friday, but we were on break and are still playing catch-up, so whatever.) It appears some users on the Okayplayer forums have been talking real greasy about her parenting situation, as if Erykah Badu herself (handle: "analoguegirl") doesn't frequent the boards and won't say anything in response, which is, at a minimum, asinine. If anyone has any intel on what exactly lead to this, please let us know in the feedback, but I'm going to jump on her side anyway, after a snippet of her post:
If ever you wanted to re-live Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction and Beyoncé's tumble down a flight of stairs all in one place, look no further than the JamsBio's blog, which has compiled a list of the 
When it comes to enterprises like Clear Channel and Wikimedia, who do you trust the most? So far, the alledged 
In the absence of the official 
