A couple days ago, a guest-writer for Copyblogger wrote 6 Ways that Bloggers are Like Rappers. It was fun, and it inspired me to write the counterpoint… 5 ways Bloggers aren’t at all Like Rappers. Here it is:
Dissimilarity #1: Appearance
Rappers look like football players. Bloggers look like, well, nerds. Rappers date supermodels. Bloggers can’t get dates at all. Rappers drive the most supped-up (‘pimped out’) cars on the planet. Bloggers drive old Subaru’s. This really is no contest.
Dissimilarity #2: Armament
Rappers carry guns. Bloggers carry iphones. The Indiana Jones Sean Connery remarked (after squirting ink in a Nazi’s eye) that the “pen is mightier than the sword.” Well, turns out (unfortunately) that it’s not… and even if it was, a fully-automatic AK is mightier than either. No contest on this one either.
Dissimilarity #3: Aliases
Curtis Jackson rhymes under the alias 50 Cent. Cordozar Broadus goes by Snoop Doggy Dogg. Andre Young goes by Dr. Dre. Pretty cool stuff. Bloggers, on the other hand… not so much. I blog under my real name, as do 90% of other writers. People like Brian Clark and Darren Rowse go way out on a limb with names like CopyBlogger and ProBlogger… but really, that’s not all that cool in comparison. When is someone gonna light up the net as Bloggy Dogg Dogg? Or Writes-ezzy to the Sheezy? Who knows.
Dissimilarity #4: History
Rap has history, and it has soul. It’s comes from oppression, disengagement and anger. It started as protest music of a race and a class that still wasn’t getting a fair shake…. and that was willing to stand up and talk about it.
Blogging, on the other hand, doesn’t have a lot of history or soul. It comes from comfort, intelligence and boredom. It started as a hobby of a people with too much time on their hands, determined to make other people listen to them.
There’s quite a difference there.
Dissimilarity #5: Quality Content
But allright… here’s the update to #4. Rap, despite its roots in meaning, has evolved into something different altogether. These days, it’s about useless amounts of money, women and power. About a bunch of disingenuous clowns trying to create a fake gangster image they have no intention of living out.
Blogging, on the other hand, has become a place of meaning. A place talented and interesting individuals go to create quality content, and have quality interactions. A place that’s pushing our society toward change, and pushing its’ people toward a new way of living (both online and off).
Blogging is where it’s happening. Blogging is the new rap.
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