A Brief Blog Profile: The Martorialist
by Thomas Hynes
Like any good rap blog, The Martorialist is snarky, thorough and full of jokes I probably won't ever get. Take for example the name. I don't get it. It might have something to do with wrestling. There's no About page, so really, I'm guessing. But I do love rap music. I actually used to write for a rap magazine in San Francisco. (Ayo, Martorialist, ever heard of 'SHOUT!' from SF??) But way more importantly, I grew up in the 90s to the sounds of Tribe, Naughty by Nature (yeah I said it), Wu-Tang and Dre.
I get the sense The Martorialist grew up loving rap, too. There's a recurring series on the blog called "Reasons Why I Love YouTube." On this post featuring Greg Nyce, you can sense the author's excitement in re-discovering a once-forgotten track, here kept alive by the nearly limitless archive that is YouTube. It's also a good track. Still, the site is quick to call out poor quality, like on this post calling out the Worst Rap Songs of 2011.
Some might be offended by some of the content found in rap music. But I'm not going to defend every song in the genre of rap. For one, that would take too long, and, secondly, who does that? To deal with an entire genre is to do just that, deal with the entire genre. The Martorialist is a fun blog. No doubt. But it's also a smart blog. Posing a question like "Is Nas the Terrence Malick of Rap?" is not meant for intellectual lightweights. Plus, the song by Lil B (The Based God) featured on the post is both real nice to listen to AND thoughtful. Just like a lot of rap.
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