assuming the mistake

…if you’re talking about hipsters, and want to get somewhere, you might be better off just talking hip hop. To more directly get to the point. To make your words and ideas more actionable. To skip indulging in intellectual exercises like “The White Negro.” To choose the more difficult route: learning hip hop codes and sensibility, because it’s a genuine culture, not a shell or an aesthetic. It’s not a rationalization, it has depth. If both hipsterism and hip-hop are doors to move all of us on to a shared place, hip hop is the one that isn’t revolving, returning you to where you started.