Wikipedia:WikiProject Hip hop

Goals WikiProject Hip hop Some Wikipedians have formed a project to coordinate and better organize information in articles related to hip hop culture and music. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there Mikaela G. Jason R. WikiProject Mikaela Guriere will attempt to standardize and improve all articles related to the culture of hip hop on Wikipedia, as well as create missing articles.Jason and Mikaela will do this through volunteer contributors and editors. A large emphasis is made on citing reliable sources. If you would like to make a contribution and are interested in joining the WikiProject, please feel free to add your name to the Members list and find yourself an article to adopt. If you're not sure where to begin or if you have doubts or ideas on how to improve an article, please address the project's discussion forum. For more information on WikiProjects, please see WikiPedia:WikiProjects and Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices. The project aims primarily to: Write and expand articles related to hip hop culture and/or hip hop music. Organize and manage that content — A mass of information is of no use if it isn't properly organized. Also, make sure that any activity on any hip hop-related article is being relayed back to the project. If there is a dispute on a related talk page, not everyone is going to see it. Recommend that the dispute be brought to the project, that way you can get the opinions of all of the project's participants. Damage control — See something that needs to be done? Be bold! Edit articles, get involved in the discussions on the articles talk page, and feel free to tell us your thoughts and ideas on the WikiProject talk page! Featured articles and Good articles — Though we do have our fair share of good/featured content at the moment there's still a ton of work to be done and articles to be elevated in stature. We need to work on cleaning up a lot of our pages and getting them in decent enough shape to be nominated. Maintain the portal. Tasks Please refer to the to-do list for specific tasks and/or the talk page for discussions regarding major projects. Reduce trivial information, speculation, point of view, and anything else that violates Wikipedia's Fictional Guidelines. Monitoring all articles for violations of anything listed above (trivial information, speculation, etc.) Promote the Hip hop article to Good or Featured Article status. Add the project template {{WikiProject Hip hop}} to all hip hop related articles' talk pages. Assess all hip hop related articles for class and importance. Expand and improve all related articles. Help find references for artist/group articles that currently have none. See -->Wikipedia:WikiProject Hip hop/Unreferenced BLPs Work toward making all hip hop related articles and lists clean, organized, well-written, and accessible. Announcements Announcements for the Hip hop WikiProject March 29, 2016 25 March 2016: "Asking 4 It" is promoted to Good Article status. 17 March 2016: "BBD" (song) and "The Big Big Beat" are promoted to Good Article status. 5 March 2016: "Heavy Crown" (song) is promoted to Good Article status. 25 January 2016: "Heavy Metal and Reflective" is promoted to Good Article status. 18 January 2016: "Chasing Time" (song) is promoted to Good Article status. 15 January 2016: Saturday Night! – The Album is promoted to Good Article status. 7 October 2015: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is promoted to Good Article status. 3 October 2015: "Impossible Is Nothing" (Iggy Azalea song) is promoted to Good Article status. 8 September 2015: "Bounce" (Iggy Azalea song) is promoted to Good Article status. 3 September 2015: "Work" (Iggy Azalea song) is promoted to Good Article status. 29 August 2015: "Wallace" (song) is promoted to Good Article status. 26 August 2015: "Chillin" (Wale song) is promoted to Good Article status. 16 August 2015: Kool Moe Dee–LL Cool J feud article up for deletion. Please vote at the link. 9 August 2015: "Love the Way You Lie" is today's featured article. 5 August 2015: "Ice Princess" (song) is promoted to Good Article status. 27 July 2015: Chief Keef is promoted to Good Article status. 2 June 2015: "Let's Get Down" (Bow Wow song) is promoted to Good Article status. 8 April 2015: Lecrae is promoted to Good Article status. 10 November 2014: "Paranoid" (Ty Dolla Sign song) is promoted to Good Article status. 19 August 2014: "Forbidden Fruit" (J. Cole song) is promoted to Good Article status. 9 August 2014: Aquemini is promoted to Good Article status. 25 July 2014: "Fragile" (Tech N9ne song) is promoted to Good Article status. 13 July 2014: "Sanctified" (song) is promoted to Good Article status. 21 June 2014: "Bound 2" is promoted to Good Article status. 18 June 2014: Knock Madness is promoted to Good Article status. 8 June 2014: Curtis (50 Cent album) has been demoted from Good Article status. 1 June 2014: "Black Widow" (song) is promoted to Good Article status. 19 May 2014: "Yasss Bish" is promoted to Good Article status. 30 April 2014: Nothing Was the Same is promoted to Good Article status. 20 April 2014: Demonstration (Tinie Tempah album) is promoted to Good Article status. 19 April 2014: "Tuscan Leather" is promoted to Good Article status. 14 April 2014: Indicud is promoted to Good Article status. 3 April 2014: Stay Trippy is promoted to Good Article status. 21 March 2014: Magna Carta Holy Grail is promoted to Good Article status. 11 March 2014: My Name Is My Name is promoted to Good Article status. 5 March 2014: Yeezus is promoted to Good Article status. 28 February 2014: Hall of Fame (Big Sean album) is promoted to Good Article status. 11 January 2014: "Fire" (Big Sean song) is promoted to Good Article status. 7 January 2014: Infinite (Eminem album) has been demoted from Good Article status. 1 January 2014: "23" (song) is promoted to Good Article status. 8 November 2013: Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) is today's featured article. 3 November 2013: Good Kid, M.A.A.D City is promoted to Good Article status. 15 October 2013: The OF Tape Vol. 2 is promoted to Good Article status. 21 September 2013: "Rich Girl" (Gwen Stefani song) is today's featured article. 16 September 2013: "Love the Way You Lie" is promoted to Featured Article status. 12 August 2013: Lauryn Hill is promoted to Good Article status. 11 August 2013: "Hey Ya!" is promoted to Good Article status. 28 June 2013: Rain in England is promoted to Good Article status. 14 May 2013: "Hey Ya!" has been demoted from Featured Article status. 3 February 2013: "Hustler's Ambition" is promoted to Good Article status. 20 January 2013: "Phresh Out the Runway" is promoted to Good Article status. 28 December 2012: The Notorious B.I.G. is today's featured article. 27 December 2012: Gravity (Lecrae album) and Late Registration are promoted to Good Article status. 30 November 2012: "Power" (Kanye West song) is promoted to Good Article status. 11 November 2012: Thank Me Later is promoted to Good Article status. 21 September 2012: Straight Outta Compton has been demoted from Good Article status. 8 September 2012: Life Is Good (Nas album) is promoted to Good Article status. 26 August 2012: "Cat Daddy" is promoted to Good Article status. 24 August 2012: Nicki Minaj is promoted to Good Article status. 19 August 2012: Sons of Soul is promoted to Featured Article status. 10 August 2012: Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik and Untitled EP are is promoted to Good Article status. 4 August 2012: Watch the Throne is promoted to Good Article status. 29 July 2012: Sean Combs is promoted to Good Article status. 16 July 2012: The Slim Shady LP is promoted to Good Article status. 14 July 2012: Stankonia is promoted to Good Article status. 10 July 2012: "Won't Back Down" (Eminem song) is promoted to Good Article status. 4 July 2012: Infinite (Eminem album) is promoted to Good Article status. 24 June 2012: LiveLoveA$AP is promoted to Good Article status. 23 June 2012: "Lift Off" (song) is promoted to Good Article status. 25 January 2012: Lupe Fiasco is promoted to Good Article status. 26 September 2011: The Lost Tapes is promoted to Good Article status. 3 November 2011: "Not Afraid" is promoted to Good Article status. 13 July 2011: "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" is promoted to Good Article status. 12 July 2011: "Fast Lane" (Bad Meets Evil song) and Lazarus (Travie McCoy album) are promoted to Good Article status. 4 August 2011: WikiProject Eminem has been started. Join now to improve all related articles!. 24 June 2011: "It Was a Good Day" has been demoted from Good Article status. 9 June 2011: WikiProject:G-Unit Records has been disbanded and now redirects to WikiProject Hip hop. 6 June 2011: Arular is today's featured article. 29 April 2011: Fear of a Black Planet is promoted to Good Article status. 21 April 2011: "Hollywood" (Jay-Z song) is promoted to Good Article status. 3 April 2011: Maya (M.I.A. album) is promoted to Featured Article status. 22 March 2011: Eazy-Duz-It is promoted to Good Article status. 23 February 2011: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is promoted to Good Article status. 24 November 2010: Me Against the World is promoted to Good Article status. 22 November 2010: The Great Milenko is promoted to Good Article status. 12 October 2010: Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty is promoted to Good Article status. 16 August 2010: Maya (M.I.A. album) is promoted to Good Article status. 18 May 2010: "Empire State of Mind" is promoted to Good Article status. 24 April 2010: Paper Trail is promoted to Good Article status. 28 March 2010: Insane Clown Posse is today's featured article; K-os has been demoted from Featured Article status. 5 March 2010: "Right Round" is promoted to Good Article status. 8 June 2009: The Game has been demoted from Good Article status. 3 May 2009: Vanilla Ice is promoted to Good Article status. 20 March 2009: Dr. Octagonecologyst is promoted to Good Article status. 13 March 2009: It Was Written is promoted to Good Article status. 26 February 2009: "Ice Ice Baby" is promoted to Good Article status. 31 January 2009: Seeing Sounds is promoted to Good Article status. 20 January 2009: Kala (album) is promoted to Good Article status. 12 December 2008: ATL (film) is promoted to Good Article status. 28 October 2008: Paid in Full (album) is promoted to Good Article status. 4 September 2008: Voodoo (album) is promoted to Good Article status. 20 August 2008: Insane Clown Posse is promoted to Featured Article status. 17 August 2008: Esham is promoted to Good Article status. 7 July 2008: Radio (LL Cool J album) and new school hip hop are promoted to Good Article status. 16 June 2008: 2001 (album) is promoted to Good Article status. 30 May 2008: Daara J is promoted to Good Article status. 27 May 2008: Dr. Dre is promoted to Good Article status. 24 May 2008: Insane Clown Posse is promoted to Good Article status. 21 May 2008: "It Was a Good Day" is promoted to Good Article status. 19 May 2008: God's Son is promoted to Good Article status. 14 May 2008: Ready to Die is promoted to Good Article status. 4 May 2008: Doggystyle is promoted to Good Article status. 29 April 2008: Timbaland is promoted to Good Article status. 27 April 2008: Kanye West is promoted to Good Article status. 24 April 2008: Eminem is promoted to Good Article status. 14 April 2008: Reasonable Doubt is promoted to Good Article status. 28 March 2008: Positive Black Soul is promoted to Good Article status. 24 March 2008: The Cool Kids is promoted to Good Article status. 23 March 2008: The Chronic is promoted to Good Article status. 5 January 2008: Rage Against the Machine is promoted to Good Article status. 12 December 2007: American Gangster (album) and "Can I Have It Like That" are promoted to Good Article status. 19 November 2007: Curtis (50 Cent album) is promoted to Good Article status. 14 November 2007: Straight Outta Compton is promoted to Good Article status. 25 October 2007: "Through the Wire" is promoted to Good Article status. 1 October 2007: Grill (jewelry) is promoted to Good Article status. 9 September 2007: "Hey Ya!" is today's featured article. 29 July 2007: WikiProject:G-Unit Records has been started. Join now to improve all related articles!. 24 July 2007: 50 Cent is promoted to Good Article status. 11 July 2007: "In da Club" is promoted to Good Article status. 3 July 2007: "Candy Shop" is promoted to Good Article status. 17 June 2007: "Dirrty" is promoted to Good Article status. 9 April 2007: "Luxurious" is promoted to Good Article status. 29 March 2007: Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde is promoted to Good Article status. 16 March 2007: The Notorious B.I.G. is promoted to Featured Article status. 3 March 2007: Illmatic is promoted to Good Article status. 25 February 2007: Enta Da Stage is today's featured article. 19 February 2007: Urthogie has marked all of the Hip hop categories with maintenance templates where appropriate. Please help him finish sorting them. 12 February 2007: Deletion discussion has ended regarding the Indian hip hop category. The verdict was KEEP. 10 February 2007: The Notorious B.I.G. is promoted to Good Article status. 2 February 2007: Indian hip hop category up for deletion. Please vote at the link. 1 February 2007: Illmatic was de-featured after review; The Game (rapper) is promoted to Good Article status. 14 January 2007: Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) is promoted to Featured Article status. 1 June 2006: Please see Talk:Rapping and help us take the necessary steps to make it featured. view |

Navigation Parentage WikiProject African diaspora WikiProject Dance WikiProject Films WikiProject Music WikiProject Music genres WikiProject Musicians WikiProject Television WikiProject Visual arts Statistics Hip hop articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 2 2 6 4 14 FL 1 5 23 2 31 GA 10 28 66 134 238 B 14 34 93 78 219 C 21 59 198 453 23 754 Start 18 107 408 1,575 5 348 2,461 Stub 4 21 209 2,784 30 531 3,579 List 5 15 27 113 1 47 208 Book 1 20 21 Category 37 2 700 739 Disambig 2 2 File 1 10 11 Portal 2 2 Project 5 5 Template 16 3 645 664 NA 7 13 419 2 441 Other 2 1 3 Assessed 74 268 1,072 5,185 1,839 954 9,392 Unassessed 2 10 6 1,425 1,443 Total 74 270 1,082 5,191 1,839 2,379 10,835 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 7004355600000000000♠35,560 Ω = 5.22 Featured content Articles  Music of the United States  April 14, 2006  Enta da Stage  July 12, 2006  Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)  January 14, 2007  "Hollaback Girl"  January 31, 2007  The Notorious B.I.G.  March 16, 2007  "Rich Girl (Gwen Stefani song)"  June 1, 2007  Insane Clown Posse  August 20, 2008  Arular  April 11, 2009  "We Are the World"  October 24, 2009  Kala (album)  March 22, 2010 Lists  List of awards and nominations received by 50 Cent  November 29, 2007  List of awards and nominations received by Kanye West  December 2, 2007  50 Cent discography  December 26, 2007  El-P discography  May 8, 2008  Joel Turner discography  September 17, 2008  List of awards and nominations received by Ludacris  September 20, 2008  List of awards and nominations received by Timbaland  September 20, 2008  List of awards and nominations received by Chris Brown  November 26, 2008  Eminem discography  January 10, 2009  Black Eyed Peas discography  February 3, 2010  Mystikal discography  September 4, 2012  Wiz Khalifa discography  September 18, 2012 Good articles  2001 (album)  African American culture  American Gangster (album)  Aquemini  ATL (film)  Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde  "Candy Shop"  "Can I Have It Like That"  The Chronic  The Cookbook  The Cool Kids  Daara J  DJ Kool Herc  The Documentary  Doggystyle  Dr. Dre  Dr. Octagonecologyst  Eminem  Esham  Fear of a Black Planet  Lupe Fiasco  God's Son  Good Kid, M.A.A.D City  Grill (jewelry)  "Hey Ya!"  Hip-hop dance  "Ice Ice Baby"  Illmatic  "In da Club"  It Was Written  Lecrae  The Lost Tapes  "Luxurious"  New school hip hop  Paid in Full (album)  Piracy Funds Terrorism  Positive Black Soul  Radio (LL Cool J album)  Rage Against the Machine  Ready to Die  Reasonable Doubt  The Return of Dr. Octagon  Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty  Soul Food Taqueria  "Through the Wire"  Timbaland  Vanilla Ice  Voodoo (D'Angelo album)  Kanye West  Winter in America view |

Templates {{Hip hop}} Talk This template should be added to the bottom of all Hip hop-related articles. {{WikiProject Hip hop}} Talk The notice or template marking the article as part of the project. {{User hip hop wikiproject}} Talk This user is a member of WikiProject Hip hop. Userbox for project members. {{Hiphop WN}} Talk Preview this template:  Hello, I noticed that you edited a hip hop music or culture related article. Wikipedia currently has a Hip hop WikiProject which aims to improve all hip hop music and culture related article. You are free to join or can explore what the project is about by clicking here. Here are some other good links to help you get started with Wikipedia: The five pillars of Wikipedia How to edit a page Help pages Tutorial How to write a great article Manual of Style I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  Welcome message to be used for editors of hip hop related articles. {{Hh-barnstar}} Talk The Hip Hop Award I, ~~~, award the Hip Hop Award to {{SUBST:PAGENAME}} for <reason> If you notice an editor has made excellent edits to a hip hop-related article/articles or the WikiProject itself, add this to his/her talk page. {{Portal|Hip hop}} Talk A small template directing people to the Hip hop portal. These type of templates are usually placed only on the most relevant articles directly connected to the portal.

Tips

?	Use common sense. Ultimately, assume good faith on the part of others, be bold in editing because perfection is not required. See Wikipedia:Editing policy for more information. Before starting a new article! - Notability is a concern that must be adhered to. See Wikipedia:Notability (music) for more information. Need help starting a new article? See Wikipedia:Article wizard it will help you through the process of submitting a new article to Wikipedia.
I.	Use references. This is an encyclopedia, so remember to include a ==References== section listing websites, newspapers, articles, books and other sources you used to write the article. New articles and statements added to existing articles may be deleted if unreferenced or referenced poorly. See Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:Cite_sources and Wikipedia:References for more information.
II.	Use proper spelling and grammar. We want to learn editors to write proper". There is helpful guidelines in regards to styles. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (music) for more information.
III.	Use footnotes. Take advantage of the footnote ability Wikipedia has, instead of including html links inside the context include them as footnotes. See Wikipedia:Footnotes on how to use them.
IV.	Write a good lead. Be sure to write a lead that concisely summarizes the entire article into one or two paragraphs, which make sense to someone who may know nothing about the subjects in question. See Wikipedia:Lead section for more information.
V.	Stay on topic. Many articles are criticized for length; sticking to the subject matter helps eliminate this. See Wikipedia:The perfect article for more information.
VI.	Keep it simple. Remember that the average reader should be able to comprehend the erudition. Although you should use a broad vocabulary of regular, non-technical terms, do not provide such a quantity of locutions as to impel those who aspire to derive serviceable information from the article to consult a dictionary.
VII.	Use images if possible. Images enhance articles greatly, but only use them when they are necessary, and ensure that their copyright status has been specified and we are allowed to use it on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Images

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