Hi Haters

Music blogs are like assholes-everyone has one. And though these Web sites tend to vary in genre, style, taste and often a proper understanding of grammar, they do (like the aforementioned orifice) serve a distinct purpose: Blogs (unlike your ass) let you share your thoughts, rants and raves about music and pop culture.

In a time when we’re used to getting all of our information yesterday (this column will probably be irrelevant by the time you finish reading it), blogs-when they’re good-can often be a valuable resource to artists, their labels, their publicists and recovering music addicts like myself. I have been put on to more than a few artists thanks to diligent bloggers such as That Grape Juice, Stereogum and Nah Right who know good music when they hear it. And shout-out to all the other bloggers who really make it their business to bring us thought-provoking content and new music with consistency and authority.

But for every dope blogger, there’s a Tom, Dick and Hakim who decides that Lil Wayne (not Jay-Z) is the greatest MC alive or that the new Ne-Yo is the worst thing ever. And they know because…THEY KNOW! Those wordsmiths wax poetic about how overrated everyone is, but in reality, they’re jealous fans who once had dreams of being or being with an R&B chick. To all those “professional haters,” I humbly submit this question: Just because you have a music blog, do you really think we need to read it? Much like your butt, it’s probably not something everyone wants to see. Now, that’s just my opinion.