Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Conscious hip hop

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The result was merge to Hip hop. (non-admin closure) Alpha Quadrant ^talk 15:43, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Conscious hip hop[edit]

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This is not a notable topic. That one finds hip hop artists who are described as conscious (such as on page 4 of this 'reference' does not mean there is a verifiable and distinct kind of hip hop one can call "conscious hip hop." Moreover, the article is woefully unsourced, with one reference to a senior project and one (ineffective) link to what appears to have been a student project at DePaul. Feel free to peruse the history: what I've trimmed does not constitute reliable sources. Drmies (talk) 03:17, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:31, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:19, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Hip hop. this makes a nice, very small subsection in the main article. one day, this may be a more notable phrase and could be given its own article, but i agree, its not there now, and not going to be in the next few days. I think there are conscious hip hop artists, but as the article states, its somewhat underground, and that is our criteria for notability: NOT being obscure or unformed, even from a subcultures perspective.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 05:35, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.