Wikipedia:WikiProject Hip hop

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. WikiProject Hip hop will attempt to standardize and improve all articles related to the culture of hip hop on Wikipedia, as well as create missing articles. We 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. Goals 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. 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 November 14, 2024 29 October 2024: "212" (song) and "Carnival" (¥$ song) are promoted to Good Article status. 28 October 2024: Nicki Minaj has been demoted from Good Article status. 15 October 2024: "Bad Blood" (Taylor Swift song) is promoted to Featured Article status; "PSA" (song) is promoted to Good Article status. 7 October 2024: Vultures 2 is promoted to Good Article status. 28 September 2024: VH1 Storytellers (Kanye West album) is promoted to Good Article status. 20 September 2024: "Homecoming" (Kanye West song) is promoted to Good Article status. 10 September 2024: "Stars" (¥$ song) is promoted to Good Article status. 2 September 2024: "530" (song) is promoted to Good Article status. 26 August 2024: E (Ecco2K album) is promoted to Good Article status. 5 August 2024: "Everything I Am" (Kanye West song) is promoted to Good Article status. 1 August 2024: Lil Ugly Mane is promoted to Good Article status. 31 July 2024: "New Slaves" is promoted to Good Article status. 21 July 2024: Ecco2K is promoted to Good Article status. 2 July 2024: Vultures 1 is promoted to Good Article status. 26 June 2024: "Champion" (Kanye West song) is promoted to Good Article status; "I'm God" is promoted to Featured Article status. 17 June 2024: "God Is" and One in a Million (Aaliyah album) are promoted to Good Article status. 9 June 2024: "Way Less Sad" is promoted to Good Article status. 6 June 2024: "Jump" (Tyla, Gunna, and Skillibeng song) and Maps (Billy Woods and Kenny Segal album) are promoted to Good Article status. 3 June 2024: "Waves" (Kanye West song) is promoted to Good Article status. 24 May 2024: Crest (album) is promoted to Good Article status. 8 April 2024: "I'm God" is promoted to Good Article status. 30 March 2024: "Flashing Lights" (Kanye West song) is promoted to Good Article status. 29 March 2024: Pagtatag! is promoted to Good Article status. 20 March 2024: The Writing's on the Wall is promoted to Good Article status. 13 March 2024: Kendrick Lamar is promoted to Good Article status. 9 February 2024: "To Zion" is promoted to Good Article status. 2 January 2024: Map of the Soul: 7 is promoted to Good Article status. 27 December 2023: "Handstand" (song) is promoted to Good Article status. 4 October 2023: "Open Arms" (SZA song) is promoted to Featured Article status. 31 August 2023: "Gento" (song) is promoted to Featured Article status. 29 August 2023: "Maria Maria" is promoted to Good Article status. 28 August 2023: "Freaky Deaky" (song) and "Shut Down" (Blackpink song) are promoted to Good Article status. 15 August 2023: "Crooked Smile" and Scaring the Hoes are promoted to Good Article status. 10 August 2023: "Dreams and Nightmares" (song) is promoted to Good Article status. 1 August 2023: "Gento" (song) is promoted to Good Article status. 19 July 2023: "Smoking on My Ex Pack" is promoted to Featured Article status. 24 June 2023: Lil Uzi Vert is promoted to Good Article status. 1 June 2023: The Melodic Blue is promoted to Good Article status. 30 May 2023: Dreams and Nightmares is promoted to Good Article status. 15 May 2023: "Amen" (Meek Mill song) is promoted to Good Article status. 6 May 2023: "Burn" (Meek Mill song) is promoted to Good Article status. 2 May 2023: "Justify My Love" is promoted to Good Article status. 13 April 2023: "Young & Gettin' It" is promoted to Good Article status. 3 April 2023: "Smoking on My Ex Pack" is promoted to Good Article status. 27 March 2023: "Open Arms" (SZA song) is promoted to Good Article status. 20 March 2023: Drake (musician) is promoted to Good Article status. 17 March 2023: Mata (album) is promoted to Good Article status. 27 February 2023: "Check" (Meek Mill song) is promoted to Good Article status. 26 February 2023: "Believe It" (Meek Mill song) is promoted to Good Article status. 23 January 2023: "Letter to Nipsey" is promoted to Good Article status. view |

Navigation WikiProject Hip hop Main project page talk Announcements Assessment talk Collaborations Members Taskforces Templates Tips To-do list 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 9 17 30 FL 6 36 42 GA 10 40 92 348 490 B 18 49 135 221 3 426 C 26 103 377 1,353 124 1,983 Start 16 114 598 5,382 1,265 7,375 Stub 1 15 178 4,915 1,441 6,550 List 5 9 46 281 167 508 Category 1 1 1,749 1,751 Disambig 9 9 File 108 108 Project 33 33 Template 1 2 1,046 1,049 NA 13 342 1,187 1,542 Other 1 116 117 Assessed 78 332 1,456 12,899 4,248 3,000 22,013 Unassessed 32 302 334 Total 78 332 1,456 12,931 4,248 3,302 22,347 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 86,365 Ω = 5.12 Featured content Featured articles  The Notorious B.I.G.  November 20, 2009  Arular  April 11, 2009  "We Are the World"  February 13, 2010  Kala (album)  March 22, 2010  Maya (M.I.A. album)  April 3, 2011  "4 Minutes"  July 16, 2012  Sons of Soul  August 20, 2012  Song of Innocence  April 19, 2013  "Love the Way You Lie"  September 16, 2013  "Talk That Talk" (Rihanna song)  September 21, 2013  Maxinquaye  May 1, 2016  The Ecstatic  September 14, 2016  Roland TR-808  September 22, 2017  All Money Is Legal  May 5, 2019  Gwen Stefani  March 15, 2020  "Candy" (Foxy Brown song)  December 8, 2020  "Blindfold Me"  January 7, 2021  Kids See Ghosts (album)  July 5, 2021  1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?)  December 6, 2021  "No Panties"  January 16, 2022  "Mindful" (song)  April 18, 2022  "Streets" (song)  July 7, 2022  Late Registration  July 29, 2022  BTS  August 19, 2022  Matangi (album)  December 14, 2022  "Smoking on My Ex Pack"  July 20, 2023  "Open Arms" (SZA song)  October 4, 2023  "I'm God"  June 26, 2024 Lists  List of awards and nominations received by Ludacris  October 20, 2008  Joel Turner discography  October 26, 2008  List of awards and nominations received by Chris Brown  November 26, 2008  List of awards and nominations received by Timbaland  February 12, 2009  El-P discography  June 27, 2010  Black Eyed Peas discography  October 22, 2010  Eazy-E discography  December 31, 2010  Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance  June 7, 2011  50 Cent albums discography  December 28, 2011  Eric B. & Rakim discography  February 21, 2012  Keri Hilson discography  March 27, 2012  Big Boi discography  November 14, 2012  Fugees discography  November 14, 2012  List of awards and nominations received by Ivy Queen  May 27, 2013  Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music Album  January 23, 2014  Mack 10 discography  April 2, 2014  List of Billboard number-one rap singles of the 1980s and 1990s  April 13, 2014  Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance  June 24, 2014  Grammy Award for Best Rap Album  June 24, 2014  List of awards and nominations received by Ciara  July 24, 2014  Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Album of the Year  November 19, 2014  Wiz Khalifa discography  February 16, 2015  Iggy Azalea discography  March 16, 2015  Mystikal discography  May 8, 2015  Birdman discography  May 13, 2015  Angel Haze discography  July 17, 2015  Azealia Banks discography  August 3, 2015  Lil Debbie discography  August 18, 2015  List of Billboard Hot Rap Songs number ones of the 2010s  August 31, 2015  List of songs recorded by Azealia Banks  September 22, 2015  List of awards and nominations received by Bruno Mars  June 30, 2016  List of awards and nominations received by Lecrae  September 2, 2016  Death Grips discography  June 12, 2017  List of awards and nominations received by Kanye West  August 27, 2018  Kanye West albums discography  March 27, 2019  Mac Miller discography  April 12, 2019  Lecrae discography  October 12, 2020  List of songs recorded by Bruno Mars  January 25, 2021 Good articles (Top- and High-importance)  2001 (Dr. Dre album)  808s & Heartbreak  Aquemini  ATLiens  Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde  Butterfly (Mariah Carey album)  "Can't Tell Me Nothing"  The Chronic  The College Dropout  Country Grammar  DJ Kool Herc  Doggystyle  Dr. Dre  Dr. Octagonecologyst  Drake (musician)  Eazy-E  Endtroducing.....  Fear of a Black Planet  God's Son  "Gold Digger" (Kanye West song)  Good Kid, M.A.A.D City  "Good Life" (Kanye West song)  Graduation (album)  Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance  "Heartless" (Kanye West song)  "Hey Ya!"  Hip hop dance  History of hip hop dance  "Hit 'Em Up"  Illmatic  "In da Club"  Kendrick Lamar  Lauryn Hill  Madvillainy  Me Against the World  The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill  MF Doom  My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy  New-school hip hop  Nicki Minaj  "Not Afraid"  Paid in Full (album)  People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm  "Planet Rock" (song)  Radio (LL Cool J album)  Ready to Die  Reasonable Doubt (album)  Sean Combs  The Slim Shady LP  Stankonia 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 WikiProject Hip hop! 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 {{{1}}} 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. {{Hh-barnstar-alt}} Talk The Hip Hop Barnstar {{{1}}} For an editor who has made significant contributions to a hip hop-related article/articles or the WikiProject itself.

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?	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.
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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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