[WikiEN-l] Featured article deterioration

[Ben Greenberg]

On the hip hop music article you can see how huge, informative chunks of 
text are replaced with useless, POV edits.  For example:

"What many fail to recognize is the distinct importance of the gritty, 
choppy sound of hip hop. The music seldom sounds like other organic forms. 
Even hip hop crews that have their own band often use samples and the 
gritty, choppy texture of machines to create their beats in the studio as 
featured on their album (when performing live, they usually recreate this 
sound with a full band). One popular misconception is that samples and drum 
machines exist in hip hop music as merely a lazy substitute for a real band; 
in fact, hip hop producers obsess over the [[timbre]], texture and frequency 
of specific samples and drum machine sounds. A session drummer playing James 
Brown's Funky Drummer break is no substitute for the sampled break from the 
original record. However, in recent years, there has been a tendency towards 
original instrumental compositions in hip hop from the likes of artists and 
producers such as [[Timbaland]], [[OutKast]], [[The Roots]] and [[The 
Neptunes]]."

is replaced with:

"Many producers and listeners pride certain records for being hip hop lore, 
the source of samples and breaks. To this day, producers use arcane 
equipment to replicate the same rough sound used in older records. This 
lends credibility to the records and serves as a historical reminder to the 
listeners of hip hop's origins."