Rapradar.com is on the Radar!

Music blogs and websites have to grab my attention.  They have to be informative and provide information not only first, but also provide news other sources may not even possess.  I chose to review one of the top music blogs, www.rapradar.com.  Immediately I noticed it was very interactive.  The first thing I look for in a website is how interactive it is.  There are updates in the music’s rap and hip-hop scene that are regularly posted to this site.  Videos are embedded on the page.  There are also links that route you to RSS feeds, Twitter, and Facebook Pages.  On the right side, there are links to over 80 other blogs, some are well-known, others not-so-much.  These are blogs to magazines, businesses, musicians, companies, gossip, etc.  It provides you with a little of everything to choose from.  Some days we may feel like wanting to know what’s happening on a personal level with a celebrity.  Other times we may want to know when he/she is putting out new music.  Then there are times when we want to know the ratings of an album before we by it from iTunes, or when the new music video will air.  This is just a site that is not only informative, but interactive, reliable, and current.

What I enjoyed most was the music.  I’m a musician at heart, so when going to this site, seeing the new music that was posted was wonderful.  I never want to feel like I have to search through several websites to find what I want.  The website covers who collaborates with who and who discontinued working with who.  Ultimately, I am looking to be informed and educated.  On the flipside, it did appear a little too dark, as if rap music is depressing.  The main background color of the site is black, as with all the postings.  I would have liked to see a bit more color to enhance my mood.  Too much black makes me become uninterested in the content regardless of how pertinent the information may be to my music search.  But all in all, it was a good read!