This article provides a great service as a historical record “straight-setter” (if that’s even a proper word…) and expresses well the legit frustration of real fans deep into the genre who care about this stuff. Trust me, there are similarly-situated rock ‘n rollers who harbor many closely analogous emotions and outrages over the “Almost Famous”es and the like, so in that sense, hip-hop is not alone. The only thing I might take issue with here is the writer’s attitude of the audience “being thrown a bone”, etc. It’s kind of lame and does nothing to either further his argument or lead the way forward. And also, it’s important to keep in mind (although it’s not the point of an article like this to say so) the question of whether the show succeeds as entertainment — can it be taken on its own terms and enjoyed? My take after watching the pilot is that it’s basically a coming of age story set against the hip hop era, where the historical elements almost need to be distorted and “curated” to serve the main character’s arc. On the other hand, putting records from years later into the mix or even worse, onscreen, is astonishingly poor execution. A year or so, okay; but even so those details are where an older cat like me will shake his head and lose interest because the producers lack the interest to reach for greatness, instead ultimately settling only for yet another coming of age drama. And so it goes.