Comments on: New XM Radio lineup leaked: No more classic hip-hop

By: Ken Stodder

Ken Stodder — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:24:34 +0000

Where is High Standards? Sinatra?

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By: Big Steve

Big Steve — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:39:21 +0000

No, we like the real stuff. The Rhyme and Soul Street. Not this Vanilla washed down B.S.

By: Big Steve

Big Steve — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:34:28 +0000

For sure, they have lost my subscription. The only way I will continue on, is if they bring back SOUL STREET and THE RYHME. That format that they replaced these two with are booty. Soul Town is just like regular radio. I liked when heard stuff that regular radio had forgotten. Protest by not renewing your service agreement.

By: Big Steve

Big Steve — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:23:45 +0000

I agree: The Rhyme was it. And they snatched it away just when I was getting a feel for it. Furthermore, Soul Street, which took me back to when I was a child (born in the mid sixties)has been taken away and replaced with straight junk. Yo, I can go back to WDAS for free. They don’t any of that rare shit, that you never hear on free radio. Long live the Rhyme and Soul Street. P.S. I will not re up.

By: J

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:26:20 +0000

I just emailed Xmto complain about them cancelling both old skool hip hop stations. I suggest complaining to them at this email Programming@xmradio.com forward to anyone that loved the Rhyme and Backspin. I’m not paying to listen to that garbage on the radio. I bought xm to get away from 50 cent, Kanye west and the whole 9. I want my old skool BACK!

By: RC

RC — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:44:46 +0000

Okay, there are many of us out here that were privileged to witness the birth of hip hop and grew up with hip hop when rappers honestly rapped and there were these things called “battles”. I am 38 years old, married with two children and I listened to “The Rhyme” everyday. It represented the real form of rap. Getting rid of that station was simply criminal. You now have stations that play only AC/DC and Elvis! Come on! Seriously, whom is feeding you the stats for programming.

I am not picking on the hip hop of today but I feel absolutely no connection with it. I am not trying to sound old school (which I am) but they seem to just be saying nothing to get paid with very tired beats and absolutely no story to tell in the rhymes. Please bring back “The Rhyme” or the Sirrus version of a classic hip hop station.

While you are there, how about bringing back “The Flow” as well.

By: RKS

RKS — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:31:49 +0000

I am upset that the “Chrome” disco channel was cancelled and not repleaced with any other channel that offers disco. They eliminated an entire era of wonderful upbeat dance music. It was the only channel I could rely upon to keep me awake on long driving trips. I’m sorry Frank Sanatra just does not do it. What “smart exec” made that decision anyway? Was the disco era before or after his or her time? Try it. You’ll like it. Especially if you are driving a long distance and need something upbeat to keep you awake. I have already cancelled xmradio in one of my automobiles. The others will probably soon follow.

By: Stuck

Stuck — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:07:19 +0000

To all of you hip hop fans who are upset about losing 65 the Rhyme and 66 Raw I have started a petition at the URL below. We need more signatures, please tell your friends and have them pass it on! The purpose of satellite radio is for everyone to have a choice in what they want to hear. For some reason our choice was taken away from us. But not without a fight! Please, if you feel the same way join us.

http://www.petitiononline.com/RAWRHYME/petition.html

By: CARRESS

CARRESS — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:27:05 +0000

Your voice is attached to your money. Don’t TALK ABOUT cancelling, CANCEL!

Don’t let them buy you off with 3 free months of some crap you don’t want to hear anyway.
and they CAN cancel your radio NOW- you don’t have to wait til the end of our subscription.

By: CARRESS

CARRESS — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:22:47 +0000

I wa SO P*SSED when I couldn’t find the Rhyme. I sent them a hot email, and didn’t hear back after about 4 days, so I decided to cancel. This is how it is -Old school and progressive hiphop gets pushed out of EVERYTHING because it isn’t the money-making nonsense of b*tches and hoes suckin it, n*ggas being ready to die for it, etc.

I can hear Lil Wayne for FREE! and I don’t want to, WHY should we pay for this??
XM will only get the message by people cancelling on XM, citing the fact that XM has cancelled ON US by removing all the classic hiphop, not to mention punk – as if it can be replaced by music that’ not even in the punk genre! They don’t get it, much of the customer base signed on b/c they wanted to hear something that isn’t played on the radio.

I’m 65% The Rhyme
10% soul sations
20% talk radio
5% comedy
Talk radio is rife with commercials, the comedy has sucked for the last year or two, and I can pump classic soul from my MP# all day long.

By: stan martin

stan martin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:36:25 +0000

bring back mz kitti and leo g. xm 66 is not the same. not een close. i thought a finally found a radio show i really enjoyed listennig to and looked forward to listenning to.

please bring them back soon.

By: Allison

Allison — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:50:54 +0000

What are you Tom?? A Senior GD Citizen??? Satellite Radio is a source for everyone who enjoys music, wants choices and is willing to pay for it. My $12.95 or whatever per month is the same as yours no matter what I listen too. So keep your negative comments off a hip hop page for god’s sakes. I just miss Mz. Kitti. Bring back 66 Raw.

By: Tom Galloway

Tom Galloway — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:33:34 +0000

They should just ban *ALL* rap and hip-hop from the airwaves. All that kind of “music” does is provide drug thugs, rapists and gangsters a method to launder all their drug money. The sooner rap and hip-hop is banned by the FCC, the sooner we’ll have the airwaves returned to decent music, like good old rock’b'roll!

By: E

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:56:05 +0000

This is exactly what is wrong with a monopoly instead of getting the best of both we get the worst of each.

By: thebonafortuna

thebonafortuna — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:36:19 +0000

You’re assuming everyone who has Sirius/XM listens to hiphop. That is most definitely not the case. And you and your friends don’t necessarily constitute a huge following – hiphop/rap have been declining in industry sales for some time now, while Country is inexplicably growing.

By: BWash

BWash — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:27:39 +0000

I am rather curious as to how they chose their lineup. It is most definitely obvious that they didn’t ask anyone that listened to the XM or Sirrus (ala old school hiphop). What’s amazing is that they got rid of channels that had a huge following. 66RAW was an awsome station that gave me something different and now I got Shade 45 with the same ol same ol crap that’s on the radio. Bring back the Rhyme and 66RAW with Leo G and Mz Kitti. need that Blaze mix session in my life right now. How about adding stations and not taking away. The Rhyme and 66RAW was the reason I chose XM over Sirrus in the first place. If you decide to keep Shade 45 let it compliment 66RAW not replace it! XM get you act together!

By: Eman

Eman — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:46:05 +0000

Is there anything we can do to try and get some form of The Rhyme back? I just noticed today it was gone!! was out of town and almost had a car accident trying to figure out what the hell was up.

I’m sure we XM is pressured enough they will have to do something, it’s all about $$$ just hope there’s enough of us out there to make them listen.

By: One-Pissed-Chris

One-Pissed-Chris — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:14:41 +0000

Totally agree! Backspin and Boombox were great stations with great names to boot…This merger thing sucks right now…I emailed Sirius to complain and this is the response:
“Chris, while Boombox and Backspin was retired from our programming, fans
of Boombox can tune in to an all new weekly show featuring break beats
and electro rock on Alt Nation Ch. 21. Fans of Backspin can tune in a
daily Old Skool Rap show on Hip Hop Nation Ch. 40. We are forwarding
your email to the programming department for consideration in bring them
back and we do apologize for any frustration this may have caused you.”
I’d much rather have channels dedicated to their type of music than a station that showcases an hour a day or week. Email Sirius XM people! Let’s get these channels back! If anyone knows of a petition to sign, let me know!!! I’ll be searching myself..

By: Don_San_Diego

Don_San_Diego — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:57:04 +0000

Thank you XM! Love the channel “area”. And you did a great job cutting the crap channels like system and chrome. They were so awful but now I am in love with XM all over again.