User:Alexp10801/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Gangsta rap

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
This article was listed as C-class and is relevant to our broad topic of intersectionality in music due to the difficult race-related issues involved. This article appears to lay a good foundation in addressing the artists, styles, time periods and geographical locations involved in this genre of music that has been so significant to the popular music scene.

Evaluate the article
The lead section does an excellent job at giving the reader a concise first impression of what gangsta rap is and lays out the important people, events, debates and other background that the reader can expect to learn more about in the article.

Without doing further research, the content of the article is highly effective in expanding upon the material introduced in the lead section with a detailed timeline, important people and concepts, all organized in a way that's relatively easy to follow.

This article does an OK job at encouraging readers to be more open-minded about the issues and ideas surrounding gangsta rap. It does not present any side in a way that seems obviously persuasive, but it appears to offer a more detailed account of the arguments in favor of gangsta rap than of the arguments against. For instance, at the start of the "criticism and debate" section, two sentences explaining the "against" side, and the demographics of that side, are followed by two longer paragraphs explaining arguments "for" and including elaboration and citation.

Sources and citations seem mostly consistent, accessible and appropriate for this topic. Sources taking both sides of the gangsta rap debate are utilized and their arguments are presented in a neutral tone.

No pictures or other media are present in the article - perhaps a few visualizations could improve the quality of the article and its impact on the reader.

There are discussions on this article's talk page regarding the importance of some people and things over others, nitpicky things about the writing, and a bit of a heated debate over how important it should be to mention the criminal records of many notable gangsta rappers. The article is part of three WikiProjects, all of which rate the article a C-class. Additionally, the Art category lists it as a level-5 vital article while WikiProject Vital Articles rates it a Start-Class.

This article has a great foundation and lays out a concise and understandable outline of the topic of gangsta rap. It clearly defines and explains concepts and lays out the important events, people and organizations involved in a very organized way. Perhaps this article could use some visuals and audio samples and provide better balance between the two sides of the debate.