Wikipedia:WikiProject Hip-hop/Grade school

Grade school is a sub-page of the Hip hop WikiProject aimed at grading all hip hop articles with a score to identify where each article stands compared to wikipedia's highest standards.

Scoring

Article progress grading scheme
Status	Template	Meaning
???	{{-Class}}	This article has not yet been graded. Please help by grading this article.
Needed	{{Needed-Class}}	The article hasn't been started yet. You can help by creating it.
Stub	{{Stub-Class}}	The article is either a very short article or a stub that will need a lot of work to bring it to A-Class level.
Start	{{Start-Class}}	The article has a decent amount of content, but it is still very weak in certain areas, and may lack a table.
B	{{B-Class}}	The article is "almost there" but it may be missing one of the following: references, balance of content, NPOV or an important section. Alternatively, the English may need a comprehensive rewrite to make it flow.
GA	{{GA-Class}}	The article has passed through the Good article nomination process and has been granted GA status, meeting the good article standards, but still needs some work to reach featured article standards. Good articles that may succeed in FAC should be considered A-Class articles, but being a good article is not a requirement for A-Class.
A	{{A-Class}}	The article provides a well-written and complete description of the topic, as described in How to write a Great Article. It includes a well-written introduction to the topic, and an appropriate series of headings to break up the article. It should have sufficient external literature references, preferably from the "hard" literature rather than websites. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems.
FA	{{FA-Class}}	Reserved exclusively for articles that have received "Featured article" status, and meet the current criteria for featured articles.

Comments section

Possible notes to add:

needs pictures.
too many pictures.
layout in need of improvement.
in need of references.
disputed article.
templates/infoboxes need to be added/improved.

Contributing

To add an article to the table, simply copy in the code

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Please add your article into the table in alphabetical order.

To evaluate articles, just change the template corresponding to the grade you are giving the article. Add your grade and make as many comments as necessary to give the other members of the project a better idea of what needs to be done. If you are the primary or main contributor to an article, feel free to list it, but please refrain from evaluating it. This is to ensure that the evaluations are neutral.

Artists

Title	Date assessed	Grade	Comments	Assessed by
?uestlove	April 19, 2006	B	Fairly complete. Could use an image/table.	Rockero
1200 Techniques	April 27, 2006	B	Practically as good an article as it'll ever get.	Modulatum
50 Cent	April 19, 2006	B	Lead could be expanded, some missing information, sometimes unencyclopedic tone/slang and no references/notes.	Tutmosis
Aim (musician)	April 23, 2006	Start	Needs organization and image formatting.	Rockero
The Alchemist	April 19, 2006	Start	Needs general clean-up.	Rockero
Black Alien & Speed	April 19, 2006	???	Needs assessment.	Rockero
Ciara	April 19, 2006	???	Needs assessment	Rockero
Common	October 26, 2006	B	Needs more detail and content	NPswimdude500
Def Wish Cast	April 19, 2006	???	Needs assessment	Rockero
J Dilla	April 27, 2006	B	This article is very well-written. Good Article?	Modulatum
Edo Maajka	April 19, 2006	B	Lots of information and images. Tagged for clean-up. A lot of discussion on the talkpage indicates problems.	Rockero
Eminem	April 19, 2006	B	Needs references/notes.	Tutmosis
Gabriel, O Pensador	April 23, 2006	Start	Needs editing for tone.	Rockero
Grandmaster Flash	April 21, 2006	Start	As a biography of one of the pioneers, this article should go into greater depth.	Rockero
DJ Green Lantern	April 19, 2006	???	Tagged for cleanup.	Rockero
Hi-Tek	April 19, 2006	???	Needs assessment.	Rockero
Hilltop Hoods	April 19, 2006	???	Needs assessment.	Rockero
Lil' Kim	April 19, 2006	B	Needs references/notes and more expansion. (No mention of film appearances in core article, only a list).	Tutmosis
Marcelo D2	April 23, 2006	Start	Tagged for cleanup and improvement of translation.	Rockero
DJ Muggs	April 19, 2006	Start	Some good info. Needs expansion and organization.	Rockero
Nas	April 19, 2006	B	Needs references/notes.	Tutmosis
The Notorious B.I.G.	April 19, 2006	B	Needs references/notes and some sentences sound unencyclopedic.	Tutmosis
Onyx	April 19, 2006	Stub	Needs improvement in all areas.	Tutmosis
Scott Storch	April 19, 2006	???	Mostly just list.	Rockero
Tupac Shakur	April 19, 2006	B	Lead could be improved.	Tutmosis
Wu-Tang Clan	April 19, 2006	B	Missing references/notes.	Tutmosis
Xzibit	April 19, 2006	Start	In need of a longer lead, more expansion and pictures.	Tutmosis

Music: Albums, songs, styles and subgenres

Title	Date assessed	Grade	Comments	Assessed by
The Chronic	April 19, 2006	???	Needs assessment.	Rockero
East Coast hip hop	April 19, 2006	B	Needs references and a longer lead. Provides general history of the sub genre, but does not go into much detail about the style of the genre itself.	Chubdub
Eazy-E	May 6, 2006	GA	Needs more references.	TheJabberwʘck
Filipino hip hop	May 6, 2006	GA	Too many pictures, in my opinion. Looks cluttered.	TheJabberwʘck
Illmatic	April 28, 2006	FA	Now a featured article!	TheJabberwʘck
Rapping	April 19, 2006	A	Well written, researched with references and footnotes provided. Documents every aspect of the topic. Very close to FA status in my opinion	Chubdub
Tupac Shakur	May 6, 2006	GA	"The references in this article would be clearer with a different style of citation, footnoting or external linking."	TheJabberwʘck

Culture

Title	Date assessed	Grade	Comments	Assessed by
Breakdancing	April 19, 2006	???	Needs assessment.	Rockero
Graffiti	May 6, 2006	A	"The references in this article would be clearer with a different style of citation, footnoting or external linking." More significantly, article fails to mention any connection to hip hop culture whatsoever.	TheJabberwʘck, Urthogie