The music reviews are somewhat randomly selected, but we try to review albums that we know will be heavily pushed by the industry as well as underground stuff. It all depends on what our Hatas can get their hands on (regular purchase, downloads, bootleg, etc). Sometimes we have trouble getting albums because we tend to review albums far more critically than these so-called "Hip-Hop" magazines, that put the artist they are supposed to be reviewing on the cover, to sell the magazine (how's that for objectivity). Needless to say major record labels are not sending us free copies of their artist albums. As already stated, here at playahata.com we don't believe "it's all good" and "it's all just entertainment". Unlike most reviews we try to grade music from several angles; dealing with how it sounds, to content, to creativity and originality; to  production; to what percentage of the songs are decent. If you consider yourself a thug, gangsta, pimp, playa, balla, hoe, hot-girl, hot-boy, or whatever other ignorant title people are giving themselves these days, then chances are you won't like some of our reviews too much. Don't get all upset if we diss your favorite artist - we're almost sure your favorite wouldn't be upset if we dissed you. If you have a gripe with a review then contact the Hata who wrote it, music is supposed to be art and thus subjective plus constructive criticism is always welcome since that is what we consider Playahatin' to be all about. Some reviews stay posted for longer than others because they are what we call " staple reviews" (figure  it out) or the artist doesn't come out regularly with new material. 

The movies reviewed are posted because those happen to be the movies that one of our Hata's got a chance to view. Almost all movie reviews get posted within the 1st week but if we don't review it after a month, we will probably just skip it. Reviews are simply the opinion of that Hata. Many of our movie reviews speak to the subtle message that the movie carries because despite the hollow mantra of  "it's only a movie" we know better than to accept that slogan. In general Hollywood films are cinematic entertainment told from a perspective that confirms the current status quo. This status quo viewpoint of society is often that of middle and upper class, Caucasian males and the movies are designed to appeal to this psyche. As African-Americans (and some other people of color) we navigate in this society with what W.E.B DuBois called a double consciousness. DuBois asserted that blacks were of America, yet not so---living in  two worlds that could complement or be at war with each other. And like many before him, DuBois showed how this dichotomy could affect black American life so profoundly. This conflict is also present in areas which we think are irrelevant but are presented globally on our behalf, such as entertainment. Concepts and ideas we love and  hate work themselves into art forms we are captivated by, and ultimately, it is as if everything is propaganda and propaganda is  everything.