Why is Sirius now censoring their music, especially on the Hip-Hop channels and Lithium?
Good question. When Lithium was totally Sirius, they bleeped nothing. Now that the merger between Sirius and XM’s complete, Sirius killed XM’s version of Lithium, Lucy, and replaced that with a new version of Lithium. Back when XM and Sirius were seperate, XM had an “XL” rating for channels that contained “Xtreme Language”. Despite the fact that a lot of music from the 1990’s contained profanity, XM did not give Lucy an “XL” rating, meaning that the channel was suitable for family listening. However, when the merger completed, Lithium apparently got Lucy’s backlog from D.C. and is now playing it. Pretty much the same goes for the other affected channels. Whether or not if Sirius will restore the censored versions of the now-bleeped songs is up to Sirius and not us. If you, like me is pissed over Sirius’s decision, contact them by going to their website.
