B.A.R.S. Awards - Bay Area
Rap Scene Awards 2005
The 1st Annual B.A.R.S. (Bay Area Rap Scene) Awards @ The San
Francisco Masonic Auditorium July 30th, 2005 was put together by
Booyowski of the Hypnotik Show, and Black Cornerstone Enterprises.
It was the first time in the Bay Area's history, that there was an
award show dedicated to the music, the independence, and the culture
of the Bay Area, aside from hip hop.
I would like to send out a shoutout to Rainier Garcia of Hood Grown
Magazine for providing us with the pictures and quotes for our
DUBCNN.com visitors. Long distance or local... dubcnn is where it's
at!
We have quotes from almost all the artists present at the Awards,
aswell as alot of pictures.
Questions asked by: Rainer
Garcia
Pictures courtesy of:
Rainer Garcia
dubcnn.com: How important is this Bay Area Awards show for
Bay Area Artists?
Doony Baby: It's very important right now, if this goes
right, and we keep doin' it. It's gonna bring more attention. It's
full circle right now, and it's coming back around right now. It's
important that it goes smoothly, so they can see that we can be out
here, and do somethin' positive without gettin' into it and all
that. So they can accept our music more. Beat the stereotype.
Hopefully, this will do
that.
dubcnn.com: What do you think is going on with the Bay Area
movement right now?
Goldie: Um, you know that we are the mothafuckas that jump
started this movement, call the Hyphy Movement courtesy of my man
Rick Rock and E-40. So it's like everbody is followin' suit. It's a
beautiful thing that the Bay got somethin' that we can call our own
and something for each artist and each group to feed off. Everybody
needs somethin' to feed off of, everbody needs a hero. We needed a
hero growin' up. We was lost, we had to build ourselves again.
Everybody needed a hero, we was the mothafuckas that came to the
rescue. Like it or love it, youknowhatimean
dubcnn.com: Where do you see the Bay 5 years from now?
Prophet: I see the Bay in a level of it's own. We're tired of
being 2nd place when it comes to California, and West Coast artists.
People gotta understand that the Bay is no joke. We're tired of now
being played on the top 5 radio stations in the country. Tired of
not being on MTV, and BET. Everyone needs to come together,
conglomerate to make this shit work.
dubcnn.com: Where do you see The Bay 5 years from now?
Celly Cel: We back man! We risin, they gonna have to start
payin attention. We need to keep having thangs like this Awards
Show. Everybody gettin on eachother's albums, gettin radio play.
It's all love!
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Spice 1: I see the Bay Area as an Icon for independent rap
artists and individuality and talent. this place right here man,
this small place right here, you gotta a lot of people coming out of
here. Even going back to the old school with En Vogue and the Tonies
(Toni! Tony! Tone!). We got so much talent out here, when the world
recognizes it, we'll get our props 5 years from now, cuz we deserve
it. Too $hort, Me, E-40, we've been putting it down for years man.
All we want now is our respect and our props. We do it big.
dubcnn.com: How BIG is this for the Bay Area
Ray Luv: Man, there's no way to measure it. This the first!
This is us being recognized by our fans and by other artists. This
is the beginning of it, getting together, standin up as one. Today
is the 1st annual Bay Area Rap Awards, but it's also Mac Dre day,
youknow whatimean Tupac day, Coughnut day, and all the other cats we
lost.
Mistah F.A.B.: I think if we can push the way we've been
promotin, we will have our run like Atlanta's havin their run right
now, like Houston. All these other regions who have hot market's, if
we continue to push ourselves, we'll be that next hot demographic
that everyone wants to come and get artists from.
J. Nash: Look out for that album, The Bobby Brown of da Town,
The R&B Thug Prince! We tryin to make it positive. We got the first
male R&B act. You got Goapele, Keisha Cole, and then we got me,
coming from Oakland.
Too $hort: The Bay Area has proven already, that regardless
of you know what's going on in the rest of the world. Bay Area
artists are gonna continue to put out records that are supported by
Bay Area fans, so I feel like, no matter what level it lands on, you
know like Houston is blowin out the water, New Orleans, and
whatever. But we take it or leave it. We gonna get our money anyway
and do it anyway. I really feel that something hot is on the
horizon. Next album will be out in a couple of months!
Mac Mall: It's beautiful man, I love it. Everbody is
cooperating and doing they shit. Hopefully we can do this every year
and have our own awards, just for us.
dubcnn.com: What does the Bay Area need to do to get on that
national
level like we had 10 years ago
Keak Da Sneak: Everbody get their turn. The Bay ain't had
it's turn yet. So I'm the people's champ, and I'm the nigga that's
gonna give us that chance and that turn. And it's official, Hello!
dubcnn.com: I'm hearin SuperHyphy everywhere I go, from Las
Vegas, to L.A. How many spins a week you gettin'?
Keak da Sneak: About 600 or so, yadadmean!
dubcnn.com: What does the Bay need to do to get back on that
national level?
Ya Boy: Push me to da front! That's all ya'll need to do. Get
behind Ya Boy!
dubcnn.com: Being that you've been in the rap game for so
long, what do you see in the future for the Bay Area?
JT The Bigga Figga: I see the Bay Area leading and charging a
more constructive way to do independent products. Books, movies,
albums, a way to distribute, a way to transform products into
income. We're leading the charge in the way to generate funds from
your product. That's why they say we the independent Mecca That's
what we are, the independent mecca.
dubcnn.com: You still in the game'?
JT The Bigga Figga: I just did my last SOLO album.
dubcnn.com: You got 100 right'
JT The Bigga Figga: 112 Baby!
dubcnn.com: I know you're not from the Bay Area, but you live
out here.
Where do you see the Bay 5 years from now?
Ice A. Tone: I see the Bay as being strong man, they about to
prosper
man, that's why I came out here. I'm originally from Da Bronx, came
out here, My style is NYC, New York-California, bringin somethin new
to the game. Stay focused, this the way it's gonna go down, feel me?
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