BAY AREA RAP SCENE AWARDS | (July 30th, 2005)

       The 1st Annual B.A.R.S. (Bay Area Rap Scene) Awards @ The San Francisco Masonic Auditorium July 30th, 2005 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. Rainier Garcia of Hood Grown Magazine and dubcnn collaborated on this feature complete with pictures and quotes.
 

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.

Rainier Garcia of Hood Grown Magazine and dubcnn collaborated on this feature complete with pictures and quotes. We have quotes from almost all the artists present at the Awards, as well as many 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.


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!


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 prosperman, 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?