Author Topic: Keep it real Mainstream has no love for the West (Read 242 times)

YaKno7 · « **on:** May 18, 2009, 08:49:53 PM »

Publishing mediums: like xxl/vibe get a pass

TV mediums :106 & MTV2 & Random Video Countdowns

Radio mediums: Top 40, Urban Radio(Black Radio)

Award Shows : bet/mtv

187Proof · « **Reply #1 on:** May 18, 2009, 09:08:55 PM »

Right now, the West has no one to blame but ourselves.

It all comes in full circle though. Be ready.

YaKno7 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 18, 2009, 09:13:30 PM »

I don't know about that boss Pac passed in 96. If it wasn't for Dre with the help of 50 which came almost 9 years later, there would still be no mainstream
full factor besides the legends like Cube/Snoop/Dre etc representing for the West.

Tons of dope emcees out here, while half assed street rappers rapping about same shit with just lesser skill and lesser credibility shining right now
ie: gucci ....juiceman....

M Dogg™ · « **Reply #3 on:** May 18, 2009, 09:15:54 PM »

No one in the west has put shit out all year. In 2009, I ain't heard any noise out west. I love my home, but we need to get new stars, with a new image and do it big. Mainstream is played out with that gangsta image and low riders representing the west.

YaKno7 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 18, 2009, 09:19:08 PM »

It's always going be a market for gangsta rap, it's a market for Scarface isn't it and it was a market for western cowboy movies

I'm not buying that at all.

M Dogg™ · « **Reply #5 on:** May 18, 2009, 10:58:17 PM »

Quote from: YaKno7 on May 18, 2009, 09:19:08 PM

It's always going be a market for gangsta rap, it's a market for Scarface isn't it and it was a market for western cowboy movies

I'm not buying that at all.

there's a market, but it wouldn't push 1,000,000 in sales.

Triple OG Rapsodie · « **Reply #6 on:** May 19, 2009, 12:05:55 AM »

Fuck the mainstream. The music has gotten much better now that its underground and independent. Now we actually have "emcees" not just gangsta rappers. And fuck anyone trying to bring it back to the mainstream.