West Coast Connection Forum
DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: El the Self Image on October 29, 2008, 12:11:08 PM
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Ok, so all day and night y'all be postin' shit about Bishop Lamont and Dj Quick and G Malone and Dj this that and the other nigga....
But how many of Y'ALL do this Hip-Hop thing here? and not just the keystyle people either..... You CAN NOT TELL ME THAT I AM THE ONLY ACTUAL ARTISTS PARTICIPATING ON THIS BOARD?????
My Name is Él the Self Image, formerly of a crew called Mansion of Mayhem that I had been wit for 6 years. I put out 2 solo albums while part of that group and the group didn't do shit (hence the "formerly" part) The first album was a cheap ass CD I burned and sold about 500 copies on the streets of OC/LA/IE counties.... My second album, Timeless, is still available online, just visit my myspace page.... and in the streets, I have sold over 800 units in OC/LA/IE/SD, The Bay, Arizona, Indiana, and I think Texas...... I AM NOT A HOUSEHOLD NAME, BUT I'M SERIOUS ABOUT MY BUSINESS AND I VERY MUCH PLAN ON GETTING TO THAT POINT....
I have my own imprint, Half Past 10 Productions, and my group is Parkin' Lot Drunks, which consist of myself and my brotha from another motha, X-Streem.
We are currently working on our first mixtape ever for either of us, but also the mixtape will serve as the first official release from the Parkin' Lot Drunks..... I have my 3rd solo album also in the works "Life Music" which I will release next year after we've circulated the mixtape for a while.... and my partner X-Streem will be releasing an album next year called "X-Streem Reloaded"....
I am also a producer, I have been producing for about 7 years (the last 3 taking it seriously) and I have produced tracks for The Chise, Ill-Lit, BG Tha Realist, Lil-Ant, OC's Finest VAPES, and more..... I am currently submitting instrumentals for the next Shady Records album from Ca$his which will be called "The Art of Deing", so y'all wish a nigga luck!!!!!!!!!
At anyrate, enough about me, what about y'all, I know someone's got to have a better resume than me???
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I used to, but I quit after my group split and now we're scattered all over the country.
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I am a hip-hop journalist/staff writer for multiple websites/publications.
www.raptalk.net
www.illuminati2g.net
www.wordofsouth.com
.44 Magazine
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I make beats every now and then and I plan on trying to get into music production, I'm tryin' to get serious with it lol
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I make a few beats and freestyle over instrumentals. I dont sell mixtapes or anything though.
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im what they they call the neighborhood pharmacist. you want it, i got it. 8)
i've been DJing since my soph year of high school (4+ years now). ive done a couple of mixtapes and working on putting out some over the net. im always making tapes for my people.. every day i get a phone call from someone askin for a new tape lol
oh, and a couple of people are down with me from the industry. 8)
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I have made rap songs before.
I also slang guns like real rappers.
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I am a hip-hop journalist/staff writer for multiple websites/publications.
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www.myspace.com/trenchtownhustlaz
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I am a hip-hop journalist/staff writer for multiple websites/publications.
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I'm a rapper, manager, producer, engineer, writer, promoter, journalist, radio show host, film editor in this music shit
www.soprup.com
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Google DJ R-Tistic or R-Tistic
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I spit for about 10 years with my crew and we did a couple "albums" together. Then we split and now I'm mainly just doing beats and do solo joints once and a while when I have the time. I'm going to try to put together a solo project just cause I always wanted to and then probably dip out of the game though... unless people like it. I'm forever doing beats though.
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I used to, but I quit after my group split and now we're scattered all over the country.
LOL......y'all probably were wack as fuck. fake ass milli vinilli.
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produce in spare time. got a couple songs with the homie young threat from inglewood, danny boy on a track, tash n eswift on a track, and im tryin to reach out 2 bad azz n g malone and hopefully j-rock. oh yea, and ab-soul says he used an instrumental i gave him on a mixtape coming out soon...
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I am a hip-hop journalist/staff writer for multiple websites/publications.
+ For my case A & R for Global with street team for Mass Appeal Entertainment.
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I used to, but I quit after my group split and now we're scattered all over the country.
LOL......y'all probably were wack as fuck. fake ass milli vinilli.
Yeah we weren't that good.
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www.myspace.com/razorthedon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YDW-WeDcDM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iuCGDJzmtc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_IPAXJuwCk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHHl99Bvsv4
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Good luck but if ur not already in hip hop, then its over. No more new stars. Fo real, its really a wrap for aspiring rappers. Hip hop is slowing disappearing into a fusion of things.
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Good luck but if ur not already in hip hop, then its over. No more new stars. Fo real, its really a wrap for aspiring rappers. Hip hop is slowing disappearing into a fusion of things.
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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I used to, but I quit after my group split and now we're scattered all over the country.
how big is your country? jw, like if it were me n my homies lol that shit ll be far as fuck.
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im studyin muzik instead of jus releasin shit and sayin go pick up my muzik
gotta create the craft and master it, then release it!
build the foundation, so until its ready to be surfaced for media purposes, I aint gon say shit about it!
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I used to, but I quit after my group split and now we're scattered all over the country.
how big is your country? jw, like if it were me n my homies lol that shit ll be far as fuck.
It's not that big, but it's not that easy to travel unless you're flying (which is expensive as fuck).
(http://www.nm-hotels.no/images/norge_regioner.gif)
Anyway, I live almost all the way up north within the light blue shade and the others moved to the yellow and green areas.
Europe:
(http://www.traveldocs.com/images/europe_b.jpg)
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pulled a map outta nowhere!!!
good shit
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Peep Out Denmark:) like a fuckin island!
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ic ic, those diff colors represent something like states?
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ic ic, those diff colors represent something like states?
Nah, those are the different regions. North, Mid, East, West and South.
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Google DJ R-Tistic or R-Tistic
I think you did a mixtape for some of my homies.... only problem is I drink too much to remember who it was... You know Noah Jones???
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produce in spare time. got a couple songs with the homie young threat from inglewood, danny boy on a track, tash n eswift on a track, and im tryin to reach out 2 bad azz n g malone and hopefully j-rock. oh yea, and ab-soul says he used an instrumental i gave him on a mixtape coming out soon...
Shit homie, lemme cop some of them, Bad a$$ got issues these days....
But, all you gotta do is catch G Malone somewhere, the local rumors all say he's cool as fuck, and that all OC folks talkin, so if you an LA native, he probably got love for you off the top.... His brother owns Club Blew in Westminster (corner of Beach BLVD and Westminster BLVD) so you can catch him there sometimes....
Holla atcha boy!
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I am a hip-hop journalist/staff writer for multiple websites/publications.
www.raptalk.net
www.illuminati2g.net
www.wordofsouth.com
.44 Magazine
Umm, don't take this the wrong way, but Lunatic, you wouldn't happen to be a bald headed Mexican dude, about 5'7" wit a mustache and a stomach would you????
I got a raptalk.net business card in my desk right now, the guy I just described above was suppose to do an article on me and the OC. Hip-Hop scene, but that fool kept flakin'........ couldn't even return a fucken phone call.... and cold part is, dude saw me at a Frank Knitty event and because I was wit Deziak Clan, he must have assumed I was hot shit and offered to do an article on me..... gave me his card, and then didn't answer the phone or his emails...... I hope this person isn't you, cause I'd hate to have to hate you :)
If not, then hey..... I hope you'll be writing about my exploits soon!
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^ good lookin out, i think i might try n find him there then. last time i talked to bad azz he was coo as hell, i seen him at this studio i go to in whittier. i showed him some of the beats i had and he was freestylin crazy over one. he ripped it, imma try and get at him to do a whole song soon. just roundin up funds to get at these cats adds up...
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im studyin muzik instead of jus releasin shit and sayin go pick up my muzik
gotta create the craft and master it, then release it!
build the foundation, so until its ready to be surfaced for media purposes, I aint gon say shit about it!
ahhhh, the consumate student huh???? well I can't knock your method of attacking the beast....
BUT, if you don't practice what you learn, then all that learning is wasted.... practice makes perfect, not class rooms....
You should be workin on music constantly, even if you're in school, work your way thru your classes..... it will make the information you're learning stick a lot better.....
-Él
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Umm, don't take this the wrong way, but Lunatic, you wouldn't happen to be a bald headed Mexican dude, about 5'7" wit a mustache and a stomach would you????
I can't think of his name, but you talked to the owner of that site.
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Umm, don't take this the wrong way, but Lunatic, you wouldn't happen to be a bald headed Mexican dude, about 5'7" wit a mustache and a stomach would you????
I can't think of his name, but you talked to the owner of that site.
COOL, well fuck him.....
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I bought myself the turntables and I've done my first show last monday. I get circa $100 + all inclusive, it's was hella independent party. Rite now I save some money for Serato and I wanna start DJing on full speed. I'm 17, I just start getting some experiences.
I left anything for music, so I'll be down with music everytime.
Peace.
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Umm, don't take this the wrong way, but Lunatic, you wouldn't happen to be a bald headed Mexican dude, about 5'7" wit a mustache and a stomach would you????
I can't think of his name, but you talked to the owner of that site.
COOL, well fuck him.....
You talkin bout Styles.
(http://a674.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/57/l_61a1b799ebd98a47fc5b1845f3b8bd11.jpg)
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i got a little group (down to a duo for the past couple years), make beats, rap, the usual....we done a few 'albums', mainly self pressed up or burned, straight out the trunk and consignment type shit....done alotta shows around LA, mainly opening act shit for people like 2mex, Delinquent habits, abstract rude, defari, LA symphony, myka nyne, sunspot jonz, etc, etc....we used to be more involved in the LA underground scene, but the last couple years everyday life shit gets in the way (kids, rent, hustling, etc.)...i dont spam my shit in here, cuz even I hate that constant shit in here, so i leave the myspace links in the sig for whoever wanna check it....
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Not Styles, another dude.
EDIT: it's "Junior".
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I've been rapping for some years, and recorded shitloads of material, but nothing's come out besides a few free online mixtapes. I was pretty serious at one point, but now it's more of a hobby thing. I have collaborated with some names tho... On the first (unreleased) mixtape I worked on, we had beats from Assassin and Da Playboy Foundation (norwegian crew, dope as fuck, did alot of beats for Jay Tee & Baby Beesh and their folks... Check out What's Goin' On w/ them and Frost).
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i got a little group (down to a duo for the past couple years), make beats, rap, the usual....we done a few 'albums', mainly self pressed up or burned, straight out the trunk and consignment type shit....done alotta shows around LA, mainly opening act shit for people like 2mex, Delinquent habits, abstract rude, defari, LA symphony, myka nyne, sunspot jonz, etc, etc....we used to be more involved in the LA underground scene, but the last couple years everyday life shit gets in the way (kids, rent, hustling, etc.)...i dont spam my shit in here, cuz even I hate that constant shit in here, so i leave the myspace links in the sig for whoever wanna check it....
I feel ya on not spamming in here, but then again, folks like me and even some A&R's pay attention to that shit....
You never know man, cause there's no such thing as bad publicity except for no publicity.....
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Well, anyone who's interested.....
I'm down to collab wit folks, I have my home studio in Cypress, and I am mobile....
I can't guarantee you that you'll get famous off me, but folks will hear the music....
DJ's, producers (yes I produce, but I like to rap on other niggas beats), MC's, Singers, writters... anybody....
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i just peeped your shit homie, you got sum dope stuff no doubt, i feel the vibe you on, that west coast bomb cut is dope, was that u on the hook? who did the beat? (we drunks over here too, in the worse way!)....good shit man, keep grindin' and good luck wit your hustle.....
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ya know i just checked yo shit out. that shits pretty good homie! good production, some of the lyrics could be improved on but its still dope.
http://www.myspace.com/platinumsounds310
check my shit out when u get a minute. 1st track is the one danny boy is on (waiting on him to send me the pro tools sessions so i can put it together tho), tash n e-swift did the 4th track (still waitin on pro tools sessions for that one 2), young threat on the 2nd track solo, and the others are instrumentals im finding the artists for.
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I'm a producer...i've worked with 40 Glocc, Dirty Birdy, Westside Bugg, B-Legit And More... www.myspace.com/909lab
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I'm an up and coming Producer/Engineer
Just finishing last year of school now...
If you are intretsed in checking out our beats..we just did one with Dynamic Certified, called Couple Stax
We have a bunch coming up from some well known artists later in the year...
If you are an up and coming artist that needs their records mixed, we are cheap right now while we are in school...
Hit us on the myspace if you wanna talk about mixing your demos....it's night and day quality wise
(Trax with Tech and DC GANG are not mixed because the mixed versions will be on projects that are for sale...)
www.myspace.com/aaamusicgroup
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I'm just a fan...
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I'm White
Nuff said
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I've been rapping over some beats now and then for the past couple of years and I'm trying to get my mixtape done, early 2009, with my homie Simple García. It's in spanish, tho.
So if you need a spanish verse, holla at me, LOL!
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i just peeped your shit homie, you got sum dope stuff no doubt, i feel the vibe you on, that west coast bomb cut is dope, was that u on the hook? who did the beat? (we drunks over here too, in the worse way!)....good shit man, keep grindin' and good luck wit your hustle.....
Thanks for the love, most appreciated.... West Coast Bomb is done over a Dj Quick beat, and the hook and second verse are the homie Rythm K....
a lot of the stuff on my page right now is mixtape shit..... Glitters Ain't Golden, In My Life ft. Noah Jones, and Cherrish You (if that song is even still there) are all songs that I produced.....
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I'm White
Nuff said
???? not really buddy.... so are you saying that you can't rap cause you're white? cause the homie Epademik would beg to differ..... My fam from Ill Lit would like to challenge that notion..... I don't play the race game in my music, if somebody is dope, they dope, if not, then not... that's it....
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I'm White
Nuff said
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Im a Producer/Engineer...Ive worked with Crooked I, Dubb, and most of the Hoodz Finezt Camp, Young Chris of Roc a Fella and some future Black Wall Street stuff comin soon.
If any Dj's producers or emcees need any beats or mixing n mastering, hit me up.
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Most of the people in this thread are the main problem with hip-hop today. No one's content to be a fan anymore - they have to be a wanna-be artist too. As KRS One once said, there was a time when to release a record you had to undergo a rite of passage in terms of rocking shows and mics before you were lauded good enough to cut a record. Now that's gone. The internet allows any dick to be 'a producer'. A damn shame.
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Most of the people in this thread are the main problem with hip-hop today. No one's content to be a fan anymore - they have to be a wanna-be artist too. As KRS One once said, there was a time when to release a record you had to undergo a rite of passage in terms of rocking shows and mics before you were lauded good enough to cut a record. Now that's gone. The internet allows any dick to be 'a producer'. A damn shame.
thats bullshit cuz its a good outlet for people to put their music out. if the music is good and people catch on they might get somewhere, its the same thing as sellin shit out your trunk and getting enough support to be big time. its also good promotion for people looking for artists/prodcuers. thats not a bad thing homie, it can actually be a real good thing.
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Shit homie, lemme cop some of them, Bad a$$ got issues these days....
What you mean by that?
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Most of the people in this thread are the main problem with hip-hop today. No one's content to be a fan anymore - they have to be a wanna-be artist too. As KRS One once said, there was a time when to release a record you had to undergo a rite of passage in terms of rocking shows and mics before you were lauded good enough to cut a record. Now that's gone. The internet allows any dick to be 'a producer'. A damn shame.
+1
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I used to, but I quit after my group split and now we're scattered all over the country.
LOL......y'all probably were wack as fuck. fake ass milli vinilli.
Yeah we weren't that good.
LO muthafuckn L
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was a rapper..but decided to do beat making and producing.
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Shit homie, lemme cop some of them, Bad a$$ got issues these days....
What you mean by that?
I got a few homies (who coincidently do not know each other) who tell identicle stories about Bad Azz. He's an awesome artists, but has some major problems in his personal and business life.....
I was basically suggesting (in a nice sugared way) that you might want to spend more energy on getting G Malone than getting Bad Azz because NO ONE has blown up from doing anything with Bad Azz..... where as G Malone was instrumental in the success of The Young Hoggs who are currently enjoying a lucrative and growing underground carrier......
no disrespect to Bad Azz was intended. Strictly Business, Never Personal.....
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Most of the people in this thread are the main problem with hip-hop today. No one's content to be a fan anymore - they have to be a wanna-be artist too. As KRS One once said, there was a time when to release a record you had to undergo a rite of passage in terms of rocking shows and mics before you were lauded good enough to cut a record. Now that's gone. The internet allows any dick to be 'a producer'. A damn shame.
quoting KRS-One for the greater evil..... that is so blasphemous.....
Look homie, I don't know if you were refering to me or to others in this thread (cause I been rockin stages since 2001 and didn't release my first CD until 2005) but the fact of the matter is, anyone who does this Hip-Hop shit and is any good at it, IS A FAN!!!!!
How can you make Hip-Hop without being a fan of it in the first place?????? That's like playin Jazz piano and not being able to stand Miles Davis... that's fuckin stupid.....
Granted, there is A LOT of FILLER in today's Hip-Hop market.... but open your eyes, it's not just Hip-Hop... Rock, alternative, R&B, Soul.... all genre's of music have had their ranks infiltrated by people who have little to no actual talent with regards to their respective genres, but that's just the way it goes.... If there were no filler in Hip-Hop, THEN you might start to wonder about us... like, "can Hip-Hop survive?" type shit.....
and then, based on your quotation, How do you know who's a fan, an artist or a "Wannabe" Artist?
Are you suppose to be the judge of all this and we are all suppose to enforce your judgement?????
Are we suppose to call you before we buy a CD from an unknown artist to make sure it's ok????
Oh Please Obi Wan Kenobi, you're our only hope!!!! LMAO fuck that shit.....
THE TRUE POWER OF AN MC IS TO INSPIRE...... KRS, often puts his foot in his mouth with some of the things he says because he seems to forget.... SOMEONE INSPIRED HIM TO RAP, just like he has inspired Thousands if not millions of others to do the same.....The quote that you used, even though you took it out of context, was a bit hipocritical anyways.....
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Most of the people in this thread are the main problem with hip-hop today. No one's content to be a fan anymore - they have to be a wanna-be artist too. As KRS One once said, there was a time when to release a record you had to undergo a rite of passage in terms of rocking shows and mics before you were lauded good enough to cut a record. Now that's gone. The internet allows any dick to be 'a producer'. A damn shame.
i made my fisrt demo tape in 95', way before this myspace shit was cracking (or the internet in general for that matter) & i did it for the same reason i do it now-i luv it, nuthing else. I have no illusions about getting signed or quiting my day job and becoming a millionaire....its fun for me, i enjoy it, and i personally think we aint half bad....i've had the opprtunity to rock shows wit sum of my favorite artists and build wit them about the culture, so that has really been enough for me, im content wit that....like i said before, i aint up in the forum spamming my shit all day, i put it out there for anyone who's interested and ask nuthin in return....i know there's a million heads out there trying to rap, especially nowadays, and its become oversaturated, but it boils down to what they do it for and where their heart is....just because so many heads are trying to make it & most of them are wack, doesnt mean it should keep people with a genuine luv for the culture from doing it too
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Most of the people in this thread are the main problem with hip-hop today. No one's content to be a fan anymore - they have to be a wanna-be artist too. As KRS One once said, there was a time when to release a record you had to undergo a rite of passage in terms of rocking shows and mics before you were lauded good enough to cut a record. Now that's gone. The internet allows any dick to be 'a producer'. A damn shame.
quoting KRS-One for the greater evil..... that is so blasphemous.....
Look homie, I don't know if you were refering to me or to others in this thread (cause I been rockin stages since 2001 and didn't release my first CD until 2005) but the fact of the matter is, anyone who does this Hip-Hop shit and is any good at it, IS A FAN!!!!!
How can you make Hip-Hop without being a fan of it in the first place?????? That's like playin Jazz piano and not being able to stand Miles Davis... that's fuckin stupid.....
Granted, there is A LOT of FILLER in today's Hip-Hop market.... but open your eyes, it's not just Hip-Hop... Rock, alternative, R&B, Soul.... all genre's of music have had their ranks infiltrated by people who have little to no actual talent with regards to their respective genres, but that's just the way it goes.... If there were no filler in Hip-Hop, THEN you might start to wonder about us... like, "can Hip-Hop survive?" type shit.....
and then, based on your quotation, How do you know who's a fan, an artist or a "Wannabe" Artist?
Are you suppose to be the judge of all this and we are all suppose to enforce your judgement?????
Are we suppose to call you before we buy a CD from an unknown artist to make sure it's ok????
Oh Please Obi Wan Kenobi, you're our only hope!!!! LMAO fuck that shit.....
THE TRUE POWER OF AN MC IS TO INSPIRE...... KRS, often puts his foot in his mouth with some of the things he says because he seems to forget.... SOMEONE INSPIRED HIM TO RAP, just like he has inspired Thousands if not millions of others to do the same.....The quote that you used, even though you took it out of context, was a bit hipocritical anyways.....
yup, exactly my sentiments +1