mo-x said:
define the bottom of the underground... we're all underground, can we go lower? hehe, if it's pleasing to the ear and doesn't involve too many swears then it can be played on the radio. i'm not talking about playing whack tracks where cats can't even flow. those people aren't emcees, they're developing emcess and until such 'time' that they can keep it over a beat... nobody will give two shits about them. but if they're hungry and they learn and there skills continue to grow, they will get noticed and can touch down on 'The Pavement'... It gives the stuggling emcee something to shoot for. Having your track played once on Kube takes skills, a little bit of money, charisma and finesse... but if you shoot D-Sane/Skunt your dopest track every 3 months and they play it and you're already known to have skills during the freestyle phone battles, they're going to play your shit... most emcees I know are in it for the music so there is a certain sense of validation to here your music played over the air waves regardless of what station it is. Ya dig?
No doubt, I feel you.
When I say bottom of the underground I mean the skills and moves that have been made by an artist. Cause the underground is the underground right. D-Sane and Skunt aren't gonna pick some wack rapper out of the bunch and showcase them or play their music, they would pick artists that actually have something going for themselves, that don't got the shine they diserve... the hungry mother fuckers.... that have earned it, you know.
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YAH, Ima RAPPER, I freeSTYLE with MY FRIENDS at SCHOOL, and I don't perform and oh? who is that? I didn't know there was good hiphop in the NW, huh? Oh btw, I record my vocals with a mic my sister gave me, it goes with the fisher price kareoke machine I use.
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No doubt, I've been writing and performing for 2 years, I've done shows for this cat, and performed here several times, im truly a NW prospect. I don't got allot of money but I work hard everyday and strive towards my goals one step at a time, much respect.
Both are completely unknown artists, who would you choose?
I know it's a basic point, but there has to be a serious haulting point of to what D-Sane and Skunt showcase and play from the underground, example obove...
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