Paid Dues Recap + Photos!

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Jan 2, 2006
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A lot of closed minded mutherfuckers at paid dues.. Went on youtube and there was videos saying "Atmosphere at Paid dues" then in the description it says "Atmosphere was the best show of the night.. fuck tech n9ne".. I guess a lot of those type of underground hip hoppers dont like tech from what ive seen.
I think what you meant was..you saw one video with that description, with 3 out of 7 comments (not counting the comment from the person who put up the video) on the video that went a long with what the description said.

I know you really like Tech, Jride..but it's okay...people will talk shit and there is nothing you can do about it.

Atmosphere<3
 

Yang

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May 2, 2004
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#49
I love how one random guy with a camera calling some other random guys weird has caused a thread where hate is flung at any and everybody.
 
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Live: Paid Dues Indie Hip-Hop Festival in San Bernardino
Possibly discouraged by $40 ticket prices and a long drive east, only a few thousand fans show up for a generally solid daylong show.

By Jeff Weiss
March 30, 2009


The fourth annual Paid Dues Festival, held Saturday at the National Orange Show Events Center in San Bernardino, straddled the tenuous divide between serving as a celebration of the leading lights of the backpack breed of indie rap -- a movement formed in the late '90s as a response to the rap that was being played on the radio at the time, which was perceived by some as too corporate -- and operating as a Petri dish for the flaws of the contemporary underground.

Despite an energetic slate of performers, the 120-acre sprawl of the NOS Events center often felt gloomy and vacant, with a 40,000 capacity but only a few thousand in attendance. The one-two assault of the recession and the two-hour-plus drive from Los Angeles (in Saturday afternoon traffic hell), no doubt kept the masses away, but the $40 face-value tickets, $15 parking fees and exorbitant concession prices certainly didn't help either.

Even with the ill-chosen location, the glut of consummate professionals on the bill ensured enough compelling performances to justify the event's raison d'être.

In particular, headliner Atmosphere illustrated why, after a 15-year marathon grind, he's finally earned the radio play and Top 10 Billboard chart placement that had eluded him for most of his career. Rapper Slug's poetic heart-on-sleeve tangents always have struck a chord with collegiate crowds, and at Saturday's performance, which featured turns from fellow artists Brother Ali and Murs and DJ/producer Ant, the audience mouthed along to every word, hands perpetually in the air.

Meanwhile, Slaughterhouse -- a rap super-group composed of major-label refugees Joe Buddens, Royce Da' 5'9," Joell Ortiz and Crooked I -- made its West Coast debut, donning butcher's aprons, prison jumpsuits and splashing red-colored liquid on the crowd. Displaying a rowdy and raw energy worthy of Onyx or early Wu-Tang, the set was technically flawless and surprisingly well-rehearsed -- a performance providing an immediacy often lacking in the sub-genre, with each performer rapping as though he carried daggers in his teeth.

But the day wasn't without its disappointments.

Backed by two dancer/hype-men, Kansas City's Tech N9ne, one of the paramount independent success stories of the last decade, put on a rambunctious set of his Bone Thugs N' Harmony meets Bay Area hyphy raps. Although the audience didn't seem to mind, it appeared that N9ne was lip-syncing, a regular occurrence in the pop world but an act of apostasy in the purist-oriented universe of indie-ground rap.

Cage and Blu and Exile, two of the days' most vaunted acts, were missed by most, thanks to their time slots early on the bill.

Festival organizers Guerilla Union and Murs 3:16 deserve praise for their preservationist instincts and tireless work to keep the torch of independent rap lighted. But conversely, there was something overly familiar about the affair, as though it occurred in an alternate 1999 time warp.

For independent rap to sustain its relevance beyond this generation, evolution is necessary. Too much time was spent on insecure boasts decrying corporate bogeymen, or self-aggrandizing claims about being "that real hip-hop."

The first tenet of the culture is staying fresh and maintaining that wild style. The only thing as important as paying your dues is continuing to push things forward.

SOURCE: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-hiphop30-2009mar30,0,3603392.story

PHOTOS: http://dailybulletin.mycapture.com/...?image=22981682&event=720864&CategoryID=26467

DAMN! I read a few different recaps, and this one by far has the most hate in it.... the other ones were shit too, as they only mentioned one or two things about each artist. I don't know what else to say, but I provided a link for some alright photos that were taken during the event, although you have to dig to find any of Tech (Try page 6 and 12 under the Gallery View).
 
Dec 14, 2005
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Yeah.. I never really understood why they backtrack the songs.. but you can clearly tell hes not lip syncing.. hes actually spitting it..well atleast at the shows ive been to
 
Nov 7, 2006
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#60
gaaaaaaaaaay
I was expecting much better responses from people.

I mean seriously, how can you listen to Tech's music, then hate on it and then go back to boppin your head to some off beat ramblings of the weak performers? Headphone music live=wack(most of the time) and hiphop "purists" can be the most close-minded folks even though they bitch about how the mainstream doesn't accept their underground cuz they're too different

don't get me wrong, some backpack is dope though