I FELT LIKE SPITTIN AT LUG AT YALL TO SEE IF YALL FEEL ME... I'M A THANK SCOTTY FOX AND BIG VON FROM KMEL AND STRAWBERRY FROM WILD 94.9 FOR THE OPPURTUNITY TO HELP US BAY AREA ARTISTS GIT A LIL SHINE... PEOPLES NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE AS BAY AREA ARTIST ARE AT A CROSS ROADS... WE PLAYIN WIT A FUCKED UP HAND AND FIGHTIN WIT ONE ARM TIED BEHIND OUR BACKS, BUT SEE THE NAME OF THE GAME IS TO PLAY WIT THE HAND WE WAS DEALT AND TAKE THE GAME BACK SLOWLY BUT SURELY. THE BAY IS THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL RIGHT NOW, WE THE SCUM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TUB TO THE RAP GAME (SO THEY THINK). WE ALL WOULD LOVE TO GIT CONSTANT RADIO PLAY WIT REGULAR ROTATION, AND OUR EGOS SAY WE DESERVE IT, BUT DON'T NOBODY OWE US NUTHIN. NEITHER KMEL OR WILD 94.9 HAVE TO PLAY OUR SHIT AND THEY STILL GET PAID A CHECK EITHER WAY...
I SEE MUTHAFUCKAS BITCHIN ABOUT THE 2 HOUR SHOW KMEL GOT, OR HOW WILD 94.9 IS BITCHES FOR TRYNA START THEIR SHOW, AND I SAY YOU MUTHAFUCKAS IS STUPID & CRAZY NOT TO USE THIS OPPURTUNITY TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. WE CAN GO ON FOREVER ABOUT HOW THIS SHIT AINT EVEN A DENT IN THE GAME, BUT THIS IS THE PEFRECT TIME FOR US AS A REGION TO SHOW THESE MUTHAFUCKAS WHAT WE MADE OF AND GET THE RESPECT OF THE STREETS AND THE WHOLE INDUSTRY BACK. WE GONE NEED TO STOP BITCHIN ABOUT WHAT WE DON'T HAVE AND START APPRECIATIN WHAT WE DO HAVE. CAUSE IF YOU DON'T APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO HEAR YA FAVORITE UP AND COMERS AND O.G'S EVEN IF IT IS ONLY FOR 2 HOURS, THEN JUST GO BACK A YEAR AGO WHEN WE WASN'T EVEN GETTIN 5 MINUTES OF AIR TIME... SHIT WE JUST SEEN A FEW DESERVIN CATS SIGN THE DOTTED LINE WITH THE MAJORS. THIS GONE BE THE TRUE TEST TO SEE IF THE STRONG CAN SURVIVE AND SHOW AND PROVE WE TRULY DESERVE TO BE HEARD ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE GAY SHIT THEY PLAY ON THE RADIO.
A YEAR FROM NOW WE GONE KNOW IF WE AS THE ARTIST HAD THE NUTS TO CHECK OUR EGOS AND THE SMARTS TO COME UP WITH THE SHIT MUTHAFUCKAS WANT TO HEAR. SOME OF US THINK WE ALREADY GOT THE SHIT, AND SOME OF YALL DO, BUT WHO CARES IF THE RADIO AND THE FANS DON'T THINK SO. WE GONE KNOW IF OUR MUSIC HAD A IMPACT ON THE BAY AREA AUDIENCE BECAUSE EITHER BY POPULAR DEMAND, THEY GONE HAVE TO EXPAND THE SHOW TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE AUDIENCE AND THE ARTISTS, OR THE SHOW GONE FADE AWAY AND BE REPLACED BY SOME BULL SHIT ASS SLOW JAM SHOW CAUSE NOBODY CARES ABOUT YAY AREA MUSIC BUT A HANDFUL OF ARTISTS AND FANS. WHAT'S IT GONE BE PEOPLE??
I'M A END IT LIKE THIS... SOME OF YALL TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER HOW THE WAKE UP SHOW STARTED ON THIS EXACT SAME STATION. I REMEMBER IT USED TO COME ON HELLA LATE ON FRIDAYS CAUSE THAT'S WHEN THEY PLAYED MUSIC THE MAINSTREAM DIDN'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT (SIMILAR TO HOW NOBODY GIVES A FUCK ABOUT BAY MUSIC EXCEPT A HANDFUL OF ARTISTS AND FANS) AND THEY PLAYED SHIT THAT NO ONE ELSE WOULD PLAY OR CARE TO HEAR. THEN IT GREW INTO A SATRUDAY SHOW THAT EVERYBODY TUNED INTO. THEY STAYED TRUE TO IT UNTIL THEY TAPPED INTO A AUDIENCE THAT WAS WAITING TO HEAR WHAT THEY WAS PLAYIN, AND NOW LOOK AT THE SHOW AND HIP HOP AS A WHOLE, IT'S INTERNATIONAL AND RAP IS MAINSTREAM NOW. I AINT SAYIN THAT'S GONE HAPPEN, BUT REALLY NOBODY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT BUT I DO KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT IF WE DON'T GIT OFF OUR ASS AND HIT THE TRENCHES TIL THEY FEEL US. I KNOW WHEN I SEE THE CRACK IN THE DOOR... I GUESS ONLY REAL HUSTLERS KNOW HOW SPOT THE DIAMOND IN THE RUFF. SHIT I'M TAKIN ADVANTAGE OF THIS SHIT WHETHER IT LAST FOR YEARS OR FADES OUT BY NEXT WEEK. I AINT GONE COMPLAIN IF THEY PLAY MY SHIT ONCE OR A HUNDREDS TIMES EITHER... ONCE IS MORE THAN IT'S EVER BEEN FOR ME IN THE LAST 6 YEARS, AND ONCE IS MORE THAN SOME MUTHAFUCKAS HAVE EVER HAD. I'M LOOKIN AT THE CUP AS HALF FULL, AND I'LL FILL IT UP WIT HARD, SOLID WORK AND STRONG HUSTLE MUSIC. DON'T FORGET ABOUT COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY RADIO EITHER. CATS LIKE MR. C & K-MAX @ KPOO, KEVVY KEV @ KZSU, OR T-KASH @ KPFA OR D-SHARP AND MARK 7 & 98.7 OR DJ FRESH IN PORTLAND AT KPSU ETC... YALL BETTER STOP PLAYIN AND GIT THIS MONEY AND RADIO PLAY...
I'M DONE, I DIDNT SAY ALL I WANTED TO SAY, BUT HOPEFULLY SUCKA ASS MUTHAFUCKAS WILL HATE THIS AND REAL MUTHAFUCKAS WILL DEBATE THIS...
I SEE MUTHAFUCKAS BITCHIN ABOUT THE 2 HOUR SHOW KMEL GOT, OR HOW WILD 94.9 IS BITCHES FOR TRYNA START THEIR SHOW, AND I SAY YOU MUTHAFUCKAS IS STUPID & CRAZY NOT TO USE THIS OPPURTUNITY TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. WE CAN GO ON FOREVER ABOUT HOW THIS SHIT AINT EVEN A DENT IN THE GAME, BUT THIS IS THE PEFRECT TIME FOR US AS A REGION TO SHOW THESE MUTHAFUCKAS WHAT WE MADE OF AND GET THE RESPECT OF THE STREETS AND THE WHOLE INDUSTRY BACK. WE GONE NEED TO STOP BITCHIN ABOUT WHAT WE DON'T HAVE AND START APPRECIATIN WHAT WE DO HAVE. CAUSE IF YOU DON'T APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO HEAR YA FAVORITE UP AND COMERS AND O.G'S EVEN IF IT IS ONLY FOR 2 HOURS, THEN JUST GO BACK A YEAR AGO WHEN WE WASN'T EVEN GETTIN 5 MINUTES OF AIR TIME... SHIT WE JUST SEEN A FEW DESERVIN CATS SIGN THE DOTTED LINE WITH THE MAJORS. THIS GONE BE THE TRUE TEST TO SEE IF THE STRONG CAN SURVIVE AND SHOW AND PROVE WE TRULY DESERVE TO BE HEARD ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE GAY SHIT THEY PLAY ON THE RADIO.
A YEAR FROM NOW WE GONE KNOW IF WE AS THE ARTIST HAD THE NUTS TO CHECK OUR EGOS AND THE SMARTS TO COME UP WITH THE SHIT MUTHAFUCKAS WANT TO HEAR. SOME OF US THINK WE ALREADY GOT THE SHIT, AND SOME OF YALL DO, BUT WHO CARES IF THE RADIO AND THE FANS DON'T THINK SO. WE GONE KNOW IF OUR MUSIC HAD A IMPACT ON THE BAY AREA AUDIENCE BECAUSE EITHER BY POPULAR DEMAND, THEY GONE HAVE TO EXPAND THE SHOW TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE AUDIENCE AND THE ARTISTS, OR THE SHOW GONE FADE AWAY AND BE REPLACED BY SOME BULL SHIT ASS SLOW JAM SHOW CAUSE NOBODY CARES ABOUT YAY AREA MUSIC BUT A HANDFUL OF ARTISTS AND FANS. WHAT'S IT GONE BE PEOPLE??
I'M A END IT LIKE THIS... SOME OF YALL TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER HOW THE WAKE UP SHOW STARTED ON THIS EXACT SAME STATION. I REMEMBER IT USED TO COME ON HELLA LATE ON FRIDAYS CAUSE THAT'S WHEN THEY PLAYED MUSIC THE MAINSTREAM DIDN'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT (SIMILAR TO HOW NOBODY GIVES A FUCK ABOUT BAY MUSIC EXCEPT A HANDFUL OF ARTISTS AND FANS) AND THEY PLAYED SHIT THAT NO ONE ELSE WOULD PLAY OR CARE TO HEAR. THEN IT GREW INTO A SATRUDAY SHOW THAT EVERYBODY TUNED INTO. THEY STAYED TRUE TO IT UNTIL THEY TAPPED INTO A AUDIENCE THAT WAS WAITING TO HEAR WHAT THEY WAS PLAYIN, AND NOW LOOK AT THE SHOW AND HIP HOP AS A WHOLE, IT'S INTERNATIONAL AND RAP IS MAINSTREAM NOW. I AINT SAYIN THAT'S GONE HAPPEN, BUT REALLY NOBODY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT BUT I DO KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT IF WE DON'T GIT OFF OUR ASS AND HIT THE TRENCHES TIL THEY FEEL US. I KNOW WHEN I SEE THE CRACK IN THE DOOR... I GUESS ONLY REAL HUSTLERS KNOW HOW SPOT THE DIAMOND IN THE RUFF. SHIT I'M TAKIN ADVANTAGE OF THIS SHIT WHETHER IT LAST FOR YEARS OR FADES OUT BY NEXT WEEK. I AINT GONE COMPLAIN IF THEY PLAY MY SHIT ONCE OR A HUNDREDS TIMES EITHER... ONCE IS MORE THAN IT'S EVER BEEN FOR ME IN THE LAST 6 YEARS, AND ONCE IS MORE THAN SOME MUTHAFUCKAS HAVE EVER HAD. I'M LOOKIN AT THE CUP AS HALF FULL, AND I'LL FILL IT UP WIT HARD, SOLID WORK AND STRONG HUSTLE MUSIC. DON'T FORGET ABOUT COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY RADIO EITHER. CATS LIKE MR. C & K-MAX @ KPOO, KEVVY KEV @ KZSU, OR T-KASH @ KPFA OR D-SHARP AND MARK 7 & 98.7 OR DJ FRESH IN PORTLAND AT KPSU ETC... YALL BETTER STOP PLAYIN AND GIT THIS MONEY AND RADIO PLAY...
I'M DONE, I DIDNT SAY ALL I WANTED TO SAY, BUT HOPEFULLY SUCKA ASS MUTHAFUCKAS WILL HATE THIS AND REAL MUTHAFUCKAS WILL DEBATE THIS...
