That's real verbage, Khayree.
It's too fuckin' bad people are speaking up on change in 2007, when I was shootin' for it in 2001 and everybody, especially on this board, told me I was a fuckin' moron (in so many words). I'm still a black sheep in this region because I won't conform.
There was another post on here, about whether hip-hop is ART or POISON! Well, the shit being supported out here right now, all the copycat shit, is poison. Folks are so quick to bash the shit I talk about, because I'm not acting retarded...but I make MUSIC! Khayree hit it on the head right here, folks need to make MUSIC in order for it to be considered art. You don't jump in the booth, one take each verse, put a bunch of sloppy ad-libs in it and say it's a wrap if you are serious. Cats need to start puttin' substance in their shit...step-recording (or punching) their vocals so the shit comes out even and clean, and make music. Did anybody ever realize that the songs on the radio, until crap started invading, all had at LEAST one tiny guitar riff in it? Small shit like that makes the biggest difference, believe it or not.
It was the big homie PLAYA RAE who told me, about a year or so ago, that there's more to making a SONG than jumpin' in the booth and knockin out vocals in 15 or 20 minutes. I didn't realize that until I started working with PRODUCERS, who actually guide a song to completion...from recording the vocals to the final mixdown.
My point is, we need to create music out here...and stop bitchin' about why we aren't makin' it. Quinn is a damn good example of somebody that is goin UP because he is a true artist...very versatile. But folks have to realize, not every song can be gutter or stupid...there's a lot more to life than that, and life is art in the making. My 2 pennies.