does the bay have the potential to be a mainstay player like LA, NEw York and Atlanta? or would our maximum output be equal to lets say, Memphis, Houston or Chicago? or are we like St Louis, Milwaukee, Detroit and other places with a few one hit wonders and 1 posterchild artist spread out over a few yearS?
Im a realist and know that the lack of sheer amount of people in the bay to become artists, producers, dancers and most importantly fan base etc. capps our success when compared to other larger hiphop/rap metropolitan areas.
so i pose this question to the realist who have been on this board for almost 9years or so, and can understand where Im comin from. WHat is the bay's true potential for CONTINUED maintstream but first and foremost Bay Area success?
THis is for those who have seen the BAy artists featured in 'Unsigned Hype' and not had any major change in maintstream appeal, seen Bay videos on BET, and heard hit bay songs on the radio gettin much luv, heard mf's like Mac Mall on major motion pictures... and understand that the Bay (not individual artists! - the collective Bay) shines and then goes back into relative obscurity every decade or so..
I guess this post is one of those where I can hear from some of the folks not blinded by 40's summer success, and the few years of radio luv that were preceeded by years of no luv... shit last time i checked bay songs dont even dominate KMEL or 94.9's top 15 on the playlist.. so why should we be stormin the country if we cant command our own stations?
I just wanna see what people think.. because I hate to feel like a hater when i see folks gettin all hype cuz of what the bay has done as of late. But for those of us who have been around for a minute know that the Bay has been here and done that, but are eager to know if its gonna stay this way and only get better and not just taper off in a few months or weeks
Im a realist and know that the lack of sheer amount of people in the bay to become artists, producers, dancers and most importantly fan base etc. capps our success when compared to other larger hiphop/rap metropolitan areas.
so i pose this question to the realist who have been on this board for almost 9years or so, and can understand where Im comin from. WHat is the bay's true potential for CONTINUED maintstream but first and foremost Bay Area success?
THis is for those who have seen the BAy artists featured in 'Unsigned Hype' and not had any major change in maintstream appeal, seen Bay videos on BET, and heard hit bay songs on the radio gettin much luv, heard mf's like Mac Mall on major motion pictures... and understand that the Bay (not individual artists! - the collective Bay) shines and then goes back into relative obscurity every decade or so..
I guess this post is one of those where I can hear from some of the folks not blinded by 40's summer success, and the few years of radio luv that were preceeded by years of no luv... shit last time i checked bay songs dont even dominate KMEL or 94.9's top 15 on the playlist.. so why should we be stormin the country if we cant command our own stations?
I just wanna see what people think.. because I hate to feel like a hater when i see folks gettin all hype cuz of what the bay has done as of late. But for those of us who have been around for a minute know that the Bay has been here and done that, but are eager to know if its gonna stay this way and only get better and not just taper off in a few months or weeks
