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Put the Mic Down


July 11, 2007 | Tags: Hip Hop, stimuli, dreams

I'm later than ever with this one but being busy is a good thing so I can't complain. Let me start off by congratulating myself and my NY State of Mine mixtape for making it in the Tale of the Tape section of The Source magazine (yes they still exist). I have to celebrate every small accomplishment like its day one so I'm still hype about the Underground music award nominations. I mentioned it before but I'm up for BEST LYRICIST and MOST DYNAMIC ARTIST. I don't know if I can tell you which site to go to vote for me but just incase I can, go vote at hiphoppalace.com daily. A lot of my peoples are up for awards too, Skyzoo, Esso, Nina B., Maino, Joell, Harlem, Lydia Caesar... just to name a few.

Also I've gotten crazy submissions from all over the country for The Say Something project and I was going to set a deadline but I'm gathering up songs from the heavyweights in the next few weeks first so if you're an artist that knows me don't be surprised when I hit you up for that exclusive. July 17th I'm back at T-Ny on 52nd between 8th avenue and Broadway in Manhattan. My boy J Hatch keeps me working.

I'm still doing the Leanin' video but in the meantime since the myspace footage of my joint produced by J. Cardim entitled "Put The Mic Down" has been getting so much love, I'm gonna do a little hood visual for that joint. Thanks to Geoh for filming that Baseline studio footage. At first I wasn't sure about that song because the lyrics seem a bit harsh and haterish toward the up and coming rapper. For those of you unfamiliar I made a record about people who seem to get in this business for the wrong reasons. Some folks want a quick check, they want to follow a trend, they like rap and think that they don't have to be good at it or they may believe street credibility, money and/or image is more important than talent. A lot of these things together can make a great artist. Street cred means that you live what you rap about, money helps pay for product, promo and even spins, and we all know if people want to become you when they see you then your music becomes that much more likeable. I'm saying all this to say when I'm chillin’ with my dudes playing ball in the park and we get to talking about who's hot and who's not, there's always the topic of how wack the game is or how everybody's a rapper nowadays. “Put The Mic Down” is my way of telling people it’s ok to be a regular person with a good job that may enjoy music or even want to be a part of the industry, but not everyone has to be an artist.

There used to be a feeling of wonderment when I would hear a Kool G. Rap verse or when I first heard Nas flow. I thought that what they did was impossible and plenty of fans agreed. In today’s climate of music if you hear the simplest song but it’s catchy or you hear someone on the radio that is not that gifted lyrically people are sitting at home automatically thinking "I can do that," "I want to be rich too." MTV cribs maybe slightly responsible, blame 50 cent for making the mixtape so important, blame Jim Jones for continuing the "I'm not a rapper" phenomenon, I’m not really saying there’s a blame but in the last 6 years the rap game seems to be wide open compared to the early 90’s when those that rapped actually thought you had to be good at it. I may sound like a hater with this one but I'm still breaking down the inspiration for my record. When I mention that people want to be T.I but they don't have IT or I say that “pathmark” rappers need “supermarketing” or I tell dudes that monster.com is right there for them I can't help feeling like a dream killer. In my defense, I feel that anything you do you should love and have a passion for. You should wake up and go to sleep dreaming about music. Even if it’s not your dream to be the best rapper in the world and rap is just your way out of the hood, I applaud that and I feel it but you still have to respect the craft.

This is just my opinion and there's no real rule to this thing but I make songs about real shit and my song is really just crackin’ jokes about what I see. In reality I wouldn't know how to tell someone they need to move on to something else. There's dudes in my hood that give me demos and mixtapes or send me songs that display either a lack of writing skill, a lack of knowledge of music or you can just tell they have no seriousness about the art form. Its obvious how long they've been doing it or if they've even studied it. But can I or you ever really tell another human being they should stop chasing a dream even if they've been doing it a few years and their rap IQ goes back no further than Big's Ready To Die album? Yea you can but you'll sound like a prick. Jay mentioned there needs to be an exam like any other profession or a course or something these people have to pass. Coming from him it sounds like a plan, coming from me it sounds like I'm salty 'cause there are not enough spots out there. There's enough food for everyone to eat though. Those who need it and those who don't appreciate it can all eat and I can still talk shit about who I want. That's the beauty of the microphone. So if you know someone out there that is using rap just because they think its easy tell 'em your flow should be effortless, your rhymes should come naturally and even if you think you can become a celebrity overnight, the mic isn't the ONLY way out the hood...Oh yea you can still vote for me though. Lol. Shout to Trey Songs and Kissk and everybody I kicked it with at the Wendy Williams movie shoot yesterday, I’m starting my movie career nice and slow. Keep watching MTV2 too.

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