IT'S ABOUT WHO U KNOW NOT HOW GOOD U ARE

by sparkfirehot

My defsounds brotha’s can u tell me how many new up coming mc’s in the game that’s better than drake, or any other mc’s that’s already big in the industry?
Alot of u guys already know a few mc’s that are really good, but will never get a chance to shine so i ask why?
You can have the skills,topics,subjects, and just a strong vocabulary all together, but still go nowhere with it.
So i say is it fare to them for puttin in so much work, for them to master their craft, and end up at the same point from where they started at?

Is it really the A&R’s fault having hip hop the way it is today, for not choosing really good mc’s?
Some of these new young dudes is mad hungry, ready and willing to rip any nigga on the mic, but will never get the chance to.
You can be on a label and still don’t drop, like joel ortiz and next thing u know u get dropped off the label.
It’s all about quantity not quality anymore and that’s sad that it has to be that way.
If u don’t know anybody who know somebody in the industry, good luck homie cus u have alot of grindin to do.

In your hometowns there are good mc’s and some of them get sign, but where they be at after that deal?
You want them to put your city on the map and hope they blow up, cus it feels good when u can see somebody u kno coming out reppin for your city.
Some of these niggas won’t get heard, cus some fat muthafucka’s in the industry ain’t sharing what’s on the plate.

for example

Or it can be the fact that u want to talk about real shit, but the label don’t won’t u to go that route but be a sell out like this.

If u kno the right people thats willing to work with u and also respect your craft, mad props to them cus they are one of the few people in power that’s bringing back quality material.
Niggas need to stop being greedy and let some of these nice mc’s in the game (THAT GOT SKILLS)eat.
Mad props to the niggas that’s ceo of their label, letting niggas eat, by givin them the opportunity to shine when they do deserve it.

Some mc’s in the game that have ceo power don’t won’t you to shine even if u are a better mc than them.
The game can get really dirty and money has alot to do with it cus it can change a person fareal.
I can only hope and pray to see a jada kiss album, or a slaughterhouse album reach platnium status one day, which will never happen.
So that leaves me to say like i said before it’s who u know not just how good you are in this game.

 
 
 
 

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mrssparkfirehot16 days ago
Good blog… But it just goes back to the point that not everyone will make it… Not everyone can be a rapper that wants to be one… Its just reality… Not everyone that wants to be a doctor will become one…Not everyone who wants to be a singer will be one… No matter how good you are… I think yeah maybe it could have somethin to do with marketing, because not everyone is marketable… They are looking at who will make them the most money, the next big thing that everyone will latch onto. I agree, Its definitely not about the quality…
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callmehdre16 days ago
wtf internet loving LMFAO^^^
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blackmamba2416 days ago
dayymn that is a big ass burger right thurrrr !!
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bigfreeze14 days ago
Ha ha, that Plies pic is hilarious! Did you know Plies is almost a midget in real life? He’s only like four feet tall. And why did he waste all that money on that jewelry?

Here’s some financial advice Plies: stop spending all your fucking money on chains and watches and open up an IRA, dumbass.
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sparkfirehot16 days ago
Yeah u right.
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mecca0916 days ago
also its whether or not you want to be the controller of your own destiny and only sign that deal that works in your favor like a distribution deal..a lot of new comers and old alike screw there selves by signing that shelf deal. Also like the misses said everybody cant be that one thing they want to be that is why you got to put your eggs in different baskets that way you wont spend all your life trying to do something that is not just meant to be!

i for one im learning that its not all about rap no more i can still do it but cant spend all my time and money on it gotta pursue other things!
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iversons16 days ago
real talk
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kingml21316 days ago
-money over ways skill(sadly).

-thats why soulja boy is bigger than lupe.

-even though one us a completely better rapper than the other(lupe,in my opin) gucci mane is more marketable(dont know why)

-skill doesnt matter anymore,i accepted that.I walk through school and every one i know listen to plies,SOME DONT EVEN KNOW WHO LUPE IS.Hopefully its just atrend and 2010 is when hiphop is about more than a dance.
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callmehdre16 days ago
plies actully sales tho who cares if ppl say he fake
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wrongidea16 days ago
coon.
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skitzo14 days ago
Good fuckin blog.Skills are always a second now a days.The culture of mainstream hiphop has been explioted, raped,choked,gagged , beaten to a bloody pulp and pushed out on the street corner like a cheap hooker.A lot of ppl might get mad at me for this ,but what krs 1 said was true when he said “def jam single handedly destroyed hiphop”, in the sense that when its time for certain record companies and thier prize artists to eat everyone else is forced to sit down,shut up and wait thier turn to snatch a crumb that falls off the tabel.We all know that jay is the “crown holder” in hiphop along with Eminem but there were soooo many dope albums that dropped this year and the only ppl that seem to know are ppl like us who follow these other artists on the internets.The marketing isnt there for these other dope ass artists that are dropping heat this year simply because the money isnt there and thats because these major labels are only pushing who they want to.When you take a look at the top 10 or 11 selling artists of 08 you will notice that there are only 3 or 4 different labels behind these artists.Def jam by its self is pushing 5 of these motherfuckers.And the rest are backed by priority,arista and universal.Its a fuckin monopoly within the mainstream and the labels that i just mentioned are like the walmart of rap.They tell us what to eat and sadly enough we all gobble the shit out of it like were a bunch of starving livestock.Thats why the lil wayne, bird man and plies
singles tracks on defsounds all have over 20 comments while most of the other dope shit gets around 5 to 10 at the fuckin most,cause it doesnt matter if we like them or not THIER FUCKIN FAMOUS,thanks to thier labels marketing.So when the culture gets as exploited as it is now,it becomes a business instead of an artform.When that happens companies look to gain prophit through quantiy and saturate the market with cheap second hand products that the masses will buy in bulk.Thats why you will see a stark difference when you compare the consistency of the major label albums to the independant albums.I hear every one and thier mama talking about how dope bp3 and relapse were and all types of reviews on all these hiphop sites.But no one has mentioned the fuckin heaters that were released this year from brother ali,skyzoo,fashaawn,tech n9ne,royce and shi stimuli just to name a few.The independant game is on smash right now but hardly any1 knows where to look cause no one is telling them.Wtf???

“they steady tellin me that hiphop is in some sort of rut”/
“thats cause they watchin mtv and ignorin us/
“it aint my fault they fail to see that we done tore it up”/
’im from a broken mold yall are from that carbon cut"/
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wrongidea14 days ago
That’s real shit homie.That’s kinda why I wished that Big artists that own thier labels would just sign some of these really good newcomers and some of those sick niggas not getting any exposure. I believe Jay is working on signing Grafh, which would be monumental.
And isn’t Em working a lil with Slaughterhouse?that would be monumental too.
..but your point is well put and I feel you.good shit.
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skeazaleo14 days ago
damn thats a DOPE ass blog…….

especially when I read that SELL OUT line, and saw the pic of plies ass with 25 chains on…lololl

CLASSIC!
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skeazaleo14 days ago
damn I just read who wrote this shit……………..sparkfirehot…I shoulda knew…

he stay comin with the real shit..
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nikko14 days ago
Tito Lopez…..
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