@ Mr. Bay Area:
You know there are other classic acts who want to get back into music. They see no reason to invest without the proper Listener/Customer/Forum. I'm working to show them the truth, but the
Bay Area Mind Trick is strong. In my opinion, many people can't hear me because I am not Ballin. How could my " No-Bently/No-Diamonds/No-Gold Grill/No-Premium jeans saggin to my knees/No-Hella YouTube hits/Married with kids" having-ass possibly know wussup. Impossible!
Here is what I know after being in the business of custom services for nearly 15 years. The best deal is made as a result of honest conversation between buyer and seller. Tell us what you value at what price. If it possible, we will build it for you per your terms (with my flavor of course) or we will say, "we can't do that". For me, dishonest conversations have always produced results ending with some disagreement. For example, many people will say "You are wack" and "You charge too much" rather than say "I would pay X amount to hear A, B, & C" or "I just can't afford it today, but I will pass the word".
some rappers ( those who want that type of world ) are acting like "colonist" (if its the right term ) like they wanna be THE ONE and wanna destroy and humiliate those who are not at this level !
I agree. In my opinion Rap has become similar to a battle between starving warlords fighting over an imaginary bag of rice. Like "This is the only rice in the entire world. I will kill, destroy, and humiliate all those who attempt to eat from this bag of rice". Dude, calm down. Its rice. We can grow more. I should make a song called
'Colonists, Cannibals and the Incredible Imaginary Bag of Rice'. I choose not to have for dinner Rappers over imaginary rice.
Look, two years ago from today, I was in self-exile vowing to die knowing that another classic album had been slept-on. Now, I'm talkin to you about dinner.
I am still Shocked.
Its crazy. Today, I read a blog comment that said Warren G was "...too old, overweight, and unattractive" to be a rapper. And this was from a guy.
With all that said, please believe I have made some stupid-ass decisions and not taken responsibility. But for the past 20 years, my opinion has been this:
::: Fair trade no robbery.
::: Be honest with me. I'll be honest with you.
::: Your success is my success.
::: If you collapse, then I collapse.
::: You do your job and I'll do mine.
::: The best way to avoid elephant-shit is do not join the circus.
::: No negative energy.
I'll stop here. I too can go on.