HELPING KANSAS STAY IN THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
EVERY TALENTED MC IN THIS STATE OF KANSAS...
MY NAME IS ANTHEMOUS...
I CAME TO KANSAS 3 YEARS AGO AND HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN THIS INDUSTRY FOR 2 YEARS... I HAVE SEEN TIME AND AGAIN THE ATTITUDE DISPLAYED BY THOSE IN THE MO, THE OK, THE CO, AND THE NE... I HAVE HEARD-FROM HERE-THE ARTISTS SPEAK ABOUT THE DISENFRANCHISING OF KANSAS ARTISTS... THERE ARE NO REAL MAJOR CITIES IN KANSAS (I'M SORRY IF YOU FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THAT STATEMENT) AND THE INDUSTRY BOTH CORPORATE AND MUSICIAN ALIKE LOOK COMPLETELY PAST THIS REGION.
WE NEED TO STOP ASKING FOR A CONTRACT!
WE NEED TO STOP WASTING POSTAGE TO SEND A DEMO TO A LABEL A&R THAT WILL LAUGH AND THROW IT TO THE SIDE CAUSE THE SENDER'S ADDRESS IS IN KANSAS!
YOU SPEAK ABOUT A MOVEMENT... THERE IS NO MOVEMENT HERE!
THE MOVEMENT BEGINS WHEN EVERYONE E-V-E-R-Y-O-N-E RESPECTS AND SUPPORTS EACH OTHER...
WHEN RESOURCES ARE SHARED INSTEAD OF HOARDED, IS WHEN YOU CAN SEE MOVEMENT.
WHEN AN ARTIST FROM WICHITA CALLS AN ARTIST FROM EMPORIA ABOUT CREATING A COMPILATION, IS WHEN YOU SEE MOVEMENT.
WHEN AN ARTIST PASSES OUT FLYERS FOR A SHOW HE/SHE IS NOT PERFORMING AT, BECAUSE THE VENUE IS COVETED AND IT MIGHT OPEN UP FOR MORE OF THE SAME GENRE, (you know what I mean, those hard-to-get venues that we fight so hard... and speak so articulate to get into their doors to get a show, the first trial date to see if we can throw a show where nobody gets shot.) IS WHEN YOU SEE MOVEMENT.
I AM AN ARTIST MYSELF. I RECORD, PRESS, PERFORM, AND MARKET MY OWN MUSIC BECAUSE THERE ARE NO COMPANIES WILLING TO TAKE A CHANCE ON KANSAS! NO MATTER WHO THE ARTIST IS.
I SAY WE DON'T NEED THE OUTSIDE INDUSTRY, THEY'LL COME OUT WHEN THEY'RE THREATEND BY THE NUMBERS ANYONE CAN DO.
I WAS BORN IN CHICAGO, WE ARE "GO-GETTER COUNTRY"
I HAVE A DO IT YOURSELF ATTITUDE, FIERCE DRIVE, AND MATCHING WIT.
I'VE BEEN IN KANSAS FOR 3 YEARS ONLY BEEN ACTIVE FOR TWO, BUT I NOTICED SOMETHING ABOUT THE BROTHAS AROUND HERE WHEN I GOT ACTIVE AND STEPPED OUT TO THE FIELD.
NOBODY HAS DONE ANYTHING TO CREATE THE ATTITUDE...
EVERYBODY IS SITTING BACK THINKING ALL THE WORLDS SUCCESS WILL FALL RIGHT OUT OF THE SKY AND LAND IN THEIR LAP WHILE THEY'RE WATCHING "SPONGEBOB" OR "DEAL OR NO DEAL"
NO ONE CAN ARGUE THIS FACT WITH ME CAUSE I AM THE OUTSIDER TRYING TO BRING ALL OF US TOGETHER.
SO SHUT UP AND LISTEN.
I AM NOT ONLY TRYING TO BRING US ALL TOGETHER WITH AN UNIFIED IDEA OF TRUE CONNECTIVITY, AND REAL NETWORKING... WORKING TOGETHER TO HAVE A BETTER HIP HOP EXPERIENCE FOR MIDDLE AMERICA... BUT I MADE IT INTO A CASH PRIZE, PRIDE INDUCING, FAN GATHERING COMPETITION!
THIS PLACE HERE (KANSAS AND ALL THOSE IN POWER-AND THOSE WHO PUT THEM IN POWER) HATES YOU, AND WISHES TO DEATH THAT NOT ONLY DO YOU SHOOT UP THE CLUB, WHICH WILL GIVE THEM MORE FIREPOWER TO WIN THIS "FIGHT AGAINST RAP", BUT THAT YOU SHOOT SOMEONE OF YOUR OWN RACE SO THEY CAN WIN BY "PROCESS OF ELIMINATION"...
SO NO, THIS DUTY IS BESTOWED TO US TO KEEP HIP HOP ALIVE BY BEING MORE OF AN ATLANTA THAN A KANSAS CITY MISSOURI...
ATLANTA IN THE SENSE THAT THEY ALL HELP ONE ANOTHER ONE GETS ON THEY HELP MORE GET ON...
THERE IS A BROTHER WHO GOT ON FROM KCMO, BUT I DON'T SEE MUCH OF AN EFFORT TO HELP THE STATE OF KANSAS TO BE HONEST. (YOU MIGHT FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THAT ONE TOO)
WE DON'T NEED ANYBODY ELSE BUT WE GOT TO STOP BEING SELFISH ABOUT THIS CRAFT... NOT ANYONE OF US WILL THE INDUSTRY NOTICE...
THEY SAID MUSIC FROM THE WEST-COAST WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH... UNTIL THE WEST-COAST PUT THE STATEWIDE GAME PLAN IN MOTION
THEY SAID THE SAME ABOUT THE SOUTH, AND LOOK WHO DOMINATES THE AIRWAVES? SOUTHERN HIP HOP.
NEWSFLASH: THEY'RE SAYING THAT ABOUT US NOW!
THERE IS NO WAR WITHOUT AN ARMY... THERE IS NO ARMY WITHOUT A GENERAL... THERE IS NO GENERAL WITHOUT A CONSENSUS... THERE IS NO CONSEUS WITHOUT A NEED FOR SAFETY... THERE IS NO NEED FOR SAFETY WITHOUT A THREAT TO WHAT WE HOLD PRECIOUS.
IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT KEEPING HIP HOP IN KANSAS ALIVE THAN DON'T ADD US AND BE THE SAME HATER YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN.
KANSAS WILL NEVER BE DISCOVERED AS A WHOLE, AND ANY SERIOUS ARTIST FLEES TO THE "MUSIC CENTERS" TO GET SIGNED AND NEVER LOOKS BACK. WHY SHOULD HE? DID YOU GIVE HIM ANY REASON TO STAY? DID ANY OF US?SUPPORT WHAT YOU DO AND TRY TO BECOME THE BEST AT IT.
WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO GIVE YOU THIS PLATFORM...
HIP HOP
HIP HOP MOVIES... WE NEED DIRECTORS FROM KANSAS
WE SHOULD HAVE A VIDEO MAGAZINE EVERY MONTH...
ANY BOOK THAT TEACHES THE INDUSTRY COMPREHENSIVELY
ANYBODY THAT STEPS INTO ADVERSITY AND DECIDES TO CHALLENGE IT HEAD ON IS A HERO IN MY BOOK.