Fair-N-Hyte, Liquid & DJ Mass

I really enjoyed the guest speakers today in class. I liked hearing the insight coming from someone who is out in the hip-hop world. One of the things that I wrote down that DJ Mass said was that once again 'hip-hop is a way of life.' I also think it is interesting to hear it from other perspective from outside the hip-hop world. Take Morgan for example, she and I both don't really understand what it means completly to have it as a way of life. She has asked me so many times about how it is there way of life because she and I both have religion, family and so on.....but my response to her and if anyone posts on my blog feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but I said that they still have those things that are important in their lives but it is referred to the clothing the music the way they talk and sometimes how they feel about certian issues. I just like her have a hard time grasping the who concept. He also mentioned when asked by Scooby if hip hop was dying that it was....and I was so excited to finally have someone tell me if they thought it was or not. He said it is dying because of the language that is used in it....that I not the only reason that it is dying, but that is the one I wrote down. He mentioned that back in the beginning of hip hop you didn't have to worry about covering your little kids ears when hip hop comes on. So in that instance it is not reaching out to as big of an audience. Then something that Liquid said was that getting out and becoming big is now like a pro sport...it is all about who is going to get drafted first. This was in response to the Common being in a Gap commercial. They also all mentioned that they didn't feel that doing commercials was a way of selling out, that it is just surviving in today business world of music. They said that it is 90% business and 10% fun. And to sum it all up, in class someone made a very valid point of if the music is ever going to go back to the way it was that you have to change the audience who is listening and buying it. Without the audience on board the whole genre and artists will not make money and eventually not exist. After listening today it showed me just how cut throat it is in the music business. I hope that all three of the gentlemen in class to great in all they are trying to do. I wish them the best of luck.

Links:

http://www.ninjaarrow.com/
http://www.daveyd.com/edithipdie.html
http://www.cbonline.org.au/index.cfm?pageId=12,38,3,454