Lets Unify the Philly Hip Hop Community
Hey all,
I just want to make a statement of what I would like to see happen on the local underground hip hop scene. Just a little history a few years ago I found that Philly had an abundance of talent circulating on the underground Rap/Hip Hop scene in the form of rappers, producers, managers and studio owners. As I also discovered all this talent was going unrecognized or under utilized and that for the most part the local players except for what was going on in their vicinity, were unaware of what was going on in different sections of our city. It was because of this that I started the Rap Underground North Showcase, it was through this showcase which provided a performance opportunity to anyone who believed that they could perform in front of an audience a vehicle to meet and network with other artists, producers, studio owners and other Music biz types. The RUN created a community of like minded individuals which inturn created a sense of unity in an atmosphere that was strictly about the music. Recently I have been performing interviews with some of the artists and producers of that era, some who have gone on to develop profitable careers in the music industry and to my surprise the most common comment I here about the Rap Underground North is that it unified the talent that was part of the Philly Underground scene of its time. I have also been told that although Philly has a vibrant underground Hip Hop scene that it is mostly dominated by different cliques and crews that very rarely cross paths, I think that as far as the cliques and crews are concerned they are necessary and good, but I also believe that in order for our scene to grow and compete nationally we have to stand together. So in comes the new Rap Underground North Showcase in which we will try to unify the very rich pool of talent that this city has to offer and at the same time introduce the crews/cliques to each other so that we can share ideas and benefit from each others knowledge in an effort to present a cohesive front and bring Philly Rap/Hip Hop to national attention.
In closing I just want to let everyone know that the RUN is an unsigned artist showcase we do not charge a performance fee to the artist who perform on our stage anyone with at least self produced product can perform on the RUN, and we do to the best of our ability and finances to promote the talent who appear on our showcases and we do so without bias and clique/crew affiliation we again hope to gain by helping promote Philly as a vibrant and cohesive Hip Hop community.
I would like to apologize if in any of my comments I have offended anyone but I usually say what I feel and sometimes it just doesn't translate well.
Peace and lets make Philly Happen
Hey all,
I just want to make a statement of what I would like to see happen on the local underground hip hop scene. Just a little history a few years ago I found that Philly had an abundance of talent circulating on the underground Rap/Hip Hop scene in the form of rappers, producers, managers and studio owners. As I also discovered all this talent was going unrecognized or under utilized and that for the most part the local players except for what was going on in their vicinity, were unaware of what was going on in different sections of our city. It was because of this that I started the Rap Underground North Showcase, it was through this showcase which provided a performance opportunity to anyone who believed that they could perform in front of an audience a vehicle to meet and network with other artists, producers, studio owners and other Music biz types. The RUN created a community of like minded individuals which inturn created a sense of unity in an atmosphere that was strictly about the music. Recently I have been performing interviews with some of the artists and producers of that era, some who have gone on to develop profitable careers in the music industry and to my surprise the most common comment I here about the Rap Underground North is that it unified the talent that was part of the Philly Underground scene of its time. I have also been told that although Philly has a vibrant underground Hip Hop scene that it is mostly dominated by different cliques and crews that very rarely cross paths, I think that as far as the cliques and crews are concerned they are necessary and good, but I also believe that in order for our scene to grow and compete nationally we have to stand together. So in comes the new Rap Underground North Showcase in which we will try to unify the very rich pool of talent that this city has to offer and at the same time introduce the crews/cliques to each other so that we can share ideas and benefit from each others knowledge in an effort to present a cohesive front and bring Philly Rap/Hip Hop to national attention.
In closing I just want to let everyone know that the RUN is an unsigned artist showcase we do not charge a performance fee to the artist who perform on our stage anyone with at least self produced product can perform on the RUN, and we do to the best of our ability and finances to promote the talent who appear on our showcases and we do so without bias and clique/crew affiliation we again hope to gain by helping promote Philly as a vibrant and cohesive Hip Hop community.
I would like to apologize if in any of my comments I have offended anyone but I usually say what I feel and sometimes it just doesn't translate well.
Peace and lets make Philly Happen
posted by Philly Underground at 6:50 AM
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