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Thursday January 29, 2009 at 12:23 PM |
initially when i was first approached to do this contest i agreed to it pretty quickly. in retrospect i think my gung ho-ness came out of insecurity. you know..like when you don't want someone to see how you might really feel about a certain sitch. Instead of showing vulnerablity in the moment a person might pretend to be unaffected, laugh matters off, or just react in a overly dramtic joyful way. Point is, it took a while for me to understand what was really going on here! To overstand that there are amazing musicians all over the world in basements and studio shrines alike!. Which i think most people with record deals know but to stay true to a quote from A-plus of Souls of Mischeif "if you really dope why ain't you signed yet'? i think that line stuck with me over the years. i must confess then that i too have bought into the idea that only certain people matter musically- commercially?. To some extent the cream will rise to the top. Nature is not exactly fair, and some people get dished out gifts in lvery heavy arge amounts.
i guess what i am trying to say from an ego perspective is. I am happy i did this. Mostly to observe the battle that occured inside me, which obviously came from seeing 'the music' as 'my music'. Don't get me wrong, I do believe i am the channeler of these songs and ideas. However, for now- i see music as a LANGUAGE. A vocabulary that people can take apart and re-asemble them to form sentances of their own, which is exactly what is happening here! HEY! Imaginr the dude who first created the Alphabet? I doubt it was one dude.. ha ha.. but you understand where i am going with this ....right? i am sure there was a very specific purpose for the learly exicon but i highly doubt they could have prophesied the metaphore.. and it the letters being put together like this;
"you fold like Japan fu tons of fan while i design a plan
to make a rapper step like a pedes trian'
- Black THought
So yeah.. this has been a life changing experienc and i thank everyone for expressing themselve
did peoplesteal my voice, sounds and spirit to concoct music of their own?
maybe?
but...
'Good artist plagiarize
Great artists steal'
khv.
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"if you really dope why ain't you signed yet'?
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Wednesday February 04, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Great post...I feel where you're coming from on this. I thought about that while I was working on the mixes...I thought..."will k-os appreciate me having a different vision than his original mix,when the lyrics told me a story musically that may be different than his own"...I guess it's kind of like creating a child when you make your songs, it's hard to just hand them over to someone else to change, take apart, etc. I know that if I don't win any, it will even be hard for me, after spending so much time with your lyrics to let the songs that I made go, to record with someone else's vocals just won't seem right, because I built all of the songs around your lyrics, I didn't just make a beat, so everytime I get to a certain part of the song, while recording something else, I will remember all my favorite k-os parts of the song.
I also think that yes, there are a lot of talented people who may not be signed, sometimes they just need the opportunity to be heard by the right people. It probably never happens for most. I can only ever keep grinding away, while doing what I love.
Well, even though it was a battle for you, I know that it is much appreciated that we had the opportunity to do this. It was a fantastic experience and I loved every minute of.
Friday February 13, 2009 at 03:17 AM
i agree do 1r this was probably the most fun either of us had as producers........Thank you K
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Saturday February 21, 2009 at 12:21 AM
It would be nice to hear whose remixes were close seconds, or the tough choices you had making your final decision. Give some hope to the ones who weren't spam hams, but still had some close contenders. Just a thought.
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