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« on: August 10, 2004, 02:21:00 AM »
Firstly let me start by sayin Africa´s Gateway is a dope site with good intentions and an straight up love for a culture we all feel strong about. Unfortunatley there seems to be alot of new school cat´s that besides being computer literate don´t really have anything valid to contribute to this ever expanding culture! Long before 8 mile and other recent attempts to popularise Hip Hop there was an understanding between heads especially cat´s that have been down for a while that this was a very small movement and it needed all the positive contributions it could gather in order to expand on a higher level. But now due to it´s popularity and sudden interests people that have been down for a while now have to listen to kid´s like Ootz, FT, pYROKINETICS spread their juvenile thoughts across a medium that was initially brought together to broaden heads views to others with a similar interest. Even cat´s like Sensai Tate have put their opinions across that don´t really seem justifiable, here´s a person with some influence ( for some reason or the other) that is quick to comment on people that he doesn´t even know directly, but feels strong enough to challenge thier perceptions and idea´s without any understanding of where that certain person is comming from or why they approaching it in that certain manner? Why not instead get involved and ask those people directly what the deal is by giving them space on the access to radio that you have. It looks more like you been given some air time and now it´s only used to fullfill your ego and get props for something that anyone in your position could have done if they were given the chance. Every forum has these kid´s that without AG would not have any credabilaty other than the circles that they roll in. Mad props to peeps like Ruggedman, Milkdaddy and anyone else that gives input that´ll uplift a culture rather than a persons alter ego. This is not about a single person ,every time someone gives voice in regards to Hip Hop they are only giving their opinion, that doesn´t reflect the millions of people involved, but they are taking it in their hands to speak for alot of views, that most likely don´t agree with that certain opinion. You can´t box Hip Hop into a certain criteria because it was intially set up to express one´s creativity with no boundaries, nowdays we have to listen to a hand full of of children that feel the need to give their opinions on people that were here before them and were tryin to give a positive outlook to people outside the culture. It´s alot more involved that just being a rapper or producer or dj or writer, it´s the collective thats gonna stand out and the end of the day, and encourage other groups to actively get involved in Hip Hop in order to progress the local scene to what other genres have achieved! Bottom line stop this bull shit and think about the bigger picture, stop following American idea´s and use that energy to create a market we all can survive on rather than making it accessible to an elite few that think they stand out above the rest. Stop using sites like AG to feed your negative crap across and benifite by puttin the next man down! Cause in the real world those that talk alot are most likely to get tested and if you can´t hold it down you will just join the long list of flash in the pan mother f***ers that thought thay could make a difference. Leave cat´s to do what they need to do in order to grow and concentrate on your own agenda´s, Basically grow the f*** up!!! Peace to those not concerned and willing to progress on a whole!!
Yours truly ...................... ( fill name in here if you know what time it is)
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