@Mizi, I feel u. People need to stop selling themselves short. But they also need to show better commitment.
I think an orchestra is another ball game. As a member of an orchestra, You cant fake being good, orchestra's practice hard. They tend to take it more seriously, than hiphop artists, they enroll in schools. Purchase expensive instruments, practice daily, its really a different ball game. A much higher level of commitment, towards their genre and improvement exists. It makes no sense for them to perform for free. The logistics of it dont allow. Transporting all that equipmemt is not cheap, getting to the point of playing in an orchestra is not over night. Its a lifelong dedication. It exists in hip hop, but not to that degree. All a rapper needs to perform is a mic.
Even with, other genre's, the level of commitment is much higher. House Deejay's work miniscule jobs to raise funds for decks, records, spend hours learning to mix, blend etc. Rock bands, same thing, practice frequently, hustle for equipment. Equipment that easily spirals into the 100 thousands.
Imagine if the people in the genre worked as hard as you do with the mag or showed ur commitment to hiphop? We would be far bra.... So the same way artists need to stop being "apologetic", is the same way they have to take ownership and show a greater level of commitment to the genre.
The crews in Amsterdam, Sweden, Europe on average work harder than we do locally. We need to check our Ego's at the door. Right now there's no space for the ego's. We need commited soldiers. We need people who are willing to sweat for this.
