"Sorry But I Cant Buy Your Album Because I'm A Rapper Too"

WTF??

First of all Shout Outs to The Black Moon Reunion show at the knitting factory Nov. 8Th, it was packed shit sounded dope from the back of the bar. Great Night.
But yo, whats really good with rappers man? emcees too... is there no honor among thieves? I understand we are competitive, egotistical, and arrogant athletes but I mean if your not gonna support other artist at least logically explain it. While people are on lines to see shows its not uncommon for unsigned or independent artist to try and sell a product they worked hard to develop. And i agree there are a lot of artist out there and its not easy to buy everything you come across. But on that night Nov. 8Th my fellow Epifanite Live was working the line and ran into a cat who looked to be in his mid 30's who just happen to spit. Now he didn't want to purchase the album and you know what? that's cool. And I felt that Live should of left it at that, but the hustle in him never says die and the more this guy spoke the more he looked like an asshole.

In what world are you not doing music for the love if you turn around and try to get compensated for your time and energy to make the best possible product at that time on super low resources? And While I have to say Illmatic and Reasonable Doubt are amongst hip hop heads typical finds on the top albums of the 90's list; to say its a generic and predictable cite of influence in my generation is fucking bullshit. Go to high schools in the city that birthed hip hop right now i would love to see the numbers. Niggas don't know nas and jay for illmatic and RD, the kids i grew up with mostly know them for Ether and Takeover. But back to the topic at hand how much of an asshole do you have to be to think that promoting yourself at local venues is a sign of insecurities with your talent? I mean I don't want to come off sounding rude but thinking that just being nice is good enough to gather a fan base is probably the exact reason why music was just your hobby.

Moral Of The Story Is: Music comes from the soul and the heart. The Humans mind, body, and soul all must be satisfied to work effectively on their own. If your using your talent, gift, and blessings to feed yourself and maintain your sanity this in no way negate or question anything in terms of your creative musical integrity. And arrogant fuck boys who feel that way can eat a dick and die in there mothers arms...