Comments on: Real Men DON’T Cry!!! “Before You Can Date Pleasure, You Must Meet Pain” http://content.onsmash.com/archives/528 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:49:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Matthias-Alfons http://content.onsmash.com/archives/528/comment-page-1#comment-45680 Matthias-Alfons Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:35:20 +0000 http://content.onsmash.com/?p=528#comment-45680 Damn, that sound's so easy if you think about it. Damn, that sound’s so easy if you think about it.

]]> By: hulsevehesy http://content.onsmash.com/archives/528/comment-page-1#comment-26755 hulsevehesy Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:49:43 +0000 http://content.onsmash.com/?p=528#comment-26755 I just wanted to comment. Your content was informative to me and thanks. I just wanted to comment. Your content was informative to me and thanks.

]]> By: Ray Jahollic http://content.onsmash.com/archives/528/comment-page-1#comment-1219 Ray Jahollic Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:13:51 +0000 http://content.onsmash.com/?p=528#comment-1219 This shit's hot dude...it's pretty magnanimous of you to write something like this, essentially performing the lost art of development out of your own pocket...coming from a different market than a lot of the cats who get put on, I'm not in a position to glean this kind of information from an artist-based support group, which is one of the reasons I've always gone to OnSmash...this is just another in a long list of valuable resources they've provided. Thanks. -Ray This shit’s hot dude…it’s pretty magnanimous of you to write something like this, essentially performing the lost art of development out of your own pocket…coming from a different market than a lot of the cats who get put on, I’m not in a position to glean this kind of information from an artist-based support group, which is one of the reasons I’ve always gone to OnSmash…this is just another in a long list of valuable resources they’ve provided. Thanks.

-Ray

]]> By: BpZy!! http://content.onsmash.com/archives/528/comment-page-1#comment-1159 BpZy!! Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:19:05 +0000 http://content.onsmash.com/?p=528#comment-1159 I just caught the video clip on Ralph McDaniels, great job my dude.. Dude is definitely a pioneer of the game from broadcasting urban music videos on NY Public Access television to directing & producing classic urban music videos. I think an ongoing video doc of your movements in the game while showing people who aspire to be in this business what it's like is an excellent idea. Newcomers take notes, cornballs with no integrity or longevity get your mind right or fall back, ya dig?!! Hopefully I'll catch the "G.I.T.D." Tour on 1 of the dates, best of luck on the rd. I expect to be in Atl early May looking into those property developments. Oh yea, the magic word for today is "Disperse"-we NEED that homie, & if possible I want IN!! Lol.. Stay up, tty soon!! BpZy!! I just caught the video clip on Ralph McDaniels, great job my dude..
Dude is definitely a pioneer of the game from broadcasting urban music videos on NY Public Access television to directing & producing classic urban music videos.
I think an ongoing video doc of your movements in the game while showing people who aspire to be in this business what it’s like is an excellent idea.
Newcomers take notes, cornballs with no integrity or longevity get your mind right or fall back, ya dig?!!
Hopefully I’ll catch the “G.I.T.D.” Tour on 1 of the dates, best of luck on the rd. I expect to be in Atl early May looking into those property developments.
Oh yea, the magic word for today is “Disperse”-we NEED that homie,
& if possible I want IN!! Lol..
Stay up, tty soon!!

BpZy!!

]]> By: hof http://content.onsmash.com/archives/528/comment-page-1#comment-1116 hof Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:32:06 +0000 http://content.onsmash.com/?p=528#comment-1116 Quence speaks the truth, even if it is a bit hard to swallow (no pause intended). I don't think backstory means gimmick. Nas had an extensive backstory - it was growing up and living in Queensbridge. If you don't think your favorite artist has a backstory you need to start understanding their lyrics. Quence speaks the truth, even if it is a bit hard to swallow (no pause intended). I don’t think backstory means gimmick. Nas had an extensive backstory – it was growing up and living in Queensbridge. If you don’t think your favorite artist has a backstory you need to start understanding their lyrics.

]]> By: chea http://content.onsmash.com/archives/528/comment-page-1#comment-1109 chea Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:16:07 +0000 http://content.onsmash.com/?p=528#comment-1109 It is no coincidence that Consequence is signed to Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music. Not only does the latter appear twice on Don't Quit Your Day Job, Kanye also hosted the Queens rapper's mixtape Take 'Em to the Cleaners and invited him to appear on his own album, The College Dropout. All this friendly cooperation is probably helped by the fact that both MCs share a love for clean, mellow, soul-sample-based production, have strikingly similar delivery styles — often rhyming words with themselves in a voice that's closer to speaking than rapping — and choose to write about similar topics. But Consequence isn't some neophyte MC who West has taken on as a protégé. He made his debut in 1996 on A Tribe Called Quest's record Beats, Rhymes and Life, and, while his career since then has not been overly active, he has kept a hand in music the entire time. But perhaps because it took him more than a decade since that appearance, Quence chose to approach his first actual solo album from the perspective of a kid just starting out in the game. He begins Don't Quit Your Day Job with a song/skit about being behind on bills and having to put his "pride to the side/Go get a 9 to 5" and ends it with deciding to focus all his time and energy on music instead (having to deal with a nagging mother throughout). The rest of the record moves from tracks about trying to make it big, or at least make it ("Don't Forget Em") to women ("Feel This Way") to general observations on life ("The Good, the Bad, the Ugly"). It's all very relatable; Consequence isn't trying to present himself as anything more than just a regular guy, in the same way Kanye has, and it's apparent. This means that even in songs like "Pretty Little Sexy Mama," where he uses fairy tale imagery throughout ("I make a damsel-in-distress dismantle her dress/And once you meet me past the guards I can handle the rest/I got a plan for the stress in these evil times/So I keep on body armor like it's Medieval Times"), it seems natural and real, the MC's slightly lisped voice ably keeping time and cadence well. In fact, it's in pieces like "Night Night," in which he warns he'll fight if he needs to, that things come across a little forced. It's as if he feels he has to prove his street cred when his talent — part old-school, part backpacker — is imposing enough, appealing in its intelligence and uniqueness; he doesn't have to slip into stereotypes to show he's a real rapper, he can let his rhymes speak for themselves. allmusicguide.com 3.5/ 5 It is no coincidence that Consequence is signed to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music. Not only does the latter appear twice on Don’t Quit Your Day Job, Kanye also hosted the Queens rapper’s mixtape Take ‘Em to the Cleaners and invited him to appear on his own album, The College Dropout. All this friendly cooperation is probably helped by the fact that both MCs share a love for clean, mellow, soul-sample-based production, have strikingly similar delivery styles — often rhyming words with themselves in a voice that’s closer to speaking than rapping — and choose to write about similar topics. But Consequence isn’t some neophyte MC who West has taken on as a protégé. He made his debut in 1996 on A Tribe Called Quest’s record Beats, Rhymes and Life, and, while his career since then has not been overly active, he has kept a hand in music the entire time. But perhaps because it took him more than a decade since that appearance, Quence chose to approach his first actual solo album from the perspective of a kid just starting out in the game. He begins Don’t Quit Your Day Job with a song/skit about being behind on bills and having to put his “pride to the side/Go get a 9 to 5″ and ends it with deciding to focus all his time and energy on music instead (having to deal with a nagging mother throughout). The rest of the record moves from tracks about trying to make it big, or at least make it (”Don’t Forget Em”) to women (”Feel This Way”) to general observations on life (”The Good, the Bad, the Ugly”). It’s all very relatable; Consequence isn’t trying to present himself as anything more than just a regular guy, in the same way Kanye has, and it’s apparent. This means that even in songs like “Pretty Little Sexy Mama,” where he uses fairy tale imagery throughout (”I make a damsel-in-distress dismantle her dress/And once you meet me past the guards I can handle the rest/I got a plan for the stress in these evil times/So I keep on body armor like it’s Medieval Times”), it seems natural and real, the MC’s slightly lisped voice ably keeping time and cadence well. In fact, it’s in pieces like “Night Night,” in which he warns he’ll fight if he needs to, that things come across a little forced. It’s as if he feels he has to prove his street cred when his talent — part old-school, part backpacker — is imposing enough, appealing in its intelligence and uniqueness; he doesn’t have to slip into stereotypes to show he’s a real rapper, he can let his rhymes speak for themselves.

allmusicguide.com 3.5/ 5

]]> By: Shawn Lee http://content.onsmash.com/archives/528/comment-page-1#comment-1104 Shawn Lee Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:28:59 +0000 http://content.onsmash.com/?p=528#comment-1104 Great piece Cons. I totally agree that artist development is the missing ingredient in the recipe for success for a lot of these artists. There's a ton of raw talent in the market, which accounts for all of the one hit wonders out there. But to truly attain longevity we need to cultivate and encourage creativity and SUPPORT those who respect the culture and craft and make music the right way. I think its on both the fans and the artists, we all need to stop looking for that quick fix. Again, great piece. Keep em comin... Duepayer.com Great piece Cons. I totally agree that artist development is the missing ingredient in the recipe for success for a lot of these artists. There’s a ton of raw talent in the market, which accounts for all of the one hit wonders out there. But to truly attain longevity we need to cultivate and encourage creativity and SUPPORT those who respect the culture and craft and make music the right way. I think its on both the fans and the artists, we all need to stop looking for that quick fix. Again, great piece. Keep em comin…

Duepayer.com

]]> By: JYO http://content.onsmash.com/archives/528/comment-page-1#comment-1099 JYO Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:29:21 +0000 http://content.onsmash.com/?p=528#comment-1099 Peace Godd, First and for most im a FAN before anything...i would like to pay my respect for your music and for your words... a side from that happy b-lated cons... My name JYO im a HIP-HOP/RAP artist from Brooklyn, Ny....You may not remember me but I got a chance to meet you in sOhO in manhattan some time back..."IT was cool because you not only kicked it with me for a second you heard me spit something then you exchanged a few bars with me..,i remember you said somthing about Dr.King shit was fire... Long Story Short though IN reference to what you said about pain....EXAMPLE i live with my moms the kidd dont really digg going to school september 18, 2005 and I was stabbed seven times coming home from the studio..because of that I finished my 2years at KingsBorough community college and moved on to Brooklyn College....the connection is it made me see my self different...(NOT COOL but Arm Leg Leg Arm Head type shyt) Long Story even Shorter though im a unsigned dude that dont care about getting signed just want people 2 listen... www.myspace.com/jyomusic _Peace, Thanks 4 reading this shyt Peace Godd,

First and for most im a FAN before anything…i would like to pay my respect for your music and for your words… a side from that happy b-lated cons… My name JYO im a HIP-HOP/RAP artist from Brooklyn, Ny….You may not remember me but I got a chance to meet you in sOhO in manhattan some time back…”IT was cool because you not only kicked it with me for a second you heard me spit something then you exchanged a few bars with me..,i remember you said somthing about Dr.King shit was fire… Long Story Short though IN reference to what you said about pain….EXAMPLE i live with my moms the kidd dont really digg going to school september 18, 2005 and I was stabbed seven times coming home from the studio..because of that I finished my 2years at KingsBorough community college and moved on to Brooklyn College….the connection is it made me see my self different…(NOT COOL but Arm Leg Leg Arm Head type shyt) Long Story even Shorter though im a unsigned dude that dont care about getting signed just want people 2 listen… http://www.myspace.com/jyomusic _Peace, Thanks 4 reading this shyt

]]> By: Consequence http://content.onsmash.com/archives/528/comment-page-1#comment-1081 Consequence Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:06:54 +0000 http://content.onsmash.com/?p=528#comment-1081 To my man Ex Slave I know what your saying and I agree. But in inside them labels its a different world. From me being there I'm saying that in order to get to the place you wanna go you have to arm yourself. Be clear it's a WAR!!! Nas was a prodigy so he's an exception. Phonte in my opinion hasn't peaked yet(In a good way). He has the skill set to go ALL the way. Son is Nice. Kweli does have a backstory. Him & Mos carried Rawkus on there back for years. Pain isn't always physical!! Paul call me It's The Cons Fool WORD!! To my man Ex Slave
I know what your saying and I agree. But in inside them labels its a different world. From me being there I’m saying that in order to get to the place you wanna go you have to arm yourself. Be clear it’s a WAR!!! Nas was a prodigy so he’s an exception. Phonte in my opinion hasn’t peaked yet(In a good way). He has the skill set to go ALL the way. Son is Nice. Kweli does have a backstory. Him & Mos carried Rawkus on there back for years. Pain isn’t always physical!!

Paul call me

It’s The Cons Fool
WORD!!

]]> By: BASHWON http://content.onsmash.com/archives/528/comment-page-1#comment-1070 BASHWON Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:37:09 +0000 http://content.onsmash.com/?p=528#comment-1070 Happy birthday, Cons. Good read. I heard 50 talk about the importance of having a backstory one time. Realistically, though, EVERYBODY has a backstory. No two life experiences are the same. As long as you're true to yourself and your past, people will want to hear what types of trials and tribulations you've been through. Peace www.myspace.com/bashwonemcee Happy birthday, Cons.

Good read. I heard 50 talk about the importance of having a backstory one time.

Realistically, though, EVERYBODY has a backstory. No two life experiences are the same. As long as you’re true to yourself and your past, people will want to hear what types of trials and tribulations you’ve been through.

Peace
http://www.myspace.com/bashwonemcee

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