All these what's wrong posts...

There is nothing in particular I think that is wrong, except that Boston is a historically racist city - or to a lesser extent a divided city. It takes people that break the mold so to speak, to be strong enough to do what is right, or what they believe, or what is not comfortable. There is also the fact, that most Hip Hop goes through cycles, even the styles and look etc, and its been pretty stale for a while now around these parts so I think the fan base (little as it might be) is a bit disinterested. People are tight with their loot and not looking to shell it out, to hear people yelling at them all night, spitting stuff you cant make out. After all it is Hip Hop and rap, and Lyrics tend to be pretty fundamental to most fans, if MC's keep this in mind when they perform (maybe turn music down a bit so the low end doesn't make everything inaudible, it could go a long way). A song or two of high energy and borderline screaming can happen from anyone, but when every act up all night does it, by the time the headliner gets on people are all done and ready to call it an early night. But go find the places with decent sound, around your way and why not see if you can make a night pop off for yourself, instead of doing shows at the same ole, same ole spots.

For instance I did my birthday party two and a half years ago at Harper's Ferry, as they were changing the gaurd over there, and the article in the Phonix about it at that point said "Not a place you would expect for one of Boston's most busy rap artists to do his party" or something like that. However now it is a hot bed for Hip Hop. Not that I was first to do a show there or anything, but I remember driving by there saying damn this spot is cheap, big nice cleaner Middle East and the door deal was great. Nothing up front like the near $2000 that the mideast can cost. So why weren't "people" not even promoters, comfortable going over there and booking it out. Probably for years it had that we do rock not Hip Hop BS attittude.

Now that club owners see how much alcohol the Hip Hop crowd drinks, and old owners and booking agents are starting to give way to younger Hip Hop fans (this is the case at places like harpers) there are great opportunities for new blood to get on. So I get why rappers wait for the shows to be booked, and then beg to get on instead of booking them for themselves, but I just want to tell cats don't wait go meet these dudes yourself, approach them correctly and start the process. Maybe not the real busy places first, till you have a name and some credibility but get the smaller clubs going and work to the bigger ones.