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Topic: Edicts of Approach

Aug 20, 2007 08:51pm by approach
Before he heads off for SF, Sean Hunt reveals the laws of conduct for a hip-hop artist. Write them down. By Nadia Pflaum Published: August 16, 2007 The Pitch Weekly show'em some love to ya boy. http://www.pitch.com/2007-08-16/music/edicts-of-approach/
Aug 20, 2007 10:42pm by grassnasty Location: overland park
this was a great article...ill keep your tips in mind and it sucks to see you leaving dude...keep holdin it down in san francisco. grassnasty
Aug 21, 2007 10:36pm by MilkDrop - http://milkisrhyming.blogspot.com/ www.myspace.com/soulofmycity www.myspace.com/soulproviderscrew Location: First City, KS
word, San Fran has a dope hiphop scene. maybe we'll see an Approach Aesop Rock collab in the future since he moved out there too.
Sep 3, 2007 05:51pm by FlareThaRebel - http://www.myspace.com/anticrew http://www.youtube.com/anticrewtv http://www.cdbaby.com/anticrew2 "Ignorance is not something to shout" -FlareThaRebel Location: Kansas City, Missouri
BIG UPS APPROACH!!
Sep 3, 2007 08:00pm by AceFadal - [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]~means To learn by doing www.dipity.com/acefadal WE ARE, Kansas City is [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]! http://crushproofstudio.bandcamp.com/ Location: Downtown, Kansas City, Mo.
Its too bad [u:ddd163ea8c]he[/u:ddd163ea8c] won't see any of your posts [u:ddd163ea8c]here[/u:ddd163ea8c]. Wasting your time with your gratitude and props. And if he does he aint respondin. Can't give thoughts and love back to a forum that shows him love? Because its too "critical" to the "movement" to have an opinion on sites like this one. I still got respect for what he's doin, but whats real? Everybody gotta leave Kansas City...to put it down for Kansas City? wth? What happened to grass roots? The south didn't get hot by going to New York. Nor did The Natti, the Lou, or Miami. whats really going on? Shadow, Approach, etc...... my opinion... Discuss?
Sep 4, 2007 12:26am by DEMENCHA
DON'T HATE ON PEOPLE FOR GOING TO OTHER PLACES TO SUCCEED!!!!!! approach will be back. he's not moving to sf permanently.
Sep 4, 2007 12:48am by AceFadal - [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]~means To learn by doing www.dipity.com/acefadal WE ARE, Kansas City is [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]! http://crushproofstudio.bandcamp.com/ Location: Downtown, Kansas City, Mo.
Not hating at all. Again respect love and props..... Personally questioning why artist leave here (KC) to "blow up". We don't have enough heart for Hip Hop in Kansas City? If people in California like His style, what does that do for artists, from KC, that are not in California? If he dont show love for artist on this board, then why would someone from Cali be like, "let me get on the net and find some more of this KC flavor." ? I am not personally attacking Approach. Just confused, at why dope artists keep leaving KC, after getting so much love. Its almost like saying I just cant do it here.
Sep 4, 2007 12:54am by DEMENCHA
this circle jerk of people networking in kc, hoping that one of their friends blows up and that their friend will help blow up other people, themselves included, is tired. DO YOU
Sep 4, 2007 01:23am by AceFadal - [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]~means To learn by doing www.dipity.com/acefadal WE ARE, Kansas City is [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]! http://crushproofstudio.bandcamp.com/ Location: Downtown, Kansas City, Mo.
But if you cant do you here, how can you do you or "KC" elsewhere. Do you gain a fan base in another town, by selling out shows in other towns? Do you get on the blogs, there and join in online discussions or just trust that people will feel you in a bigger city, and proceed to follow? I guess it all depends on what you are trying to accomplish. I just personally feel like Kansas City/ Lawernce Hip Hop is already "suffering" so taking yourself out of the mix, When your city kind of "needs you" isn't really reppin yo sitay? I do understand that the Hip Hop flavor gets boring in Kansas City alot. I heard there was a huge gathering of circle jerkers at the last basement session. wish I coulda been there tho. didnt miss anything huh? Kansas City's Finest Circle Jerkers
Sep 4, 2007 09:33pm by DEMENCHA
AceFadal said: [quote:86dd8a1b4f]I just personally feel like Kansas City/ Lawernce Hip Hop is already "suffering" so taking yourself out of the mix, When your city kind of "needs you" isn't really reppin yo sitay? [/quote:86dd8a1b4f] dude, this quote is a perfect example of the crabs in a barrel syndrome. AceFadal said: [quote:86dd8a1b4f]But if you cant do you here, how can you do you or "KC" elsewhere. [/quote:86dd8a1b4f] A friend once said to me "IT'S BIGGER THAN THE BLOCK!" AceFadal said: [quote:86dd8a1b4f]Do you gain a fan base in another town, by selling out shows in other towns? [/quote:86dd8a1b4f] It's like MURS said in an interview a couple months ago in URB magazine, some people get to the point where they've done all they can do in a given market (ie MURS in the underground hip hop scene) and they want to try out something else. Ace, you say you're not hating. But it sure sounds like it. Let me know what you think. PEACE
Sep 4, 2007 10:13pm by AceFadal - [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]~means To learn by doing www.dipity.com/acefadal WE ARE, Kansas City is [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]! http://crushproofstudio.bandcamp.com/ Location: Downtown, Kansas City, Mo.
did you check your pm? I kind of get it. But I am still trying to understand, how you sell yourself to a new city in an overflooded market. I mean everybody is already an emcee. I'm not hating, just because I state facts or ask questions. I am trying to understand how people like you (writers/reviewer)consider KC to be full of circle jerks, decide what is good and what is bad and what is okay Hip Hop. There are groups/emcees in Kansas City that have albums that are for more dope than they get credit for. Some artist here are simply better than some major label artists. on the same note.....I am sure with Approach moving he will learn a few new things. I've become many inspired from a good road trip. I wish him a safe trip, and I'm sure he won't forget where hes from.
Sep 4, 2007 10:47pm by DjShad
ok here is whats real, people have to leave, how else can we expose the sound if we just stick around "home". many artists had to leave the city to get the sound out to get recgonition, natti blew up because hi tek took a chance and went to new york, bone went to west coast to link up with eazy e, nelly did shows throughout the midwest and took a chance in meeting with label reps after they showed them what they can do then they got a deal to expose their sound. Many people hold the back of kc when they leave the city, i know at least 20 rappers who i see out there on the grind( I respect those who leave the city and i see flyers or people call me to co-sign(people do ask so don't drop my name and say you know me because it will get back to me). We are not circle jackers we get out there and grind. I can sit at home and grip and complain about the city and sit stagnant or I can high the highway, move expose the sound network with people answer phone calls respond to e-mails because whats the fun having a dope cd you listen to at home. music is about expanding boundaries if berry gordy didn't look outside of detroit we wouldnt have motown. People told me i would never make it in this market and at the time it was overflooded with dj's and this was about 2001. I took a chance moving here when i finished my degree from SIU at carbondale, im originally from rockford,il(the home of michelle willams from destiny's child and cheap trick) and i took a chance because i saw potential, i saw cats who were not doing my sound of style and made my own lane and got money. I already had respect and power in the industry(2 12" releases, international radio show, running radio stations,opening for groups such as outkast,twista,international djs', mixtapes around the world by the age of 19) i took a chance, people stopped dealing with me because this city is looked as a joke in the industry. People would refer to this town as the joke because so many rappers,dj's and other intities have burnt so many bridges in this city. I don't even want to deal with talking about the industry during the "mac dre death phaze" In the book i'm writing, im telling it all about my experience here with press, dj's, rappers, radio because i've deal with more hate, imitation,imtimitation, disses than ive dealt with in chicago and stl and those are top 20 markets. You can still rep kc in other markets, i've seen james christos do it in other markets, ive seen other rappers do it in other markets and sometimes repping kc can look bad. I've seen rappers mess it up also for keeping it "KC", some are banned from certain cities for "repping kc hard." i mean do you want to sit still at home reach the top and sit here or do you want to go out and see the world and expose your sound because your sound is a reflection of your emotion and envirionment. I rep kc, but i also rep rockford,stl,chi and carbondale but at the end all i can do is rep myself will aka dj shad.i might be a circle jacker, but i'm trying to help along with other movers and shakers get the sound out its like an old saying either drop the load or get off the pot.. peace dj shad Violator Juke Squad Dj's Hittbreaker's Dj's Lord Gang DJ's(DJ crew for Lords of the Underground) Mixer 90.1 KKFI Show Me Mixshow Guest Mixer 103.3 Underground Heat w/ Kenny Diamonds Guest Mixer with a station in Croatia Book comming soon Get in the Water and Swim Like Me Urban Soul Marketing and Promotion
Sep 4, 2007 10:48pm by DEMENCHA
[quote:7d68e1d763]I am trying to understand how people like you (writers/reviewer)consider KC to be full of circle jerks, decide what is good and what is bad and what is okay Hip Hop.[/quote:7d68e1d763] What does that have to do with Approach moving? I didn't write this article. If there's something you're trying to pin on me then I'll defend myself, but for real, what are you talking about?
Sep 4, 2007 10:50pm by DEMENCHA
Shad wrote: [quote:31b7a37b0e]many artists had to leave the city to get the sound out to get recgonition,[/quote:31b7a37b0e] I could be wrong, but isn't that why Kansas City's gangster rap has a big bay area influence???
Sep 4, 2007 11:02pm by AceFadal - [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]~means To learn by doing www.dipity.com/acefadal WE ARE, Kansas City is [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]! http://crushproofstudio.bandcamp.com/ Location: Downtown, Kansas City, Mo.
[quote:067f2c8bcd="AceFadal"]Its too bad [u:067f2c8bcd]he[/u:067f2c8bcd] won't see any of your posts [u:067f2c8bcd]here[/u:067f2c8bcd]. Wasting your time with your gratitude and props. And if he does he aint respondin. Can't give thoughts and love back to a forum that shows him love? Because its too "critical" to the "movement" to have an opinion on sites like this one. I still got respect for what he's doin, but whats real? Everybody gotta leave Kansas City...to put it down for Kansas City? wth? What happened to grass roots? The south didn't get hot by going to New York. Nor did The Natti, the Lou, or Miami. whats really going on? Shadow, Approach, etc...... my opinion... Discuss?[/quote:067f2c8bcd] DJ Shad Wrote: [quote:067f2c8bcd]ok here is whats real, people have to leave, how else can we expose the sound if we just stick around "home". many artists had to leave the city to get the sound out to get recgonition, natti blew up because hi tek took a chance and went to new york, bone went to west coast to link up with eazy e, nelly did shows throughout the midwest and took a chance in meeting with label reps after they showed them what they can do then they got a deal to expose their sound......... i mean do you want to sit still at home reach the top and sit here or do you want to go out and see the world and expose your sound because your sound is a reflection of your emotion and envirionment. I rep kc, but i also rep rockford,stl,chi and carbondale but at the end all i can do is rep myself will aka dj shad.i might be a circle jacker, but i'm trying to help along with other movers and shakers get the sound out its like an old saying either drop the load or get off the pot.. [/quote:067f2c8bcd] Understood. Thanks for answering my question.
Sep 4, 2007 11:21pm by AceFadal - [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]~means To learn by doing www.dipity.com/acefadal WE ARE, Kansas City is [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]! http://crushproofstudio.bandcamp.com/ Location: Downtown, Kansas City, Mo.
[quote:84dbb6d8c7="DEMENCHA"][quote:84dbb6d8c7]I am trying to understand how people like you (writers/reviewer)consider KC to be full of circle jerks, decide what is good and what is bad and what is okay Hip Hop.[/quote:84dbb6d8c7] What does that have to do with Approach moving? I didn't write this article. If there's something you're trying to pin on me then I'll defend myself, but for real, what are you talking about?[/quote:84dbb6d8c7] My general question was "why does everyone gotta burn out?" Your response was basically "KC is full of Circle jrks, shit won't happen here, so leaving is best." If I misunderstood you i'm sorry. You are a so-called influence, so what you think or say, in my opinion is a deciding factor for many people. In my opinion there are groups and artists in KC better than Approach. And doing it well I might add. I know whats up. Its all love, when it comes to giving it to an artist trying to do his thing. dont say anything bad or ask questions or you're hating. Well as a fan and a fellow jerker myself. I want to get some of that love back. As well as my opinions don't matter, and I don't write a column. So look at my question/response as a fan not an artists.
Sep 5, 2007 01:19am by DEMENCHA
[quote:c3f5ba7e1b]My general question was "why does everyone gotta burn out?" Your response was basically "KC is full of Circle jrks, shit won't happen here, so leaving is best." If I misunderstood you i'm sorry. [/quote:c3f5ba7e1b] I was using "circle jerking" as another way to describe people who stay confined to one setting, maybe in this case, one city. It's another way to refer to a group of people "with their blinders on." [quote:c3f5ba7e1b]Your response was basically "KC is full of Circle jrks, shit won't happen here, so leaving is best." If I misunderstood you i'm sorry. [/quote:c3f5ba7e1b] That's not what I said. Shit can happen here. A lot of people in KC will say that KC is the hardest market to succeed in (ie "if you can make it in KC you can make it anywhere"). But it takes someone truly unique, like a Tech or Mac, to rep KC AND sell out shows in their own city. Like a friend said to me, "Today, record labels aren't fucking with artists just because they're talented," and he said that these artists have to have a city behind them, a support network, people who go to their shows and support their music. That's why I think Ces Cru can do it up like that. Every one of their shows that I go to, I meet people that I've never seen before and they're all like "yea we're here for Ces Cru." Ces Cru actually has fans which a lot of underground hip hop artists in KC can't say. [quote:c3f5ba7e1b]Its all love, when it comes to giving it to an artist trying to do his thing. dont say anything bad or ask questions or you're hating. [/quote:c3f5ba7e1b] When I see what you write on this board, a lot of times I don't know what you're saying or how you're trying to say it. I can't tell suggestions from comments to questions, etc. Maybe I misunderstood you. Let's say you were just posing hypothetical questions...what do you really think about Approach leaving KC? [quote:c3f5ba7e1b]So look at my question/response as a fan not an artists.[/quote:c3f5ba7e1b] Look at what I say as coming from a fan's perspective also. I mean sure, every writer wants to inspire others in some way, so it is kind of inherently egotistical, so I don't really know what else to say about it. I was a fan of hip hop before I ever wrote a column. And I'll always be a fan of the music no matter where my writing ends up. PEACE
Sep 5, 2007 02:47am by DjShad
thank you. the media is an influence, but the important influence other than the most high or god or whatever you refer the higher power is your fans. I learned this from my fiancee/manager ms amber and eddie levert describing his son gerald. SOmetimes i have issues with not getting bookings on certain shows(because either they deal with my manager unless they have an established relationship with me or i know im not going to get jerked with money(had to suge knight a promoter a few times) or certain parts of the media not making knowlege of my influence in this city(breaking underground artists on commerical radio/breaking race barriers with dealing with venues in overland park/trying to prove hip hop nights can be successful(lets face it from 2001-2006 you could not play a straight hip hop night in a cross-over club because of the race and violence factor in this city, on the highway constantly proving kc can be trusted, linking people to major deals with the wifey(a certain rapper who left wouldnt have that connect if it wasnt for ms amber/christors/myself even know a certain person was listed in an interview), being passed by most of the major producers when they have a radio hit(even thought I co-signed for them when the industry was pissed at this rapper/producer), having people jack blends/mixes/whole night sets(i have mixtapes proving i was doing the sound most popular dj's are doing now back in 2001-2004 and i have pictures of people writing down my playlist in the clubs), people talking about the fiancee/manager(hating females, dudes being jealous because she is making power moves and on her business) and this is a few things i've dealt with in this city and it goes on. but what makes me still do this being in the game for almost 15 years(this january baby makes 15 years being a professional dj started at 15 and i will be 30) is the fans. Taking the time to say whats up, having people take pictures, people who come out every week and say thank you for making my day feel good, working with like minded individuals(thanks chris for that once website, i would have never known that cats in norway had a copy of an ep i did when i was 19 or mixing for a station in chezclovokia), and just getting out there and grinding and networking and answering business questions like ms necia used to say, its about getting out there and exposing our sound to the world(the hip hop mix for stations in chezclovokia and a station im mixing for in mississippi has alot of local artists), and taking the time to learn the music history from the icons of kansas city to prevent the mistakes made by people in the past peace dj shad aka mr work-a-holic
Sep 5, 2007 05:18am by AceFadal - [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]~means To learn by doing www.dipity.com/acefadal WE ARE, Kansas City is [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]! http://crushproofstudio.bandcamp.com/ Location: Downtown, Kansas City, Mo.
Thanks for holding it down and putting it down for Hip Hop in Kansas City. Please Keep doing what you do.
Sep 5, 2007 09:25pm by MilkDrop - http://milkisrhyming.blogspot.com/ www.myspace.com/soulofmycity www.myspace.com/soulproviderscrew Location: First City, KS
I don't think Approach is leaving to take his 2nd chance at blowing up. If you remember he was signed to Coup D' Etat before it folded, i think he just wants to go where he can make good music. I don't think he owes anything to anyone in the end. As stated before you can only do so much in one scene before it's time to hit the road. I've talked to my crew about that a plethora of times this year. Bc we all know you can only promote your music so much in any local scene before it's time to get it out to the masses.
Sep 5, 2007 10:18pm by Deta!L - I just said that so you would stop bothering me.
just as an aside, maybe dudes leaving because San Fran is just a doper place to be...like I make beats or rhyme or whatever and as a person, on the life level I just want to live in the dopest place possible and be happy...maybe that's Pro too, who knows
Sep 6, 2007 03:46pm by approach
Man ya'll sparked some great points here. If more online convo's were like this I would post more. I thank you cats for the love and the quality convo. Ace I'm down to chop it with you on my moving tip, but I would rather do it in person. I never get a good feel for cats when it's online, that's way I don't post. I do however check this board and show hella love to my musical peers. Ace hit me on my myspace page(www.myspace.com/approach) or come out to the cd release party on friday and I can share my views. Shad covered a lot of great points and I have some of my own. My move to San Fran is for more reasons than just music and I have know dreams of becoming famous. Peace, Pro
Sep 6, 2007 07:55pm by AceFadal - [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]~means To learn by doing www.dipity.com/acefadal WE ARE, Kansas City is [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]! http://crushproofstudio.bandcamp.com/ Location: Downtown, Kansas City, Mo.
I would definitely try to make it for the cd release. I gotta work crossroads first Friday sh*t, so try to start late. lol (Anybody want a late ride? They can go with me. 10 to 10:30 ish. sorry gotta work. still trying to go though.) You know, I'm looking forward to getting that and talking to you before you burn out. Peace
Sep 7, 2007 12:47am by MILES - [url]http://www.MilesBonny.com/[/url] Location: KCK
more like approach ON the pitch. congrats man
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Edicts of Approach Before he heads off for SF, Sean Hunt reveals the laws of conduct for a hip-hop artist. Write them down. By Nadia Pflaum Published: August 16, 2007 This is Approach. Listen to him.Show me a man who doesn't fear change, and I'll show you a man with a bunch of quarters in his pockets. Or I'll introduce you to Sean Hunt. The rapper known as Approach is wrapping change in a bear hug. It started a year ago when he sheared off his shoulder-length dreadlocks. For his soon-to-be-released album, Welcome to Share, he traded classic drumbeats for mechanical synth. And the biggest change of all: In September, he'll be packing up and heading to San Francisco. Approach will leave his heart in Kansas City. It's obvious in the way he pours out advice for all the local rappers, DJs and collaborators with whom he'll be parting ways. But more than that, Approach is a leader by example, and it's by his deeds that we have devised the longtime local rapper's Five Commandments for the KC/Lawrence Hip-Hop Scene. [b:97b77eee94]I. Thou shalt keep thy ego in check. [/b:97b77eee94] At the date release party for Just Add Water, a mixtape by producer D-Will that features almost every rap act to ever trample the Peanut's sticky doorstep, Approach was the embodiment of humility. He performed, from the mixtape, the song "Kansas City Dreamin'," with D-Will and Reach. Then the first few strains of "The Brothafly Effect," the single from his yet-to-be-dropped album, Welcome to Share, drifted from the speakers. The beat was darkly futuristic, like a power drill buzzing in rhythm. Approach faced his audience, crouching like a stalking alley cat, his free hand punctuating his rapid-fire spitting and his eyes bugging out of his head, as the crowd hung on every crispy syllable. When the song ended, a guy from the crowd walked up to the sweaty, 28-year-old rapper and told him to keep it up, as though Approach were a freshman on the rap scene. Rather than explain that he was rapping back when mixtapes were actual cassettes, Approach merely said thanks. "If people want to come up and give encouraging words, it's not their responsibility to know your history," Approach explains. "That type of stuff is fresh to me. I know some have an ego about it, 'Well, I've been doing this, I established this.' That's not me, man. If you don't know me, that means there's a changing of the guard. New people getting involved in it." [b:97b77eee94]II. Thou shalt push the artistry. [/b:97b77eee94] Approach wants people to listen to Welcome to Share four times before they solidify their opinion â€” not because he thinks it's beyond the average listener, but because it took Approach himself a long time to warm up to the sound. It's a dramatic departure from anything he's done before, thanks to the futuristic club-soul production of DJ Salva. Approach met Salva through his partner in Datura Records, Brent Lippincott, the DJ who started the label in Lawrence. Salva is also the reason behind Approach's other departure â€” the one from Kansas City to San Francisco. Salva moved to San Fran from Milwaukee with his whole crew, and joining them on the coast was an offer Approach couldn't refuse. "It's gonna be a good thing," Approach grins. "It's gonna be a bunch of different musicians packed in a crib in a very expensive city, playing the music we love to do." [b:97b77eee94]III. Thou shalt make dance-floor music that's not dumb. [/b:97b77eee94] Approach calls himself a "blue-collar, real-life MC," but just because he likes to rhyme about paying bills doesn't mean that he wants to be a big downer. He brings up the recent club hit by Hurricane Chris, "Aye Bay Bay." It's a whole song about making catcalls to women. "Everyone gets all deep on it, like this is part of the corruption, this is what keeps us down," Approach says of the constant controversy over rap music. People who listen to popular rap music aren't dumb, Approach argues. They just want the diversion. Approach says his goal is to match contagious beats with his ability to sneak social commentary into pimp-cup dance songs. "Why can't I take this rhythm that someone else is doing and not saying jack to, and write to it and say something clever so that people don't even realize that they're getting their vitamins and minerals?" For maximum impact, Approach is releasing another 11 songs as a project called Aloe Park, produced by Ill Poetic from Cincinnati. It will be available for free downloading on Approach's MySpace page at the beginning of September. And it's totally different from Welcome to Share. "Cincinnati just has a soulful, beautiful, hard-city vibe," Approach says. "It's like a rough, grimy area, but the music they make is so pretty." [b:97b77eee94]IV. Thou shalt stay off the Internet forums. [/b:97b77eee94] You'll never catch Approach arguing on hip-hop message boards. "I don't participate in anything that's detrimental to what's going on," he says. "Anyone who wants to see what I think, I'll tell 'em. I won't sugarcoat it for them. But there's no need for me to go on a public domain and debate that in all caps." [b:97b77eee94]V. Thou shalt remember that Kansas City includes the suburbs, too. [/b:97b77eee94] Approach has lived in Overland Park since the second grade, and he's proud of it. "From Olathe to Kansas City, Missouri, and all of Wyandotte County â€” I consider all of that to be KC, to make up this metropolis," he says sternly. "I went to Shawnee Mission North," he continues. "Mac [Lethal] went to Shawnee Mission South. Brother of Moses [rapper Aaron Sutton] went to Shawnee Mission North with me. A lot of prominent figures in the scene are from out there." Approach marvels at the progress that hip-hop has made in Kansas City in the last several years. He and Lippincott rooted the Datura label in Lawrence because it was friendly to hip-hop at a time when venues in Kansas City were not. When the hip-hop scene in Lawrence proved peaceful and successful, venues in Kansas City started opening their doors to the new scene. "I'm glad KC finally embraced it," Approach says. "I feel like they respect it. The forefathers â€” the Veteran Clicks, the Tech N9nes, the Basement Khemists, the Heet Mobs â€” they did a lot of grunt work, too, and people went, wow, there's some cats doing it, there's hip-hop in Kansas." And soon, California will be finding out about it.
Sep 21, 2007 10:43pm by Adru
i realize its a little late to add my 2 cents...but i get the feeling that people acting all concerned that pro moving to s.f. is some kind of dis to k.c.,or a sign of him giving up on the scene are probably just some pretty young cats that arent looking at the big picture of a man just trying to live his life.i mean,who the fuck wouldnt rather live in a city like frisco over places like k.c. and lawrence?when he told me he was moving,the hip hop "scene"didnt even pop in my head.i was thinking more about how lucky he is,and how dope it'll be when i get the fuck out of here too.i hate to break it to you-but k.c. is extremely far from being close to an ideal city..for music,or for LIFE.peace
Sep 22, 2007 04:59am by AceFadal - [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]~means To learn by doing www.dipity.com/acefadal WE ARE, Kansas City is [b:353f9d151d]k[/b:353f9d151d]inestheti[b:353f9d151d]C[/b:353f9d151d]! http://crushproofstudio.bandcamp.com/ Location: Downtown, Kansas City, Mo.
[quote:bc5e965e7c="Adru"]i hate to break it to you-but k.c. is extremely far from being close to an ideal city..for music,or for LIFE.peace[/quote:bc5e965e7c] I feel you a kid. but I love Kansas City. I like to travel. So living in any of those places, that are so-called better for Hip Hop or music ain't always the greatest, safest, nor the funnest (Seattle for instance, great place for music, but sh*tty place to live, unless you like the rain.) my opinion. I also heard quotes like this after E-40 and his crew broke up, about the souf, and how it was over for them. After ghetto Boys was done. Who ws ready for Atlanta, back when niggas was recording sh*t in their bathrooms? The east coast slept on the souf and now they regret it. Cali is a conglomerate of Hip Hop, but the only Original sound from there is Gangsta. The Miami Bass sound was thought to be a thing of the past, but its still getting club play. And the influence from the sound, and the Miami Street scene has made a Lil' Wayne hotter than hes ever been. However had there not been a hurricane, he may still be in N.O. Aand maybe he wouldn't have grown. So understand I understand, but.... My point is to never say never. You can't underestimate the game. It only takes one hit, and fake A&Rs will be at KC's door step. I have friends and Family in Long Beach, San Fran, and San Diego, but those places are not for me. As a matter of fact, If we can dream about being in an ideal place to make music, I would want to produce in South America, Africa, or Tokyo. Those Places are changing Hip Hop in a way nobody is ready for. PEACE AF
Sep 22, 2007 03:55pm by grassnasty Location: overland park
yea, japan is hot .... id go there