#soundcloudsaturday #scs #BLAM

when i say ABB, KIM, & BLAM, it's not because it sounds cool, clever, catchy, or whatever...

it is meant.

about 5-6 years ago i was extremely frustrated w/what i was being presented w/on the audio tip by mainstream media. it might be safe to say i was beyond frustrated...

heated maybe?

bent?

wigged?

you get the idea...

it seems like a lot of humans presented w/this type of situation just start complaining & developing bitter sentiments. i did it myself for a bit. it wasn't enough for me to survive on. in my mind i knew that hip-hop was more than what was on the radio being mercilessly rebranded as practically indistinguishable from R&B. in essence to mesh hip-hop w/R&B the way it has been attempted over the last decade or so is yet another act of disrespect toward hip-hop culture.

this is unacceptable...

what i'm doing now is a part of what i feel is a viable solution to the above problem. it's is important to note that i don't maintain all these different sites for self. i don't do it just to promote self. i do it as a means to build/network w/other creatives. over the years in the streets i've met many, many MC's, who no 1 will ever hear rhyme, smash crazy freestyles &/or writtens. these experiences led me to the question of why there is no outlet for these people.

i decided that as a professional communicator & student of mass communications that i would do something to create an outlet for what i knew was still being made by those who continue to hold the culture close to heart. i came up w/a concept that is still active today & motivates much if not all of what i do online as a creative.

creating & moderating the hip-hop group on SoundCloud is a part of this overall plan. i am determined to do what i can to perpetuate creative expression, especially when it comes to hip-hop.

so, from this Saturday forward, i will be rocking #soundcloudsaturday #scs.

WTF is that?

#soundcloudsaturday #scs will be when i sit down & actively listen through the submissions to the hip-hop group to decide which 1's make the list. usually as i'm moderating tracks i post the 1's that hit me a certain way on facebook. now i'll be posting them to twitter as well.

as a part of my recent organization focused activities i felt like it was necessary to designate a moderating schedule. having to moderate close to 700 tracks is quite a feat. making this a weekly event will help keep that number down & i can also continue to encourage the over 1K members of the group to be more interactive as creatives & humans in general.

as the title blurb of this blog says:

welcome to the journey if you choose to get down!

PEACE
...be calm...