More Necessary Than Violence On The Amistad
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I think part of being member of MOG is shouting out folks who deserve a break and give some kind of a voice to artists who, for some reason or other, are struggling to make it through the dark labyrinth of the music industry with their soul intact.I'm gonna get on my lil' soapbox every once in awhile and let y'all know about some artist or band who needs not just our ears but a little bit of our consumer power as well (yeah, that's right. Go out there and buy their shit).My first is someone I've been in love with since I first heard her spit on The Herbaliser's Very Necessary album. Her name was What What then. Her name now is Jean Grae, and she's mad as hell with the industry:" I hate this industry. I hate the music business because it has shit to do with music. I grew up in a family of independent struggling musicians and I’m sick of being a part of that cycle. I’m tired of fighting harder than everyone else to even just get a little bit. I don’t even know why I fucking put my heart into doing this when it’s obvious that so many people who don’t, get what they want out of it. The financial unstability of this is driving me crazy. Why do I have to keep turning out entire albums or releases full of music when some cat can spit on a mixtape once, or give someone a pound and then get on immediately? Why try to do something that’s apparently so fucking different and impossible, that I have to defend it to myself everyday?I hate myself for dumping my all into this. If I was smarter I wouldn’t have pursued this career. I’m older than most people already established in this business and I’m not thinking of the money coming out of it for balling out purposes. I want to be a mom soon, I want to have some sort of steadiness in my life, but with this job that is close to a damn impossibility right now."Here's more of her article:http://www.allhiphop.com/features/?ID=736And further response:http://www.allhiphop.com/features/?ID=738Now go forth and find the light my children.*EDIT* Had to add this video:
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