Backpacker For Life

It seems there is a continuous pattern about me speaking on behalf of underground rap, but for good reason.

I am collaborating with Hard Target (myspace.com/hardtarget) to release a new mixtape for the underground, named Fuck Mainstream Vol. 1 (I didn't name it).
This will be promoted like nothing else I've ever promoted. I want every Backpacker, Grafitti artist, B-Boy, Emcee, DJ, and all those aspiring to be such to bump this album. It's about half-done right now, I'd say. You won't regret it, trust me. I know good music.


I've also been meaning to dispel comments involving me and my appearance. Yes, I know I'm white. No, I'm not a wigger. Yes, I can still like rap, and no, it doesn't suck. Now that the basics are out of the way, let me explain. This is MySpace, which I realize 70% consists of teenage girls who flock to teenage boys who dress like teenage girls. I always wear baggy jeans. I have to, to feel comfortable. I don't wear make-up, but I do have snakebites (or venoms), and black hair. Sure some things are coincidental, but the fact is I love hip-hop. The only thing you can prove to me by saying I can't like rap is your ignorance. If you have to conform to the look (which, by the way, indie rap doesn't have a look) of what you listen to, then there's no point in free thought and speech (which my music choices promote).
Not to twist things, I do like rock, but I like bands like KoRn and Static-X and Blink 182. I won't know any From Autumn To Ashes or A Static Lullaby lyrics, or album names or bandmembers. I'd have to say the closest I get to emo would be either my Blink 182 or Bullet For My Valentine. But regardless, as I've said before, Hip-Hop is a lifestyle. If you really want to know what I listen to, this would be by far the best place to find out: http://www.last.fm/user/Lunatock/ and even that isn't all that accurate as of late (I've since gotten a new computer), but that'll change soon now that I've redownloaded the plugins.

Anyway, ignorance is probably the biggest downfall of the mainstream. People think so narrowly that it actually hurts to hear. If I don't have dark skin, wear a grill, drive a slab, and sport a 24" chain to match the 24" dubs, I can't listen to or like rap. Does that make sense to you? Probably not, or at least I hope not. Ha.
Oh well. Mainstream is slowly getting better, and unlike most cats who will throw around the "You've Sold Out" card everywhere, I'll be actually very happy to see some of my favorite artists on MTV or MTV2 or FUSE or anything, really. I don't take pride in listening to bands my friends have never heard of, I take pride in listening to good music - there's a difference.