SO DISRESPECTUL AT SHOWS

I DON'T REALLY GO OUT TO SHOWS THAT MUCH ANYMORE BECAUSE OF MY WORK SCHEDULE BUT I TRY TO SUPPORT LOCAL VENUES WHENEVER I CAN.

I CAN TRULY SAY THAT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF CROWD PARTICIPANTS HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY ALTHOUGH YOU STILL HAVE YOUR MAINSTAYS(THE GUYS IN THE CROWD TRYING TO HOLLER AT EVERY WOMAN IN THE CROWD,BAD SOUND MANAGEMENT,20 PEOPLE ON STAGE RAPPING AT THE SAME TIME)

BUT I AM STARTING TO SEE A DISRESPECTFUL TREND AMONG MCS IN THE DMV,PARTICULARY AMONG THE YOUNGER MCS....I AM NOT TRYING TO POINT THE FINGER AT ALL THOSE WHO ARE YOUNG AND SPIT ON THE MIC....JUST A HANDFUL WHO SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS FOR THE MOMENT.
THE MOST RECENT ACT OF DISRESPECT WAS LAST TUESDAY AT LIV NITECLUB WHICH IS LOCATED ABOVE BOHEMIAN ON THE INFAMOUS U STREET IN WASHINGTON DC.I WAS THERE THAT NIGHT WITH SOME FRIENDS OF MINE ATTENDING THE BLACK MADONNAS PART 3 SHOW WHICH WAS HOSTED BY ENOCH AND MANA.IT WAS ALSO ORGANIZED BY TYRONE NORRIS OF ROSETTA STONED,I WAS GLAD TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THAT CAME OUT THAT NIGHT FOR THE SHOW.

FIRST LET ME SAY THIS,THE RESPECT FOR THE DJ IS AND THE SOUNDMAN IS PARAMOUNT!!!!
NO EXCUSES AND NO WAY TO GET AROUND IT.TELLING THE DJ TO TURN THE MUTHAFUCKING MIC UP OR MUSIC SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED AS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENDED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION AT THE SHOW THAT I ATTENDED THAT NIGHT.
SECOND,HAVING TO STOOP TO THE LEVEL OF DEGRADING THOSE THAT TOOK THE STAGE BEFORE YOU IN A NON FREESTYLE BATTLE FORMAT IN AN EFFORT TO GAIN MORE ATTENTION FOR YOU IS JUST PLAIN WACK!PEOPLE GET UPSET WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MIC SKILLS AND STAGE PRESCENCE AS THE NEXT PERSON SO THEY RESORT TO GHETTO MUDSLINGING ON STAGE....THE SHOWMANSHSIP AT SOME OF THESE EVENTS IS RIDICULOUS.AND FOR THOSE THAT RESORT TO MAKING THE MOVES THAT I JUST DESCRIBED STEP YOUR GAME UP,WHEN YOU HAVE TO RESORT TO THREATENING THE AUDIENCE TO PUT THEIR MUTHAFUCKING HANDS UP SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG.SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW IF I AM AT HIP HOP SHOW OR AT A BANK WHILE IT'S BEING HELD UP BY ROBBERS.

FINALLY,TO THE PROMOTERS...START YOUR EVENTS ON TIME...IF IT SAYS 9PM ON THE FLYER THEN IT SHOULD START AT 9PM IT SHOULD NOT BE 10PM NOT 10:30PM NOT 11PM,THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT PAY GOOD MONEY AND BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO COME TO YOUR SHOWS SO AS A PROMOTER YOU SHOULD DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO START ON TIME.

BEING A DJ I UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS MAY GO WRONG AT THE LAST MINUTE BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO STAY AHEAD OF THE GAME AND BE PROACTIVE UP UNTIL THE START TIME OF YOUR EVENT.SOME PROMOTERS ARE JUST PLAIN LAZY AND THAT'S REALLY SAD,IF YOUR FLYER SAYS PM AND YOU ARE THE PROMOTER OF THE SHOW AND ITS 9PM AND YOU ARE OUTSIDE CHATTING IT UP WITH THE LOCALS AND YOUR PATRONS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON THAT'S JUST WACK.

JUST MY THOUGHTS

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