The Baltimore Paparazzi
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
The Reason Baltimore and The DMV Can't Get On????
WOWWWWWWWW is all I can say! I check my FB for updates on who had won awards at the DMV Awards and to see just how different it was from the previous years and all of a sudden my news feed post up that a fight broke out and someone lost an eye. Now I'm about to write my opinion on this whole situation and about the stuff people are posting up! No disrespect but yeah someone is going to take offense and be mad.
What should I touch on first??? The fight or the stat messages that people are posting up??? Let's start with the fight!!!!
Why is it that some can't leave the streets in the street? I don't know who was fighting or why and I really don't give a fuck but of course that curiosity has me! The event was at a nice location and from the pictures and video I seen it was a HELL of alot better than where we were last year when I went! I didn't attend this year for so many reasons!! For one, I had to work. Two, the cost was crazy. I had someone tell me they asked 2 different people the cost for a ticket and a table and got 4 different answers. And three, I had a feeling that something was going to pop off. All those categories and all those nominees??? Something was bound to get violent. But I could have never seen this outcome! 5 people injured! Possibly one losing an eye? I'm just hoping I knew no one who was fighting! I'm gonna be pissed because I would hope anyone who knows me and associates with me has more common sense than to be ghetto ass ninjas (I don't say the N word and you all know that).
Now the stat messages that I have been seeing. Ok people have their right to their opinion. That fight was not the reason Baltimore can't get on!! That fight isn't the reason why the DMV isn't recognized! The reason for that is 90% of you don't do shit to be recognized. How many cds have you just went somewhere and gave out?? Are you going to buy someone's cd and you never heard of them?? Hell No!! How far out your hood have you gone to get exposure? Some of you are too scared to go anywhere. How many shows out of town have you done? You want to be apart of the DMV so bad but never done a show in DC, VA or lower MD. Wouldn't know how to get a show because you don't even know any of the artists from down there!!! So stop the bullshit stat messages about THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T GET ON.
Me personally I don't like awards events on the local level because alot of times you can see the favoritism and the bullshit no matter how they try and cover that shit up. I see that shit last year at the DMV Awards. I don't know what the criteria was this year for being put on a list but I know damn sure that artists were nominated by their friends and fans....ok that's cool but then I would hope that once they went to narrow the list down that investigated just how much that person or group or whoever had done in that last year. I wrote a blog about the awards a while back and I wrote one about the whole DMV thing just yesterday!
Now, if you take offense to anything that I have said, so sorry you lost a few minutes of your precious time reading this. But I can guarantee that you will be thinking about something of the things I have written!
Congratulations to all those who won. I would hope that they all deserve the title that they were given. But at the end of the day, no one is going to remember who won anything! All they will be talking about is the fight that broke out and how some guy lost an eye and a total of 5 people went to the hospital. That has been the topic of many FB statuses since last night! I only have heard about one person winning and that was my man Billy Lyve for Promoter of the Year. What happened to all the other titles and awards??? Of course I want to know who was fighting and why but no one seems to know! Hell who won the awards???
Priorities are all fucked up. So to those of you who are constantly pushing forward trying to achieve that greatness......keep doing what you do!!! For those of you who can't separate the streets from the board room.....look around you. You will still be right there next year talking about that's why Baltimore and the DMV can't get on!!
What should I touch on first??? The fight or the stat messages that people are posting up??? Let's start with the fight!!!!
Why is it that some can't leave the streets in the street? I don't know who was fighting or why and I really don't give a fuck but of course that curiosity has me! The event was at a nice location and from the pictures and video I seen it was a HELL of alot better than where we were last year when I went! I didn't attend this year for so many reasons!! For one, I had to work. Two, the cost was crazy. I had someone tell me they asked 2 different people the cost for a ticket and a table and got 4 different answers. And three, I had a feeling that something was going to pop off. All those categories and all those nominees??? Something was bound to get violent. But I could have never seen this outcome! 5 people injured! Possibly one losing an eye? I'm just hoping I knew no one who was fighting! I'm gonna be pissed because I would hope anyone who knows me and associates with me has more common sense than to be ghetto ass ninjas (I don't say the N word and you all know that).
Now the stat messages that I have been seeing. Ok people have their right to their opinion. That fight was not the reason Baltimore can't get on!! That fight isn't the reason why the DMV isn't recognized! The reason for that is 90% of you don't do shit to be recognized. How many cds have you just went somewhere and gave out?? Are you going to buy someone's cd and you never heard of them?? Hell No!! How far out your hood have you gone to get exposure? Some of you are too scared to go anywhere. How many shows out of town have you done? You want to be apart of the DMV so bad but never done a show in DC, VA or lower MD. Wouldn't know how to get a show because you don't even know any of the artists from down there!!! So stop the bullshit stat messages about THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T GET ON.
Me personally I don't like awards events on the local level because alot of times you can see the favoritism and the bullshit no matter how they try and cover that shit up. I see that shit last year at the DMV Awards. I don't know what the criteria was this year for being put on a list but I know damn sure that artists were nominated by their friends and fans....ok that's cool but then I would hope that once they went to narrow the list down that investigated just how much that person or group or whoever had done in that last year. I wrote a blog about the awards a while back and I wrote one about the whole DMV thing just yesterday!
Now, if you take offense to anything that I have said, so sorry you lost a few minutes of your precious time reading this. But I can guarantee that you will be thinking about something of the things I have written!
Congratulations to all those who won. I would hope that they all deserve the title that they were given. But at the end of the day, no one is going to remember who won anything! All they will be talking about is the fight that broke out and how some guy lost an eye and a total of 5 people went to the hospital. That has been the topic of many FB statuses since last night! I only have heard about one person winning and that was my man Billy Lyve for Promoter of the Year. What happened to all the other titles and awards??? Of course I want to know who was fighting and why but no one seems to know! Hell who won the awards???
Priorities are all fucked up. So to those of you who are constantly pushing forward trying to achieve that greatness......keep doing what you do!!! For those of you who can't separate the streets from the board room.....look around you. You will still be right there next year talking about that's why Baltimore and the DMV can't get on!!
Saturday, March 5, 2011
The DMV!!!
Ok well I don't think I have pissed off too many people lately and with this next blog I think I just might! But oh well, that's what I seem to be good at! But while you are getting you panties in a bunch and being mad, think about what I have written! You may not agree with me but hopefully you will see at least one of my points!
Now let's talk about this DMV thing. What does DMV mean??? Hate to tell you but the definition is Department of Motor Vehicle. Yeah!! But for this blog DMV is DC, Maryland and Virginia. And there are alot of people here in Baltimore pissed off that Baltimore isn't included in the whole scheme of the DMV! Let's see if I can't clear it up for you!!
The Maryland in DMV doesn't mean the whole state! The Maryland is the lower counties around DC! The Virginia part sure as hell don't mean the whole state! But I guess Baltimore feels the need to be included! Cool if it means that much to you! It seems that some in the city are wanting to belong to something or figure that since artists like Raheem Devaughn and Wale and even Tabi Bonney have gotten into the limelight and they are from the DMV that hey maybe we can jump on this as well. Yeah that statement just pissed you off didn't it! Hey I just write what I see.
Now whether or not that is true, that's exactly what it seems! Hell I have never heard Bossman say shit about the DMV until he dissed Wale which that was the most stupidest thing I have every seen and heard! But anyway, how you want to be apart of something but only at certain times and events! I haven't heard of Baltimore artists doing shows down at Weyone in Alexandria VA. Wait....Block Boy Gang did like a month ago! Yeah and most of you don't realize there are events going on and I guess aren't going to even reach out to do shows in VA or DC because I just see shows in the city or out Dundalk.
So......when are you apart of the DMV?? Take a few minutes to think about that!! Oh I know....every year when the DMV Awards pop up! Then it seems like you all want to be apart of the DMV! Tell me I'm wrong!
Lisa, what makes you such an expert of this?? I'm not! I sit back and watch what people say! I pay attention to what you write and what shows you do and I take all of that in and process it! And my feelings about it are that no one gives a fuck about being apart of the DMV until something good is happening in the DMV or the awards!
The Awards...............where the hell do I begin with that??? It is so funny how you all beg to get an award that doesn't mean anything unless you need validation. I am grateful that I have received awards the past 2 years in the Baltimore Crown but I still sit there and wonder if people really think that my Contributions are worthy of the award or if they just gave it to me so I could feel special. Personally I know that my contributions to the scene go beyond just taking pictures but not alot of people know all the other things that I have done and been doing! I don't need praise. Thank you and I appreciate you when I do something is good enough!
Now back to the awards!! No matter who wins there is going to be alot of talk about it's rigged and they shouldn't have won and all that! I think the way to nominate people and for someone to win should be based on sales and shows. That's just my thought! Sure have their friends and fans nominate them but that's it. After that go through the list and INVESTIGATE!!! See how many shows they have done and see how many cds they have sold or even given away, or if they have a download link see how many down loads they have!! That would cut out alot of the bullshit about who deserves to win. But damn what do I know??
Am I part of the DMV??? Sometimes! Why I say that?? Because I have artists in DC, VA and MD that I deal with. I'm not just in Baltimore! People know me from NY to Florida. I'm not even from Baltimore. I'm from MD but I rep Baltimore every time I go somewhere. So be apart of the DMV. But do it more than just a month or two out of the year.
Another thought!!! Why isn't anyone up in arms about not being included in the DelMarVa. Probably have no clue what that is! That's part of Maryland but I don't see anyone being pissed off about not being included in stuff that goes on in that area? I'm just saying!! Do you see how stupid that is???
Ok I am guessing I pissed off enough people today!! I'm not really trying to make anyone mad, just trying to get you all to think instead of following.
Now let's talk about this DMV thing. What does DMV mean??? Hate to tell you but the definition is Department of Motor Vehicle. Yeah!! But for this blog DMV is DC, Maryland and Virginia. And there are alot of people here in Baltimore pissed off that Baltimore isn't included in the whole scheme of the DMV! Let's see if I can't clear it up for you!!
The Maryland in DMV doesn't mean the whole state! The Maryland is the lower counties around DC! The Virginia part sure as hell don't mean the whole state! But I guess Baltimore feels the need to be included! Cool if it means that much to you! It seems that some in the city are wanting to belong to something or figure that since artists like Raheem Devaughn and Wale and even Tabi Bonney have gotten into the limelight and they are from the DMV that hey maybe we can jump on this as well. Yeah that statement just pissed you off didn't it! Hey I just write what I see.
Now whether or not that is true, that's exactly what it seems! Hell I have never heard Bossman say shit about the DMV until he dissed Wale which that was the most stupidest thing I have every seen and heard! But anyway, how you want to be apart of something but only at certain times and events! I haven't heard of Baltimore artists doing shows down at Weyone in Alexandria VA. Wait....Block Boy Gang did like a month ago! Yeah and most of you don't realize there are events going on and I guess aren't going to even reach out to do shows in VA or DC because I just see shows in the city or out Dundalk.
So......when are you apart of the DMV?? Take a few minutes to think about that!! Oh I know....every year when the DMV Awards pop up! Then it seems like you all want to be apart of the DMV! Tell me I'm wrong!
Lisa, what makes you such an expert of this?? I'm not! I sit back and watch what people say! I pay attention to what you write and what shows you do and I take all of that in and process it! And my feelings about it are that no one gives a fuck about being apart of the DMV until something good is happening in the DMV or the awards!
The Awards...............where the hell do I begin with that??? It is so funny how you all beg to get an award that doesn't mean anything unless you need validation. I am grateful that I have received awards the past 2 years in the Baltimore Crown but I still sit there and wonder if people really think that my Contributions are worthy of the award or if they just gave it to me so I could feel special. Personally I know that my contributions to the scene go beyond just taking pictures but not alot of people know all the other things that I have done and been doing! I don't need praise. Thank you and I appreciate you when I do something is good enough!
Now back to the awards!! No matter who wins there is going to be alot of talk about it's rigged and they shouldn't have won and all that! I think the way to nominate people and for someone to win should be based on sales and shows. That's just my thought! Sure have their friends and fans nominate them but that's it. After that go through the list and INVESTIGATE!!! See how many shows they have done and see how many cds they have sold or even given away, or if they have a download link see how many down loads they have!! That would cut out alot of the bullshit about who deserves to win. But damn what do I know??
Am I part of the DMV??? Sometimes! Why I say that?? Because I have artists in DC, VA and MD that I deal with. I'm not just in Baltimore! People know me from NY to Florida. I'm not even from Baltimore. I'm from MD but I rep Baltimore every time I go somewhere. So be apart of the DMV. But do it more than just a month or two out of the year.
Another thought!!! Why isn't anyone up in arms about not being included in the DelMarVa. Probably have no clue what that is! That's part of Maryland but I don't see anyone being pissed off about not being included in stuff that goes on in that area? I'm just saying!! Do you see how stupid that is???
Ok I am guessing I pissed off enough people today!! I'm not really trying to make anyone mad, just trying to get you all to think instead of following.
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