Can it be?
It is happening! Slowly but surely good music is starting to hit the airwaves. Today I got a bit of a reassurance with two artists on different ends of the spectrum, both 100% hip-hop. Hailing from Rhymesayers Entertainment we have Toki Wright in one corner and coming from Interscope Records we have Wale. Rhymesayers is the biggest little record label around. Very few of their artists get major airtime on any radio stations, but they are the most widely known “underground” label. Atmosphere, Brother Ali, even Evidence (from Dilated Peoples) are all members of the Rhymesayers team. Then you have Interscope Records a mega label that shoves music down throats of our society. The problem with labels like Interscope is that many artists feel like they loose a lot of their personnel flair and ability to have control on how they want to create music. I am sure any major label would love to swoop on a group like the Cunninlynguists, but I think they are pretty happy being the kings of QN5. ...