Saturday, April 23, 2011

The Community

So I rocked a show in Chicago last night. The heads in Chicago really welcomed my crew and showed us love. They didn't even know we came up to do the show from St. Louis until I said something about and they looked at my Cardinals cap. We represented and came back to the crib. I get back and my battle emcee friends are going back and forth about who's the nicest. My homies with established fanbases are talking about unity and I'm on the same page. The way it used to be was politics and bullshit as usual. Now it's about the music, bringing something to contribute to the table and not being a douchebag. If your business is good we'll fuck with you but no matter how good your music is now, we won't fuck with you. I love the sense of community we have in St. Louis now. People are collaborating and fucking with each other based off the quality of music being created here. Anybody trying to shine while ostracizing the rest of the scene here gets outcasted. That's the way it should be. We're all trying to get to the top but at the same time be good people in the process. So, the upliftment of our musical and civic community is the focus as well as getting paid. Praise God. Moolah.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Me And The Project

I'll take the time to actually promote music instead of spamming like lazy douchebags that play with this music do. As you can see my name is Ducky Hines. I make music. The music I make is called backpack trap hop. I grew up on Highland Ave & Goodfellow when I was little. My whole family was on that block. When I was a toddler I spent most of my time with both of my parents. My childhood was split between the old block and Dellwood. Later my life was primarily in Dellwood but I always came back to the old block, still do though most of my friends I played with are long gone and don't come back. I can't blame them. The West Side I remember as a kid is gone and it's worse. I teetered between sports and street life, mainly basketball and making enough money to get fresh. Occasionally I kept an extra arm to protect me from the goonies when I couldn't box my way out. Enough about me. This is about THURRRZDAY NITE LIVE, my passion project of the last year with DJ Shad of TraKCbanga DJs. Oh, and my emcee influences are Biggie (RIP), Busta, Jay, Pimp C (RIP) and most Golden Era greats. 1) TNL Intro - I destroyed Darth Vader's theme and yes, I am a real Jedi. 2) Break It Down feat Mos Precious - it's the story about a girl I met a couple years ago, a tall stallion chick with a really thick body that could dance her ass off. I love this song. It's #9 on DJ Sir Thurl's Loud & Clear at http://www.stlmixtapes.com 3) Moolah On My Mind - it's about how I think about money, simple as that. 4) Capital Of Hate - it's about the music scene, crooked cops and these backwards clown-ass rappers here in St. Louis. The song was inspired by a trip to Chicago. I was literally driving down Pulaski jamming LEP Bogus Boys. It made me think of home and I turned it into something of mine. Shoutout to Moonie and Count though. Don't Feed The Killaz vol 3 is my shit. Gotta Give credit where it's due. #midweststandup 5) Fresh All Day feat Zone Caleone - it's about what we do: have fun, get fresh and party on hood shit. I'm not trying to save Hip-Hop or any of that crazy shit. I'm just giving a microcosm of my life. For the rest, holla at me April 28, 2011. Praise God. Moolah.