Freestyle Segregation

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Isn't it sad that freestyle is so segregated?

West coast, East Coast, Canadian, German...

A sad story really.

Unity is key to survival.





Or...


...we can start an all out war like the east coast / west coast hip hop scene. We can do drive by's to promote our music and sell more records. :shush


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PeteZavala said:
Isn't it sad that freestyle is so segregated?

West coast, East Coast, Canadian, German...

A sad story really.

Unity is key to survival.





Or...


...we can start an all out war like the east coast / west coast hip hop scene. We can do drive by's to promote our music and sell more records. :shush


🙁
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You forgot old school / new school :texican
 
i see it more as variety, not segregation. imagine if there were no "branches" of freestyle and it all sounded the same wherever you went.. obviously that isn't the case which makes freestyle so interesting. sure there are different varieties of freestyle from country to country but that doesnt mean it's "segregation"
 
PeteZavala said:
Isn't it sad that freestyle is so segregated?

West coast, East Coast, Canadian, German...

A sad story really.

Unity is key to survival.





Or...


...we can start an all out war like the east coast / west coast hip hop scene. We can do drive by's to promote our music and sell more records. :shush


🙁
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It's funny you mention this cause its very true in my eyes regarding the segregation of freestyle, but before you know it, it will be one of those threads that get no posts due to lack of interest. What is so funny was that, when I first got into listening to freestyle as a young kid, I loved ANYthing that was freestyle and I still do, but later on in 2003/2004 when I first start getting introduced into the any internet website regarding freestyle, I start seeing so much segregration , and I was stunned because I started realizing it can mean either of these two things 1.) There is too much pride among each section (East Coast, West Coast, Midwest etc...meaning if this freestyle artist is from this city, we will support it regardless, OR 2.) They don't know certain artists due to the fact of lack of promotion or tastes.


But being a member hear I've met all kinds all cool ass people from all over the maps,and I got nothing but respect for those peers who at least give us a chance to hear our voice, but on the other side of the token I've seen the difference by reading and peeping game up on every freeestyle site, and even though certain sides or members don't get much love or recognition, it can't or wont ever stop me from still posting cause my camp is here to stay, I can easily say something to ban me, but then it would bring to the shipwreck of the ones who stuggled to post their artist on the map, but I'm going to let it be known that my camp will never be ran out cause were too strong. 1 LUV
 
PeteZavala said:
It is segregated. So many west coast artists are never heard on the east coast and vice versa all the way around.
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Well, because the West Coast Freestyle products (California + Texas) are harder to find than East Coast Freestyle items. :whistle

I stopped running after new Freestyle releases from Cali & Texas since a year or two now. It's too sad to say because I had nothing against those two areas.
And also most of the West Coast record companies are not seriously distributed. So...

Just my two cents...
 
I actually looked at this post thinking it was talking about a different type of segregation. I guess that is just my crazy way of looking at things. I thought the topic was seperation along racial lines and the reason I thought this was because even though I am hispanic I appear to most people to be black and when I first came into the industry I faced a lot of rejection from the labels and promoters and even some fellow artists who all thought black guys dont sing freestyle and if they do they would be a hard sell for the audience. I never understood this way of thinking considering many of the earliest freestyle songs were recorded by black artists. I mean for the most part I have not had many problems as time progressed and our audience always embraced us regardless of what race they thought we were. I just thought I would talk about this since it seemed to fit in the theme somewhat and it is a topic that many people don't discuss.
 
Worldwide freestyle, that's what it's all about.....but the sad thing is, the rest of the world doesn't even know about freestyle?! Now why is that?!
 
NuJerz2001 said:
Worldwide freestyle, that's what it's all about.....but the sad thing is, the rest of the world doesn't even know about freestyle?! Now why is that?!
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I think the world does know. We have gotten fan mail from Rio,France,Germany,and other places in Europe. The thing is they just know it as music I dont think they use the word "Freestyle" I personally hate the term "Freestyle" There is nothing free about it, well maybe what most of us artists make it might as well be free.(LOL) But that is a different story. But the minute you do something different in this music you get accused of turning your back on the genre and I think that is messed up because all other artists in other genres do other styles even if they are primarily known for one particular style and their fans pretty much stick with them because they like the music these acts make and therefore they accept them even if they cross lines every once in a while.
 
Exactly. If you try to do a new style, it's most likely not going to be accepted and then you get classified as "too old skool / too new skool / too west coast / too east coast" ....whoompty whoomp whoomp.

Segregation.
 
some of u guys are right about the too-many-divisions thing, i guess its cuz freestyle is DANCE MUSIC & that means over-classification, jus like what petezavala said. like progressive this or hardcore that.. no other genre over-classifies the way dance music does. which is why freestyle must be this way.
 
Freestyle Segragation is real...But thats kept more underground then freestyle music it self..😉 No one wants to come out bashing reigons and producers openly...I guess we all have our prefrences and taste...But it can get pretty ugly. And like pete said....it is sad.

Its ONLY sad because the freestyle industry as a whole is in such bad shape...theres no room for segragation..at the same time its not sad..we all have our favorite freestyle..and theres nothing really wrong with that..but when bashing and hateing among ourselves becomes open...it does slow down our growth as a whole thus the "freestyle stands still"
 
This segregation proves that contrary to popular belief, freestyle is very diverse and has many different sounds.
 
It's not just freestyle that is "segregated" - it is the same exact thing with House music - there's New York House, Chicago House, Euro House, Italo House etc etc etc...

As far as freestyle goes, I don't think the scene now can be compared to freestyle's biggest period from the mid 80's to mid 90's - HOWEVER when freestyle was charting as #1 pop hits back in the day, here in New York as a kid listening to Hot 103 I can't ever remember hearing Trinere, Debbie Deb, Pretty Tony or any of the Florida freestylers on the radio. EVER. I discovered them on my own later....I know there were freestyle records I never heard from other parts of the country too - but they played the hell out of the New York freestyle records - even Stevie B who was from Florida but his record company was owned by the same Lefrak that built the Lefrak City complex in Queens, so there you go...
 
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