good to see my dude Yirim Seck gettin some shine! another NW classic! (but none should be surprised that instrumentals inspire rappers! we are slaves to the rhythm of course!)
SPECSWIZARD GLS

Hip hop culture is ruining the ambience of Seattle. It doesn't fit as a soundtrack to our lives up here and doesn't belong in the Northwest. Take that shit back to LA or NY. We should all choose to reject prison culture as a lifestyle. I don't mean this racially at all, so don't even go there.

I'm sick of these rodeo clown lookin', retarded hat to the side, wanna-be thugs subliminally intimidating everone with their presence and attitude. I'm sick of the violence, the stupid, immature lyrics, the spastic dancing the headache inducing, excessive bass, the encouraging of graffiti and glorifying gang life. And no, I'm not too old or too white either. It's time for the urban community to transcend into something fresh and completely new, to BE CREATIVE! This crap hit it's peak in the early 90's and has been culturally downhill ever since. It's stale, homeboys! Time to come correct. I'm sure there's lots of people from all walks of life that feel exactly the same, but are scared to say so at threat of being shot or jumped. What a music scene...

Yo, yo, it's time to go!

Love,
Seattle

Wow, aguanaut37, you've got points, but to say all Seattle hiphop fans and artists need to go to LA and New York is mighty unrealistic.

I'm sorry that you're intimidated, but that's on you to change. I'm sorry that the scene isn't creative enough, but if you see that's something's missing, the onus to create it is, again, on you.

If you can't accept what's going on in the scene, have the strength to change it, or just give up and off yourself or something. Both options are more proactive than your rant, I'm sure you'll concede.

Oh, "mighty" unrealistic, is it? It's not all about me. What do you think women and children think about hip hop looking thugs everywhere? What about older adults and seniors? Even typical Seattle rock hipsters and punks and hippies? It makes the Ave. and Downtown and the Southside the scary places that they can be. It's not all hip hop, but you'd be blind to realize it's not most of it. Go check a crime map online.

What makes you think I'd invest anything towards improving this crap? Why would you be so lame as to put it "on me"? I'm all for encouraging people to RISE ABOVE it and make better lifestyle choices. The most proactive thing we could do as a society would be to fight back against this plague or virus and get rid of it for the sake of our culture up here. We can do better.

As for me offing myself, don't make me laugh. That's more hateful than anything I said in my "rant". If you're feeling that negative and vitriolic against me personally, then it's you that needs to check yourself. It makes me sick to watch parts of Seattle turning into south central L.A. I want regular people to be able to go out and enjoy this city without being scared of car jackings and drive bys. With the economy the way it's going, things are only getting worse and we all need to be aware, be honest and speak up!!!

some incredible thinking going on here, no need for me to try to bullet-point you b/c it wouldn't work.

i'll simply take great pleasure in knowing that you & others like you will go the way of the dodo in a couple decades. your kids, if you have any, most likely will not be as fucking stupid as you.

since this shit ain't stopping any time soon- rap, sidewise hats, or crime, which seems to be the actual issue- i hope you live the rest of your sorry life in fear. enjoy that. you were never built to live in an actual city.

Thanks for validating my points so clearly with your violent, angry responses. Seems like I touched a nerve. The truth hurts, doesn't it? That shit was too easy...

Yirim Seck is a beautiful artist and I am proud that he represents the town so well!! Thank you for standing up and letting your light shine!

I look forward to hearing more and more!!

you see what good music can do.....provide a platform for people to be moved to express themselves. No if that energy can be moved into actions that can transform the day to day conditions of life in communities. Well then it would be a truly blessed thing.
Yirim "Family Man" Seck is FRESH!!!!

edit: Now, if that energy...