You Should Be Doing This...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyqCfbBuyxE

The Dollar In Your Pocket

On this great Sunday evening, there are just a few words I'd like to share with my indie/underground artists (especially the Carolinas **wink, wink**), whom I love and support with all the fibers in my being.

No, I'm not a radio personality.

No, I'm not a DJ.

No, I'm not a manager, or A&R, or big time promoter.

What I am, though, is your consumer. I am part of the fan base you will need to keep your music alive out there in the streets and on the radio. 

I am the dollar in your pocket.

I'm listening to your music on my iPod as I hit the treadmill for 20 minutes on Monday evening. 

It's me, Trooper, and CAROLINA MUSIC on I-20, Broad River, Two Notch, Hwy 17, I-77 and wherever else I need to go a minimum of six days a week.

I am the dollar in your pocket.

So even though I may not be able to get you a record deal (or even nothin' on that distribution), you should still keep me in mind as part of your plan. 

After all, if I (and people like me) don't wanna hear your music, why would those DJs and record labels need you?Where will you get the dollar to put in your pocket?

THE ANSWERS to Carolina Quotes

Well, I tried. I tried to find out who really k nows what music around here. Disappointingly, to no avail. Maybe folks just didn't even attempt to test their knowledge, maybe they did and couldn't figure 'em out. I did get a couple of folks' responses when they recognized their own tracks, though, so kudos to them!  I guess. 

Anyway, see if the answers below ring any bells:

"There's a place I call my own, from the top the bottom, the front and the other  side, my state my city my zone, I gotta show yall it's somethin' 'bout that  southern life..." -- "This Is My Hood" Christou

"Let's go the mall, let's go spend some money, girl you gon' have a ball, cuz you  the only one..." --- "One Girl" L-Boogie

"Uh huh, yeah I'm a 'G', uh huh, can't f*** like me, uh huh, gotcha out the club  early, I'll getcha home by three..." ---  "Bedroom" Boondak Syndicate

"If you ain't know wha da deal is then you betta aks, cuz I don't play with lil'  chern so run tell that, or fake mix with n***** who think they all that, they just  crabs in the bucket and ya know that..." --- from Hollywood-n-Troy "U Know" Remix  (side note: This track is 7 MINUTES!)

"Snitches got the block exposed, butt naked on the block got me hustlin' slow,  and I, I ain't got no where to go, trapped between a rock and a ounce of blow..." --- "Say Hello To My Life" Primo Starr

"Yall be steady hatin' cause I'm fresh up on my grind, I be getting paper so you  know that I'm gon' shine...why you hatin' on me, I ain't hatin' you...motha f****  worry 'bout me, I ain't worryin' 'bout you..." --- "Hatin' On Me" P.Watts

"Hater blockers on, blockers on I ain't seein' them, where ya at, posted on the  floor with my team and dem, people lookin' at us like we ain't supposed to be in  here, be in here, hater blockers blocking all the hate in here..." --- "Hater Blockers" Don Won Wizzle

"He told me, he wants me, so I told him, come and get me boy...[if you want me,  come and get me]..."      --- "Come Get Me" MaryLiz

"Let's stay down like four flat tires, we can smoke that fiyah then go joke at  Dinah's..." --- "Roll With Me" Dem Damn Twin$

"I know it's hard baby, in many different ways, ain't old enough to have sex and  gotta live with AIDS, plus it ain't your fault, you was born wit it, kids wouldn't  even play witcha think they gon' get it..." 

--- "Untouchable" Snook da Rokk Starr

"Everybody claim they got that work, everybody thugs, every n**** got a plug,  every n**** sell drugs...I don't believe 'em though..." --- "I Don't Believe 'Em"  TD tha Don (& others)

"My stunnas on, my eyes hid and I can't find my eyelids..." --- "Geek Muzik" Mr. Flip