Me and the homie DJ Forge have been talking about him and criminally underrated rapper Kam Moye coming out to rock at the Solution for while now (Forge is Kam’s tour DJ).  The other day, I mentioned the idea to Forge on AIM and he said that might be hard to make happen and sent me a link to this sad post from Supastition.com, check it out…

For those who have been asking for updates on myself and my album. Kam Moye is longer an artist on MYX Music Label. As of a few months ago, MYX Music is no longer in business from my understanding. At this point my album is kind of lost in the shuffle and I am hoping to get things resolved as far as rights to the music go. The mother company ABS-CBN took some serious losses in the past year so they cut off finances for it’s smaller subsidiaries including the label. It was beyond my control and nothing could have prevented it. More than a few artists lost their deals. I’ve dealt with a similar situation before when Chain Letters in 2005 was released and two or three months later the distribution company shut down without warning. That’s just the way the ball bounces. Hopefully things will work out for all parties. I wish Karim Panni (label manager of MYX) all the best in his new endeavors. There will be no more singles or videos off of the album. Thanks to those who supported the album. I am grateful for the opportunity regardless.

At this time, I have no plans on recording another professional solo album as Kam Moye or Supastition. This decision isn’t based on my recent situation with MYX Music but based on the state of the music industry and where it’s going. It wasn’t an easy decision for me but I felt that it was the best choice. I’ve sacrificed a lot of money and time and it’s just not worth it to continue with it the way I have done in the past. All isn’t bad news though… I have enough unreleased songs saved in the stash at this point to compile a few more albums. With that being said, I’m going to put those songs together and make them available for free download as soon as I can get clearance from the producers and guest artists involved. There is no release date and there won’t be one. There will be no labels or promo involved. Whenever I can get the okay from everyone involved then I’ll put up a link on my site, Facebook, etc… It’s as simple as that. Not to mention, I have recorded close to 100 guest appearances in my career so I’m sure they will continue popping up on the internet throughout the years.  There are some other MC/producer projects that I already had in the works with Dela (from France), D.R. (Electric Ave), and Madwreck.  I’m a man of my word so I will make sure that those projects are finished and completed. I’ve been left hanging way too many times by people that I’ve worked with in the music industry so I’d never do that to people I respect. I mainly chose to do projects with them based on their talent, loyalty, and just being good people and friends in general. The collaboration project with Dela may be released on CD/iTunes depending on what he decides to do with it but the other two projects will be free releases. Also, I just provided DJ Concept (Bash Brothers) with over 70 songs to release in a Kam Moye/Supastition mixtape series in order to help distribute the remaining songs in my catalog.

Although I’ll always write and record music, I have no interest in to pursuing it professionally anymore as an artist. 5 record deals, 3 albums, 3 EP’s, 5 videos, 12 countries, and 40+ U.S. cities is more than enough for me to be proud of.  I know some people will wonder why can’t I still just make music? The truth is that I have never “just made music” because most of my career I have managed myself (until recently), booked my most of my own shows & tours, found my own record deals, found my own producers, and most recently recorded my own music. That takes a toll on you and your personal life after awhile. Out of all those duties, I spent the least amount of time rapping and recording music. With music being technically free nowadays, that’s way too much effort for the results I’ve seen. Waking up to see a blog giving away your entire discography for free followed by a single sentence saying “support the artist” is a very humbling thing to see when your rent is due. That’s not bitterness, it’s just today’s reality…  I’m at peace with that. I’m going to make sure that the rest of the music in my catalog will reach those fans who have supported me over the years. This isn’t some corny retirement speech or “I quit” rant… just me personally giving you an update on what to expect and what not to expect from me. I’m sure people will interpret it any way that they like though. I had originally written a lengthy and personal message breaking down a lot of things but I realized that nothing on the internet is personal anymore. Thanks all of those who have supported and all of you who will continue. I’ll update you on things as soon as I can. Hopefully you will enjoy the rest of the music and if not then you have more than enough music from me already. Peace and respect y’all.  -Kam Moye

With that said, me & Forge have been talking about him and Kam rockin at the Solution for a while now and we’re still gonna try to make it happen sometime this Summer.  In the meantime, I’d recommend copping whatever Kam Moye/Supastition music you can and show your gratitude to one of the most slept on rappers of the last decade.

SATURDAY, 5/15 in Boulder & SUNDAY, 5/16 in Denver -> Catch me DJing for one of my favorite groups out, LA’s own U-N-I, at the Fox Theatre & the Bluebird.  They’re on tour with Talib Kweli & DJ Hi-Tek as a late addition to the Reflection Eternal – Revolutions Per Minute tour and they hit me up to DJ for their Colorado shows (obviously I said yes…LOL).  The shows should be crazy and I think there’s still a few tickets left.  I wouldn’t wait too long though, I’m guessing both shows will sell out.  P.S.  I’ll be splitting time on Sunday between Hapa Life and the show, so if you can’t make it to the show, definitely still come see me at Hapa in Cherry Creek.

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I don’t know a lot about how it was received then, but I always considered this feature from the Source to be a little piece of #COHipHop history.  I remember being geeked to see the Colorado hip hop scene being featured in the #1 hip hop magazine of the time, even if it was just a page.  I used to have this pinned up on my wall as a freshman in high school, alongside record covers, concert flyers and promo posters (you can see the holes from when I pinned it up…LOL).   It’s crazy how life plays out, in 2010 I know a lot of these people personally.  Anyways, I figured some of the Denver and Boulder heads would like to check this out, it’s good to know your history.

Some grade A ranting, spotted over at djpetey.com -> First off, a disclaimer:  I cant take credit for writing this.   This was a series of twitter posts from @DJBriG.  I just feel the need to re-post it here out of fear that it might get lost in shuffle of late night, drunken, twitter ramblings.  Here is what the man had to say…..

“U rap idiots are too stupid to realize that country music took ur spot at top 40 radio. All u do is win at urban radio and ur careers are over in a year. Why? Cus country music gives people an emotional attachment that hip hop lost with ur played out drug raps. We’ve heard the d-boy story 100 times before u idiots. And most ya’ll aint really d-boys and we know it. People wanna hear music that they can emotionally attach to. 90’s rap did that. It was poetry. O Let’s Do It is not poetry. Southern rap only works in the clubs. Its nothing that people wanna buy. 2pac made club hits, but he sold cus of records like dear mama. Biggie had Juicy. They were emotional. U could connect. U assholes hated on 808’s and Heartbreak, but it sold cus people could relate to his pain. There was emotional attachment to his lyrics. Excuse me while I go in. “Black music” has been the highlight of music in this country. There is no race in america that can claim that they’ve made better music. But in the last few years “black music” has lost its way. The innovation is gone. Seriously, does everything have to be 75 bpm and have drake on the hook and talk about ur money? We bought music cus we heard stories about the struggle. We tried to relate our blue collar lives to it. We understood. And these old dudes do have long careers. Fuckin jeru is overseas every week getting euro money. He aint had a hit in 15 years. U think dem franchize boys are going to germany in 2016. Get the fuck outta here. And its all about getting a groundswell of support. Raheem devaughn had a great album, but where was the chatter. And the saddest thing is that most the great rappers are fucken lazy. Jay electronica could be the next nas but dude is lazy as fuck. And to be more of a bum ass lazy dude than nas is, is something to be said. And can we please give up on red cafe on the east coast. Dude is like 48 and never broke. Its over my dude. Red cafe is jim jones with less marketing sense. All I’m asking for is innovation. As a white kid who grew up with black music, I’m sad to see what its become. Innovation + emotion = great music. And now I’m stuck with white hipster kids who grew up on real hip hop and tweaked it into their own shit to listen to. And those kids get booked all aroud the world while waka flocka is happy with 1500 kids in fucking mobile. Can @kurupt_gotti get some backing out west? Dude is top 10 rappers of all time and nobody notices. I just want something with some soul. Something @themegatrondon would sample, but new. And ny is so damn soft so I doubt its gonna come from here. I live in Bucktown, home of the origoo gun clappers. But we’re in a recession, isn’t this the time when great music is made. When people are fucked up? Where’s flint, michigan. I know u guys don’t drive benzs. I know ur broke. Where’s that real heart. where’s the truth that folks can relate to? Biggie never rapped about how much money he had til he was rich. He rapped about the struggle. We related. We were all fucked up in’ 94. And if its not about the struggle, at least make it happy. And good happy, not dirty sex happy that I don’t want my little cousins to hear. R&B has bee lost for 10 years. Everything is sex, sex, sex. U know why country music kicks the shit outta hip hop on the charts, cus its only about love and heartbreak. Raw emotion. That’s enough for tonight. Thank u to jameson irish whiskey and marlboro for sponsoring this rant.”