Literally NOBODY knew this nikka. There are dudes with a legit buzz in DC like...UPTOWN XO, who worked with me in the goddamn Advanced Auto Parts in Takoma Park.
A known artist. Who was signed to Wale...Literally FROM DC...working in an auto parts shop...
This random ass male from Virginia in a DC costume appears from nowhere.
nikkas would come into the job and recognize breh on a regular basis.
When I lived in DC...nobody knew who the fukk a Logic or Goldlink James was...minus people on the Coli...and industry people. Is that not weird? If you're on a scene, doing shows, performing, in 3 states connected to one district, and nobody knows these nikkas...
I'm sorry, but nah.
kinda, but youre also talking about years ago at this point. XO was buzzing in like 2009-2011. of course goldlink wouldnt have been around 6-8 years ago making any noise in the city. in fact, around the time that XO was buzzing, there was a TON of dope artists in DC that had potential to break out, but
i feel you on his plant status, but XO is not the comparison to make. if anything you should be comparing goldlink to lightshow or glizzy in terms of time period, cuz hes a more recent artist.
that said, his potential plant status is still valid. i just wonder how cats get plugged in like that, cuz DC aint really a music hub, so how does a cat like goldlink connect with a team to help put him on?
You DC nikkas are some of the most persistent technical ass haters ever.
I lived in DC 7 years and can tell you why shyt isn't popping. A lof of the artists are too busy trying to sound like they're from my city (Atlanta) and don't use any of their extremely original slang or style (Wale does but still).
dc is def a crab in the barrel city for the rap scene
but DC has a buncha different styles of rap goin on. some cats (a growing number) do try to build off that atlanta sound, there's still plenty of DC cats doing their own unique thing. DC is still finding its rap style. wale fused it with go-go some, but it didnt really stick i guess. the newer kids, while knowing about and growing up some with gogo, dont have it in their face as much as the older generations, so id say DC will hopefully find its own unique sound soon enough, but atlanta has influenced everyone at this point, so its pointless to hate on dc for following the rest of the country.
however, theres not a real unifying element to the scene, so the scene is basically a buncha different crews, who dont overlap, and everyone does their own thing.
its been getting a little better recently with local orgs like OneLoveMassive teaming up with some of the different groups in the city, but thats just kinda how it is out here. people dont work together. its not beef, its just
i feel like we do have our own unique slang, and it gets used A LOT around here, but it should be used in the music more, cuz dc slang is dope
