I'm in Seattle, so the local scene here is always popping. My first post goes out to all our local hip hop heads.
One of the great things about Seattle hip hop, is that we do it kinda different here. Where other rappers make their videos by getting a bunch of pimped out cars, gold chains, and half naked girls, we say "nah, let's make our video with pirate ships, a living room on a trailer, and a camel. While other rappers brag about their over-priced bling, we brag about finding a stank-ass coat that only cost 99 cents!.
Other rappers talk up their game and brag about how many girls they've slept with, but we gotta be honest. We're not very good with the ladies.
But you know, those Seattle ladies are cool, so you gotta play it cool, bring yourself, and don't funk with their groove.
We don't like the posteuring. When we "keep it real" it's a little more humble. In this home of Starbucks, Tully's, and Seattle's Best, we write about what we know, and what we know is COFFEE!
But what would you expect from us? When the rest of the rap world was cold faced serious gangstas or gettin real about black awareness, Seattle shouted up from the NW to just say "yo, I like big butts!"
Yeah, we can be more scholarly, but we also know we come from good blue collar stock too. So we have to balance our two sides.
Even though we joke around, don't let that fool you. Seattle is a liberal city and we take our freedom to joke around and be ourselves very seriously. To that end, we can put all jokes aside and get on a political crusade where we don't rest until there is freedom for every last one of us.
And that's what it's all about where I'm from.
Now excuse me while I go out for a walk in my city where we wear our underwear on the outside
