Anygma continues, "especially with the booming phenomenon of battle rap and hiphop, you suddenly have all these hungry opportunists from the outside looking in. Where were they before all of this? What did they care about hiphop before it became a source of additional revenue for them? In the world of underground hiphop, many share the same sentiment. We brought such a niche and frowned-upon culture to mainstream-like awareness with nothing more than a Facebook account, a YouTube account, and a lot of hard work," he said.
And people are starting to catch on and educate themselves more about it. The deviation cheats everyone involved out of a genuine hiphop experience: the rappers from gaining legitimate battle rap know-how and the audience from a deeper engagement with the genre.
Why not just work with those companies for the mutual benefit of hiphop? Companies see too much aggressiveness and vulgarity in the art; the battle league sees rhythm and rhyme in their most raw and most real forms. In other words, unless the mainstream is willing to accept or at least be open-minded about hiphop in its entirety, it will not be easier to change the Philippine rap scene for the better by partnering with them. With Uprising , the independent label and management company he co-founded in Dec.
It's a proper noun and nothing else; not a verb, common noun, or however else it's being used by kids today. And listening to its followers, he deserves an award from the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino for making our national language alive here and abroad! He is none other than Anygma, who graduated last year with a B.
AY: We first started out as a two-man team. There's our resident videographer and video editor, Kevin a. DJ Umph of the Mighty Miscellaneous, and everything else that had to be done was handled by me. Since then we have expanded our staff to accommodate our other events such as the Graffiti Battles and Mindfields HipHop night, and several other roles in order to improve the machinery of FlipTop.
Then there are certain things that I have to be firm about - sometimes to the point of imposition - in order for the participants to be on the same page as the rest of the league so as to maximize the purpose of the whole organization.
There's no real secret to organizing the league but if I had to give an example of my process, I'd say I go about it as logically as possible.
After getting an idea of how other leagues work in context of their respective circumstances, I think of how I can apply it to the local scene. I identify what can work, what won't work, and what'll never work. Next logical step would be to figure out how and why this and that should be enacted or implemented.
If there are any logical or illogical obstacles, I study how I can possibly go around it, if at all it's worth pursuing in the long run. It might be hard for non-HipHop oriented people to understand as a more thorough explanation would involve extensive comparison and contrast among leagues and their particular context or paradigm.
In short, as with many countless things in the world, some things may work perfectly in certain areas but will fail miserably in other areas.
My role then, to break it down conceptually, is to familiarize myself with such and such, in order to adapt, all for the purpose of application. AY: The only rigid rule in FlipTop is that the participating Emcees cannot let the battle turn physical. No actual threatening or excessive physical contact with the opponent, so as to avoid having a fight and ultimately having to ban the people involved.
The rest of the regulations are all part of the format. The battles are a cappella, do not make use of a microphone as much as possible , and have rounds that are set and timed according to what the opponents agree on.
Honestly, one part of me is vindictive. I can't deny that. But other than that, I'm really just overwhelmed.
I also used to think I'd never really do anything great with my life. I think it's a very natural and human worry to be of any significance to anybody else. If people believe in us, then thank you.
I never thought it would come to this. Now that we're here there's no other direction to go but upwards. To rest laughs. Honestly, one part of me wants to get it over and done with. Whether it fails or succeeds, if it fails really badly, if I end up being buried in debt, okay na rin eh. I just have to face it. I actually miss my regular routine and getting back to doing chores. It sounds weird, but it's very therapeutic for me.
It's very humanizing. It's something I really enjoy. Also, to spend quality time with my family, just being able to hang out and sit on the couch and enjoying a series or a movie, as long as I'm with them. I also cook a lot, so being able to cook without worrying I have to hurry up because I have to get back to work.
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