WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO KEEP DOIN THIS MUZIC THANG???

[imported_MASTERED_TRAX]

JUST CURIOUS TO HEAR "REAL" REASONS WHY SOME OF YOU CHOOSE TO KEEP DOIN THIS MUZIC THANG, WETHER IT BE PRODUCTION, RAPPIN, SINGIN, WHATEVER.... I JUST BEEN THINKIN, CUZZ I GOT TIMES WHERE IM HELLA UNMOTIVATED, FOR WHATEVER REASONS..... AND SOMETIMES JUST DONT FEEL LIKE DEALING WITH THE BUSSINESS THAT COMES WITH IT..... NOW FOR THE HATERS, DONT GET SCARED, I AINT LEAVIN THE GAME EVER!!!.... BUT WHAT IM WONDERIN IS, WE ALL GO THROUGH THESE RUTS.... WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO GET BACC TO BUSSINESS, OR WRITING, PRODUCING OR WHATEVER???

I JUST AM LOOKIN FOR SOME REAL POST.... HOLLA!!!

 

[YoungCsteroc]

I does this because..

A youngsta gotta keep doing his thang staying strong through it all represent & put it down fa his ya know ain't trippin' on nothing yeah there's gonna be some folks that don't like what you doin' but at the same time there's gonna be a gang of folks that love and respect what you doin' I does it for my folks & family plus I enjoy it.

If y'all go to the record store pick up REALITY RAPS, it don't got no one famous on it but I put out a lot of my young potnas & they all got some talent I made sure of that.

Creative Music - San Francisco
CD WareHouse - Newark & SunnyVale
Tower Records - Concord, Dublin, Emeryville, Mountain View, San Jose, San Mateo & Stockton
C4 Records - Manteca
Back Door Records - Cotati
The Beat - Sacramento
Rasputins- Pleasant Hill, Vallejo, Newark, Campbell, Berkeley, San Lorenzo & San Francisco
Rock Bottom Records - Antioch
Amoeba - Berkeley & San Francisco
YoungCsteroc.com
AznRaps.com

Track List
1. War Time - Young Csteroc & Young Skitz
2. What You Think - Golden Nugg & Young Rutless
3. Rogue Life - Young Skitz
4. Fraudulent - MillaNina
5. It's Dat 510 Click... - Savage dragon Family Bizness
6. Neva Sober - Sidewayz
7. Young Vietnamese - Young Csteroc
8. The "H" - Highness
9. At Night - Tight Eyez, Young Gatt & Gravesite
10. Blazin' - Hungry Hooligans
11. He's So Cold - J-Sin, Bob.O, Skitz, Fettiacci, Csteroc & Black Mel
12. When Movies come Alive - Big J
13. I'ma Make It - Bob.O
14. Reality Raps Outro - Young Csteroc & Tonestone

It got production on it By :

Young Csteroc & Skitz, L.O.S. from Richmond, Realthy & E.Genius.

 

[BIG OSO LOC]

I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IN THAT TYPE OF RUT LATELY...I NEVE KNEW HOW MUCH BULLSHIT GOES INTO COMPLETING AN ALBUM AND HOW MANY MOTHERFUCKAS YOU THOUGHT WAS ON YOUR SIDE TURN THEIR BACKS ON YA CAUSE YOU ACTUALLY GETTIN OFF YOUR ASS AND TRYIN TO GET AHEAD!!

BUT ABOUT WHAT MAKES ME KEEP GOIN...FIRST, EVER SINCE I STARTED MAKIN MUSIC IT IS BETTER THEN ANY DRUG AND IS MORE ADDICTIVE THEN ANY DRUG OUT THERE...SECOND, ALL I GOTTA DO IS TURN ON MTV OR THE RADIO AND HEAR HOW MUCH WE ARE GETTIN FLOODED WITH WATERED DOWN, BUBBLE GUM FAGGOT ASS RAP THAT SEEMS TO BE THE THING FOR EVERYBODY TO GET INTO LATELY...IT JUST MAKES ME WANNA KEEP IT MORE REAL THEN EVER AND KEEP ON STRUGGLIN THROUGH THE BUSINESS BULLSHIT TO BRING THIS BAY AREA UNDERGROUND TO THE FOREFRONT...HOPEFULLY THE FEW OF US OUT HERE CAN DO THE JOB....YA FEEL!!!

 

[imported_MASTERED_TRAX]

I FEEL YOU... THROUGH MY VENTURES, I SEEN SHIT I THOUGHT I'D NEVER SEE... GOOD AND BAD.... HOMIES YOU THOUGHT WAS DOWN.... PEOPLE PUTTIN PRESSURE ON YOU OVER SHIT... THE GAME IS HECTIC, NO DOUBT... AND IF YOU GOT FAMILY TO SUPPORT, ITS EVEN HARDER!!! AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GET OFF THE STREETS AND START DOIN SOMETHIN POSITIVE, CATS ARE GONNA HATE YOU FOR THAT... I BEEN THEIR AND SEEN IT, AND PLAN ON SEEIN MORE..... BUT THE THING THAT KEEPS ME GOIN, IS CUZZ I FEEL I HAVE THE BLUE PRINT IN MY HEAD ON HOW TO BLOW UP, AND IM FOLLOWING IT TIL IT TAKES ME TO WHERE IM SUPPOSED TO GO...

 

[SicFlow]

"SUCCESS IS THE BEST REVENGE"

My homeboys made a song called "SUCCESS IS THE BEST REVENGE" and thats real as fuck. Theres not a better feeling than prooving everybody wrong that doubted you (except for being on stage). I also do this for my homeboy who passed away a couple years ago. I'm trying to keep his dreams alive and make him proud of what I'm doin. There will be many people that will come along and try to discourage you but you can't let it affect you. Nobody makes it in this game overnight.

ITS NOT WHAT YOU KNOW BUT WHO YOU KNOW AND THATS HOW YOU'LL MAKE IT IN THIS GAME.

 

[imported_MASTERED_TRAX]

.... DAM, I DIDNT EVEN MENTION, ONE OF MY MAIN INFLUENCES IS MY HOMIE THAT GOT KILLED A FEW YEARS AGO... MY LIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH DIFFERENT IF HE WAS STILL AROUND.....





1000TH POST :chinese:

 

[og MS]

The relentless pursuit of excellence keeps me motivated...

knowin how far we've come and how far we have to go... itz a challenge in itself

 

[imported_MASTERED_TRAX]

The relentless pursuit of excellence keeps me motivated...

knowin how far we've come and how far we have to go... itz a challenge in itself

WELL SAID.... YOU KINDA GET TO A POINT THAT YOU CANT TURN AROUND.... THATS WHERE IM AT, IVE COME TOO FAR TO STOP NOW.

 

[Young D-A-T]

How about the passion for rapping and the love for music in general. I've listened to rap the most for basically most of my life and I will continue to cuz it's powerful. Considering myself a deep thinker, it feels good to express your thoughts onto a song and have people listen and understand where you coming from. Knowing that I have great passion for rapping is my motivation.

 

[MOESES SOULRIGHT THE 2nd]

my father RIP...

and when i remember the fact i'm only 19 yrs old

 

[Tha Schizo]

For me, someone pretty new to the business frontier, it's jus that I can't stop. Music has been the only thing, from as far back as I can remember, that I could see myself doin. Of course, there was other shit, but there was always music along with it. I've always wanted to work in the music industry. Finally, I'm gettin started. To me, it's a dream come true.

So basically, bottom line, to answer the question, I do this and will keep doin this cause it's what makes me happy. Through the ups and downs, I know, this is what I want to do.

Later!!

 

[Mista CaNE]

Tact: Great thread....

As far as me & my feelins and what motivates and doesnt motivate me. 1st and foremost i luv music in general... it is besides my fam and girl the luv of my life. When i was younger and bottled up everything rappin was a way for me to express myself when i had no other means of letting out my agression. I haven't made shit from rappin so if it was about the $ i woulda quit long ago. Corny as it sounds I wanna be remembered by those few people who hear my music as someone who did his very best to put out quality material and always gave the best effort and came with real life tales that all or most of us at least can relate to. I'm sure most of you like me have woke up many days feelin like your unstoppable...eff every1 im ah make it no matter what... but since were human we have days where we are to the brink of letting the negativity consume us and consider giving up. But I know that music has and continues to get me through so many hard time in my life... (amazing what a song can do). Brings back memories good/bad. And inspires more then anything. But in the end... it all comes back to the luv man.. i just luv to do it. Pz

 

[servnu151]

shit TACTOUT i feel you cuzzin........its like going to the gym by your self, and you notice hella cats trying to do the same shit you doing but either doing it wrong or not putting there all in it......plus if you bolo..........your motivation just fades away!

i can say in 1997 i decided to hang my shit up. and thats what i did i couldnt take it no more.....stop buying albums....i couldnt even take a step into the record store...it was terrible. but i loved this music to much, and CANE how you put it is correct.....i can make a song and let it roll until that shit brakes in the deck! its just that feelin you get..........WHICH IS THE REASON WHY I GOT BACK IN. now its time to make some quality music.


do it

 

[YOUNG 211]

4 ME

MY SON................

 

[titus775]

I keep writing because that's my shit. Since I was like 13 years old I was writing new shit and just became addicted to it. There's always other motivation like money and bitches but I really like to have my life so to speak cataloged on cd's, starting back when I was 15 was when I made my first studio recording.

It's like journal entree's with bass and drums. I remember being gutter poor with a swap meet kareoke machine making songs with the homie. Drinking. Smoking. That shit right there, just the good times I've had making shit with friends and the parlay factor in song making is what drives me. I truly enjoy doing the shit, and that makes it easy to be the workaholic that I am. I can get in the studio and grind all day come out looking dizzy and distant.

 

[Tre-8]

The game is all i got , it who I am. I eat sleep and shit this game. I don't have a day job i do this for bread and meat.


I love the art.

I Love being able to express what i feel in my heart for the world to hear.

I Love that fact.

I also believe the game is lacking, especially the west coast because were over here trying to conform to other peoples forms of music rather then staying true to our roots(gangsta shit)...


I believe real true shit needs to come back to the forefront for the west to rise again and i want to be the man to do it...


I will be the man to do it(remember this) (save this) because you'll think about this later.....


I promise......................................


I also do it for my kids, my father RIP I want to change alot of shit and this avenue is givin me the chance...





Tre-8

 

[Sydal]

What keeps me going in this game is my love for it, my addiction to stepping in a booth and letting everything out, rap is my crack. I have so many feelings, so many emotions, so many thoughts I need to get out, and talking to somebody about it would take YEARS AND YEARS, so I write about it, and I keep writing. I wrote 300+ songs in a little less than a year, and I'm STILL writing. Add those to the songs I've written since 1996, and I probably have 500 to 600 songs DONE and ready to go.

I started doing this SERIOUSLY when my best friend passed away (1996), because we had dreams of comin' up together. We started rapping together in 1994, always freestylin and what not on the way to elementary school. So now, I'm trying to keep the dream alive, and make it for both of us, and make my homie proud cause I know he's watching over me.

So for those reasons, I keep going and going and going...and everything motivates me. If something negative happens, if the whole world tries to hold me down, I will be that much more motivated to shove it in their faces when I succeed. I will never give up, rap is in my heart eternally.

 

[imported_MASTERED_TRAX]

^^^ I FEEL THAT 408% CUZZO!!!

 

[Sydal]

I knew at least one person would feel that

 

[CrushOne]

i personally don't make music. but i do make dollars. what drives me is tdoing something I enjoy while making some money. This is better than any 9-5 in my opinion. I luv it.