Four elements. Who embodies all of them? Really no crew that I know of that isn't completely wack. If you know a homeboy that's good at emceeing, one that's good at graf, one that's good at scratching, and one that's good at breaking, congrats. How many of them are dope? I remember a crew from the mid to late 1990's by the name of FTA from San Jose, CA. The only surviving emcee is Megabusive, and in the graf department, Pilot Rase has pursued a career in graphic design. Too bad he didn't keep rapping, he was my favorite emcee in the crew, if not my favorite emcee period. Mega's great, don't get me wrong. But as a crew, FTA embodied hip hop as it speaks to me. No, they didn't have a deejay, and no, their lyrics didn't mention any b-boys that tore up the local dance floor. But damn, they were about the art of hip hop. Sonically, FTA was the single most ghetto crew I have heard, besides maybe SFSM (also dope and directly related to FTA), with any talent whatsoever. They knew what the hell they were doing, as far as the elements of graf and emceeing are concerned. They did not know what they were doing, as far as sound quality is concerned. Since when has sound quality been an element of hip hop? The crews that have continued to produce music beyond the heyday of the underground cassette tape, have followed the trend of upping their studio equipment. I haven't followed that trend. I still record. Fuck the industry, I'm an artist. Check my songs out, and if you get a chance, I highly recommend that you cop a dub of an FTA album. Google "Full Time Artists". Maybe you can find a zip file. Probably not. Nerd. You're stuck with me and Suiside Cynicate.
Peas and carrots.
Robin Samples
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