word. Aesop rock had a video that i saw on mtv 2
a while back . . .

There's a couple places that do.

Go look an Aesop Rock CD's booklet, in the "Thank You" type shout outs he even says something like "And thanks to all the radio DJ's putting my stuff on".

I Can Name About 8 People Who Claim to be Underground So They Can Look Cool n Superior . .

I Saw Chali 2na On Mtv. . Even If You Do Get Some Publicity Doesn't Mean Yoor No Longer Underground

There is a show called Basmentalism in town that has played both, and I have seen an Atmosphere video on a local video show, and Aesop hosted the show.

...Underground/Commercial are status words and not genre or style words....

When we mean "Well known" we talking about household name or pretty close to it....WHen you on the radio/ TV all day long and you reach pop star like status....Not somebody who sell 100, 000 units and just a core fan base of 100 cats in a couple of states

UGK...shit, look at they name, Under Ground KIngs..they conciderd underground but they not backpackers at all.....

Talib Kweli is or close to a backpacker type and he's looked at as commercial...

You can even be the same person and be both..DJs pull it off better than anybody..Look at DJ Clue for example...He's well known, host a MTV show and all that, thats commercial...but his street mixtapes are underground..they not accesable to the mainstream..

Backpacker don't equal Underground...it just so happen that alot of backpacker are...becasue don't nobody outside they fan base know who they are....Lil Flip up until last year was underground, and he's the farthest thing from backpack you can imagine

actually i think your right there is a station in new york that plays underground rap.

but they arent played nation wide, thats what i was tring to say.

in my school im the one that turned everyone on to atmosphere and all that underground shit. if it wasnt for me they wouldnt have know about them.

that makes someone underground.

but when are u comercial?......

When u are known?.....or when u get on tv/radio....

I dont think comercial is the right word,...

cuz olso the underground 'rapper, doin it to get known, and make money...

You Know Your Commercial When Chrit Has You as an Avatar

also when people come to do shows, if they are comercial you hear about it on the radio and TV. when nas came it was all over the place.

but when atmosphere came here i didnt even know he was coming until i seen a flyer infront of a studio here. and i didnt know he was coming back until sand posted it here.

ok but thats mainstream ^^


not comercial i think, ......its kinda confusin, ...cuz comerci has double meanings,...

N-Demik is More Underground Then All You Fuckos . .

Beware

Atmosphere was hyped here, they had a cd release party, the week before, and it was all over the place.

where do you live?



word n-demik is underground like whoa, but what does that have to do with this topic?

Denver, it was the biggest show on the sevens travels tour.

Freeposting Doesn't Hafta Be On Topic, Myk

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