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Singapore Hip Hop has become another passing thought to me. It's a phase I've come to love and enjoy to something I support and contribute then evolved to something I've hate and lastly to something I just couldn't bring myself to care anymore. Singapore Hip Hop is nothing other than a entity called a scene. One scenester I used to know called it a village and you know what, he is right. It was very much like a village. And I'm just like a traveller. In my younger days, during the time I was madly in love with Hip Hop, I set out to a journey to explore and find 'real passion'. That's when I've come to visit this village called Singapore Hip Hop. It's made out of different 'familys' and everyone came down to develop their passion for Hip Hop. I chill around that village for awhile because I like the environment. I made a house in that village, called 'Divine-Aura', well you can say the house was built at the outerskirts of the village because I'm not very comfortable with being close with the other houses and familys in this village called Singapore Hip Hop. They're part of a bigger circle and I don't like to be so attached to that circle because I want to be free and independent. Every now and then though, I'd get my presence felt just a little bit in that circle, doing small time things to contribute to the well being of the village and that's all there is to it. It's almost impossible to do anything big without being part of the circle, because if you're not part of that circle, even though your house is part of that village, you're an outsider to the village. You're there physically but your actions will never be acknowledged because you simply are not part of the circle with the other houses and familys in the village. So I tried to be part of that circle, visiting the other houses and familys every now and then, trying to work together and etc. It was pretty fun to be part of the circle in the village. You feel privilledged. But then, once I'm there in that circle for awhile, I thought to myself, "the circle looks bigger from the outside!". This is because once you're in that circle, united it seems but everyone is stuck with their own private agendas and motives thus, there's a lot of politics involved. The circle felt small and it feels as though it's never going to go big because after all, the circle is already comfortable 'owning' the village called Singapore Hip Hop. I didn't liked that one bit because after all, I can't find what I'm set out for and I couldn't do what I set out for in that place. And of course, I'm a traveller. So I went out of that village. I took with me a lot of lessons and experience. I spent most of my active years of my life in that village, of course I learn quite a bit. Hip Hop will always be part of me. Hip Hop is me and I am Hip Hop. Hip Hop to me right now is beyond performing, listening, participating and organizing. It's beyond an artform. I haven't tune in to Hip Hop for awhile, have not do music for awhile, etc but still I can't get this Hip Hop out of me. I still talk this way and I still keep it real in whatever I'm doing. Hip Hop taught me a lot and the lessons learnt are beautiful and will always remain relevant. Singapore Hip Hop is just a village I've come to stayed on for awhile. It is all about the artform, the performing, the organizing and the partying. But all that, are not really relevant to me right now. I can still live my life without Singapore Hip Hop with no problem. But I can't take this Hip Hop out of me. I am Hip Hop. p/s: I still believe to this day, Hip Hop is a healthy thing. Hip Hop holds positive life values and I will keep pushing the idea of Hip Hop to the younger generations to come.
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1. Written by moe, on 25-07-2008 10:02
I've been to the village but I feel I don't fit inside. So I travelled out from the village to the city/cities and found more exciting things to explore. Don't be afriad to venture out of the village.  |
2. Written by Manisha, on 31-07-2008 10:14
You consider yourself a traveller so how do you expect people to acknowledge your existence to a greater extent? It's great that you continued travelling and taking up lessons while you were at it, but now you're back to being a foreigner again. You were a foreigner to begin with so how do you expect the citizens to accept you?
Hiphop is not about anything. It's about you. And if you're a foreigner to yourself nobody's going to take you seriously.
I don't expect the people of some poor country to accept and consider me God just because I go and help them out once. I need to learn their language, be part of their culture, stay there for more then 4 days and who knows consider being a citizen. Maybe then they would give me a hats off?
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3. Written by Mohammad Rizal, on 08-08-2008 12:03
moe: Thanks for dropping some comments on this man.
Manisha: I\'ve been wondering bout whether to reply to this comment or not because it came off irrelevant. Because after all, this article is a personal one and I know me (and my Hip Hop) best because I\'m the one who walked through it and I\'m the one still walking along it. So what you said, isn\'t relevant to me because how I see it, is different from what you\'re saying and picturing. I don\'t think you get me, but it\'s ok. It\'s hard to explain this article practically because it involves a lot of feelings and experiences that is very hard to summarized with just one blog entry. So don\'t take this article too seriously.
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