| I am 33 years old. The average hip hop artist has got | | | | the DJ would spin. People went crazy every time a |
| to be much younger than that. I am over the hill | | | | new, gripping hip hop record was played. I was |
| according to the members of the cool hip hop crowd. | | | | fascinated by this. Here were a group of strangers |
| Maybe....or maybe not. Some of the most successful | | | | who seemed to be united by their admiration for killer |
| hip hop artists can still be relevant well into their late | | | | hip hop beats. I knew then that I wanted to be in the |
| thirties, or even the early forties. The point I am trying | | | | hip hop world. I was young, single and felt that I could |
| to make is that you don't have to be a spring chicken | | | | do anything. When I told my uncle about my ambitions |
| in order to be successful in the hip hop business. All | | | | he introduced me to a friend of his that was a small |
| you need is the drive to move forward. Most people | | | | time local record producer. I went by to visit him and |
| are just too comfortable where they're at to move | | | | he gave me some free hip hop beats to back up the |
| forward. | | | | rap lyrics I had been writing. We had some great |
| I love hip hop music and the feeling you get just from | | | | sessions but for reasons I cant remember, the |
| being around it. One could almost feel the beats rumble | | | | producer and I were never able to get a finished |
| through every inch of their body as they move in | | | | product. All I have left are memories. |
| rhythm on the dance floor. A lot of people would love | | | | Now, some 13 years later, I still wonder how far I might |
| to be a hip hop artist, but just don't know how to start. | | | | have gone. There is nothing to keep me from picking |
| Hey, I am no mogul, but one thing I can tell you is that a | | | | up where I left off so who knows, maybe I will dust off |
| great jumping off point would be locating some catchy | | | | the brain and try and come up with some catchy |
| beats. With a little research you will find how easy | | | | rhymes and look for some free hip hop beats, ( I will |
| ideas can come to you. In fact you can probably find | | | | try and start with as little money as possible just in |
| some free hip hop beats on the Internet. | | | | case I am way past my prime,) and try my hand at an |
| I remember going to a club once when I was younger | | | | old talent. Wish me luck. |
| and seeing the reactions to the different hip hop songs | | | | |