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And then there was the day the dammed refinery in Crockett exploded; it caused my Greyhound bus to take the supremely scenic route—a four-hour detour through Stockton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I often ask myself, what’s the difference between a “commute” and “road trip”?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve grown extremely familiar with the highways and byways between the Bay Area and the state capital. I know best times to go through the Yolo Bypass, as well as the MacArthur Maze (hint: never). I’ve gotten familiar with where CHP likes to hide out to catch speeding drivers. Hell, give me a few more months and I’ll have memorized the grazing patterns of the cattle alongside I-80.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve reluctantly fallen in love with this commute, and how it gives me time to think about more than just Oakland. But I always end up thinking about Oakland. If we’re going to be honest, I’m suffering, bro. It ain’t even FOMO. It’s POMO—the pain of missing out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It hurts to not be in the town for small events. You know, potlucks, movie screenings and earthquakes—“Earthquake Twitter” just isn’t as fun from outside of the club. I think anyone who’s left home goes through this process. You know, where home isn’t home anymore, and at the same time, your new home isn’t home either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I’ve been trying to hold on to things that remind me of home. The result: long rides turn into listening sessions as I tap into\u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3jqXw1a8N8wdApp1B6k7pA?si=EiDtFdoGR2a6PCg8grlBbg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> some of the greatest musical gifts\u003c/a> the Bay Area has to offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13870530\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13870530\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo-800x562.jpg\" alt=\"Kaddo.\" width=\"800\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo-800x562.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo-768x539.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaddo. \u003ccite>(Artist photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I’ve listened to all four of the projects \u003ca href=\"https://www.larryjunetfm.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Larry June\u003c/a> put out this year— and I’ve enjoyed every last bar about healthy salads and fly cars; even if he does sometimes have an off-beat flow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve chuckled at the comedic bars from Guapdad 4000, who released his first album \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/guapdad4000/sets/dior-deposits-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Dior Deposits\u003c/em>\u003c/a> last month. And I’ve downright cracked up listening to \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/shaq-damian-lillard-rap-beef-explainer-893406/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dame D.O.L.L.A. trade bars with Shaq Fu\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I played the latest project from the duo SU’Lan, \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/officialsulan/sets/tia-tamera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Tia and Tamera\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, and instantly started to drive faster. It’s wild how certain music does that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nef The Pharoh dropped \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/nefidelaphante/sets/mushrooms-coloring-books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Mushrooms and Coloring Books\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, and now every time my Greyhound passes the Vallejo bus station, I get the urge to play the track “South Vallejo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prezi Plane Jane dropped a seven-piece special called \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/planejane12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Money Bag\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Beejus dropped a dozen tracks on a project called \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/beejusmusic/sets/beautiful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Beautiful\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. And Tia Nomore dropped a 30-minute project called \u003ca href=\"https://ffm.to/level\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Level\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, I listened to \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxau-deuEYE&feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kaddo’s latest work\u003c/a>. I mean, he travels twice the distance I do in order to do his work; I had to listen solely off the strength of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve played music from elder statesmen, like E-40, who recently put out \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/e40/sets/practice-makes-paper-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Practice Makes Paper\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a 26-track project for his 26th studio album. I’ve listened to artists in the thick of their career like P-Lo, who between producing for other artists and serving as spokesperson for the 49ers dropped \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/heartbreakplo/sets/shine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And I’ve also paid attention to new artists, like \u003ca href=\"https://fanlink.to/DaysWeLost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Sneed\u003c/a>. Man! His \u003cem>Days We Lost\u003c/em> album is \u003cem>made\u003c/em> for looking out of the window during long drives. It’s all about the coming-of-age process; I swear, the song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw7_Fgaf8PU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Junior\u003c/a>” could be a theme song to a movie, playing over old footage from when he was younger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The passing of time, the passing of the scenery. All in a day’s commute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13870425\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13870425\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-800x1202.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Sneed\" width=\"800\" height=\"1202\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-800x1202.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-768x1154.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-1020x1533.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-799x1200.jpg 799w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1.jpg 1363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young Michael Sneed graces the stage at the Life Is Living festival in Oakland, circa 2011. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There was this one morning, a few weeks ago, when my dadmobile pushed past the Red Top Road exit on I-80, headed west. Beyond the cows and the spot where the motorcycle cop sometimes hides, and just before cresting the hillside that separates Fairfield from Vallejo. That’s when Rexx Life Raj’s song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3976ZIbJc8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Fog\u003c/a>” came on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No lie, at that exact moment, wisps of Bay Area fog began to accumulate in front of my car. A few seconds later, I was inside a full fog bank. I let out one of those laughs that deranged people do in the movies, pounding the steering wheel in excitement at the perfect timing of it all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ayy, walk through the fog like bay weather / Still undefeated like Mayweather / I know I’m doin’ it right / The universe sendin’ me signs in bold letters,” Raj sang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I feel him. I’m on my path too, and all the signs are there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though I’m late for work in San Francisco, tired of driving 80mph on Interstate 80 in attempts to make it to and from Sacramento in under 80 minutes. Back pains from sitting. Pocket pains from spending. The last three months have been rough. But man, music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s the old saying? When it hits, you feel no pain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Stream Pendarvis Harshaw’s hand-curated playlist for long-distance commuting below. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As rain falls on greater Northern California, and snow accumulates on the Sierra Nevada mountains, I keep laughing in disbelief, thinking about Kaddo’s situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See, Kaddo is a rapper from 77th and Greenside in East Oakland. After getting transferred from Telsa’s Fremont factory to the one in Reno, he now lives in Nevada. He’s so committed to his craft and community, he used to drive back and forth just to record tracks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few weeks ago, I saw him in person and he told me about life on the interstate. How living in Reno isn’t that bad, though some folks say the city’s name is an acronym for “Run Every N*gg* Out.” He says Nevada’s open carry laws have made living there more comfortable than in Oakland, at least when it comes to weapons. And he’s even gotten accustomed to the long slowdown over Donner Summit when there’s a storm approaching. The image of Kaddo, a black man with locs and gold teeth, putting chains on his car tires in the middle of the snowstorm sticks with me. It’s a reminder that although my commute is bad, \u003cem>it ain’t that bad\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s still bad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13865533/daps-and-hugs-im-moving-out-of-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">moving out of Oakland\u003c/a> to Sacramento three months ago, I’ve seen a lot: car accidents, roadkill, sunsets. I’ve driven past the charred fields from fires that scorched the grassy hillsides adjacent to the Carquinez Bridge. One day on Amtrak, my phone died, so I biked home through hail. When I turned my phone on, I learned a tornado had touched down in Davis at the same time my train went through town. And then there was the day the dammed refinery in Crockett exploded; it caused my Greyhound bus to take the supremely scenic route—a four-hour detour through Stockton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I often ask myself, what’s the difference between a “commute” and “road trip”?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve grown extremely familiar with the highways and byways between the Bay Area and the state capital. I know best times to go through the Yolo Bypass, as well as the MacArthur Maze (hint: never). I’ve gotten familiar with where CHP likes to hide out to catch speeding drivers. Hell, give me a few more months and I’ll have memorized the grazing patterns of the cattle alongside I-80.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve reluctantly fallen in love with this commute, and how it gives me time to think about more than just Oakland. But I always end up thinking about Oakland. If we’re going to be honest, I’m suffering, bro. It ain’t even FOMO. It’s POMO—the pain of missing out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It hurts to not be in the town for small events. You know, potlucks, movie screenings and earthquakes—“Earthquake Twitter” just isn’t as fun from outside of the club. I think anyone who’s left home goes through this process. You know, where home isn’t home anymore, and at the same time, your new home isn’t home either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I’ve been trying to hold on to things that remind me of home. The result: long rides turn into listening sessions as I tap into\u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3jqXw1a8N8wdApp1B6k7pA?si=EiDtFdoGR2a6PCg8grlBbg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> some of the greatest musical gifts\u003c/a> the Bay Area has to offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13870530\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13870530\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo-800x562.jpg\" alt=\"Kaddo.\" width=\"800\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo-800x562.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo-768x539.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Kaddo.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaddo. \u003ccite>(Artist photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I’ve listened to all four of the projects \u003ca href=\"https://www.larryjunetfm.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Larry June\u003c/a> put out this year— and I’ve enjoyed every last bar about healthy salads and fly cars; even if he does sometimes have an off-beat flow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve chuckled at the comedic bars from Guapdad 4000, who released his first album \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/guapdad4000/sets/dior-deposits-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Dior Deposits\u003c/em>\u003c/a> last month. And I’ve downright cracked up listening to \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/shaq-damian-lillard-rap-beef-explainer-893406/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dame D.O.L.L.A. trade bars with Shaq Fu\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I played the latest project from the duo SU’Lan, \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/officialsulan/sets/tia-tamera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Tia and Tamera\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, and instantly started to drive faster. It’s wild how certain music does that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nef The Pharoh dropped \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/nefidelaphante/sets/mushrooms-coloring-books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Mushrooms and Coloring Books\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, and now every time my Greyhound passes the Vallejo bus station, I get the urge to play the track “South Vallejo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prezi Plane Jane dropped a seven-piece special called \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/planejane12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Money Bag\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Beejus dropped a dozen tracks on a project called \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/beejusmusic/sets/beautiful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Beautiful\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. And Tia Nomore dropped a 30-minute project called \u003ca href=\"https://ffm.to/level\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Level\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, I listened to \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxau-deuEYE&feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kaddo’s latest work\u003c/a>. I mean, he travels twice the distance I do in order to do his work; I had to listen solely off the strength of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve played music from elder statesmen, like E-40, who recently put out \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/e40/sets/practice-makes-paper-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Practice Makes Paper\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a 26-track project for his 26th studio album. I’ve listened to artists in the thick of their career like P-Lo, who between producing for other artists and serving as spokesperson for the 49ers dropped \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/heartbreakplo/sets/shine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And I’ve also paid attention to new artists, like \u003ca href=\"https://fanlink.to/DaysWeLost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Sneed\u003c/a>. Man! His \u003cem>Days We Lost\u003c/em> album is \u003cem>made\u003c/em> for looking out of the window during long drives. It’s all about the coming-of-age process; I swear, the song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw7_Fgaf8PU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Junior\u003c/a>” could be a theme song to a movie, playing over old footage from when he was younger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The passing of time, the passing of the scenery. All in a day’s commute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13870425\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13870425\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-800x1202.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Sneed\" width=\"800\" height=\"1202\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-800x1202.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-768x1154.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-1020x1533.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1-799x1200.jpg 799w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/gBr9EXrV-1.jpg 1363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young Michael Sneed graces the stage at the Life Is Living festival in Oakland, circa 2011. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There was this one morning, a few weeks ago, when my dadmobile pushed past the Red Top Road exit on I-80, headed west. Beyond the cows and the spot where the motorcycle cop sometimes hides, and just before cresting the hillside that separates Fairfield from Vallejo. That’s when Rexx Life Raj’s song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3976ZIbJc8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Fog\u003c/a>” came on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No lie, at that exact moment, wisps of Bay Area fog began to accumulate in front of my car. A few seconds later, I was inside a full fog bank. I let out one of those laughs that deranged people do in the movies, pounding the steering wheel in excitement at the perfect timing of it all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ayy, walk through the fog like bay weather / Still undefeated like Mayweather / I know I’m doin’ it right / The universe sendin’ me signs in bold letters,” Raj sang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I feel him. I’m on my path too, and all the signs are there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though I’m late for work in San Francisco, tired of driving 80mph on Interstate 80 in attempts to make it to and from Sacramento in under 80 minutes. Back pains from sitting. Pocket pains from spending. The last three months have been rough. But man, music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s the old saying? When it hits, you feel no pain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Stream Pendarvis Harshaw’s hand-curated playlist for long-distance commuting below. 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Later, once old enough to drive, they would cruise around in Raj’s Buick, spending hours videotaping each other freestyling, dancing and goofing around at the Berkeley Marina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raj went on to play Division 1 football at Boise State University. But his friends’ lives took completely different paths. Tragically, Devin was killed during Raj’s freshman year. (“Just being at the wrong place at the wrong time,” Raj says with a sigh.) Meanwhile, Ronnie is currently incarcerated at a facility near Fresno. 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He mentions classmates who were never the same after popping the wrong pills when ecstasy was a staple of the hyphy movement, and others who were shot while minding their own business in their cars or at parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s weird, because it’s for sure a survivor’s guilt. But for me, at least, it gives me a sense of purpose,” he says. Sharing the pep talk he often repeats to himself, he continues: “Like, ‘Alright, you went through all these obstacles and you went through all this shit, so you have to be something. 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On \u003cem>Father Figure 3\u003c/em>, Kehlani makes an appearance on the charming, acoustic love song “Your Way,” and platinum-selling rapper Russ assists on the bass-heavy, uptempo R&B track “Falling.” Even with this greater access and bigger budget, Raj still enlisted some of the Bay Area’s most talented local producers for \u003cem>Father Figure 3\u003c/em>, including DTB, Wax Roof and Drew Banga, and made sure to bring them out on stage and thank them heartily at his packed listening party at Berkeley’s Cornerstone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13869605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13869605\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/rexx-life-raj-4-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Rexx Life Raj spent his formative years riding the 72 bus line from Berkeley to Richmond's Hilltop Mall. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/rexx-life-raj-4-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/rexx-life-raj-4-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/rexx-life-raj-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/rexx-life-raj-4-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/rexx-life-raj-4-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/rexx-life-raj-4.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rexx Life Raj spent his formative years riding the 72 bus line from Berkeley to Richmond’s Hilltop Mall. \u003ccite>(Nastia Voynovskaya/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even with numerous collaborators, \u003cem>Father Figure 3\u003c/em> has a cohesive feel that’s all Raj, underscored by the warm, from-the-diaphragm vocal quality born from years of singing gospel in church with his mom. (Even when he’s rapping, you can tell he can \u003cem>sing\u003c/em>-sing.) He sketched the skeletal framework of many of the album’s beats himself, and recorded the majority of his vocals alone—in hotels and AirBnBs—while on the road with Bas. “My whole studio is a laptop, an audio interface and a microphone,” he says, adding that he fit his equipment into a single suitcase. “I can record literally anywhere, as long as the sound isn’t that bad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raj’s slow-food approach to his music stands in stark contrast to other up-and-coming artists’ strategies for success in the streaming era, where it’s easier than ever to blow up from a fluke viral hit—and harder than ever to make a lasting impact. While many attempt to game this system by adopting easily meme-able gimmicks, Raj doesn’t brand himself as a conscious rapper, a street rapper, a party rapper or, really, any of the boxes typically seen in the mainstream. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea of “beating the odds” is a cliche that follows successful black men, but as we drive down Ashby Avenue to Sacramento Street to Raj’s childhood home, he tells me that he and his Berkeley High friends often reflect on how narrowly they escaped tragedy themselves. He mentions classmates who were never the same after popping the wrong pills when ecstasy was a staple of the hyphy movement, and others who were shot while minding their own business in their cars or at parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s weird, because it’s for sure a survivor’s guilt. But for me, at least, it gives me a sense of purpose,” he says. Sharing the pep talk he often repeats to himself, he continues: “Like, ‘Alright, you went through all these obstacles and you went through all this shit, so you have to be something. 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On \u003cem>Father Figure 3\u003c/em>, Kehlani makes an appearance on the charming, acoustic love song “Your Way,” and platinum-selling rapper Russ assists on the bass-heavy, uptempo R&B track “Falling.” Even with this greater access and bigger budget, Raj still enlisted some of the Bay Area’s most talented local producers for \u003cem>Father Figure 3\u003c/em>, including DTB, Wax Roof and Drew Banga, and made sure to bring them out on stage and thank them heartily at his packed listening party at Berkeley’s Cornerstone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13869605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13869605\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/rexx-life-raj-4-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Rexx Life Raj spent his formative years riding the 72 bus line from Berkeley to Richmond's Hilltop Mall. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/rexx-life-raj-4-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/rexx-life-raj-4-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/rexx-life-raj-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/rexx-life-raj-4-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/rexx-life-raj-4-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/rexx-life-raj-4.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rexx Life Raj spent his formative years riding the 72 bus line from Berkeley to Richmond’s Hilltop Mall. \u003ccite>(Nastia Voynovskaya/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even with numerous collaborators, \u003cem>Father Figure 3\u003c/em> has a cohesive feel that’s all Raj, underscored by the warm, from-the-diaphragm vocal quality born from years of singing gospel in church with his mom. 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A triumphant comeback at the Oakland Coliseum in 2018 featured over a dozen local artists—including E-40, Kamaiyah, P-Lo and Mozzy—in a lineup stacked with major-label stars like Travis Scott, Young Thug and Pusha T.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Rolling Loud is back at the Coliseum Sept. 28–29 with Oakland’s own G-Eazy headlining alongside Migos, Lil Uzi Vert and Future. His placement at the top tier of the rap pantheon is a huge deal for the Bay Area, which hadn’t seen a hip-hop artist hit that level of mainstream success since E-40 and Too $hort were all over the charts 10 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to these headliners, Rolling Loud’s savvy curation juxtaposes party rockers with street poets, emo rap with hyphy and Gen Z upstarts with veterans. Highlights from the bill include Houston twerk queen Megan Thee Stallion, Atlanta gangster-turned-activist 21 Savage and Maryland nu-metal rapper Rico Nasty, as well as local favorites like Kamaiyah, Berner and Philthy Rich. 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With tracks like “Icy Grl” and “Emotional,” Saweetie raps for fun-loving women who enjoy the finer things and aren’t afraid to express their sexuality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/I7-47-xgf0w\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rexx Life Raj\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/rexxliferaj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rexx Life Raj\u003c/a> is a streetwise wordsmith with the voice of a gospel singer and the political awareness of a Black Panther. His low-key, contemplative rap has made him one of the freshest voices to come out of the Bay Area scene in recent years. After receiving rave reviews for his \u003cem>Father Figure 2: Flourish\u003c/em> (which made KQED Arts’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13817414/the-10-best-bay-area-albums-of-2017-rexx-life-raj-father-figure-2-flourish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">top albums list in 2017\u003c/a>), he’s toured the country and worked with some promising up-and-coming producers, including Rico Nasty’s main collaborator Kenny Beats. Raj’s thoughtful lyrics will resonate with strivers trying to better themselves and level up their mindset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/FJVxiyiVflg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nef the Pharaoh\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Signed to E-40’s Sick Wid It Records, \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/nefidelaphante\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nef the Pharaoh\u003c/a> learned how to chart his path as an independent Bay Area artist from the best. While he made a splash with boastful tracks “Big Tymin” and “Bling Blaow,” beneath the surface of his discography are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13838218/on-the-ranch-with-nef-the-pharaoh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thoughtful meditations\u003c/a> on loved ones lost too soon and the injustices of the criminal justice system. Regardless of his subject matter, Nef the Pharaoh is always brash and brutally honest, with clever lyrics that harness the hardness of the Bay Area’s mob music tradition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/EKZV3-wtmx8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lil Kayla\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/thereallilkayla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lil Kayla\u003c/a> has been too underrated for too long. In her two-minute dispatches from San Francisco’s Sunnydale projects, she bites down like a pit bull, not letting up until she nails the target of her disdain with bars worthy of a rap battle. 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"content": "\u003cp>According to a \u003ca href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/12/soundshroud/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent TechCrunch report\u003c/a>, SoundCloud has only enough funding to last through the beginning of October. And while the official word from its PR team is that the popular streaming service is fully funded through the end of the fourth quarter, it’s evident that SoundCloud hasn’t been successful at creating a profitable business model. The Berlin-based company recently \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/07/06/soundcloud-cuts-173-jobs-shutters-san-francisco-and-london-offices/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">laid off 40 percent of its staff and closed its London and San Francisco offices\u003c/a>, leaving users and staff doubting the platform’s longevity. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SoundCloud’s primary appeal lies in its 150 million-plus user-uploaded songs, DJ mixes, and podcasts otherwise unavailable on mainstream streaming services such as Spotify, Tidal, Pandora, and Apple Music. Whereas artists must pay digital distributors like \u003ca href=\"https://www.mondotunes.com/%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MondoTunes (formerly TuneCore)\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://members.cdbaby.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CD Baby\u003c/a> to get their music onto these streaming giants, on SoundCloud, musicians upload their work for free. Songs on SoundCloud have the potential to go viral thanks to its repost feature — which works the same way retweets do on Twitter — making it possible for independent artists to attract audiences without record deals, publicists, or placements on popular playlists. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“SoundCloud was this phenomenon that allowed you to get discovered,” says Evangeline Elder, the manager of Richmond singer Rayana Jay. “That’s where a lot of curators were getting their insights from on who’s the next artist to possibly to blow up or who’s emerging.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12928309\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-800x466.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"466\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12928309\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-800x466.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-160x93.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-768x447.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-1020x594.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-1920x1118.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-1180x687.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-960x559.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-240x140.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-375x218.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-520x303.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rayana Jay’s “Magic” accumulated a quarter-million listens in just two weeks on SoundCloud. \u003ccite>(Vanessa Vigil)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thanks to SoundCloud’s social sharing functions, previously unheard-of artists from niche regional scenes, like Philadelphia’s Lil Uzi Vert and South Florida’s Kodak Black, have risen to mainstream fame. The term “\u003ca href=\"http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/look-at-me-the-noisy-soundcloud-revolution-changing-rap-w485101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoundCloud rap\u003c/a>” is now used — though, more often than not, in a derogatory or tongue-in-cheek way — to describe the alternative, youthful rap style that flourishes on the platform (a scene that, according to critics, has become derivative of the platform’s most successful songs).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now, if SoundCloud can’t recover after all these reports I’m seeing, it’s going to mean a lot for artists who don’t have infrastructure or a management team or publicists,” Elder continues, adding that viral hits on the app, like Xxxtentacion’s “Look At Me,” have made careers almost overnight. She fears that if this free, democratic platform were to lose its relevance because of corporate upheaval, “the freedom of being an independent artist without a plan [would be] taken away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SoundCloud has been hugely advantageous for local artists such as Oakland’s Kamaiyah, who quickly ascended to an Interscope deal and a collaboration with Drake off the strength of her self-released single, “\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/kamaiyah/how-does-it-feel-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Does It Feel\u003c/a>.” According to artists and industry insiders, the Bay Area is notorious for having an insular music scene that mainstream labels tend to overlook. The ability to use SoundCloud to bypass industry gatekeepers has been crucial for the Bay Area’s newest breakout stars. Elder recalls, for instance, how Rayana Jay, the singer she manages, received an outpouring of business opportunities after her song “Magic” accumulated 250,000 plays on SoundCloud in its first two weeks. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13741654\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"East Bay artist Rexx Life Raj has benefitted from SoundCloud's viral opportunities.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13741654\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander-520x293.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">East Bay artist Rexx Life Raj has benefitted from SoundCloud’s viral opportunities. \u003ccite>(Marco Alexander)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Berkeley rapper Rexx Life Raj had a similar experience when the website Hot New Hip-Hop reposted his song “Shit n’ Floss” on its SoundCloud page, catapulting it to over 734,000 streams. “It boosted the record in a crazy way,” he says. “It put it into a million people’s phones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past several years, SoundCloud has struggled to monetize its business model, introducing ads and offering two tiers of ad-free subscriptions, SoundCloud Go and SoundCloud Go+. But according to the TechCrunch report that broke the news about the company’s recent layoffs, SoundCloud’s number of listeners is said to have fallen from 175 million to somewhere near 70 million over the past three years. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Soundcloud made a mistake when it lost track of its strengths,” says Tyrese Johnson, the operations manager of popular Bay Area rap blog Thizzler.com. “I think what they should’ve been doing is finding ways to cultivate the independent artists they already have there and finding ways to get them paid as opposed to trying to go to war with Spotify and Apple Music. It’s not their lane.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the news broke about SoundCloud’s lack of funding, artists have been warning each other to back up their catalogues and upload them to other platforms such as YouTube. 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Oakland DJ Albert Luera, aka DJ Neto, compares the SoundCloud phenomenon to what happened to MySpace in the late 2000s, when the social network lost most of its users after becoming flooded with ads. As a result, many of the music subcultures that flourished on MySpace — such as the “bloghouse” electronic scene adjacent to Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak Records or the Bay Area’s hyphy movement — faded into obscurity. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luera described his recent experience of poring over obscure MySpace profiles to find old hyphy songs he remembered from a decade ago. “If the loss of MySpace is any indication about how the loss of SoundCloud is gonna go, it was impossible to find those songs in any sort of quality. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>According to a \u003ca href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/12/soundshroud/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent TechCrunch report\u003c/a>, SoundCloud has only enough funding to last through the beginning of October. And while the official word from its PR team is that the popular streaming service is fully funded through the end of the fourth quarter, it’s evident that SoundCloud hasn’t been successful at creating a profitable business model. The Berlin-based company recently \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/07/06/soundcloud-cuts-173-jobs-shutters-san-francisco-and-london-offices/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">laid off 40 percent of its staff and closed its London and San Francisco offices\u003c/a>, leaving users and staff doubting the platform’s longevity. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SoundCloud’s primary appeal lies in its 150 million-plus user-uploaded songs, DJ mixes, and podcasts otherwise unavailable on mainstream streaming services such as Spotify, Tidal, Pandora, and Apple Music. Whereas artists must pay digital distributors like \u003ca href=\"https://www.mondotunes.com/%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MondoTunes (formerly TuneCore)\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://members.cdbaby.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CD Baby\u003c/a> to get their music onto these streaming giants, on SoundCloud, musicians upload their work for free. Songs on SoundCloud have the potential to go viral thanks to its repost feature — which works the same way retweets do on Twitter — making it possible for independent artists to attract audiences without record deals, publicists, or placements on popular playlists. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“SoundCloud was this phenomenon that allowed you to get discovered,” says Evangeline Elder, the manager of Richmond singer Rayana Jay. “That’s where a lot of curators were getting their insights from on who’s the next artist to possibly to blow up or who’s emerging.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12928309\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-800x466.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"466\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12928309\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-800x466.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-160x93.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-768x447.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-1020x594.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-1920x1118.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-1180x687.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-960x559.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-240x140.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-375x218.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671-520x303.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Rayana-Jay-2017-3-by-Vanessa-Vigil-e1490033421671.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rayana Jay’s “Magic” accumulated a quarter-million listens in just two weeks on SoundCloud. \u003ccite>(Vanessa Vigil)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thanks to SoundCloud’s social sharing functions, previously unheard-of artists from niche regional scenes, like Philadelphia’s Lil Uzi Vert and South Florida’s Kodak Black, have risen to mainstream fame. The term “\u003ca href=\"http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/look-at-me-the-noisy-soundcloud-revolution-changing-rap-w485101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoundCloud rap\u003c/a>” is now used — though, more often than not, in a derogatory or tongue-in-cheek way — to describe the alternative, youthful rap style that flourishes on the platform (a scene that, according to critics, has become derivative of the platform’s most successful songs).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now, if SoundCloud can’t recover after all these reports I’m seeing, it’s going to mean a lot for artists who don’t have infrastructure or a management team or publicists,” Elder continues, adding that viral hits on the app, like Xxxtentacion’s “Look At Me,” have made careers almost overnight. She fears that if this free, democratic platform were to lose its relevance because of corporate upheaval, “the freedom of being an independent artist without a plan [would be] taken away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SoundCloud has been hugely advantageous for local artists such as Oakland’s Kamaiyah, who quickly ascended to an Interscope deal and a collaboration with Drake off the strength of her self-released single, “\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/kamaiyah/how-does-it-feel-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Does It Feel\u003c/a>.” According to artists and industry insiders, the Bay Area is notorious for having an insular music scene that mainstream labels tend to overlook. The ability to use SoundCloud to bypass industry gatekeepers has been crucial for the Bay Area’s newest breakout stars. Elder recalls, for instance, how Rayana Jay, the singer she manages, received an outpouring of business opportunities after her song “Magic” accumulated 250,000 plays on SoundCloud in its first two weeks. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13741654\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"East Bay artist Rexx Life Raj has benefitted from SoundCloud's viral opportunities.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13741654\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander-520x293.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/RexxLifeRaj.Marco_.Alexander.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">East Bay artist Rexx Life Raj has benefitted from SoundCloud’s viral opportunities. \u003ccite>(Marco Alexander)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Berkeley rapper Rexx Life Raj had a similar experience when the website Hot New Hip-Hop reposted his song “Shit n’ Floss” on its SoundCloud page, catapulting it to over 734,000 streams. “It boosted the record in a crazy way,” he says. “It put it into a million people’s phones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past several years, SoundCloud has struggled to monetize its business model, introducing ads and offering two tiers of ad-free subscriptions, SoundCloud Go and SoundCloud Go+. But according to the TechCrunch report that broke the news about the company’s recent layoffs, SoundCloud’s number of listeners is said to have fallen from 175 million to somewhere near 70 million over the past three years. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Soundcloud made a mistake when it lost track of its strengths,” says Tyrese Johnson, the operations manager of popular Bay Area rap blog Thizzler.com. “I think what they should’ve been doing is finding ways to cultivate the independent artists they already have there and finding ways to get them paid as opposed to trying to go to war with Spotify and Apple Music. It’s not their lane.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the news broke about SoundCloud’s lack of funding, artists have been warning each other to back up their catalogues and upload them to other platforms such as YouTube. But \u003ca href=\"https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/google-mulling-soundcloud-buyout-say-whispers-sony-universals-stakes-revealed/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some industry insiders speculate\u003c/a> that it’s unlikely that SoundCloud will disappear off the web completely, anticipating a corporate buyout. 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