reyshizz

Background:
So last week I found out about the Vibe Verses contest. It’s a competition, held by Vibe Magazine, for the best verse rhyming to the Eminem track The Way I Am.

The Set Up
Before I even thought about entering, I went to the site to scope out the competition. To my surprise most of those jokers who had already posted videos were straight garbage. I immediately thought that I’d be a shoe in to win, or at least advance to the second round.

The Preparation
I worked through the weekend, wrote a verse and had my video uploaded by Monday (4/20). Once the video was up I advertised it on my Facebook Group I Like Videos by Reyshizz, my Facebook status and on YouTube. After all that was done I had nothing to do but wait.

The Revelation
I checked the video after a couple of hours and saw that I had 11 votes averaging to 2 out of 5 stars. My reaction was “What The F?” I know none of my fans would rate me so low (then they wouldn’t be fans). I decided to do a bit of investigating and it turns out that you can only vote if you’re a member of the site, which means you have register first. All that is too much work. I don’t blame anyone for not doing it. It seems that the only people that were voting are the folks with their own video(s). That is a major conflict of interest. How can you honestly rate someone else’s work when your work is competing for the same spot? What you’ll get is a site full of salty rappers putting each others work down so the can be on top (crabs in a barrel). If I wasn’t so busy I’d be doing it too (sad but true).

Hope Is Not Lost
All Hope for man kind is not lost. I actually gained from this experience. Now I know approximately how ling it takes me to make a verse memorize it and record. I also didnt know what beat I wanted to work with. The Way I Am is a classic and a challenge. And lastly it was fun… I hope you all enjoy.