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Defari on underground hip-hop

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THAFORMULA.COM - What I think is funny is how you notice these little cult followings that are happening now? Defari - Yeah because I'm out here trying to get shows and a lot of these dudes are taking my money you understand? It's like a lot of these cats are taking my money. The Ugly Ducklings, Atmosphere, Aesop Rock, and all this shit that I ain't even heard of. I guess it's a lot of these young kids that always be on the computer that are into these MC's and these groups that kinda represent and look like them. When I hear these niggaz music I be like "damn that's horrible man." This shit is straight garbage.

THAFORMULA.COM - Yeah, but that's the underground now man…

Defari - Yeah it's changed so you know it's just a bunch of weirdo's. It's a bunch of weirdo's running the scene and then there is a huge gap, there is a huge middle and right now that's where Defari is. That's where Phil Da Agony is, and that's where we're all at. But you know you gotta ride the storm and shit, there will be a bright day.

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This story circulated on the newsgroup rec.music.hip-hop and reached the archive on December 23, 2003. It is reproduced as posted — headlines, typos and all. Original source, as credited in the post: thaformula.com.