[Clout]

Originally Posted by Diablo

The other thing here especially is that this is a site consisting of mostly veterans from all across the web, every hiphop board you can possibly imagine over the past 20 years, who all finally made it to this point and now have very sharp skill sets they've built up and chopped and changed over time to accommodate. So learning here for someone new will be a pretty steep learning curve, but by facing them week in and week out and seeing what works and what doesn't - you'll be learning from some of the best still doing this shit. It might not feel like it some weeks, but you only really lose a battle when you don't learn from it. I've changed my style maybe 3/4 times over the years to arrive at a point I feel I've got "my" style downpat to the point people associate that with me. Early on in my RipTheMic days I took loss after loss on what was a "vet" site to me much like NC is to you now, but I watched and learned and rather than throw in the towel and leave after a loss I slowly got better and ended up in a crew with Karaoke LOL so don't get disheartened with it all, just chalk it up to experience and learn from it most importantly of all. I rarely make these sort of motivational posts but I consider you one of our own so make of that what you will.

Well said