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Subject: Re: [Ticket•••••••••••••] [OurStage] Changes to your Entry in Hip Hop for Hip Hop
Hey Jeannee,
I should have been more clear; while your song may meet your definition of Hip Hop, it does not meet the definition that we have set and must maintain in order to ensure a quality experience across all channels. I’ve included our definition of Hip Hop below for your convenience.
Hip-Hop
The Hip-Hop Channel is for music that closely resembles Rap, but is less lyric-centric and often features more danceable rhythms and melodic choruses or vocal lines. Hip-hop music is also more club friendly than Rap or Alternative Hip-Hop. If your song features mostly melodic vocal lines as opposed to rapping, it is likely more fitting for the R&B Channel. Vocals are required and lyrics must be in English
As for the official rules from the Drake competition, we clearly state the genre requirements in the paragraph below:
Regarding acceptable genres of music, only Submission Materials that are determined,
at the sole discretion of the Sponsors, to be classified as Alternative Hip-Hop, Hip Hop,
or Rap as defined on the OurStage FAQs ( will be
deemed valid entries.
We hope you understand and continue to participate on OurStage.
Regards,
Karl Ev*****
Community Coordinator
E: ev*****@ourstage.com
OurStage.com
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Date: May 11, 2012 11:39:09 AM CDT
To: OurStage
Subject: Re: [Ticket•••••••••••••] [OurStage] Changes to your Entry in Hip Hop for Hip Hop
Hi! I’m writing in to appeal the pulling of my song from the “Rise Competition.”. As a very cultured, musically knowledgable artist, I find it unfair that my song would be pulled. The track was produced by a “Hip Hop” producer and has a very urban sound. Urban music need not always highlight the negativity in the culture, but humanity. Love, relationships & happiness do exist inside of hip hop cultures. All hip hop music is not identified as only rapping, but with bass, rhythm and rhymes, raw expression; things that my song did encompass. If you agree that Queen Latifah, Lauryn Hill, Nicki Minaj, Mos def and Lil Wayne are not hip hop, I will be fine with you pulling from this competition. Mary J Blige is also labeled the “Queen of Hip Hop Soul.” Hip hop is a sound of a generation, inside of a culture, not to be judged solely by the content. Being that my song was pulled, my rank was lost in the competition. All I ask is that you let it be reviewed by the panel like the rest of artists in the top 100.
Thank you for your time & consideration of my appeal.
Sincerely,
-Jeannee Aenise
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