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CD Review: Spose and Cam Groves — “We Smoked It All Mixtape”

Straight out of Wells, Maine, this is an album of local rappers from the most unlikely state in the nation. “We Smoked It All” is Cam Groves’ first CD of his own, with help from the up-and-coming dopest rapper in Maine, Ryan “Spose” Peters.

Spose and Groves have been rapping since high school in their cars, at parties and at school talent shows. The practice paid off when Spose found out he was nominated the “best hip-hop artist” in Maine for both 2008 and 2009, according to the WePushButtons awards held in Portland.

These guys are the unfound Asher Roth’s of Maine, with better rhymes and flow. Spose made a song which can be found on “Preposterously Dank” titled “Drugs, Girls, Money & Liquor” years before Asher Roth made his hit single “I Love College.”

If you go to Wells, chances are Spose’s freshman CD “Preposterously Dank” is bumping in cars of people 22 and under. This mix tape will quickly replace it.

Many of the songs relate to Wells and / or Maine in general. Titles such as “A Dude Named Spose,” “Wells Maine in the House” and “I’m Awesome” grace this CD and can be used as introductions if you have never heard of Spose or Cam Groves. Spose and his band “The Danks” are not new to the Orono scene. They came last year to play two shows, and they will be back on this college campus.

Many people might laugh or at least smile when they hear of a rapper from Wells, Maine. Think again. The flow and lyrical content in this mix tape will make you become a firm believer. Many people are attracted to these guys because they are relatable. They do not mask themselves to be “thugs” or anything else they are not. They know they are white, they know they live in Maine and they rap about it — and they do it better than anyone else.

“Look at spizzy Spose / he thinks he’s so cool / look at his wrists and lack of necklace with no jewels.” Spose and Groves know they aren’t flashy and don’t make up stories of luxuries and living the high life.

The second song, “Wells Maine in the House,” starts out by Spose singing, “I’m comin’ straight outta Wells / a paranoid nerd named Spose / my parents still annoyed / I live high, aim low,” recreating the “Straight Outta Compton” flow from N.W.A. Many Maine references are scattered throughout each song, which is what fans love so much about the duo.

If you get offended by lyrics about recreational drug use, please avoid this album. Groves and Spose tell it how it is. These guys don’t hold back whatsoever. In “Still Preposterous” Spose states, “On stage drunk / flat out rude / when there’s ice storms here / we get blackouts too / next to Vermont / we’re the smokiest around / clam buckets, green nuggets / up in copious amounts.”

Groves sings, “Every time I’m laying down a track / I get towed up like I was laying on my back / We can rap in Maine / It ain’t hard to do / Still no grill (nah) / Just a barbeque,” in the same song.

Groves and Spose vocally compliment each other. Spose’s voice is upbeat and in your face. Groves is more chill and could be compared to Roccafella’s Cam’ron. They are opposite, which makes them a collaboration to be talked about for years.

The single from “I’m Awesome” is currently getting play on Q97.9 and WCYY, based out of Portland.

This CD is funny and phenomenal. Perhaps some lyrics may be inside jokes that only Wells people understand, but if you know Maine and particularly Southern Maine, you will get the gist. The CD can be enjoyed by all who appreciate local rap, underground rap and true lyrics.

Grade: A

  • Alyssa Brock

    Spose sucks. Horrible music. Coming from a girl born and raised in Sanford, attending college in Boston with a strong audio program. Maine should not be the judge of good hip hop music.

  • holly

    I think the fact that you were born and raised in Sanford says it all…

  • Alyssa Brock

    Oh, so where you were born makes you superior? If you’re also from Maine then you’re definitely no better than me.

  • HIp Hop

    I agree with Alyssa. I love my State dont get me wrong but for a song like “awesome” to get as far as it has is just sad. Spose is not original and raps about smoking weed and drinking… Wait isnt that what every white rapper raps about. YUP. Any white guy with a small dick can rap like spose. Just like any white guy can write an insulting coment. Well here it is. Fuck Spose

  • the wolf

    i think you miss the whole concept of his version of emceeing. he can flow, his lyrics are raw, he just needs some better beats to give his flows justice. hiphop/rap is a culture a artform, and yes the culture even extends into maine. he has talent so haters keep hating, give him some ammo to pop off. ratitatat!!!

  • Alyssa Brock

    he needs better beats…and better material!! Hip hop is not about drugs and weed, and good rappers don’t need to rap about how ‘awesome’ they are because of said drugs and weed. Sure, drugs can be a part of hip hop, but if your whole life revolves around 8-balls and ganja, you really need to get a life, wannabe.

    I suppose Spose thinks he’s original because he’s the first ‘serious’ rapper out of Maine. There was a reason that there were no prior rappers from Maine…because that’s the way it’s supposed to be. As far as I’m concerned, Spose is an Asher Roth wannabe and won’t make it out of New England; I don’t even think he could make it in Boston.

    If he can find better shit to rap about, then I think I could give him a chance. Til then, learn the real culture, Spose. You’re not reinventing hip hop just because you’re a white guy from Maine.

    PS. thanks Hip Hop! I was worried I was the only Mainer who thought this way about Spose. haha

  • music lover

    Alyssa,

    Wow this sounds personal. Did he do something to you in nursery school you just can’t get past? Grow up. Opinions are like assholes everyone has one. you just don’t have to be one.

  • Alyssa Brock

    I don’t know him personally, but I’m very close with one of his aunts. I’m not gonna start rumors; all I’m saying is that he definitely doesn’t deserve to be a ‘hip hop star’.

    And it may come off as personal, and maybe it is, to an extent. I simply do not like his music and I don’t want it reaching anywhere beyond Maine. I would be so embarrassed if Maine hit it big with a stupid act like Spose. You really want this amateur to represent our state? He may be able to spit rhymes and white semi-amusing lyrics, but the beats are horrible and his substance is disgusting. I love Maine, but music, urban culture, and tapping into resources for both is not one of our strong points. Let’s be known as the state with a wannabe wigga rapper. Is that what you want? Is nobody else thinking of the image he’s giving Maine? It’s not a cool or remotely good image.

  • music lover

    Well I know his all aunts and only one of them lives in your town. Not really in your age group. Maybe your mothers though. Still if you don’t like spose don’t listen. I’m pretty sure your not an expert on who should be a hip hop star. It’s probably a good thing your not in charge of who is or isn’t by how well he is doing!!
    It sounds like you might be trying to start rumors with your first paragraph. get a life of your own.

  • music lover

    oh I get you now. You must be talking about sherri. You just lost all credibility. She doesn’t know anything about him, only in her own mind!

  • aunt of Spose

    I am an Aunt of Spose and I am not a rap fan but I am very proud of him. And so is the rest of his close family. And if you don’t like then shut it off. I have a feeling that some of the crap soming from you isn’t all you but still it is CRAP.And the person putting it in your tiny head is full of CRAP also. I am sure not every single song you like is sweet and innocent. And I know your “good friend” doesn’t listen to all sweet music. Hello she listens to Nickleback and Three Doors Down plus more they are not sweet and innocent. And furthermore we should be PROUD to have someone from MAINE doing great things with there life…So you get off your high horse and get a life……..

  • Alyssa Brock

    hey, no mentioning names. and you’re gonna judge her on the music she listens to? you guys are really nice people. you’re gonna judge her when your nephew over here is rapping about cocaine and bitches.

    I’d love to believe he’s doing great things with his life. I don’t, though.

  • aunt of Spose

    You are judging him on what he sings i9snt that calling the kettle black????? He is rapping not using there is a difference….You don’t know him so you shouldnt judge either.

  • Alyssa Brock

    how is rapping about stuff without doing it any better than using? now he’s a poser. it’s a lose lose situation. tell your boy to get better shit to rap about, and then I’ll shut up and let him have a rap career.

  • http://myspace.com/spizzyspose spose

    hey Alyssa / hiphop / etc.

    this is spose.

    i think you represent a lot of people. not just “hip hop” and yourself. my music, especially this particular song, is very polarizing. people love it or they hate it. and that’s the case with a lot of things in music, movies, etc. not everyone likes taylor swift (myself included) but she is wildly successful. some people love “the office,” some people don’t get it. NASCAR is the biggest thing in the universe, but I don’t like it. so i take no offense or issue with you disliking my music. your critiques are accurate in some places (e.g. i need better beats). your personal attacks are a little pathetic, but whatever, to each their own. if that’s what you’re doing with your time, that’s what you’re doing. no use trying to fix everyone.

    i do, however, wanna explain myself. not that you really matter, this is moreso to get this off my chest to everyone who has this criticism of me: the success of “awesome” was unexpected and, i’ll admit, sort’ve a misrepresentation of the music i’ve been making since i was 13. it is a little stressful for me that i’ve gained this notoriety off of a song that was written more for humor and to be performed live than a lot of my other work. However, it is in line with the rest of my stuff in that, at it’s core, beneath the jokes, it’s social commentary.

    i’m not gonna try to win you over or convince you to like my shit. truth be told, i probably wouldn’t like your shit either. but just know this: I’ve worked tirelessly for years at something that brings me happiness and sacrificed much to get to where I am and none of it was easy. I got to where I am by being kind to people and by continuing on even when everybody said it wasn’t gonna happen. And it’s finally paid off for me. Hopefully, you can respect that whether you like my music or not and you succeed at whatever it is you dedicate your time to. I just hope what you dedicate your time to is not bringing others down when they achieve success. It should be an inspiration rather than a source of frustration.

    But hey, chances are you’re more “wannabe wigga gangsta rappa” than me. I’m actually a pretty normal guy who tries 0% to be something I’m not.

    Good day sir!

    - Ryan “Spose”

  • Jun

    I agree but, isn’t that what just about every rapper raps about?

    Any black, hispanic, or asian guy with a small dick can write an insult as well those with large dicks. Girls of all races can write insults too, albeit without dicks.

    Let’s not be racist while we hate.

  • Jun

    What does it matter what he sings about?
    popular rap music isn’t known for its positive, good deed inspiring themes.

    It sounds like you are holding a grudge against this person for something, holding this rapper to a higher standard than the others.

    I’ve never heard the music, but your reasoning for why you think he’s a loser seems pretty thin, unless you think everyone who sings about drugs is a loser. Is he a loser just because you don’t like his music or for some other reason?

    On some level you probably ought to give someone credit for even trying to rap when they are white and from Maine. It is the musical equivalent of a male nurse.

  • Alyssa Brock

    Yes it shouldn’t matter where they come from, but unfortunately it does. Maine is this secluded little rural state in the corner of the US with little to no urban culture in it. Its hard to give him a break after living in Boston and going to a school where half the student population are audio students. I’m really not trying to be condescending, and I know it sounds like I’m holding a grudge. It’s just…I know where he’s coming from, I do. I used to think Maine was really awesome. Then I came to Boston. There is so much more outside of Maine, and if Spose really wants to make it, he needs to network outside of Maine and gain more experience. and his production quality needs to go up, a lot. It’s not hard to do, especially in Boston. Audio kids here at my school always need to record for projects at school. Easy, easy networking.

    I’m not saying he can’t rap about drugs, it’s just the way he’s rapping about them is just… rubbing me the wrong way. Like he’s trying to sound like he comes from the ghetto. Then all his fans are like “HE DOESNT USE YOU DONT KNOW HIM” like they do know him. Its really hard to give Spose any street credit when he comes from a place where there are zero ghettos. and you really can’t argue that there are any ghettos in Maine. There arent. I’m just saying he needs to rap about things in a non-ghetto wannabe way.

    I’m not holding him to a higher standard. I’m holding him to the same standard as any other local New England rapper I’ve met/heard. Check out Falside, short white guy from Rhode Island. SICK beats.

    And all of this is just proving my point that Maine should not be the judge of good hip hop music. I am one white girl, talking out against Spose. one girl. And everyone + apparently family of Spose is jumping on me like my opinion matters. I’m not the one who got signed to a record label. My opinion shouldn’t matter that much to anybody.

    Oh, and definitely listen to his music.

  • Jun

    nah.
    I don’t care about rap much.
    It isn’t just rap though, don’t care much for music in general these days. I’m more into movies now. I think I’ve watched at least a thousand movies in the past few years. I used to enjoy music, but now the visual arts do it more for me.

    I live in New York and there are plenty of neighborhoods in Maine that I don’t want to live in. It doesn’t matter what state you are in, there are violent, stupid people everywhere.

    I’m surprised that you live in Boston and have such a closed mind. When I hear you use the term street cred it gives me the chills. I think it is pretty stupid to demand that any actor or musician be an expert in the subject matter of their art. I suppose that is important for rappers, but for the rest of the world we understand that art is… art. It is hardly ever real, and when it is real it often ends tragically.

    I think that spouse sounds pretty intelligent when he states that he got to where he is because he was kind to people. That is often how people succeed and it is good to hear someone be honest about that fact. We all know people who can play guitar better than so and so who is on MTv, but the people who succeed are the people that other people like.

    I doesn’t matter to me if an artist has lived through everything he tries to relay in his performance, as long as the performance is emotionally charged and I can relate to it.

    In short, I think you are being unrealistic about your expectations of artists, and while there are more artists in Boston there are also more failures.

  • Alyssa Brock

    as long as you know your beats need work. In complete sincerity, all the luck to you, it’s great you’ve gotten as far as you have. Hope you learn to give Maine a good name.

  • Alyssa Brock

    @Jun

    I really don’t understand why you’ve got all these things to say if you don’t even care about Spose or hip hop.

    There are undesirable neighborhoods in Maine because of registered sex offenders and welfare hicks, not gang wars. There is a difference between ‘ghetto’ and ‘trashy end of the neighborhood’.

    So you think it’s stupid that I think music should be of the best quality it can be? You ‘don’t even listen to music anymore.’ You think it’s stupid that art should be of good quality. Boston has a lot of good quality music and I live by four popular music venues – House of Blues, Harper’s Ferry, The Paradise, and the ICC. If anything, Boston has extremely broadened my taste in music. I’m sorry I’m ‘closed minded’ because I’m exposed to this music on a daily basis; especially the locals. It’s extremely difficult to root for Spose when his music doesn’t compare.

    I’m just sayin Spose needs to step it up. If anything, he’s got the potential. And if he really is as passionate as he claims to be, he’d know to keep an open mind about music and would demonstrate the drive to keep making it better.

  • Jun

    You generalize a lot and I don’t need to care about hip hop in order to understand the conversation.

    It seems that rap music needs a bed of shit in order to be acceptable to your palate, which is clearly the only one which matters in your mind.

    You argue that he is a wannabe because real rappers don’t have to sings about drugs and weed, but then criticize him for not having the worst possible neighborhood experience, for not living in a ghetto.

    You said he sucks and then said he’s got potential. It sounds to me like you don’t like Maine much and that is your only real problem.

    Hopefully we can grow some real ghettos here in Maine, which can compare to the real ghettos of Boston, so that you can enjoy the rap music from your home state.

    By your logic, the best rap music in the world should come from third world nations because they have the most deplorable living conditions. I hope you know that your attitude towards rap music keeps young kids desiring a tough life in order to get listeners respect. If you really cared about rap and rappers you might think to broaden your horizons. I’m sure you are not alone in your opinions, but I’m pining what you represent on you since you are the only one here.

    You are right, I don’t care about Spose or hip hop, but a person should be able to discuss anything on its merits. I may agree with you about Spose’s music, may think it is horrible, but I wouldn’t fault him for trying to rap only because of where he was born.

  • Alyssa Brock

    It still baffles me that you continue to try to make a point over something you don’t care about; and trying to accuse me of changing my opinion while you yourself are a walking contradiction. I don’t understand what you’re trying to gain with this. I actually care about music and hip hop. At this point I don’t even feel like this debate is over Spose anymore.

    Yes. I said he sucked, and then had potential. You can suck and have potential to not suck, you can become unsucky. In which case I will change my mind about Spose if his music gets better.

    There is a lot I love about Maine and very little I dislike; one of the factors being a lack of diversity. I think diversity and networking is vital to hip hop, and all music, really. Which is why I think city ghettos produce better hip hop than rural counties; they’re more naturally diverse. Maine is 97% white. It’s a very quiet state. Not a lot goes on there. And that’s my point; there is so much more going on in urban parts of the country, kids are subjected to a lot more and have a lot more to think about in urban areas. Its not drugs vs. healthy lifestyle, it’s urban vs. rural. I’ve actually made this point many times now, so you can stop questioning it.

    Yes. some musicians have a natural gift for music, regardless of any situation they’ve been in. Bottom line, Spose doesn’t. Even you agree to that. He just needs more experience, more exposure, and a loooot more diversity.

  • Jun

    I’m not trying to make a point Alyssa.
    I’ve made a few points and haven’t had to quote Green Day either. It looks like you have a lot of growing to do. I don’t know what your planning to do with your life, but you’ll get a lot further if you stop writing things like “Spose sucks.”

    Articulate and someone positive might pay attention to you in a positive way.

    You are clearly racist.
    “Maine is 97% white. It’s a very quiet state. Not a lot goes on there. And that’s my point; there is so much more going on in urban parts of the country, kids are subjected to a lot more and have a lot more to think about in urban areas. ”

    So, Maine is quiet, not a lot goes on there because it is 97% white?

    What are kids subjected to in urban parts of the country which constitute “a lot more” for you?

    You haven’t made a point and I do question it, because it stinks. It stinks because you associate someone’s skin color with quiet and boring. If I were a racist then I would use the exact same argument to associate another’s skin color with violence and poverty, two sides of the same ignorant coin.

    I am not from Maine, but as much time as you’ve spent in Boston it hasn’t been enough.

  • Jamie

    I think Ryan deserves all the notoriety and attention he is now receiving and will receive in the future!! He has a genuine heart and morals galore and is number one in my book for pursuing a dream through his love and passions. Any negative feedback sent his way is merely a sad reflection of how miserable the “sender” is on both , the in and outside of their own being and a very sad way to walk through life.

    Ryan, Don’t bow to the negative people as they will never rise above the line that you have and because they are just “walking” through life and you are soaring through life, it‘s not like they‘ll ever catch up with you any way!!!

    I am Thrilled for you so you “GO GET “ EM”, Have fun along the way and use all your energy to move forward!!!!!!!!!!!!

    ALL MY BEST – Always!!!!

    Jamie

  • Haywud Jablome

    F*ck you, why would you say something like that about someone who has many fans and has opened for so many national acts. When I saw your name up there, I didnt realized that you were such an accomplished artist.

  • Brandon

    I just heard “I’m awesome” on the radio just minutes ago here in my hometown of Virginia Beach, Virginia. I went online and tried to find out who it was etc. and found this site. I think the song is humorous and fun. I’m sure like he sad in a previous post that it isn’t the best representation of his collective works but it’s awesome in my eyes and if he has better/more insightful/deep meaning songs then more power to him. Every band I’ve ever been in has had a crowd favorite song that is the least favorite of the band and not the best representation of our music…. Buts it just how it goes. Good luck spose…

  • Alyssa Brock

    @Jun

    If I’m an immature person for voicing my opinion about music and Spose, then you’re no better for rebuttling for as long as you have. So unless you stop replying to everything I say, you should probably retract that statement. Especially since you’re apparently not even trying to make a point. I have no idea why you’re still here.

    I’m not racist, I told you, there is a lack of diversity in Maine. 97% caucasian population is a blunt fact, not propaganda. It’s really truly nothing but old white people and rednecks there. I stated that fact to prove the lack of diversity, not my hatred for white people, don’t twist my words because you can’t make a decent argument. I lived in Sanford for nineteen years before moving to Boston for the past two. Why don’t you go to Maine and see for yourself.

    “What are kids subjected to in urban parts of the country which constitute “a lot more” for you?”
    Diversity. Diversity. Diversity. How many times do I need to say it? Urban = diverse. Tons of different cultures, different events, bigger opportunities. Maine is small pond. It’s closed off. It’s a lot of pine trees and beaches. Not a lot of musical endeavors. For the millionth time, networking is extremely important in music and most any professional career, and because of the very small musical scene and even tinier hip hop scene, how can one hope to expand and network when they’ve got nobody to network with?

    I feel like I’m repeating myself now. Why don’t you give it up. My big ultimate point is that Spose needs to broaden his horizons and network with more people, and gain a lot more experience. You generally agree with that. Every other thing I’ve said has been to support this point. So I don’t understand what you’re trying to gain by disagreeing with everything else I say.

  • Jun

    I’m having way too much fun to stop conversing with you. Let’s take another look.

    Alyssa Brock writes,

    “Coming from a girl born and raised in Sanford, Maine should not be the judge of good hip hop music.”

    “I actually care about music and hip hop.”

    “Oh, so where you were born makes you superior?”

    “I simply do not like his music (Spose) and I don’t want it reaching anywhere beyond Maine.”

    “In complete sincerity, all the luck to you, it’s great you’ve gotten as far as you have.” (talking to Spose)

    “I would be so embarrassed if Maine hit it big with a stupid act like Spose.

    “You really want this amateur to represent our state?”

    “I suppose Spose thinks he’s original because he’s the first ’serious’ rapper out of Maine.”

    “There is a lot I love about Maine and very little I dislike”

    “I’m not racist, I told you, there is a lack of diversity in Maine. 97% caucasian population is a blunt fact, not propaganda. It’s really truly nothing but old white people and rednecks there.”

    “There are undesirable neighborhoods in Maine because of registered sex offenders and welfare hicks”

    “There was a reason that there were no prior rappers from Maine…because that’s the way it’s supposed to be. ”

    “Hope you (Spose) learn to give Maine a good name.”

    “Spose needs to step it up. If anything, he’s got the potential.”

    “Spose sucks. Horrible music.”

    And the grand finale…

    “YOU YOURSELF ARE A WALKING CONTRADICTION.”

    I think that you should just keep writing as I don’t know that I’ve ever enjoyed reading anyone more than you. I really am enjoying this, thank you so much.

    Alyssa Brock = open mouth, insert foot, chew.

    Alyssa Brock writes,
    “I know where he’s coming from, I do. I used to think Maine was really awesome. Then I came to Boston.”

    Well Brock, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones wrote a song just for you. The wrote it back in 1991, when you were just a stain on your daddy’s sex offender, welfare, redneck dickies. It’s called, “They came to Boston.”

    Those are your own adjectives, by the way. I just figured that since you are from Maine it is probable that you are part of the 97% of people you described.

    Oh, I see your reply now, here it comes… “flip, flop, flip, flop, flip…”

    Most people would probably feel bad talking back to you, like picking on a kid with down syndrome for slurring words; I don’t.

  • Kenny

    “They came to Boston for an education…”

    lol.

  • Alyssa Brock

    name the national acts he’s opened for.

  • Alyssa Brock

    I don’t contradict myself in these phrases. Maine isn’t perfect, but I love it. I don’t think Maine should be exporting hip hop, I think it should stick to toothpicks, blueberries, and lobsters.

    When I said “I used to think Maine was really awesome and then I came to Boston” I meant that I thought I’d stay in Maine; that I’d never get out, I thought Maine had everything I needed. I meant Maine has an overwhelming amount of rednecks old white people, I’m sorry I forgot to mention ‘average middle-class white families’ because I thought that was just a given. I didn’t say Maine was ALL undesirable neighborhoods either, just that they exist in Maine.

    You took singular phrases I said, and not the proceeding statements I said afterward to verify my statements. You really need to stop twisting my words.

    If you’re running out of things to debate, you can stop at any time.

  • heather

    alyssa,
    grow up! didn’t you say you were a college student? get over yourself. if you are so ashamed of spose, stay in boston. mainers like you are not true mainers if they don’t support their fellow… well.. mainers. somebody’s been hit hard by boston i see.

    oh, and while you’re thinking up a nice come-back, feel free to go fuck yourself :)

  • heather

    ALYSSA,
    nobody is reading your stupid comments. no need to write freaking paragraphs. we’re all here to say congrats to our boy SPOSEEEE (who i love, went to one of his shows at the empire and he was even better live!) and you’re really a downer. you are not even producing any criticism that will help spose, you’re just bitching about how he’s going to ruin your reputation of a Mainer… which you clearly are not. You act just like mass-hole! congrats for being better than the average mainer.
    and again, i welcome you to go fuck yourself :)

  • Alyssa Brock

    I’m defending my point to Jun, not trying to make people read my shit. I don’t care if you read this or not. I’m stating an opinion, not trying to start internet hate wars.

    My criticism: more networking, better production quality, not so much with the ‘ghetto rapper’. I consider this helpful. Why don’t you actually read what I’m talking about before you attack it.

    I love Maine, but I’m one of those people who realize there’s a bigger world out there. Spose obviously has plenty of local support so my shitting all over your happiness shouldn’t even phase you.

  • the wolf

    bigger world. you can have it. ive been alot of places, maine is home for me. Plus its one of only a handful of states that decriminalized canabis. haha weed. lets all smoke a g-bong hit and be cool.

  • Sara

    You mean that you love the 3% of Maine that isn’t sex criminal, redneck, welfare, white middle class, right?

    Nobody has to twist your words because you are already twisted.

  • Alyssa Brock

    Okay, look, I’m not trying to paint Maine in a bad light, and I’m sorry if it came off like I did. Maine is a wonderful state. We have some nice beaches and woods. Clean air. Generally healthy state. The only point I was trying to make is that Maine has zero ghettos, and what some may consider a ghetto is just said sex offenders and people living off of welfare. Which isn’t the majority of Maine. The majority of Maine is pine trees.

    There really are a lot of old people and rednecks there too, you can’t disagree. I never said they were the bulk of the population, I said an ‘overwhelming amount.’ And there’s really nothing wrong with them. They’re usually pretty chill people. I never said I had a problem with them. Also, I never meant ‘average middle-class white family’ as a bad thing, either. That’s ME. I’M the average middle-class white girl. Dur.

    So can we please stop trying to dissect my opinion on Maine, and get back to dissecting my opinion on Spose? Just so we can stay on track here.

  • the wolf

    spose let the haterz, hate. take the ying with the yang, the salt with the pepper, spice it up and make that chedder. bust that dike, open the floodgates and keep it flowing bro. your talented. one.

  • meg

    Alyssa, stop spending all you’re time hating on Spose. You’re annoying as shit. get off all these websites. One little college girl isn’t going to make america stop listening to his music. Check how far he is on itunes hip-hop charts, check the stations listening to his music, CHECK HIS RECORD DEAL. Theres nothing you can do about it so stop trying and save us all, it’d be nice to not see your name on everything he’s doing… some people might mistake you for his biggest fan, but really you’re the biggest joke.

  • heather

    sorry you feel i “attacked” you, Alyssa. However, I do think that if you didn’t want this to be an “internet hate war” you wouldn’t respond to everything everybody says. I just think you are realllly self-ish for coming on here, where everybody is supporting spose, and try to shit on the light he’s getting. Who cares if he is acting “ghetto” or that Maine “is a ghetto”- his music is entertaining. That is all that matters. People like it, Maine is getting some attention because of Spose! Feel happy for your state that you “love”, stop trying to shut it down.

    Spose & Cam Groves… I love you guyssss

  • Alyssa Brock

    the only website I’m currently on is this one. the only other place I also commented on was the kroq place, and I have since ceased comment because there is nothing remarkable being said there. it’s not like I’m searching for places to comment on.

    how am I his biggest fan? biggest anti-Spose fan, maybe.

    his record deal ain’t shit. It’s not about record deals these days, the music industry is in shambles. It’s about self-promotion through networking. Nobody will remember him in two months, maybe even one month. This music isn’t good or memorable, and he’s not tied in with the right people.

  • Alyssa Brock

    I was the first to express my opinion here, it’s really your fault for responding to it. I’m just defending my opinion.

    That reason is exactly why I’m glad I’m apparently ‘not a true Mainer’ for disliking his music. You guys are like pageant moms; as long as Spose gets Maine attention then you can ride on his fame, saying “oh I totally knew him, he comes from my state, he was just Ryan From The Block back in those days, I was slumming with him 24/7 because he’s so down to earth even though he’s soooo famous.” I’d like his music if it were legitimately good quality, but it’s not. I like Sparks The Rescue because I think their music is legitimately good, they made a great name for Maine in music. But god forbid I don’t like Spose.

  • the wolf

    I doubt spose cares if you like his shit. And I doubt he gives 2 fucks for whiny bitches like you. Lets see how the album comes out brock. Untill then go whine on daddy.

  • Alyssa Brock

    did I say Spose should care about whether or not I like his music? No. I said “Spose should network more and gain more experience before trying to drop any more albums.” I’ve said this how many times now? Please learn to read.

  • TheGrandPubah

    Well, I think it’s “schpedoinkle” and if you don’t know where that comes from, then you’re obviously a loser and have no friends, or you agree with me and you simply haven’t seen Cannibal the Musical yet.
    Lay off “Spose.” He’s doing what he likes and that’s that. If you don’t like it, then don’t listen. If you’re stuck with fm-radio, invest in satellite. Ultimately, quit taking yourself so seriously. Or don’t. Who gives a shit?!

    -TheGP

  • Jun

    Exactly how many albums do you have out, Alyssa?

    With all that networking you are doing down there you must have a shit load of contracts. Maybe you should help Spose, give him a leg up, you know?

    I bet you could give him a leg up real easy.

  • Jun

    “his record deal ain’t shit.”

    ha, ha, ha, ha… ahhhh, a HA, HA, HA!

    Or if you prefer…

    “a ha Ha!, a ha Ha ha Ha!”

    Uhm, sorry.
    I was just wondering if you could show us your record deal?

  • Alyssa Brock

    Would you leave already? I told you, the school I go to is like 50% audio majors. Yeah, I could record an album if I really wanted to.

  • the enforcer

    Alyssa Brock “unplugged”.

  • Jun

    What school is that?

    I’d like to know where to go in order to make all those incredible connections, like you have done. Then I can come to the Maine Campus and piss in the kool-aid.

    Tell us where you go to school. I want to build my network so that I can be like you and make an album if I feel like it.

    Oh, but I forgot that you wrote record contracts ain’t shit because the music industry is in shambles.

    Why are you in music again?
    To make connections for the album you haven’t recorded?

  • http://TheMaineCampus Megan

    will you marry me, Spose?

  • Aaron

    Really Alyssa?

    How do you know he isnt doing this for SATIRE? You obviously have no grasp of what he’s doing. He raps about being a white kid in Maine. You say that all the people listening to Spose are people who are from Maine and want to “ride his fame”. I’M FROM KANSAS. He has a good flow, his beats may not be amazing, but he is also just starting out, I would like to see you write a rap song and produce your own beat, it’s a fucking bitch. Unless you can do better than him in his genre, shut the hell up and stop trying to act like an elitist cunt, nobody likes elitist cunts. Who are you to say he “doesnt deserve to be famous”? Who are you decide if anyone “deserves to be famous”? If anything you should be happy he actually managed to get a deal in the current recording industry status.

  • Alyssa Brock

    @Jun
    go away, srsly. I go to NEiA.

    @Aaron
    he’s not satirizing anybody but himself, which is like the low of lows. Nobody cares about his back-acne or his hairy ass. Gross. Kansas is about the equivalent of Maine in terms of knowing good hip hop. I’m not trying to be an elitist cunt, I’m just saying his music isn’t good and he needs to do a lot more work before it will be. I have very good reason for thinking he doesn’t deserve to be famous, here in Southern Maine everybody pretty much knows everybody. I’m very close with a part of his family and they’re very nice people, and let’s just say the two parties don’t get along. Great, awesome, he got a record deal. They’ll milk him til he’s dry unless he knows how to deal with him; judging by his lack of networking, he has no idea how to deal with them.

  • Jun

    OK,

    I listened to “I’m awesome.”

    It sounds terrible. The lines aren’t funny and the music sounds like it came out of a $49.00 Casio.

    I hear a desire to do something along the lines of BBoys “girls”, except the BBoys are great and girls was pretty tight even though it was a joke.

    Brock has a point about needing better production values, but she is still a douche.

    Hopefully, the record contract will give Spose some money to make a better production.

    It looks like Spose is having a great time though, with Cam Groves and the rest of the people he’s got, can’t fault him for that.

    Brock why are you such a teabagger?
    You are right about the music. It isn’t good. Everything else you are wrong about and you suck sweaty goat balls for being such a flaming douche.

    If people like it Spose then so what?
    There are a shite-load of artists that suck balls and people still listen to them.

    You haven’t made a strong argument for anything. You are apparently in audio production but aren’t offering to make the music better. You’re just bitching and whining about “Spose sucks.”

    I’d rather listen to Spose than you.
    (Well, I don’t know… it is kind of a toss up. The music is pretty bad, almost painfully so. I don’t want to listen to either of you.)

    Spose, I’m not a fan of your music but best of luck.

    I’m done here.

  • http://www.deathward.net b4ugobye

    I think it’s kind of funny. I came here to read more on Spose and learned so many other things. Firstly, whether Spose is a good rapper, I wont comment without hearing more of his work. However, I found his song I’m awesome to be quite entertaining and to be honest pretty funny. But really though, when I thought of Maine, I always thought lobster, now I will have sex offenders and welfare in my head. I also learned that some people will take an argument to an extreme. I have to agree with Spose 100% though, everyone has different taste and they should just accept that they either like something or don’t and move on.

  • Aaron

    So this is personal? It’s not just his music, you are attacking him and his family personally online. THAT is low. If you don’t like it, don’t listen to it, don’t associate with it. That’s like going to a concert even though you think every band sucks. We don’t need your downplay of Spose, we don’t know him personally. It’s none of our business what his family does or how he handles his ride to fame, and honestly it isn’t any of yours either. Do you even know what this supposed “good hip-hop” is? Could you share with us? Last time I checked the definition of “good hip-hop” is different for everyone.

  • Alyssa Brock

    I didn’t say anything about attacking his family. The part of the family I do know are wonderful people. That’s saying NICE things about his family.

    All I did was voice my opinion on Spose. You didn’t have to say anything. You could have completely ignored me.

  • Alyssa Brock

    “The only point I was trying to make is that Maine has zero ghettos, and what some may consider a ghetto is just said sex offenders and people living off of welfare. Which isn’t the majority of Maine. The majority of Maine is pine trees.”

    I mention the bad neighborhoods of Maine once and you people jump all over it like a lion on a zebra. Honestly, Maine’s bad neighborhoods are about as common as Maine ghettos. If you ever go to Maine, you will notice the abundance of trees and water. not the welfare and sex offender abodes.

    Even if people have different tastes, they should be able to hear music and still respect it if it’s good. This just isn’t good; if I didn’t think there was anything wrong with it, I wouldn’t have said anything.

    I am one opinion speaking out against Spose. You really don’t have to act like it matters that much.

  • http://www.deathward.net b4ugobye

    I really don’t have a problem with your comment on Spose. I also wont argue with you like others have, I think arguing on the internet is just retarded. I live in New York, so I know all about ghetto. As far as Spose acting ghetto, I really don’t see it. Drug use isn’t only done in ghetto areas, suburban drug use is very common, and widely used by mid to upper class white kids. The only reason I posted my comment is because every other post seemed to been by you (Alyssa) and it seems like you could make better use of your time than to argue with every poster that doesn’t share the same thoughts as you. Perhaps you can find something better to worry about that would keep your stress level down. Perhaps play a game, like the one my nickname leads to.
    Either way, I wont post anymore upon this, but I just wanted to clarify that an artist don’t have to be ghetto because he raps about smoking weed. I see white kids all the time riding around in their BMW’s smoking better weed than the brothers in the projects.

  • Tommy D

    Hes not trying to say hes from the ghetto… hes a white boy from the suberbs like me, who has had it pretty easy in life, all things considered, and thats why I personally can relate to spose so much.

  • Alyssa Brock

    If you didn’t have a problem you wouldn’t have commented. Again, I’m really just voicing my very passionate opinion, I haven’t called people names and said “fuck you for liking Spose”, I have simply stood by my opinion. Everyone else has been dissecting my opinion, not saying “well you can think that, but I love Spose.” Those who have been innocently praising him, I’ve left alone, as they have left me alone. And don’t worry about my life, I have one. Thanks for your concern though.

    Yes. Drugs are done everywhere. Doesn’t mean you need to use them to make it look like you’re a legit rapper. Maine’s a fine state, you don’t need to bring up your drug use to make yourself look cool. People tend to assume all Mainers are potheads anyway, since we all basically live in the middle of woods.

  • cage

    i think spose will go further then your cheesy modeling. goth? retarded.

  • Alyssa Brock

    HAHAHA I’m not goth. Take a look at those dates, they’re two years old. I did modeling for fun when I was friends with this guy who is a photography major at my school. I never said I was a professional. Thanks for facebook stalking me.

  • cage

    reguardless your from the armpit of maine(skankford) at one time sanford had the highest teen preggo rate in america. i still remember those days of cruising main st and every 200ft another 15 yr old with a stroller. haha i bet your fam resides on the “ave” or brook st. maybe “riverskank ct” haha funny how you rep skankford.

  • Alyssa Brock

    mmm. clearly I turned out real bad and I’m giving Maine a horrible name in Boston. I can’t spell a single word right and I’ve forgotten all basic grammar skills. Sanford had the highest teen pregnancy rate in America? Did Wikipedia tell you that?

    Why don’t you stop attacking my personal life, it has nothing to do with how I think of Spose.

  • cage

    I would say im sorry, but im not. Clearly those yuppies over in cambridge have worn on you. Yes, back in the mid 90′s Sanford, Maine had the highest teen pregnancy rate per capita in the US of A. It was on “Good morning America” Evening news, local news. But Maine is all butterflys and pine tree’s and we dine on lobster every night. The fact is, your arguement on spose is bias. You clearly have some bad blood with the fam. So your opinions are hearby thrown out of this court. You are hearby sentanced to wear a spose shirt and listen to “im awesome” on loop in your car at not less then 100 decibels for 365 days. This court is adjourned.

  • Leights

    Sole, the real rapper from Maine is lyrically and rhythmically superior to Spose!

  • Alyssa Brock

    checked him out. thank you so much for mentioning him, his music is really beautiful.

  • pfff

    Alyssa seems to contradict herself a lot.

  • food stamp

    wow, the most important thing that ya’ll are ALL forgetting here is that DJ Food stamp is on the cut, c’mon kick it. Dayum, that’s what’s up.

    Spose is the man. He is light years beyond most people out there, in terms of what he’s got in his noggin, has been since he was a kid. If you listen to this song it’s just deconstructing popular culture and the sort of idiocy that happen on the internet (ie. this thread).

    And I won’t lie, as close as Boston is to NYC, it’s just as hip hop as any affluent college city in America. And, to quote Rakim “It ain’t where you from it’s where you at”. If you look at the commercial music out there, Spose has gotten this song on blast amidst a sea of complete shit, so it’s mad refreshing in that sense.

    Plus, you gotta respect him for getting his record on blast, and I’m pumped to actually hear a dj on what is now a pop song, and glad that DJ is mahfuggin DJ Food Stamp. Don’t front on that.

  • keepyostamps

    Yeah great you scratched a couple times on the single. Nice. Stop riding on the coattails of others man. Get your own. And keep your foodstamps and place in line at the soup kitchen.

  • jake

    7L & Esoteric, Brother Ali, Sean Price, Ill Bill(this guy is sick he raps wit necro), Kool Keith, Mac Lethal and uhh shit thats all i know.

  • Juan

    alyssa,

    too late. so sad for you. i live in dallas, tx, and we love spose out here. he has a fresh take on hip hop. i like the fact that his music is over synthesized and his lyrics are raw and funny. why does all music have to be serious? you sound like a stick in the mud kind of girl. probably pretty boorish. i didn’t think much good could come out of maine until i heard spose. i’m hoping he goes number 1 all over, and you end up stewing in your vile misery.

  • Juan

    F**k Boston. New York City wannabe mother hunchers! Boston is a sorry city. I much prefer Maine to Boston as at least it’s true to itself. I’ve been to Portland and also to a small town named Lewiston, and the people are genuine there unlike in Boston. Ugggghhhhhh! I hate Boston.

  • food stamp

    @keepyostamps

    son/lady, i have done my own thing and I ain’t riding no coattails. I’m just trying to get CREDIT and make it known that I significantly contributed to a hit single, that’s all. I “wrote” 25% of the choruses, 12 bars, and people should know who did that. If someone sang on the hook or threw a rhyme on the chorus I’m sure you’d think that they deserve some props and aren’t just riding coattails. Right? Why would a Dj be any different?

    The problem is that people like yourself don’t understand the time, effort, energy, and $ that goes into being able to scratch “a couple times,” nor do you respect it. That’s a huge problem. The DJ put the MC on in hip hop and the recording industry and “rappers” (not MCs) displaced the DJ the minute the first rap song was recorded in 1979. My point is, with this song, to not let the DJ just fade into the background, just part of the beat or whatever. My point with all this is that people like yourself should respect and acknowledge such a contribution as significant, and your response is proof-positive of the importance of such acknowledgment.

  • food stamp

    unfortunately all those Anticon cats abandoned Maine instead of reppin the state and trying to put it on the map. Also, “anti-conformity” to a musical paradigm doesn’t necessarily equate to superiority, but they made their statement. I think Alias and DJ Mayo are now back in Portland and doing music.

  • Alyssa Brock

    @Juan

    if he goes #1 I still won’t like him, it won’t change anything. Have you ever been to Boston for more than an hour? Don’t judge the whole city. Boston in NO WAY wants to be like NYC, by the way. I don’t know why you’d even think that. Sox vs. Yankees? Really?

    See, that’s the thing. Everyone is attacking where I live, what I like, and how I live my life. I didn’t say anything about Spose that didn’t have to do with his music. This is about the music, not his personal life. And I’m certainly not saying anything about YOUR personal life.

    So why don’t you stop trying to crush me, because you’re such an internet tough guy.

  • Alyssa Brock

    touring nationally and continuing a career in Cali doesn’t make them a traitor to Maine. Sole will always be from Maine, he can’t get away from that. Some places are just better for musical development than others.

  • iLOVEhaters

    Alyssa, why do you keep talking about boston like have roots there or something? And why do you keep posting on a page about spose? Musically, what exactly have you contributed to any genre? What even makes you think people would wanna hear your semi-retarded opinions? So you’ve been majoring in audio crap for like two years and now your an expert in rap/hip hop? And what does coming from a ghetto have to do with better rap? Because its more cultured? Spose is as real as it gets, and coming from a secluded place like maine, which is mostly what he raps about, would actually be more difficult than coming from a big city. Theres tons of shit to rap about in a ghetto, and most of thats already been done before, but to take a simple place like wells, maine and tear that shit up, thats just str8 dope lol. Look, we all know you have a passionate opinion, but i have an idea for you. Go to one of those ghettos in boston, find someone trying to make it in the game, and give them your opinion. See how fast you get shot

  • Meg

    Sanford girl You grew up in the poorest trashiest town in pain u get no opinion!

  • Josh

    It’s amazing how much hate and stupidity is in the world. If you don’t like it, don’t listen to it. Some of the posters here flame Spose and his work, saying his beats need work, etc, conclusions you can only draw if you listen to his songs, music you claim to hate but can’t stop talking about. It would be like me force feeding myself liver and onions, then going on a website and bitching about how much I hate it. Don’t listen to it, don’t buy it if you truly hate it so much.

    I like it. It’s funny, tongue in cheek rap that makes me laugh.

  • cor

    ::It’s really truly nothing but old white people and rednecks there.::
    Wow. How bout you just never come back then?

  • whatsadick4

    wow i think we have a obsessive closet fan. who thinks alyssa should come out of the closet? its okay alyssa you can now say it. we support you through this tough decision. Come and join our cult princess.

  • keepyostamps

    @djsoupkitchen- I do know. I own turntables and I also used to scratch after smoking some green bud. Dont play yourself, your from wells. you moved to the west. I saw you on that talkshow bout 8 or 9 years ago in the crowd asking if its normal if you whack off 5 times a day. Your a dork. I have inside info that could crush you. Bow down.

  • keepyostamps

    @A.S.
    “be careful what you wish 4, cuz U might just get it. And if you get it, then you just might not know what to do with it, cuz it might just come back on you tenfold.”

  • Alyssa Brock

    touring nationally and continuing a career in Cali does not make Sole or any of them a traitor to Maine. They will always be from Maine, they can’t get away from that. Some places are just better for musical growth than others.

  • food stamp

    ahaha. vintage Dr. Joy Brown show. I’m actually trying to get that footage digitized. It was epic. The whole show was audience generated questions about sex shit. You submitted your 3 questions before it began. During each break they would pick 3 or 4 people, have them raise their hand so Joy would know who to go over and have read their question.

    It was the last segment and she was right next to me and was said “does any body else have a question?” I totally raised my hand and cuz she was next to me, she HAD to take my question. I had this great question about how I let my girl dominate me and how it’s affecting my performance as work in that I can’t lead. Ahaha. But I froze, and asked this stupid ass question about beating it 5 or 6 times per day. She basically called me out in the answer, the camera then got a medium close up on my dumb ass reaction.

    All with the fat albert shirt on. Classic material. That made it into several video project in school. Lost the VHS original though. I won $100 in a drawing at the show and went down to Big City Records and blew it in a second.

  • food stamp

    i’ve done tons of wack and stupid shit in my life. regardless, I’m not interested in e-beef and I’m well aware of my cripple swagger. As a fellow dj, then, you understand where i’m coming from w/ the credit thing.

  • food stamp

    not traitor by any means, but there is definitely a difference in repping where you’ve from versus just being from somewhere. feel me?

  • food stamp

    i used to write for the Maine Campus, and this has to be the most comments an e-article has ever gotten here. Big ups to Marcus Desveaux and his review of Spose and getting so much attention!

  • Alyssa Brock

    I currently live in Boston. Am I not supposed to talk about it?

    I said one opinion way back in February, and five people jumped on it, accusing me of all this shit. I simply defended my opinion. it grew to this. All you have to do is stop talking, and I will. I won’t jump all over you for saying “I love Spose”, so why is everyone jumping all over me for saying “I hate Spose”?

    I never said I was an audio major, I said I have a lot of audio major friends and I go to a very audio-heavy school. I don’t pretend I’m an expert, but if I didn’t know what I was talking about, I wouldn’t have opened my proverbial mouth.

    He is NOT tearing up Wells in his rapping. Do not even give him the flattery. There is nothing str8 dope about it, even if it is tongue-in-cheek.

    Spose isn’t ‘real’ just because he raps about ‘truth’ and fucks around on a turntable with his two friends. And his record deal is gonna turn him right around from his ‘real’ness.

  • Leights

    What makes sole “anti-conformity”? I’m just curious. Has he proclaimed himself that, or can it be cited from his lyrics?

  • food stamp

    umm, Anticon is short for anti-conformity. It’s basically the whole mission statement, so to speak of the group and on a lot of their 12″s they write about that shit. I mean, even calling out El-P and Fat Beats, etc.

  • Ooolala

    This is dumd..Spose is decent.. to bad he wasnt from Mass he would have made it a lot quicker and a lot bigger by now. Marcus is sexy I want to sit on his face.

    -toodles

  • AlEx B

    to that scummy sanford girl me and marco grew up in wells, and i dont really like him but hes representing maine in music, so you have to give him credit

  • HF

    I was born in Kittery and now live in Guam. As for Spose not making it out of New England, you are already wrong. I heard “I’m Awesome” on FM 103 here in Guam and they are playing it on of all things the TV guide channel of Marianas Cable Vision.

  • shnookums

    I guess when it comes down to it, Spose is a simple rapper that appeals to a broad base of stupid people. There is nothing profoundly introspective about his self-deprecating shoddily crafted rhymes. And when I mean stupid people, I mean people that use the word “paradigm” to make themselves sound important. It’s not important, and neither is Spose.

  • justwon

    yup im another sanford kid that says fuck spose, i never seen him at any show or open mics just a fucking shit bag that jumped into a trend thats all im sayin sit back and watch the flop by the way sanford knows music

  • funny

    @justwon

    sanford is full of satanic cults, crooked pigs, lazy welfare scumbags. poor white trash you cant walk down the street with a cig hanging in your mouth without a poor person bumming one off ya. Wells people are higher up then you sanford scumbags. Its too bad us wells boys share a border with you sanford fags. Nice beach sanford has, love it. Keep hating sanford, us wells boys dont fuck around m.o.b.a.p.w.t.

  • Alyssa Brock

    so is Rustic Overtones. So is Sparks The Rescue. Maine is already known for expelling some pretty good bands, especially jam bands. We really don’t need to add wigga hip hop to the list.

    Also, don’t call me ‘that scummy Sanford girl.’ I am the farthest thing from scummy, and just because I grew up in Sanford doesn’t make me scummy.

  • Alyssa Brock

    you can shut up. Spose has a looooot of ties with Sanford. being from Wells doesn’t make you any better than people from Sanford.

  • Alyssa Brock

    “There really are a lot of old people and rednecks there too, you can’t disagree. And there’s really nothing wrong with them. They’re usually pretty chill people.”

    stop making me repeat myself.

  • funny

    wells > sanford

    rt 1 > Main st 109

    Wells Beach > Number 1 pond

    5 Star cinima > Smittys

    Renys > Family Dollar

    Steakhouse > Home plate resturant

    the East > Golden palace

    Beach houses > Trailor Parks

    Stutesys Pub > the greenroom

    Mike’s Clam shack > Teds fried clams

    Wells Quarry > Indians last leap

    Wells weed > sanford weed

    Wells food market > super dollar

    Turnpike exit, train station > Rt 111/202

    Ocean breeze > Stagnant smog

    Teen athletics > teen pregnancy

    Wells beach house parties > busted up brook st partys

    blue collar upper middle class > welfare, lazy, hopeless old mill town thats crumbing like the bricks at the mills

    sandy beaches/ sceneic coastline > eye soar

    me > alyssa

  • Josh

    What about people who use words like profoundly introspective? LOL

    Teapot calling the kettle black.

  • wellzreppin

    if i had to guess i would say one or both of you click^north wanksta’s is hating. only one of you have skill, the whole click^north product already flopped. not appealing. go back to the drawing board and ditch the fat dude.

  • wellzreppin

    if i have to guess one or both of you click^north wankstas is hating. only one of you have any skill. and if you been around the music scene you would know about him or at least of him. click^north product already is flopping. not appealing from a local standpoint. that and the fat dude is a assclown. go back to the drawing board johnson your alright, ditch the dead weight.

  • thewolf

    I wonder why em’s playing possum with his relapse 2 album. Is he on a recon mission? I’m going to go out on a limb and say I think he might be waiting for sposes album to drop. If spose plays his cards right and drops something original (which he will) em might kick a few bars of praise. (who am i kidding) he is like a pitbull on a diet of gunpowder laced raw meat.

  • Alyssa Brock

    *pot. teapots aren’t black, but pots are. hence the saying.

    profound: having or showing great knowledge or insight
    introspection: the examination or observation of one’s own mental and emotional processes.

    they know what they’re talking about.

  • Alyssa Brock

    I’ll let you think that.

  • est6661

    Okay wellll I heard Spose on the radio in Montana (YES MT!!!) and I happen to think he’s hilarious. I don’t know why you can’t be a better critic, rather than calling Ryan Peters the “stupidest” person ever, why can’t you be more critical of the things you say? Seriously, the LAST thing new artists need is a bunch of whiny, snivelly haters who have absolutely nothing good to say because they are bored with their own lives. So.. Ryan… If you’re reading this, I think you’re brilliant, I bought “I’m Awesome” as a ringtone, and your lyrics provided my best friend and me with laughs for days. (: Thanks again Ryan!!
    -Brit. (Cody, WY)

  • est6661

    thank you.

  • wisdom

    Check out some more local hip-hop from Maine! http://www.myspace.com/wisdomandinspektahkeck

  • clev

    Just heard “I’m Awesome” here in Cleveland, OH. A few more states and maybe we will all get lucky and Alyssa will slit her wrists.

  • ClevOh

    Just heard “I’m Awesome” for the first time here in Cleveland, OH and love it. Went right to Amazon and purchased the song. Regardless of the efforts of Alyssa, it appears that Spose is rapidly spreading across the nation. I now know two things that came out of Maine, lobsters and Spose. And of course Alyssa is an expert, we all know the best rappers came straight out of Stanford. This just might be the biggest rap battle in the history of Maine.
    First we had East Coast vs West Coast and now we have Stanford Student vs Spose. This could be historic folks.

  • Alyssa Brock

    @everyone who thinks Spose getting airtime is making him a big deal

    That’s part of his record deal, to play the shit out of his song throughout the US. You’ll probably get sick of it in three months like I’m sick of listening to everyone berate my personal life just because I don’t like Spose.

    Do any of you listen to music that isn’t on the radio? If you searched for music elsewhere instead of accepting music that was chosen for you, maybe you’ll develop better taste.

    Spose isn’t anything special, except that he’s from a state nobody knows anything about. He’ll get played out, especially if he doesn’t make better beats.

  • hos down

    this wasnt about sanford versus wells its the fact that spose is a horrible representation of maine hip hop because he doesnt even participate in maine hip hop. i hate takers that rapper get get dj bobby lee and fuck right off.

  • Alyssa Brock

    *sigh* nevermind. you’re way too focused on ‘putting Maine on the map’, which is unnecessary. to those who pay attention, Maine is already known for good music. I don’t understand why you’re so hellbent on it. Do you mean for production purposes? Cuz uh…Maine is a dead end. it’s in the corner of the nation. It doesn’t offer anything special. It’s impractical to go to Maine to make music unless you live there.

    Or are you just trying to get Maine some time in the limelight? The last thing Maine needs is some hip hop glorification. It’s great to be proud of your state, but who exactly in hip hop really gives a shit about Maine? I’m not offended by that, and you shouldn’t be either.

    But, that’s just my opinion. If you wanna break your back over getting Maine attention, then go ahead.

  • Alyssa Brock

    @wellzreppin

    I have no idea who you’re talking to and why it’s about Click^North, I don’t remember anybody mentioning them???

    @funny

    listing all of those commercial places doesn’t prove anything except that you took probably half an hour to think of things that are ‘better’ than Sanford. Which is pathetic. by the way, *cinema, *restaurant, and *sore. good to know your valuable Wells education is so effective against my shoddy Sanford education. After all, I’m just a pregnant sixteen year old girl who lives in a shanty in a smog-filled wasteland.

  • food stamp

    some people on this post need a paradigm shift. ahahaha. Alyssa, you are really enticing people to call you out and making it easy for them to do such. I know it can be hard to be proud to be from Maine, especially Sanford, but where you’re from is where you’re from; where you at is just a mind state. Spose, with backing, will be able to get beats from whoever he wants if he wants to pony up the $, but my question is what the fuck are you doing for music?

    You can’t tell me there is a song on pop radio that’s better than “I’m Awesome” and unfortunately the masses can’t handle the real “underground” shit cuz dey too stupid at this point….”I’m Awesome” brings a bit of content to a contentless music machine.

    Nobody is berating your cuz you don’t like Spose, it’s cuz you have very strong opinions that seem to have little foundational knowledge behind them (e.g. not even knowing who Sole was). I’ve done college radio DJ mixshows for over a decade, done mixtapes w/ artists you could only dream of collabing w/, have been a hip hop Fan since the mid 80s, and I think Spose could drop a dope indie type record if he wanted and that “I’m Awesome” isn’t reflective of what the homey can do, but compared to what is on the commercial radio the song destroys that shit. If his beats and shit are so bad, why don’t you float him some of the bangers that you’ve been working on in the lab?!

    Hopefully Spizzy can use the opportunity and the capital/pull of a major to put out some dope dope shit, collab w/ dope artists who don’t have a “Lil” in front of their name, and after he’s developed a fan base create a fuckin PARADIGM shift in the corporate music industry. There, I got to say paradigm twice and now I feel twice as important (people who call people out for using 12th grade vocab words need to check themselves…bahahaha).

  • funny

    it is a wells / sanford thing. You fucking punks think your so hardcore. Your nothing but a collection of dingleberrys. Untill you sanford wanksta’s bow down to the “realness” you’ll always be fake. Bunch of clowns. You have been schooled.

  • funny

    you finaly admit sanford sucks. “yes we can”

  • funny

    @ Alyssa, Click^North, and the rest of the unfortunate poor, lazy people from sanford with there hand out-

    Maine should disown you for disgracing our great state of Maine. Go move to new hampshire. The rest of Maine hates you, I may get this on this Novembers ballot. York county needs to bulldoze over sanford and make it farmland or just let trees grow. Fuck sanford.

  • the wolf

    Wow, holy shit. Because of Alyssa’s gayness, putting her two cents into every fucking comment anyone says good about spose. We needed a bigger piggybank. Alyssa, I think you made your point.. Are you mental? Seriously, I think you have a problem. I really feel sorry for the men in your life. I doubt a dude would stick with such a douche. Go seek some help.

  • seventythree

    im from sanford i cant stand spose or cam groves. they arnt that good at all North^Click would roll them up and smoke them.

  • seventythrees

    Click^North i mean

  • Jun

    please someone kill this thread.

  • Alyssa Brock

    “I said one opinion way back in February, and five people jumped on it, accusing me of all this shit. I simply defended my opinion. it grew to this. All you have to do is stop talking, and I will. I won’t jump all over you for saying “I love Spose”, so why is everyone jumping all over me for saying “I hate Spose”?”

    repeat: all you have to do is stop talking. Especially about how gay I am for not liking Spose. just start saying nice things about him instead. just leave my personal life alone, you know nothing about it.

    The men I see have better taste than to like the music of Spose. Why, are the bitches crawling all over you because you DO like Spose?

  • Marcus Desveaux

    please some one kill click^north.

  • wellzreppin

    click^north is pussy, let’em shoot themselfs in the foot. messiah thinks he’s a sanfid gang banger with lyrics so queer they would only be bumped in the oqunquit clubs. sanford’s full of crackheadz thanks to rico doin life now.

  • R Tanner

    Food Stamp,

    Hey you seem like you know a little bit about music. I want your opinion on this artist I manage. Check it out http://www.soundclick.com/ozpronouncedohzee

  • The Real Marcus Desveaux

    Haha, that above statement was not me… I don’t know who “click^north” is, but they seem silly. I in no way, shape or form, condone any killing by anyone, haha. Clearing that up. Spose is the man. Check him out if you haven’t. That is all.

  • wellzreppin

    he cant flow…his rymes are broken 10 cylibals to 16 cylibals…just cant really nod your head to the shit…i wont hate on him tho..just giving him a lil constructive crit. good luck. learn different ways of saying what you gotta say so the rymes are on point.

  • madison lee

    first off mr. funny- let me start from the big picture and work my way inward. i am a medic in the air force in north carolina serving my country so inexperienced,infantile assholes like u can have the right to talk smack w/out being shot at. secondly, i was born and raised in sanford and made something of myself. my whole family lives in the area still and have reached their potential. iknow spose and went on this site to read about him makin it big, and run comments like urs. i was furious because i love my town cause i love what i made out of it. so i beg to differ w you by retracting ur comment on shitty sanford and replacing it by saying u r what u want urself to be. don’t hate ur roots because u will eventually find out that ur roots are who u are. lastly, if u think sanford should be bulldozed, then apparently u never blazed a fat one (if u still do that stuff) with ur friends on bauneg beg mountain w the sunset and realized the beautiful view from chapleigh mountains to the wells beach. i would ask u where u r from but i guess it wouldnt matter unless i want to bash ur town right? because in the air force i always ask people where they r from to find out the good shit about that state, or town in order to see what they did growing up, not what they hated growing up. again, go fuck urself and thanks for your time :) im 23, my name is madison lee. for professional reasons i cant give u my contact info, but i’d love to swap views. better yet, i’ll just stay shut my mouth and keep on protecting. have a great air force day…..ass.

  • funny

    Good for you, your a medic in the airforce. You want a cookie? Your response was typical sanford slut talk. “chapleigh” or SHAPLEIGH is not sanford. I’m from Wells. And yeah I hate sanford. You can bash on wells all you want. It wont hold much water, comming from someone from scumford, heh. Your 23 huh? Talk about inexperience. It’s funny how you sanford priders come out of the woodwork and trailor parks and paint sanford in a positive light. You get my respect for helping the wounded that protect the motherland but, thats all you get. Oh, and Madison lee, go fuck urself and your sister, you sisterfucker. Have a great incestious day, sanford repper.

  • kyle little

    amen 2 that sposew is the best rapper apart from eminem