We invite everyone to submit Hip Hop and Rap Music for our review - we may wish to produce your music video -- as long as it is inspiring.

We realize that music often deals with the heartache of growing up in families that are suffering. Perhaps due to the fact that there is no father present, perhaps due to the fact that the parents are ill or suffer from a drug addiction. Perhaps the people you grew up with are violent, ignorant and loud. Naturally it feels horrible to feel stuck having to live in such a circumstance. You deserve better! Everyone deserves to have it better. You can stop the cycle. You can do it if you so choose.

If you have talent - we want to assist your musical career. We will produce your music video, we will highlight your music and your profile on the web and possibly provide a way for people to download and purchase your music and send out national press releases to music editors and music venues. However in order to qualify you have to fulfill one expectation. We are only looking for music that provides positive lyrics with only clean and positive language qualifies. You choose!

Perhaps someone is already holding down two jobs at minimal wages and still doesn't make enough money to pay the rent as well as to provide nutritious meals and spend time with the children and other loved ones. Perhaps there is not enough food and people go hungry. Perhaps you, your mom, a friend, or neighbor experienced violence. We are not asking for musicians to turn a blind eye to suffering. Perhaps your father has many children with many mothers and isn't around and perhaps in his ignorance or in his hopelessness he never even planned to be around. Or, perhaps your mother in her hurt and anger didn't let him come around. Maybe you have no idea what happened other than that you feel alone. Perhaps you feel all alone in the world and think that no one understands and that no one cares. Maybe sometimes you feel that you are running out of strength and feel you just can't deal with life like this anymore. Maybe you have no idea how much longer you can go through all this anymore.

To embrace the "gangsta" lifestyle, to embrace "pimpin' and whorin'" and drugs and alcohol as a solution - just doesn't work. Be positive! Have hope! Believe in yourself! Giving in to negativity merely reinsures that the next generation suffers even more than the last. We wish to encourage young people to stop and think. Stop the cycle of violence, poverty and hopelessness. Each person has to do it for themselves. This is a tough message but a correct one. It can be done and it is being done every day. Some people deal with what life throws their way in a positive way and they overcome obstacle after obstacle. If you are such a person, someone who feels deep inside that the cycle of violence, disrespect for self and others stops with you, we want to hear from you. If you believe that in your family, that as of your generation things WILL be better for the next -- we want to hear from you. We want to support you. If you have a great family, a wonderful mom, a great dad and wonderful siblings and you want to spread messages of hope and beauty - you are welcome as well. The key is that you must want to make the world more beautiful with your musical talent. Share your talent to make this world a more wonderful place. This is how you qualify to submit your music.

We want to support musicians that have the desire to use their talent to inspire, to soothe the spirits of their listeners and spread messages of hope. We don't require you to downplay the drama that goes on - it is okay for you to share your experiences. We want to focus our attention and shine the light on people who want to create a better world for themselves and others. HipHip and Rap music is great, you just have to make sure the lyrics are positive or empowering. We want songs about love, peace and happiness! About friendship and about the worlds beauty.

We are looking for the music written by thrivers. Musicians and singers who want to use their talent to make money and create a positive lifestyle for themselves. We want you to take your talent and inspire younger children so they realize that if they have talent it is possible to create a life for themselves and for their families that is kind, sweet, happy, smart, and positive. A life where everyones' essential needs are met with enough left over for positive fun. If you want to become a shining example that this can happen - we want to listen to your songs.

Do you have musical talent? The available music talent and poetic talent in Oakland, Alameda, San Francisco, California and around the world is amazing! We wish to provide assistance in producing music videos for bands and individuals who are committed to send out messages of hope. You don't have to go pollyanna. It is perfectly okay to deal creatively with the suffering that goes on, to inform. However as young and old people listen to the music we put on, we want to inspire them and we want to make sure they feel better after watching our videos than they did before they came to Eddycam-TV. If you want to be part of this evolutionary process - submit your sample. Hey, just do it! Call or email us to learn how to submit your HipHop and Rap music for our review. If you are under 13 years old you have to get permission from your parents to send us an email. If you and your music is chosen you and your parents or legal guardian will have to sign some legal forms to enter the contest.

Peace

Eddie, Eddie, and Edie