AIM don't like Point...

We constantly hear " Our music industry needs support, We need to support our local acts, etc" from all this big powers that be that represent our Malaysian music industry. Sadly, when it comes down to doing something about it, they then revert back to their rigid old ways and say "sorry, these are the rules"...hahah, hyprocrisy?

Me and the whole team spent a lot blood, sweat and tears (and lots of "independently funded" money) on "Straight to the Point". We wanted to break new grounds, do something that has never been done before. Multi lingual international standard hip hop but still retain the Malaysian identity. We did it and recieved lots of good reviews and most importantly support from the consumers and fans. Heck, we even had one of the biggest songs (Ipohmali) of last year.

But Point Blanc and "Straight to the Point" was not refelcted at all in this year's AIM awards. Why is that? I asked the same question when I found out that we were rejected from the AIM submissions. Excuses like " Too many rappers or singers and can't reconize the main artiste" surfaced (which is bullshit cos' most hip hop albums are packed with features)and their main point was that the album had to be 60%MANDARIN to qualify for the Best local CHINESE album. Does that make sense to you? Last I checked Chinese people also spoke Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, etc..so why don't just call it best local Mandarin album? And apparently when you don't qualify for a main category you can't qualify for the sub categories like best music video, best album cover, best vocal ,etc...DAMN!

The sad part is it is very hard for independent artistes to come up with a good product, it's not like every year there is a new album coming up as it involves a lot of time, effort and money. As for us, we put everything into "Straight to the Point" only to be snubbed due to a stupid technicality.

I had a lot of believe in the AIM awards previously having won some but somehow along the way, they have lost their way and main focus, which is to support and give credit to GOOD Malaysian music. I didn't even bother to watch this year's AIM not because I feel bitter but just that I don't see it's authenticity and what it stands for anymore..'Nuff said. Read the writeup below in the Star newspapers recently.



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