Dirtbag Dan The Best... Around!!!

Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 398 Mentioned: 272 Post(s)

Dirtbag dan official statement 10/14/2013 By now most of you have heard that I did not perform to my expectations at the Battle of the Bay 6 this weekend in Oakland. I would even go as far as to say in my own vernacular that I "shit the bed". While I did not "choke" in the finer sense of the word I did freestyle poorly in my attempts to get back on my writtens. It was a fiasco complete with all of the shame of a Pesci moment minus the awkward silence. I would first like to apologize to Charlie for not giving him the competition he deserved. Second I would like to apologize to the KOTD staff for not giving the event and the battle itself the attention it deserved. Please understand I'm not trying to make excuses and this wasn't a conscious decision on my part. I truly believed that I had things under control but between planning and executing the Japan tour, finishing the DBD album, releasing the BOTZ 2 battles and running the podcast I wore myself thin. As most of you already know one of my greatest strengths and weaknesses is my confidence in myself and in this instance I missed judged my own abilities. It has become painfully aware to me that the reason the active battle rapper/musician role isn't a common one in the music industry today is because both require independent focus. My team has been instrumental in allowing me to do both for a number of years now and I realize it isn't fair to them nor is it fair to my fans to continue to split my focus. I AM NOT RETIRING FROM BATTLING. I do not have any battles booked in the near future but I can promise you I will return to the ring and when I do I will be entirely focused on the task at hand. For now I am entirely focused on delivering you the best possible album myself and my team can create along with the best battle podcast on the planet earth. I expect nothing less than full-blown trolling from y'all until I give you a reason to feel otherwise. To those of you who are still riding with me through this rough patch just know that I feel a sense of duty to do right by you. Thanks for your time and god bless.