Video: RA Scion Rocks Mics And Mops

Here's a really dope profile vid of one half of Seattle's Common Market; RA Scion, that illustrates how he strikes a balance between his sobering day job and his life as one of Hip-Hop's most conscious and talented new MC's....

Featured on the Current TV channel (if you don't know you better start tuning in) as one of their viewer contributed "pods", you get to see what a day in the life of an underground artist really is....

Far from some self loathing portrait or a "woe is me" story about his life situation, RA is shown not so much taking pride in what he does, but being comfortable with it and realizing that it's steady work that supports him and his eventual goals.

RA works for a Property management company and is assigned the task of among other things sweeping leaves, cleaning up graffiti and cleaning some office windows. Not exactly glamorous work or what I expected he did for a living, but a job nonetheless. He does it all in stride however, making note that labor was a huge theme of the last Common Market release and the reason for that is because of his obvious entrenchment in the centuries old form of employment.

He works through the day and his menial tasks, and even at one point is recognized on the street by a fan, whom he graciously speaks to for a moment, as he takes a break from sweeping leaves. Finally RA is shown getting ready for and going to a show in north Seattle. I almost wanted to cheer for dude....he's a real soldier and embodies the indie hustle to a tee...

If you haven't peeped out any of Common Market's stuff, get on that...

-BIG D O