What would you rather have.....?

[Don Seer]

This may sound weird but whenever I listen to a song, I automatically focus on the beat.  I don't just listen for the tune, I study it.  I think how many different instruments they used, how they layered eveything together, and the drum programming.  If I want to listen to the lyics, I really have to concentrate.  The beat always takes over.  I find myself doing this for almost every song I listen to.  Fucked up, huh?

i only do that when i'm fucked up... lol.. nah i do the same sometimes.

[TOSH]

BEAT OVER LYRICS- NEDAY

[BossPlaya]

it depends what kinda mood im in

[ToNe1904]

fah sho tha beat. tha beatz wha catchez yur attention when u first hear tha song. tha lyricz complete it. damn, i guess that mean cash money aint completed ONE song yet huh? wtf! lol

[BL7]

Beats are more important to me. Probably because I'm a BIG fan of music. Lyrics matter too, but if a Rapper has a tight flow, over a tight beat, but the lyrics ain't that much, I won't care.

[bLaDe]

This may sound weird but whenever I listen to a song, I automatically focus on the beat.  I don't just listen for the tune, I study it.  I think how many different instruments they used, how they layered eveything together, and the drum programming.  If I want to listen to the lyics, I really have to concentrate.  The beat always takes over.  I find myself doing this for almost every song I listen to.  Fucked up, huh?

Lolz i do thta too sumtimes, when i'm bumpin a song continusly on my discman, i start focusing on da beat, wht instraments used etc ... sumtimes i focus on the lyrics and the voice only

 -{bLaDe}

[infinite59]

Lyrics... I despise people who like music for the beat... that's how we get these retarted TRL Rappers... Nelly, DMX, and so on... they bring weak lyrics, but they have good production... that catches our attention. I buy an album because of the rapper, not because Dr. Dre is producing 1 song, not because Timbaland hooked up JT Money with a nice beat... I'll be repeating the lryics, so I want something to dope... that's why I choose Snoop and Nas and so many others, because lyrically they are fun to listen to and they can turn their tongue like no other person. The beats important, but hey, its the words that count... stacey adams for example... people shit on this because of the beat, i admire it because of the lyrics, we see it differently i guess.

-Big BpG

Word.  I agree 100%.  Critics claim that the beats on Ras Kass's "Soul On Ice" are weak, but it doesn't matter because his lyrics make up for it.  And the Bass Brothers beats on "the Slim Shady LP" are average, but Eminem's lyrics more than make up for it.  peace.

[Lil Jay]

Beat first. Lyrics have to be decent though. I can't listen to a song with a wack ass beat no matter how dope the lyrics are. I rather read a book.

hmm i gotta go with the vet this time. i mean it really depends on my mood, if i want a dope beat imma listen to a dope song with dope beat but yeah some days i want to bump so meaninful music and i listen to the lyrics.


See lyrics ain't nothin if the beat ain't crackin

thats what quik said, and its so true.

[caTASHtrophe]

For me i like both but it probably goes 60% beats and 40% lyrics but it just depends on my mood.

Also i thought Stacy Adams was the shit. That  track is amazing.

Laterz.

[PLANT]

when im crunked i need a beat to bounce to but when im sober i like more lyrics i thknk

[grimace]

This may sound weird but whenever I listen to a song, I automatically focus on the beat.  I don't just listen for the tune, I study it.  I think how many different instruments they used, how they layered eveything together, and the drum programming.  If I want to listen to the lyics, I really have to concentrate.  The beat always takes over.  I find myself doing this for almost every song I listen to.  Fucked up, huh?

Not really. it just means your into the music. I do the same thing a lot. Rap beats are too lame and generic a lot of times. I like music where you don't need lyrics to tell the story. Nowadays, you never get it. In any genre. The last song i've heard that does that for me in a while is The Isley Brothers: Contagious.


Since rap beats don't do it for me that much, i focus more on lyrics.

[Murrow]

I'm into beats, I love analyzing and disecting them; picking out things, trying to pick up sounds that I didn't here before etc.  I love it beats.

[West Coast Veteran]

I'm into beats, I love analyzing and disecting them; picking out things, trying to pick up sounds that I didn't here before etc.  I love it beats.

Hey I love doin' that shit too...I always put on good quality headphones cause with them shits you can pick up a lot of the background sounds...

[Mighty Whitey]

lyrics. I've had enough of Nelly & DMX to last 10 lifetimes

[Murrow]

Hey I love doin' that shit too...I always put on good quality headphones cause with them shits you can pick up a lot of the background sounds...

Yup, just sittin back and puttin them head phones on make the beat better for examination.