It's May 04, 2024, 08:34:29 AM
damn, i hadnīt even read Raideīs post when i posted my shit. and thatīs also how most of friends feels aswell.
In general terms, here's what a prefer:Subject matter - It can be a song about anything, as long as it's an independant perspective. I don't have to have gone through the shit, just be able to relate to what you're saying. Please don't beat me over the head with played out cliche's. Boasting about how great you are and being the king, or claiming your taking over is played out as well.Features - I don't mind a feature or 2, or especially a posse cut. But please don't sell me a goddamn compiliation masquerading as a solo album. All that tells me is you're not skilled enough to hold down an entire album by yourself.Lyrics / Delivery / Flows - People today don't even know what a tight flow is. You can rhyme about cat litter and come off dope if your flows and delivery are tight. RAP ON TIME!!!! Don't be lazy and talk over a beat. Don't try and be cool and freestyle your way through a song for an album. I know it seems cool to claim that you don't have to write your lyrics in the booth, but, who gives a fuck when your shit sounds retarded, rushed, and sloppy. Lyrically, don't beat me over the fucking head w/ 1000 metaphors and punchlines. Those things should be like ketchup to the hamburger. If used sparingly in a song, it can have a great effect. If your album is relying on one liners repeated over and over, you're wack. Save that shit for a battle. Production - Using one producer for an album is almost unheard of today which is a huge reason albums aren't cohesive. I can stand more than one, but a lot of albums struggle and have no difinitive sound because there's 15 producers on 15 tracks. Stay the fuck away from superproducers. There's about 20 producers that are used on nearly every mainstream release today. How people can still get hyped for that blows my mind. If you have your own in house production, you have something unique that NO ONE else has. That is a good thing for an artist.Also, don't email beats and verses back and forth. There needs to be an organic creativity in making music. If you email shit back and forth, there just feels like something is missing. Album Structure - An intro is cool, a skit or two is ok as long as it ties into the album nicely, not just for some filler. Also, if you do use a skit, put it at the end of a track and not the beginning. It can get annoying to FF through a skit at the beginning of a song you wanna hear. Number of songs is subjective, but again, if you're just throwing songs on there to pad your tracklist you're ultimately hurting your albumLast Thought - Be yourself. Don't pander or cater to what you think is hot or trendy. Don't cross over to the masses, make the masses cross over to you. You don't want to be a fad, you want your music to transcend that shit. Be original, be creative.Good question by the way.
IT SEEMS THAT EVERYONE PRETTY MUCH WANTS THE SAME THING FROM ALBUMS. and these fuck ass rappers better start listening to what people want sooner or later especially considering that they aint really moving the units they used to.