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Re:Beats or Lyrics
« Reply #15 on: July 31, 2003, 04:08:12 AM »
As Jome said...
Both.

Hiphop IS beats and rhymes.. and the combination is what makes it dope..
That said, a rapper can make a track hot even with a average beat.. and vice versa.. a beat can make even the worst rapper sound good on it
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this is true some artists its all about the beats...some its about the lyrical content, some its about the flow...

...and if the 3 can be combined as happens with some artists then its all gooood :)


also a bit of variety on albums..i dont like it where the whole album sounds the same...gotta be interesting...
 

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Re:Beats or Lyrics
« Reply #16 on: July 31, 2003, 04:12:02 AM »
also a bit of variety on albums..i dont like it where the whole album sounds the same...gotta be interesting...
i love albums that sound the same look at ....Dr. Dre 2001 and Doggystyle and the chronic all have the same basic sound throughout the album thats what makes them so fuckin tight
 

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Re:Beats or Lyrics
« Reply #17 on: July 31, 2003, 04:30:56 AM »
True but theres a difference between a format and the songs sounding Exactly the same...you know what im meaning...

...doggystyle chronic 2k1 etc didnt sound exactly the saem...just along similiar lines.
 

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Re:Beats or Lyrics
« Reply #18 on: July 31, 2003, 04:35:25 AM »
For me...its 60% Beats...40% Lyrics...
 

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Re:Beats or Lyrics
« Reply #19 on: July 31, 2003, 11:01:33 PM »
The beat has gotta be tight for me to listen to it.  The lyrics keep the song interesting.  So really, the beat is like the LOOKS of a person and the lyrics are their PERSONALITY.
 

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Re:Beats or Lyrics
« Reply #20 on: July 31, 2003, 11:39:28 PM »
neither



the overall presentation of the song is most important


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Re:Beats or Lyrics
« Reply #21 on: August 01, 2003, 04:55:55 AM »
70% beat, 30% lyrics..... i wanna bounce to some dope ass music. the gangsta lyrics should make me laugh, they can be stupid, overplayed... what ever. i dont care...i wanna listen to fresh gangsta sounds. btw i´m a daz fan....lol
 

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Re:Beats or Lyrics
« Reply #22 on: August 01, 2003, 06:40:10 AM »
somethin i wanted to add to this topic, i wouldn't listen just for a beat or buy an album for the beat because it shows no talent for the rapper just the producer

Most hip-hop is now keyboard driven, because the majority of hip-hop workstations have loops and patches that enable somebody with marginal skills to put tracks together,...

Unfortunately, most hip-hop artists gravitated towards the path of least resistance by relying on these pre-set patches. As a result, electric guitar and real musicians became devalued, and a lot of hip-hop now sounds the same.

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