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DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: Eihtball on May 04, 2006, 01:13:26 PM
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Title says it all. Say you were actually in the rap game and you've just received a label deal to put out your debut album. You were told you had complete artistic control (which no label would ever give you, I realize) and you could hire any producers, guests, etc. you wanted. What would the album sound like?
Following this template for your answer (it's based on All Music Guide's album classification format):
ALBUM TITLE: What's the album's title?
LABEL: What label would you use to release the album? (would it be a major label, indie label, etc.?)
STYLES: What styles of hip-hop does the album conform to? (is it Gangsta Rap, West Coast Rap, East Coast Rap, Political Rap, etc...you can put down all that apply)
PRODUCERS: Who would handle the production on the album?
MUSICAL INFLUENCES: Who are some artists whose stlyes influenced the sound of your album?
TRACKLISTING: Make a tentative list of songs with guest features and producer credits.
Here's mine:
ALBUM TITLE: Tha Thug Revelations (1st Chapter)
LABEL: Hard-Time Hustla Records/Capitol
STYLES: West Coast Rap, Gangsta Rap, Hardcore Rap
PRODUCERS: Partially self-produced; also features Hi-Tek, Fredwreck, Alchemist, DJ Pooh, E-A Ski, Greg Royal
MUSICAL INFLUENCES: N.W.A., Ice Cube, Tupac, WC, Nas, Capone-N-Noreaga, Mobb Deep, Ras Kass, RBX
TRACKLISTING:
(1.) Intro (Revelation)
(self-produced)
(2.) Without A Doubt
(produced by E-A Ski)
(3.) What It Do (Turnt Em Out) (feat. Knoc-Turn'al)
(produced by Fredwreck)
(4.) On A Come Up
(self-produced)
(5.) Get The Paper (Down 4 Tha Struggle)
(produced by Hi-Tek)
(6.) Rip Ryder, Damu Ryder (feat. Jayo Felony & Mack-10)
(produced by Greg Royal)
(7.) Sold My Soul 2 Tha Devil (feat. Ras Kass)
(self-produced)
(8.) Back Down, Soldier
(produced by E-A Ski)
(9.) No More Talkin'
(self-produced)
(10.) Papa Was A Loc'sta
(produced by DJ Pooh)
(11.) Sprayin' Em, Slayin' Em
(produced by Hi-Tek)
(12.) From Pomona 2 Long Beach (feat. RBX, Kurupt & Kokane)
(produced by Greg Royal)
(13.) Run And Duck For Cover
(self-produced)
(14.) No I'm Not Shuttin' Up (feat. Dilated Peoples)
(prodced by Alchemist)
(15.) G'd Up (In A Casket) (feat. Butch Cassidy)
(self-produced)
(16.) The Resurrection (Surah 50:22)
(self-produced)
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Album Title: ??? (Would be more a compilation style cos I produce more rather than spittin!)
Label: Roughneck Records
Styles: UK with a large slice of West Coast!
Producers: Self produced. Would make 2 exceptions for Dre & Quik!
Musical Influences: Dre, Quik, Ice Cube, Bob Marley, Michael Jackson & more (Just cant think of em all at the mo!!!)
Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Worldwide Connected Feat. Dre, Snoop & Nate (Prod. By Dre)
3. Future Feat. Sway & Roaddogz(my homies)
4. Sin City
5. Visionary Feat. Damian Marley
6. Party Time Feat. Ludacris
7. Caribbean Twist Feat. Tearror(my homie) & Renegades(steel band)
8. Halfway Point
9.Tribute Feat. DJ Quik (Prod. By DJ Quik)
10. Wot The Fuck? Feat. Ice Cube, WC & MC Ren
11. String To It Feat. Jay-Z
12. Gotta Pay The Bills
13. Kick Rhythm Click
14. Airmail Feat. Knocturnal, Warren G, Dogg Pound & Nate
15. Throwback 2 '85 Feat. Doug E Fresh, King Tee, Young MC & Slick Rick
16. I'm Out
All self produced apart from tracks 2 & 9!
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LABEL: Loud Records (if it still existed)
STYLES: Political Rap, New York style beats
PRODUCERS: Dj Premier, 9th Wonder, E-Swift, Diamond D, RZA & maybe something from DJ Muggs
MUSICAL INFLUENCES: The early Xzibit, Big L & Gang Starr
FEATURINGS: Mos Def, Xzibit, Jadakiss, Defari, Tash, Pharoahe Monch, Lloyd Banks, Diamond D, The Lady Of Rage & Ras Kass
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Album Title: Walk Through My Life
Label: Madscience records
Styles:G-Funk mixed with R&B & Political Rap.
Producers: Self produced, Quik, Storch, Swizz Beatz, Cool N Dre, Alchemist, Dr.Dre, Warren G.
Musical Influences: DJ Quik, michael Jackson, Joe Budden, Ice Cube, Donell Jones & Alicia Keys.
Tracklist
1. Intro
2. Through My Eyes (Prod. Self Produced)
3. Get It On (Prod. Scott Storch)
4. My Love ft. Bobby Valentino (prod. Cool N Dre)
5. U Know What I Like ft. Chingy (prod. DJ Quik)
6. Make Em Go Crazy (prod. Dr.Dre)
7. A Minute Of Ur Time ft. Joe Budden (prod. Scott Storch)
8. Somethin Funky ft. DJ Quik & Eastwood (prod. DJ Quik)
9. Let's Ride ft. Christina Millian (prod. Cool N Dre)
10. Show Off (Prod. Swizz Beatz)
11. Dark Nights ft. Havoc (prod. Alchemist)
12. Don't Tear My Heart Apart (prod. Self Produced)
13. Back In Time ft. Ice Cube & Warren G (prod. Warren G)
14. Outro Funk (prod. DJ Quik)
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I wouldnt make a rap album.
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ALBUM TITLE: Beginning Motivation
LABEL: Who The Hell Knows :-\
STYLES: East Coast Rap
PRODUCERS: A Swizz Beat, A Premo Beat, Maybe a Scott Storch beat, Just Blaze, Large Professor, DJ Green Lantern
MUSICAL INFLUENCES: East Coast Rappers
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TRACKLISTING:
1. Intro
2. The Quiet Truth
3. Experience Feat. Busta Rhymes & Xzibit
4. An Effort A Day (Keeps Failure Away)
5. Under Pressure
6. Rookie Anthem Feat. Wes Fif, J Hood & Papoose
7. The Big House
8. Sickest Revenge
9. On My Shit Feat. Cassidy
10. Enuff
11. Halfway Home
12. My Area (203)
13. Twisted
14. Your Fake ( The Scott Storch Beat )
15. My Kind Of Life
16. When Reality Sets In
17. Let It Loose Feat. Yung Wun
18. East Side Story
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Title: The Shit
Record Label: Slick Records
Styles: It would sound mostly like laid back west coast rap. There would be some elements of some harder West Coast shit, making it good to ride around to, and some slower, smooth R&B type shit to chill out to, and some other tracks perfect for parties.
Producers: DJ Quik would produce 5, Battlecat would do 3 cuts, Warren G would do a couple, R. Kelly would do a couple, and 1 from Damizza, Bosko, Pimp C, JD, & Ant Banks.
Musical Influences: All the guests on it, plus Pac and Roger Troutman
Features: DJ Quik, AMG, Daz, Kurupt, Nate Dogg, Snoop, TQ, Donell Jones, Joe, R. Kelly, Bosko, E-40, UGK, T.I., Devin The Dude, Too Short, Roscoe, Ant Banks, WC, Ice Cube, Jagged Edge, Hi-C, Knoc-Turn'al, Warren G.
1. Intro (Produced By DJ Quik)
2. Let It Go (ft. DJ Quik & Nate Dogg) (Produced by DJ Quik)
3. I Drop It All (ft. Too Short & Ant Banks) (Produced by Ant Banks)
4. Ridin Away (ft. TQ and Snoop Dogg) (Produced by DJ Quik)
5. The Ultimate Party (ft. Daz, Kurupt, Roscoe & Knoc-Turn'al) (Produced by Battlecat)
6. West Coast Love (ft. WC & Ice Cube) (Produced by Battlecat)
7. Summertime (ft. Jagged Edge) (Produced by Jermaine Dupri)
8. Down South (ft. UGK & Devin The Dude) (Produced by Pimp C)
9. Fuckin Around ( ft. E-40 & Bosko) (Produced by Bosko)
10. Fed Up (ft. DJ Quik & Donell Jones) (Produced by DJ Quik)
11. Speakers Bumpin (ft. Kurupt & Nate Dogg) (Produced by Battlecat)
12. Fly Bitches (ft. R. Kelly) (Produced by R. Kelly)
13. California Livin (ft. Warren G & Nate Dogg) (Produced by Warren G)
14. Vacation Time (ft. Joe & Daz) (Produced by Damizza)
15. Ready To Go (ft. DJ Quik, AMG, & Hi-C) (Produced by DJ Quik)
16. Some Smooth Shit (ft. T.I. & Donell Jones) (Produced by Warren G)
17. Headin Back Home (ft. R. Kelly & DJ Quik) (Produced by R. Kelly)
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Actually I hope to release 2 EPs by this time next year.
One will be Black Metal and the other willl be heavy Indie/Rock with punk & ska influences.
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I wouldn't make a rap album at all....I would make a punk album (something along the lines of bad religion, rise against, the matches, or maybe even something zebrahead like)
my goal within the next 5 years is to have a band, a full album in the making, and an EP out produced by my buddy philip and recorded in his basement (he has a home studio...its a little primitive and raw but shit sounds good)
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Album title: 2 dope to get high on
Label: Interscope
Styles: Gangsta rap, concious hip hop, old laidback g funk
Producers: Dr dre, Dj premier, Meech Wells, J Wells, Daz, Fred Wreck, Kayne West, Salam Remi, Havoc, Dj scratch, HiTec, Warren G
Musical influence: NWA, Doggpound, Nas
Tracklisting:
1. Intro (featuring Dr Dre & Dj premier)
Produced by Dj Premier
2. Oh my God (featuring Xzibit, Mc Ren and Nate Dogg)
Produced by Fred Wreck
3. Living Legends (featuring Dr Dre, Guru, Ice Cube & Scarface)
Produced by Dr Dre, co produced by Scot Storch
4. Me and your Girl (featuring Snoop Dogg & Devin the Dude)
Produced by J Wells
5. Put your money where your mouth is (featuring Ludacris, Busta Rhymes & Prodigy)
Produced by Havoc
6. An offer you can't refuse (featuring Obie Trice & Eminem)
Produced by Dr Dre
7. That ain't gangsta
Produced by Fred Wreck
8. No homo (featuring Mase) (Dipset diss) ;)
9. Connecting with the DPGC (featuring Snoop, Goldie loc, Soopafly, Daz & Kurupt, Warren G & Nate Dogg)
Produced by Warren G & Daz
10. Food for thought (featuring Kayne West, Nas & Mos def)
Produced by Kayne West
11. Common Sense (featuring Common & Talib Kwali)
Produced by Salam Remi
12. Oh my god part 2 (featuring NWA, Xzibit & Nate Dogg)
13. Funky enough 4ya (featuring Damani)
Produced by Meech Wells
14. Damn! (featuring Ll Cool J & Havoc)
Produced by Dj Scratch
15 Black & White (it's a shame) (featuring Black star)
Produced by Hi tec
16. Amazing (featuring Jay Z)
Produced by Dr Dre
17. No next time
Produced by Dj Premier
Executive Producer: Dr Dre
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Album Title: ??? (don't know yet)
Label: The Main Underground Stream
Style: Different types of rap
Producers: ZonQ, L-Stick, Mic Dogg, Threat, The Presidentz, FleXzit
Guests: L-Stick, Mic Dogg, BMC, Kostas, Threat, Dogmatic, Synatra, Al Gator, JohnTheBaptist, MerC, FleXzit
Tracklist (without titles):
1. intro...
(Prod. by L-Stick & Mic Dogg)
2. (Prod. by ZonQ)
3. (ft. L-Stick, Mic Dogg)
(Prod. by ZonQ)
4. (Prod. by Threat)
5. (ft. Synatra, Al Gator)
(Prod. by The Presidentz)
6. (ft. Synatra)
(Prod. by ZonQ)
7. (Prod. by L-Stick)
8. (Prod. by L-Stick)
9. (ft. Threat)
(Prod. by Mic Dogg)
10. (ft. BMC, Kostas)
(Prod. by L-Stick & The Demon)
11. (ft. L-Stick, Mic Dogg)
(Prod. by L-Stick & Mic Dogg)
12. (ft. Al Gator)
(Prod. by Mic Dogg)
13. (Prod. by ZonQ)
14. (ft. John The Baptist)
(Prod. by Mic Dogg & L-Stick)
15. (Prod. by ZonQ)
16. skit... (ft. Dogmatic, L-Stick, Mic Dogg)
17. (ft. Dogmatic, L-Stick, Mic Dogg)
(Prod. by Mic Dogg)
18 (ft. FleXzit)
(Prod. by FleXzit)
19. outro/introduction... (ft. MerC)
(Prod. by ZonQ)
Executive Producer: Dargine
Co-Executive Producer: L-Stick
This all looks to be possible in the situation I'm in right now...
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the quickness of the replies suggest people have actually thought long and hard about this....i find that funny ;D
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1. Intro (produced by Underground Counterpart)
2. Ya Know Me feat. Lloyd Banks and 50 Cent (produced by Needlz)
3. West Coast Killaz feat. Xzibit, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, and Fuzion (produced by Dr. Dre)
4. Never Too Much (produced by J.R.)
5. The Takeover feat. Fuzion, Jadakiss, and Styles P (produced by Havoc)
6. Can't Believe It feat. Fuzion (produced by Eminem)
7. Turn It Up feat. Busta Rhymes, Eminem, and Obie Trice (produced by Dr. Dre)
8. What's Wrong Wit You? feat. Rakim and Common (produced by Mike Shinoda)
9. California's Rulers feat. Fuzion and Crooked I (produced by Dr. Dre)
10. Time to Shine feat. Fuzion and The Game (produced by Just Blaze)
11. Life Span (produced by DJ Premier)
12. Taking Shots feat. Fuzion, Nas, Jay-Z, and Akon (produced by Just Blaze)
13. Ride Wit Me (produced by Dr. Dre)
14. Total Control feat. Fuzion and Nate Dogg (produced by Havoc)
15. Legacy-Unit feat. Fuzion, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, and Olivia (produced by Scott Storch)
16. Got Whatcha Need feat. Ne-Yo (produced by J.R.)
17. We'll Never Be Done Feat. Fuzion (Produced by Eminem)
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ALBUM TITLE: TBA
LABEL: aftermath
STYLES: g funk, hyphy, classic bay and some memphis shit (3 6, project pat etc.)
PRODUCERS: warren g, lil jon, heatmakerz, dj paul & juicy j, bosko, dj quik, dr. dre ++++
MUSICAL INFLUENCES: noreaga, mac dre, redma etc..funny shiiiit
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ALBUM TITLE: haven't decided yet...
LABEL: Unormal Underhaldning (Abnormal Entertainment)
STYLES: g' funk, some dirty south-sounding stuff, a mixture of a lot of styles actually... maybe some rock too
PRODUCERS: Big Ice & Oral Bee (who did beats for Frost, Baby Beesh, Jay Tee, Bullet+++), RagJ (who is signed to Miami-based Gangsta Island Records), plus some more unknown Norwegian cats.
MUSICAL INFLUENCES: Musically it's mostly west-coast rap from the early 90's...lyrically, i can't really say that i have to many influences, as i rap in Norwegian and mostly about my life. but as far as rhyme-schemes and flow, i'm aiming for a sound similar to much Bay-Area rap from the 90's.
GUESTS: Oral Bee (rapped on Image Of A Pimp on Baby Beesh's Smoking Nephew), 10'ern & Lars, A.D.H.D., Trine and Caroline.
coming late summer/early fall 2006.
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ALBUM TITLE: TBA
LABEL: aftermath
STYLES: g funk, hyphy, classic bay and some memphis shit (3 6, project pat etc.)
PRODUCERS: warren g, lil jon, heatmakerz, dj paul & juicy j, bosko, dj quik, dr. dre ++++
MUSICAL INFLUENCES: noreaga, mac dre, redma etc..funny shiiiit
How you gonna get Mac Dre on that?
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ALBUM TITLE: TBA
LABEL: aftermath
STYLES: g funk, hyphy, classic bay and some memphis shit (3 6, project pat etc.)
PRODUCERS: warren g, lil jon, heatmakerz, dj paul & juicy j, bosko, dj quik, dr. dre ++++
MUSICAL INFLUENCES: noreaga, mac dre, redma etc..funny shiiiit
How you gonna get Mac Dre on that?
How did they get 2Pac on the last 2Pac album?
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Got Eminem to shag him.
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ALBUM TITLE: Weight on my Shoulders
LABEL: Academic Productions
STYLES: Lyrical with socio-political undertones with some party shit interspersed
PRODUCERS: Self-Produced, DJ Premier, Focus, DJ Quik
MUSICAL INFLUENCES: Ice Cube, Public Enemy, Outkast, DJ Quik, Nasty Nas, Common
TRACKLISTING:
(1.) Intro (freestyle)
(produced by DJ Premier)
(2.) Work em Over
(produced by DJ Premier)
(3.) Just Groovin'
(produced by DJ Quik)
(4.) Talk with God ft. Common
(produced by Focus)
(5.) More than an Emcee
(produced by Focus)
(6.) No Regrets
(produced by DJ Quik)
(7.) Where Did She Go ft. DJ Quik and El Debarge
(produced by DJ Quik)
(8.) Blood on Their Hands (acapella interlude)
(9.) Blood on Their Hands ft. Nas and Kam
(produced by DJ Premier)
(10.) Insomnia ft. Ice Cube (sample of Ice Cube saying "don't wanna sleep so I keep poppin no doze)
(produced by Focus)
(11.) Fight With my Pen ft. Ras Kass
(produced by DJ Premier)
(12.) Repentance
(produced by DJ Quik)
(13.) Why We Rhyme
(self produced)
(14.) Time to Move
(produced by DJ Quik)
(15.) Lift the Weight ft. Xzibit
(produced by Focus)
(16.) Cali Triumph
(self produced)
(17.) Just Groovin' Again (outro instrumental)
(produced by DJ Quik)