Beats vs. Lyrics
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intilectual recipricol
Killin fake hip hop
I gotta go with lyrics over beats. I aint always dancing... plus what makes a good beat is how it relates to the song, not whether the latest big named producer made it. Ima side with @the rhyme king on this one.
mortuus est
Veteran
im listening to lupe - dumb it down right now tbh
Ineedmoney504
SOHH ICEY...WE EATIN
corny cac......fukk him
intilectual recipricol
Killin fake hip hop
You can NEVER go wrong listenin to Lu the gawd.
Good question. To me, if the beat is bad the lyrics have to be exception on some Ras Kass, early Nas shyt. I care more about lyrics than the beat when I judge the MC, but with songs, the beat has to be at least decent most times. I can listen to a song with wack lyrics if the beats are incredible (See the Group Home album). I can't listen to an entire album of great lyrics and terrible beats.
mortuus est
Veteran
why
Mikeatris
Supreme Mathematik
Totally agree. I do not care how good of a rapper you are if the beat does not get at me I'm not gonna listen to it.Lyrics are great, but if the beat is trash I ain't listening to it.
Prince Cairo
Authentic
Lyrics are great, but if the beat is trash I ain't listening to it.
It's pretty simple, the answer is 'it depends on...'.
If it's a club joint, if it's a socially conscious joint and on and on.
A good example is toned down beats, simple beats like early Eminem. His shyt was still classic. And plenty of early NY shyt. The beauty of those tracks was the simplicity and how well it went with the emcee. Now if you try something "BIG" like a Timbo beat and fail, that's ass.. But in those cases you were explicitly trying to put emphasis on the beat and failed.
In indie pop/rock you for example have songs in which you can't even hear the lyrics cause the reverb is that real. But the instrumentals bang.. And them you got Bob Dylan styled music where lyrics is everything.
If it's a club joint, if it's a socially conscious joint and on and on.
A good example is toned down beats, simple beats like early Eminem. His shyt was still classic. And plenty of early NY shyt. The beauty of those tracks was the simplicity and how well it went with the emcee. Now if you try something "BIG" like a Timbo beat and fail, that's ass.. But in those cases you were explicitly trying to put emphasis on the beat and failed.
In indie pop/rock you for example have songs in which you can't even hear the lyrics cause the reverb is that real. But the instrumentals bang.. And them you got Bob Dylan styled music where lyrics is everything.
the rhyme king
truth.com
lyrics more so for me then anything else
observe
Banned
Would you rather listen to acapellas or instrumentals?
There's your answer
There's your answer
The Dust King
A Childrens Story
people always blast this kid on the board but from the handful of episodes i have watched he is articulate and i respect his analyzations
Would you rather listen to acapellas or instrumentals?
There's your answer
exactly.
Beats are the foundation of this hip hop shyt. Ignoring the importance of the beat in a hip hop track is like building a house on stilts. shyt will fail.