Is It Better To Have A Gang of Good Singles Or A Solid Album?

[MIKE SPLEAN]

Looking at today's Hip-Hop/Rap R&B Pop Artist I feel like a lot of them fall short at making solid albums but may have a ton of great hit singles.

With everything going digital and people having the option to buy or stream only singles is the "Album" dead? Or are artist just not that good at making cohesive projects anymore?

 

[Harry B]

Having a lot of fans is the key.
Just cause I like a single or two from a person doesn't mean that I'll spend 60 bucks to go and see the artist. Likewise just cause someone has good albums doesn't mean that the artist will attract a lot of fans.

So in the end there's multiple ways of doing it.

As far as streaming goes, you can have an album with 15 songs streamed by 1 million people 10 times. Or 2 songs streamed by 7.5 million people 10 times.

 

[MIKE SPLEAN]

Having a lot of fans is the key.
Just cause I like a single or two from person doesn't mean that I'll spend 60 bucks to go and see the artist. Likewise just cause someone has a good albums doesn't mean that the artist will attract a lot of fans.

So in the end there's multiple ways of doing it.

I study a lot of Dance Djs and notice a lot of them don't drop a album until after they get booked for shows (gain a fanbase).


Usually they'll just consistently drop singles. I also notice this with new pop acts too.

 

[Harry B]

I study a lot of Dance Djs and notice a lot of them don't drop a album until after they get booked for shows (gain a fanbase).


Usually they'll just consistently drop singles. I also notice this with new pop acts too.

That's EDM, that's another game. They play other people's songs, remixes of other peoples songs etc during their sets. It's not like Kendrick could drop 2 singles and for the rest of the show cover 20 songs by different artists. Of course the big dudes have discographies but in general..

Before Drake did it


This is the set of a dude with a pretty solid discography himself.

0:39: DJ SS - Respect to the Following 03:08: Lennie De Ice - We Are I.E. 04:23: Bicep - Nova 06:40: Schatrax - Misspent Years 08:04: Real Lies - North Circular 11:10: The Durutti Column - Otis 13:29: Paleface - Do You Mind (feat. Kyla) (Crazy Cousinz Remix) 16:37: Midland - Reflex 17:50: DJ Wire - Believe Me 19:35: Teebone - Fly Bi (feat. MC Sparks & MC Kie) 22:07: Operator & Baffled - Things Are Never 24:05: New Horizons - Find the Path (In Your Mind) 25:36: Jamie xx - Sleep Sound (w/ Mike Sinner intervew acapella) 28:30: Freeez - I.O.U. (Ultimate Dub Club Mix) 29:30: Jamie xx - Girl 31:26: London Posse - How's Life in London 35:41: Wiley & Riko - Lethal B Diss 37:35: XTC - Functions on the Low 39:23: Ruff Sqwad - Your Love Feels 41:15: Wiley - Gangsters 43:10: DJ SS - Black (feat. MC Power) (VIP Mix) 45:10: Urban Jungle - Back in the Days (Sexy Ladys Mix) 47:03: Nookie - Only You 48:45: Jamie xx - All Under One Roof Raving

so for about one hour he only played 3 of his own songs.

 

[Reebok Jones]

A bunch of singles will make you hot

A great album will make you famous

 

[MIKE SPLEAN]

That's EDM, that's another game. They play other people's songs, remixes of other peoples songs etc during their sets. It's not like Kendrick could drop 2 singles and for the rest of the show cover 20 songs by different artists. Of course the big dudes have discographies but in general..

Before Drake did it


This is the set of a dude with a pretty solid discography himself.

0:39: DJ SS - Respect to the Following 03:08: Lennie De Ice - We Are I.E. 04:23: Bicep - Nova 06:40: Schatrax - Misspent Years 08:04: Real Lies - North Circular 11:10: The Durutti Column - Otis 13:29: Paleface - Do You Mind (feat. Kyla) (Crazy Cousinz Remix) 16:37: Midland - Reflex 17:50: DJ Wire - Believe Me 19:35: Teebone - Fly Bi (feat. MC Sparks & MC Kie) 22:07: Operator & Baffled - Things Are Never 24:05: New Horizons - Find the Path (In Your Mind) 25:36: Jamie xx - Sleep Sound (w/ Mike Sinner intervew acapella) 28:30: Freeez - I.O.U. (Ultimate Dub Club Mix) 29:30: Jamie xx - Girl 31:26: London Posse - How's Life in London 35:41: Wiley & Riko - Lethal B Diss 37:35: XTC - Functions on the Low 39:23: Ruff Sqwad - Your Love Feels 41:15: Wiley - Gangsters 43:10: DJ SS - Black (feat. MC Power) (VIP Mix) 45:10: Urban Jungle - Back in the Days (Sexy Ladys Mix) 47:03: Nookie - Only You 48:45: Jamie xx - All Under One Roof Raving

so for about one hour he only played 3 of his own songs.

Thanks breh I'm checking this out when I get in the car

 

[STFARN]

drop some singles on these bytches and follow thru with a solid album
sounds kinglike to me

 

[Reebok Jones]

drop some singles on these bytches and follow thru with a solid album
sounds kinglike to me

the ol' thunder before the lightning tactic

 

[lucky lefty]

It's better to be the GOAT our Flow Lord and Lyrical Savior Hova Da Gawd and not have to worry about mere mortal bullshyt like the inability to drop GOATly singles & albums

For the rest of these bytchmade, boring ass, shytty ass excuses for spitters singles better for do #'s & gettin paid but albums resonate way more musically which is all I gaf bout

Ex. Iono fukk wit no Gay Cole aka Mary Kay Cole aka Zzz Cole aka Mos Not Def aka Snooze Doggy Dogg singles outside of Mr Nice Watch where he got bodied by the GOAT Hov but I fukks wit Snorefest Hill Drive 2014 more than any dud filled weedplate from a kike wigga whose singles I fukk with way more namely Queen Aubrey & Her Woes of The Writers Block Roundtable aka Do Rogue And Kopy Everything aka Kike & The Ghostwriting Gang aka Jimmy Cochran & Associates LLAC (Limited Lyrical Ability Corp) aka Kirby Graham aka Kosher Cell aka Swag Tsung aka Drizzy Vanilli aka Six Fraud aka Shim Gawd aka Simp Doggy Dogg aka Kike Moist Dee aka KikeRS-One aka Jewpac Shakike aka LL Kike J aka Aubrey Frank aka Pissy Elliott aka Piss Stain Papi aka Ludapiss aka Goldenshowerface Killah aka Pissy Smalls the Notorious DEPENDS aka Pisstikal aka Aubrina The Teenage Snitch aka Aubrey Herpburn aka Aubrey Onassis the First Ladyboy aka the lead singer of Klepto By Nature with the new single "You down with USB? Yeah, you know me!"

 

[CrimsonTider]

Singles and its not close

You much rather be Flo Rida than Anderson Paak

 

[CrimsonTider]

A bunch of singles will make you hot

A great album will make you famous

Define Great album?

 

[A.V.]

How's this for a 3 song introduction to an album, in this order?





































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