Mac Casper
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Both of these songs are made with the same formula, and matter of factly the choruses both sample classic songs from the same artist
Here's a short Wally Russell view on both of these songs, I'll keep it impartial for now and then I will come back in the thread with my assessment
Common - "The Light"
probably the song that's more synonymous in the ranks of hip-hop's most prominent songs. Widely-regarded . . to say the least . . but make no mistake, these songs both have the exact same formula. Both rappers doing their renditions of love songs, sandwiched between choruses that contain classic samples. Common would later say that his song is inspired by his relationship with Erykah Badu
2Pac - "Do For Love"
2Pac's "Do For Love" may be a posthumous release, which would lead most people with half a brain to conclude that it's a song that he didn't feel was ready to be put out . . but this song actually has a very special place amongst his work . . why? . . he recreated it multiple times throughout his career, never pulling the trigger to release it . . perhaps he didn't feel the song was ready or maybe he didn't feel like he was at the right point to release it but every great songwriter will have a song they hold in high regard that they almost put on a pedestal and refuse to release, some will even procrastinate on ever finalizing it because of how high of a pedestal they put the song on.. When you listen to this song you would assume that Tupac, a young man of 24 years old at the time of this song's final recording (he did record the final version you hear while on Death Row) has had a lot of relationship experience and yet no real long term relationship comes to mind when you look at Tupac's life. Of course there is woman he was linked to relationship-wise . . . a strong friendship with Jada Pinkett, then the prison marriage with Keisha Morris and ultimately an alleged marriage proposal to Quincy Jones' daughter Kidada Jones
"Open Your Eyes" (sampled in "The Light")
"What You Won't Do For Love" (sampled in "Do for Love")
Now, we're not here to evaluate the quality of the sample-flip or beatmaking . . rather the lyrics and the OVERALL song production. That is a term that encompasses everything from lyrics, the delivery and the overall song presentation
This will be a great thread . . . countdown to Valentine's Day, time to analyze songwriting
Here's a short Wally Russell view on both of these songs, I'll keep it impartial for now and then I will come back in the thread with my assessment
Common - "The Light"
probably the song that's more synonymous in the ranks of hip-hop's most prominent songs. Widely-regarded . . to say the least . . but make no mistake, these songs both have the exact same formula. Both rappers doing their renditions of love songs, sandwiched between choruses that contain classic samples. Common would later say that his song is inspired by his relationship with Erykah Badu
2Pac - "Do For Love"
2Pac's "Do For Love" may be a posthumous release, which would lead most people with half a brain to conclude that it's a song that he didn't feel was ready to be put out . . but this song actually has a very special place amongst his work . . why? . . he recreated it multiple times throughout his career, never pulling the trigger to release it . . perhaps he didn't feel the song was ready or maybe he didn't feel like he was at the right point to release it but every great songwriter will have a song they hold in high regard that they almost put on a pedestal and refuse to release, some will even procrastinate on ever finalizing it because of how high of a pedestal they put the song on.. When you listen to this song you would assume that Tupac, a young man of 24 years old at the time of this song's final recording (he did record the final version you hear while on Death Row) has had a lot of relationship experience and yet no real long term relationship comes to mind when you look at Tupac's life. Of course there is woman he was linked to relationship-wise . . . a strong friendship with Jada Pinkett, then the prison marriage with Keisha Morris and ultimately an alleged marriage proposal to Quincy Jones' daughter Kidada Jones
"Open Your Eyes" (sampled in "The Light")
"What You Won't Do For Love" (sampled in "Do for Love")
Now, we're not here to evaluate the quality of the sample-flip or beatmaking . . rather the lyrics and the OVERALL song production. That is a term that encompasses everything from lyrics, the delivery and the overall song presentation
This will be a great thread . . . countdown to Valentine's Day, time to analyze songwriting
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