The formula to blow up in the Rap Game is to be Captian Hook

[Kilgore Trout]

Ever since the mid 2000s it seems the way most people got famous in rap is to be on every hook. (future, pharell, drake, cudi, wayne, young thug, travis scott).

People got used to your sound without it being forced and all of a sudden you were everywhere.

 

[PhonZhi]

Ok

 

[DMGAINGREEN]

What do you mean since mid 00 ? One of the primary reasons for a rap song to blow up has always been the hook

 

[Kilgore Trout]

What do you mean since mid 00 ? One of the primary reasons for a rap song to blow up has always been the hook

Bars mattered more in the mid 2000s.


But after that hooks mattered more.

 

[Kitsune]

dudes need to start improving their songwriting to the point hooks aren't no longer necessary, hooks ruin replay value and cheapens the music

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

dudes need to start improving their songwriting to the point hooks aren't lo longer necessary, hooks ruin replay value and cheapens the music

smack yo self.

 

[Kitsune]

smack yo self.

check the song in your sig, thats an example of proper songwriting, the song moves and transitions rather than recycles itself in the hook, verse, hook, verse, hook pattern

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

check the song in your sig, thats an example of proper songwriting, the song moves and transitions rather than recycles itself in the hook verse hook verse hook pattern

yes that is a good example of advanced usage of a hook, but there are far far far enough great songs that use repeating hooks to make ya point moot breh. but tbh it won't hurt to see it more often.

 

[Kitsune]

yes that is a good example of advanced usage of a hook, but there are far far far enough great songs that use repeating hooks to make ya point moot breh.

yeah and that "great song" with a repeated chorus would've came out greater if it had better song writing structure

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

yeah and that "great song" with a repeated chorus would've came out greater if it had better song writing structure

that's just generalizing. to much diversity of song structures, subject matters, sub genres, lyrical schemes, flows etc n all that to make such a blanket statement. but like i said, I agree it wont hurt to see more advanced hooks more often

 

[Peter Parker]

dudes need to start improving their songwriting to the point hooks aren't no longer necessary, hooks ruin replay value and cheapens the music

Thats the dumbest shyt i ever heard in my life

 

[Kitsune]

that's just generalizing. to much diversity of song structures, subject matters, sub genres, lyrical schemes, flows etc n all that to make such a blanket statement. but like i said, I agree it wont hurt to see more advanced hooks more often

nah, hooks are only good for tracks that are meant to be played at parties or clubs, they're all made to be simple and catchy for everyone to singalong too. Real music don't need hooks, just look at most of the music from the 60s and most of the great bands from that era, the music had actual structure, hooks are just catchy jingles made for birds. Thats why radio commercials use them to catch the attention of the listener the cheapest and quickest way possible

 

[Jean Jacket]

Did you just start listening to rap breh?

Artists gaining traction from hooks has been going on since the beginning of Hip Hop.

 

[Kitsune]

Thats the dumbest shyt i ever heard in my life

nope

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

nah, hooks are only good for tracks that are meant to be played at parties or clubs, they're all made to be simple and catchy for everyone to singalong too. Real music don't need hooks, just look at most of the music from the 60s and most of the great bands from that era, the music had actual structure, hooks are just catchy jingles made for birds. Thats why radio commercials use them to catch the attention of the listener the cheapest and quickest way possible

great bands real music actual structure . breh get all the way the fukk outta here with that shyt. different genres have different ways they go about making music. i dont go into another genres expecting them to have the same style as rap.