When Producers gone realize.....

[mbewane]

Admittedly I don't listen to a whole lot of nowadays mainstream HH, but indeed the ONLY thing that makes me sometimes listen to it is the beats. BUT also got to say that a lot of stuff kind of sounds similar, I don't really hear production that REALLY sticks outs like that. And there's lots of producers on soundcloud/bandcamp/whatever nowadays who come with some similar stuff too

I wonder how much the digital era has hurt producers tho. Back then with physical cds well you had all the productions credits, but now I feel like since it's digital well we just download/stream the song without wondering who produced. Of course we know who's rapping, but unless the he shouts out the producer I most of the time have no idea who produced what. Speaking for myself obviously.

 

[Renegade47]

It's About what an artist does with the best not the best itself

Give those Metro beats that Thug raps over to AR-AB and no one cares

Give those Bo1da beats Drake raps over to Kirko Bangz

thug is signed to a label who will push his work. if ar-ab was signed and got pushed people would care.

you cant exclude a label's input from a song's success.

dont act like you haven't heard/seen on here someone call a rapper trash then someone hops in saying "but his beat selection is "


there were people who listened to 21 savage most recent tape because of metro.

damn near every song dj mustard produced was a radio hit a couple years ago.

producers are pushing this era.

 

[Nomadum]

Admittedly I don't listen to a whole lot of nowadays mainstream HH, but indeed the ONLY thing that makes me sometimes listen to it is the beats. BUT also got to say that a lot of stuff kind of sounds similar, I don't really hear production that REALLY sticks outs like that. And there's lots of producers on soundcloud/bandcamp/whatever nowadays who come with some similar stuff too

I wonder how much the digital era has hurt producers tho. Back then with physical cds well you had all the productions credits, but now I feel like since it's digital well we just download/stream the song without wondering who produced. Of course we know who's rapping, but unless the he shouts out the producer I most of the time have no idea who produced what. Speaking for myself obviously.

If anything the Digital Era helping breh's eat,
Soulja Boy is probably the best example as he went platinum off ring tones. fukkING RING. TONES. let that sit for a second.

Digital Era is a "bedroom producer/rapper" best friend right now. from my understanding, alot of labels would rather just be the fukkers with the resources, they no longer find it profitable to find a artist and build them from the ground up unless they got Bieber type potential. in the Digital Era a rapper with no experience in the mainstream or business side can easily become very financially comfortable from his or her bedroom. especially given the fact alot of production software and equipment is geared towards those who don't have 5K to spend on racks and modules.

Digital Era is a double edged sword though because outside of all the great and good bedroom producers/rappers, it's equally the same amount of garbage nikkas flooding the genre and shyt.

 

[Chris Cool]

I disagree. It's s combination of the beats and the artist. Metro been out for years but he aint really blow until he linked with Future. The songs that blow to be bangers pales in comparison to the ones they gave to no name rappers that didn't.

 

[mbewane]

If anything the Digital Era helping breh's eat,
Soulja Boy is probably the best example as he went platinum off ring tones. fukkING RING. TONES. let that sit for a second.

Digital Era is a "bedroom producer/rapper" best friend right now. from my understanding, alot of labels would rather just be the fukkers with the resources, they no longer find it profitable to find a artist and build them from the ground up unless they got Bieber type potential. in the Digital Era a rapper with no experience in the mainstream or business side can easily become very financially comfortable from his or her bedroom. especially given the fact alot of production software and equipment is geared towards those who don't have 5K to spend on racks and modules.

Digital Era is a double edged sword though because outside of all the great and good bedroom producers/rappers, it's equally the same amount of garbage nikkas flooding the genre and shyt.

Oh for sure, I just meant that with physical you actually would read the credits, nowadays I just dl/stream and don't bother to find out who produced what

ESPECIALLY because like you said it's tons of producers out there now, way too many to remember. And some random breh might have a dope beat here and there and then disappear too

 

[Nomadum]

Oh for sure, I just meant that with physical you actually would read the credits, nowadays I just dl/stream and don't bother to find out who produced what

ESPECIALLY because like you said it's tons of producers out there now, way too many to remember. And some random breh might have a dope beat here and there and then disappear too

real talk

 

[ManBearPig]

the producers and artists need each other really.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

In today's rap landscape, had it not been for the producers, I would have never checked for so many of these dudes. I often look at production credits before anything. You can have the most shytty newer drop something, but if I look at the credits and see Young Chop, Metro Boomin, D.Rich, Murda Beats, etc, I'm at least gonna check it out once. The credits are often listed right there on the link, and if not, they're not hard to find.

 

[Nomadum]

the producers and artists need each other really.

I agree, don't get me wrong. but I feel that the producers are more influential to who listens to the artists they're working with over the artist themselves.

In today's rap landscape, had it not been for the producers, I would have never checked for so many of these dudes. I often look at production credits before anything. You can have the most shytty newer drop something, but if I look at the credits and see Young Chop, Metro Boomin, D.Rich, Murda Beats, etc, I'm at least gonna check it out once.

Exactly, you first part is me all the way. a couple rappers I'd had overlooked be it not for certain producers.

 

[Marco Andretti]

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That break down at :52 tho