listening to rap

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Dizz

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Aug 29, 2002
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When yall listen to rap/hip-hop, do you mainly judge it by the beat, the lyrics, the delivery, or just the overall aspect of it?
 
Apr 15, 2003
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Mainly the beat, but the lyrics 2 dont want to listen to shit talking bout money,cars, and bitches want shit that i can relate 2. Guess it has to be some real Gangsta Shit

Anyone ever heard that X-Raided Deadly Game i picked that up the other day never really listened to it before but gave it a listen and its a tight cd has the old school gangsta beats and straight gangsta lyrics spitting the truth exactly what i look for in a cd
 

Legman

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Nov 5, 2002
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ALL 3...IF CAT CAN SPIT A RAW VERSE BUT THE BEAT SOUNDS WACK...I WONT PLAY IT...IF HE CAN DELIVER GOOD BUT THE LYRICS ARE WACK...THEN I WONT BUMP IT...AND IF THE BEAT IS BANGIN BUT THE DELIVERY WAS BUNK...I WONT PLAY IT
 
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i have 2 like how tha rapper raps..
and have to feel his lyrics...
and then beat should rbing it all together..
Brotha Lynch is an example
of a rapper i feel to tha fullest

i like his voice lyrics.. and beats..
so yeaa everything should be tight..

cuase if its a sicc as rapper.. and he has a sicc flow
and lyrics..
but tha beat is wack as fucc it will ruin tha song..
and vise versa.. ouija cursea... lol.. peace!
 
Aug 5, 2003
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WHEN IT COMES TO WOODS SONGS, I MOST DEFINITLEY LISTEN FOR THE THE LYRICS OVER THE BEAT. SOME SICC ASS LYRICS CAN EASILY TURN AN AVERAGE BEAT INTO A BETTER ONE. I REMEMBER WHEN I BOUGHT DEMONZ N MY SLEEP, I MOST OF THE TIME USED TO SKIP OVER THAT SONG "OFF NIGHT" BECAUSE THE BEAT WASN'T REALLY WHAT I LOOK FOR IN A WOODIE SONG. IT WAS A LONG TIME AFTER WHEN I ACTUALLY LET THE TRACK PLAY AND LISTENED TO WHAT WOOD WAS RAPPIN' ABOUT, SHIT 'BOUT BEING UP IN HOUSE PARTY AND TAKIN' THAT FEMALE HOME AND HITTIN' SKINS ON AN OFF NIGHT. THOSE LYRICS COMPLETLEY MADE ME LOOK THROUGH THE BEAT, AND NOW WHEN I SLOUCH THAT ALBUM, I MAKE SURE THAT TRACK GETS PLAYED. THERE ARE A FEW OTHER EXAMPLES I COULD THINK OF ALSO.
 
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Neural Orchastra

I think, as an artist, that it's up to the listener to interpret what they get out of a song or album. What you may view as the meaning of the lyrics may be totally different then what the artist had in mind. However, I also believe that it's yp to the artist to make content in songs that are capable of being viewed in many different ways. You wanna reach the audience on different levels, during different listening experiances.

In other words, its about the beat, lyrics, an delivery...
at least for me.
 
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SFxRyda

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Da Person i feel got all three,beat,lyrics,an delivery iz MR. KEE. he got slapin' trackz..
 
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RIGHT ON BRO, THATS WHAT IM TRYING TO GET AT. IF WOOD HAD A TAPE OF INSTRUMENTALS AND A TAPE OF RAW LYRICS, I WOULD SAY FUCK THE INSTRUMENTALS AND PURCHASE THE STRAIGHT LYRICS. IM A RAP FAN, NOT A BEAT FAN FEEL ME?