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Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:56 pm
by Piff Tannen
magnetos back, thats whats up
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 10:12 pm
by ardamus
silence wrote:Balzac wrote:silence wrote:Don't listen to Internet forum posters who try to tell you how to make a hot album and lost all your individuality and creativity in the process.
yeah why would you listen to your core audience.
Because your "core audience" doesn't pay for your music.
And, because your. "core audience" on the interwebs forums tends to think they are the only ones listening to your music and their opinion is the only one that matters
i can't lie, i often get different reactions from music i've done from people in person than i do with people on the forum. well played, silence.
Piff Tannen wrote:magnetos back, thats whats up
hell yeah
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 12:29 am
by Magneto
What up Piff, what up Ardamus!!
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 12:35 am
by Combo7
What up Raven
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:40 am
by Nav
clark bent wrote:dont have more than 12 full length tracks
This times 134546456. I have a feeling that indie rappers don't believe that they will have another chance at making an album so they throw 20+ tracks and all their homies on it.
Shit is, fucking ridiculous.
And
to all the yawners.
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:28 am
by ardamus
Nav wrote:clark bent wrote:dont have more than 12 full length tracks
This times 134546456. I have a feeling that indie rappers don't believe that they will have another chance at making an album so they throw 20+ tracks and all their homies on it.
Shit is, fucking ridiculous.
And
to all the yawners.
i say you can get away with around 15 to 17 tracks. maybe not like you used to. but if you're going for like 20 tracks and its not even a double disc, you're playing yourself.
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 11:58 am
by PopeyeJones
silence wrote:Balzac wrote:silence wrote:Don't listen to Internet forum posters who try to tell you how to make a hot album and lost all your individuality and creativity in the process.
yeah why would you listen to your core audience.
Because your "core audience" doesn't pay for your music.
And, because your. "core audience" on the interwebs forums tends to think they are the only ones listening to your music and their opinion is the only one that matters
All true. Kind of a trade off, though. People on the net are also much less prone to lie to you about liking your music (which happens all the time face-to-face), and it's harder to convince yourself that everyone liked your shit when they really didn't (which happens at/after shows much more than it should).
Re: Album Donגts
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 4:32 pm
by sleazy_j
Philaflava wrote:Fuck Doגs; letגs talk about what an artist should not do for their album.
1. Limit the amount of guest features. There is nothing more annoying than an album full of features. It no longer becomes an artist album, but rather a compilation.
2. Never get outshined on your own shit. Rappers do this a lot. Hollering at the big dawgs or the hottest emcee of the week. If you get shitted on your own record then you deserve it.
3. Be creative. Do not make an album comprised of a handful of tracks using the same titles, catchphrases or samples of your own song.
Well, how the hell was No Limit going to be a success??
Re: Album Donגts
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 4:47 pm
by DoogieHowitzer
Philaflava wrote:Fuck Doגs; letגs talk about what an artist should not do for their album.
1. Limit the amount of guest features. There is nothing more annoying than an album full of features. It no longer becomes an artist album, but rather a compilation.
2. Never get outshined on your own shit. Rappers do this a lot. Hollering at the big dawgs or the hottest emcee of the week. If you get shitted on your own record then you deserve it.
3. Be creative. Do not make an album comprised of a handful of tracks using the same titles, catchphrases or samples of your own song. Ill Al Skratch made an album that practically featured the same song with variations of the name. DONגT DO THAT!
4. Donגt overpay for the guest rappers name. Some of the best features came from unknown artists at the time (Kid Hood, AZ, MF Grimm).
5. Donגt listen to your friends when recording. Theyגre just weed carriers with no talent so they leach. Theyגre your Gayle Kings of the rap world.
Add on.
The first and third options are actually Do's.
However, to add on, I'd say some good advice is "Don't release an album until you're actually ready."
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:25 pm
by truthaddict
Don't spend 11 years working on an album, then release a weak single with Akon on the hook.
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:09 pm
by ardamus
Magneto wrote:What up Piff, what up Ardamus!!
shits been good, man. glad your back.
Re: Album Donגts
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:34 pm
by Snuggles the DESTROYER
DoogieHowitzer wrote:Philaflava wrote:Fuck Doגs; letגs talk about what an artist should not do for their album.
1. Limit the amount of guest features. There is nothing more annoying than an album full of features. It no longer becomes an artist album, but rather a compilation.
3. Be creative. Do not make an album comprised of a handful of tracks using the same titles, catchphrases or samples of your own song. Ill Al Skratch made an album that practically featured the same song with variations of the name. DONגT DO THAT!
Add on.
The first and third options are actually Do's.
Do: Amass as many Canadians as you can on tracks that have very similar names.
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:36 pm
by EMCEE DARTH MALEK
truthaddict wrote:Don't spend 11 years working on an album, then release a weak single with Akon on the hook.
ROFL
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:21 pm
by 360
Don't swear your album is going to change the game and then not drop an album.
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 11:57 pm
by Praverb
haha at some of these...classic
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:49 am
by Crooked S
Don't write your own rhymes... unless you're actually good at it.
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:35 pm
by chump change
Ohhh snap.. Emp leaves.. Magneto returns..
Things that make ya go hmmmmmm
No homo
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:54 pm
by smokeygambino
truthaddict wrote:Don't spend 11 years working on an album, then release a weak single with Akon on the hook.
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:11 pm
by vinylpops
Do more cohesive EPs, less mix tapes/free albums.
No more than 12 tracks on an album is a good one too.
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:28 pm
by drizzle
PopeyeJones wrote:silence wrote:Balzac wrote:silence wrote:Don't listen to Internet forum posters who try to tell you how to make a hot album and lost all your individuality and creativity in the process.
yeah why would you listen to your core audience.
Because your "core audience" doesn't pay for your music.
And, because your. "core audience" on the interwebs forums tends to think they are the only ones listening to your music and their opinion is the only one that matters
All true. Kind of a trade off, though. People on the net are also much less prone to lie to you about liking your music (which happens all the time face-to-face), and it's harder to convince yourself that everyone liked your shit when they really didn't (which happens at/after shows much more than it should).
agree with poop-i-n-i on this
which is by no means a diss to ardy or anybody else personally, it's just when somebody plays you their song and then looks at you with eyes full of trepidation it's hard to tell them that the music sucks. the whole genre of friend rock is predicated on this
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:57 pm
by A Kid
360 wrote:Don't swear your album is going to change the game and then not drop an album.
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:56 am
by Nom Inf
Don't overrap the shit out of every song. Let it breathe a bit. rap MUSIC.