Darren is Right my friend Sam,
U seem to be looking at this thing from now, but in order to understand
anything U must first start from the beginning.
Rappers dont need bands(music). Typically, while in NYC or D.C., I
always wanted buddies to kick free-styles, for that is when they are at
their best. Not when music is playing behind their rapps.
To each his own, but there is nothing like walking up to a cat and say
"bust a free" and he begins! In fact, if he cant, or says I need
music---I just walk away!
Hk-10!
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> From: Sam Frank [SMTP:samuel.frank@yale.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 7:30 PM
> To: Darren Keast
> Cc: tmillar@utkux.utcc.utk.edu; idm@hyperreal.org
> Subject: Re: (idm) Hip-hop history/CD philosophy
>
> >
> > "Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's not a rap song to be
> > heard, janky remixes aside, where the beats don't define to the last
> letter
> > the method of rapping on top."
> >
> > i agree...but that's putting the cart before the horse...the
> producer is being
> > paid by the MC to make a beat that define the MCs flow.
>
> Then why is every rapper going out of their way to fit their rhyme
> style
> around Timbaland's beats? Obviously it cuts both ways. However, one
> of
> the great things about pop hip-hop is how willing even established
> artists
> are to adapt to new production, new beats, new sounds. When a new
> sound
> acquires some sort of critical mass, MCs will get on board with the
> producers. Determinism of any kind is never *the* answer, but it can
> be
> *an* answer. I'm just curious whether anyone's read anything that
> pays
> attention to the beats, and how they shape flow and content.
>
> Sam