My question is serious! What are you looking for in the "qualities" for hip hop? What is the defining sound that everyone in rap and hip hop comes here looking for? We always get these generic questions "what is the best mic for hip hop?" and I still don't know what that means! What do all these rap & HH artists expect? Are you looking for a big bottom end with high end sheen? A compressed sound? More midrange? What?
There's no such thing as a "hip hop" mic! There are only "microphones".
Hip hop, as far as I know, does not require anything in recording that other genres do not require also! If someone has a spitty sibilance problem, you give them a mic that doesn't have a bright high end! If someone has a thin voice, you want a mic that accentuates the bass frequencies. If someone has a bit of a rasp that sounds good, you want something breathy, like a C12.
So, again, what defines "hip hop" or "rap" vocals?? What does that mean????
Good God, this question gets seriously old and irritating! Do you somehow think there is one mic that works on everything "hip hop"?
I'm not dissing the art, just annoyed at how often this pops up! There are probably 50-100 different mics used to produce hip (God I get tired of typing this) hop!
Its sort of like asking "whats the best mic for acoustic guitar?". WHAT KIND of acoustic guitar?! There are all kinds! Thin body, dreadnought, small body, semi acoustic...Not everything works on the same guitar and there is not one mic that works for everything!
Please! Define you question so that it isn't exclusively about a _______ setup and we'll go from there.
No one comes here saying "what's the best mic for Emo?" because there is no such thing! No two human voices are exactly the same, so what defines a "hip hop" mic?