Then show us. Do something more original.
I'm on your side MC. I dont discount any artform, there is a lot of rap I think is excellent. What that music has is originality, biting sarcasm and social commentary, solid production values, humor (in some cases), etc.
If you listen to the words, there's plenty of originality, wordplay, rhyme schemes, 'n creative ideas.... What are you talkin' about?
What those successful rappers also have is chutzpah, which is a yiddish word that basically means "balls". If you come in here and disagree with the comments, the worst thing you can do is start insulting everybody. If you believe in your music, that is all that matters. I make classical music, I dont expect everybody to like it or understand it. I am more of an outsider than you are.
And I'm not "insulting everybody" for no reason..... People are coming in here telling me I'm not rapping and I'm saying you're ignorant if I'm not rapping because I get on another person's beat 'n spit over it.....
If you actually follow the hip hop scene, that's been done for over the last 15 years..... Rappers get on other rappers beats 'n spit on it.... Rappers get on another person's song that they can relate to 'n put their perspective on it 'n RAP IT to add a different feel to the track......
I'm not asking any of ya'll if you like the music.... I could give a fuck less.... ONCE AGAIN, I asked about the mix..... I know where I am as an MC/RAPPER (since I have to break it down for some of ya'll)....
Just because they are famous doesnt mean squat.
And I don't give a fuck if they're famous or not.... I'm just proving a point.... RAPPERS GET ON OTHER PEOPLE'S BEATS 'N SPIT....... PERIOD....
"NEVER HAVE" WAS A DE LA SOUL JOINT FROM BACK IN THE DAY.... Lupe Fiasco got on that same beat 'n spit on it..... Every single fuckin' rapper out right now has gotten on other peoples' beats/songs 'n spit on 'em.... Are you serious?
ONCE AGAIN, ya'll lack of knowledge on hip hop is showing more and more....
Do something DIFFERENT. Use a vocoder, change the songs tempo, play some of it backwards, use a flange effect, add some humor, change the feel, place a historic quote from Abraham Lincoln in the text, come up with a different beat, speak in an accent, have the text be in 5/4 against a 4/4 background, put in a musical subtheme, quote another rap song, speak in Klingon or chinese, sample a dog barking and put it in there, put historical tv clips in there.
AND NO, I'm not going to quote another rap song, or use a gimmick 'n speak 'n another language that I"m not even 100% familiar with (WHICH WOULD BE KOREAN - THANKS FOR ASSUMING I'M CHINESE, JUST LIKE A LOTTA NAIVE PEOPLE TEND TO DO).... I spit my shit 'n keep it original.... Ya'll talkin' about I'm not coming original yet you wanna tell me to use other peoples' words? WOW..... Thanks genius.....
Go back and study the 80s rap. That stuff was unique and different.
And wow, YOU WANNA TELL ME TO GO RESEARCH RAP? What the fuck are you talkin' about? MUSIC IS PRODUCED BETTER NOW THAN IT WAS IN THE 80'S.... AS FAR AS PRODUCTION, IT'S BEEN A VAST IMPROVEMENT....
I've been listenin' to hip hop since '88, living in Elmhurst (Queens), NY.... Fuck outta here with that nonsense.... Old school rap was more just plain, get a beat, get in the booth, spit, put your adlibs, record the hook, 'n you're done.... Now they use hooks, bridges, all these effects, 'n so forth....
I'ma RAPPER, not an engineer.... I'm doin' what I've always done.... RAP!
As for the mix? Its fine.
AND THANK YOU, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKIN' FOR..... CRITIQUING ON THE MIX..... LIKE I SAID, I COULD GIVE A FUCK LESS IF YOU LIKE MY MUSIC OR NOT.... Just don't tell me that I'm not rapping cuz that's just pure ignorance....