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james_face
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I know an artist needs a manager
what else does an artist need?
what else does an artist need?
EdWonbass said:You need a posse. Find as many no talent friends as you can get to hang around with you and mooch off of you when you get paid.
Other than that a little street cred wouldn't hurt.
jinx001 said:for what so he or she can rap about killin and get away with it. being from the street aint nothing to be glorified(there that misrepresentation i was talkin about ) i've been in the street most of my life not for creditibilty....because my dad was not around. i was tryin( and still am) to give my brothers and sisters a better life... i learned to cook crack at 12 because that was how i survived not for no damn jordan tennis shoes, cars, clothes.....man all dat stuff is gonna wait when u starvin, or ya electricity about to be off. if i had a choice i would have did so much different in my younger life...Jay-z said the street claim lives...but u dont have to die for it too happen... i didnt have a childhood...and another thing, because i'm from the streets doesnt say that i'm dumb either or that all i know is killin and bling blingin...i graduated from highschool at 15 because i was in such a hurry to start a career and get off the block.the streets aint an image i'd portray unless i lived it.i'm 21 years old and i feel like i'm 40 cuz of all dat i've seen or been forced to do. if u r gonna portray or imitate make it something positive.
i hope it didnt seem like i was giving my life story but sometimes god really moves ya heart...i got tears runnin down my face right now cuz i wish i had a choice....make the right one*one
jinx001 said:out of all the things u can think of......well if u say so...what an artist needs...not just hiphop,but any artist-is talent along with the drive to make it happen. i've found dat half the people who wanna become artist dont have enough discipline.they dont put the time into "their" craft. there is alot of people misrepresenting what the art form. there's alot less individuality(is it me or do alot of today artist's sound exactly the same)but in short what i'd probably say u need most is just to KNOW what ur getting into and to have something different to offer.....there's only gonna be so many camron's, lil jon's, jay-z's snoop's, dre's, eminem's, 50's, swisha house's- u get the picture....so be who god has blessed u too be- let the world see what he's blessed u too see....AND BY ALL MEAN HIT`EM WIT DA HEAT*one.
Cloneboy Studio said:I engineer rappers on occasion. The number one thing that kills them is lack of musical ability (playing an instrument of some type), lack of knowledge of music theory, inability to learn music technology (software and hardware) and failure to study songwriting techniques.
Focus on that stuff and you'll be miles ahead of the everyday average rapper. To date I haven't met a single rapper that had ALL of that stuff down, but most of the rock musicians I meet have.
jinx001 said:clone boy every where i go u seem to criticize...i seem to be the exact oppisite of your thought on every thing hiphop. I play 3 instruments, piano, violin, and guitar . i also earned and and assoc. degree at 17 in MUSIC.....which mean's i can read music very well, and i completed all required music theory courses....i am currently attending ST MARY UNIVERSITY in San Antonio,Tx work towards a BA in MISIC INDUSTRY STUDIES
.... YOUR JUST A BITTER "MUSICIAN"
james_face said:I know an artist needs a manager
what else does an artist need?
Cloneboy Studio said:I engineer rappers on occasion. The number one thing that kills them is lack of musical ability (playing an instrument of some type), lack of knowledge of music theory, inability to learn music technology (software and hardware) and failure to study songwriting techniques.
Focus on that stuff and you'll be miles ahead of the everyday average rapper. To date I haven't met a single rapper that had ALL of that stuff down, but most of the rock musicians I meet have.
wow...lol...that was some crazy shit...lol...didn't know that..haha....just read and never thought about how fkd up it wasbknot1 said:
bknot1 said:everyone dont no how to play instrument..i know i dont..never played and instrument in my life..but i have a sound in my head and that is what come out in my music..i agree with you most rapper dont know haw to play and instrument..cause they dont have to ..all they have to do is rap over the beat..i dont rap..i just try and make a hot beat..and learn as much as i can..to better my music..
jinx001 said:clone boy every where i go u seem to criticize...i seem to be the exact oppisite of your thought on every thing hiphop. I play 3 instruments, piano, violin, and guitar . i also earned and and assoc. degree at 17 in MUSIC.....which mean's i can read music very well, and i completed all required music theory courses....i am currently attending ST MARY UNIVERSITY in San Antonio,Tx work towards a BA in MISIC INDUSTRY STUDIES
.... YOUR JUST A BITTER "MUSICIAN"