Jay-Z's "forever young..
Now, I can only wonder WHY this half-assed song was released as is? The chorus is the only portion of the song I really like, and I kind of wish someone actually sang throughout the entire song or some other rapper rapped on it, other than Jay-Z's half-assed rap! I know for a fact that Jay-Z could do MUCH better than what he delivered on that song! I wish it was Flo Rida, Drake, or Ludacris, or EVEN LIL WAYNE or someone else who did the rap instead. I could understand the type of thought process "well, I'm already established, so I could just put something halfway decent together and get by with it..", but if we are going to start continue to do this, then I'd prefer that everyone just start releasing songs like "Around the world" by Daft Punk. At least, this way, if you don't feel like putting together a decent rhyme or have nothing to say, you could still make a decent sounding record.
I'm using Jay-Z's song as an example here, but this is just ONE of the many songs out there that I could bring up. To conserve time, I'm just using that ONE song as an example since it's in my mind at the moment. I mean, yes, anything could pass or be considered acceptable in music today, which I can clearly see by certain hits that make it to number one in this country, but all I ask is that some effort is put into ALL areas of whatever tune you choose to release. Even KE$HA's raps are more properly arranged, worded, and lined up on beat than Jay-Z's raps in "forever young".
Like the producers say in the U.K, QUALITY CONTROL PLEASE!!! Lets quit slacking people! Halfway decent just isn't cutting it. Technology has advanced along with time. THE QUALITY IN MUSIC SHOULD, TOO. I also cannot FULLY understand how certain songs make the charts while there's plenty of much better quality stuff out there than doesn't even see the light of day. Yes, I know it has something to do with money, but still...
QUALITY CONTROL!!!!
QUALITY CONTROL!!!!
Whether it be in the instrumentation, lyrics, wording arrangement, melody, ...etc. Don't slack just because you know you'll still get by with a hit and people will still lower their standards and buy it because it's all they know... And lastly, I really hate it when producers let a great instrumental go to waste with someone who's only going to... (how can I put this?) .. "do something stupid with it".
Now, I can only wonder WHY this half-assed song was released as is? The chorus is the only portion of the song I really like, and I kind of wish someone actually sang throughout the entire song or some other rapper rapped on it, other than Jay-Z's half-assed rap! I know for a fact that Jay-Z could do MUCH better than what he delivered on that song! I wish it was Flo Rida, Drake, or Ludacris, or EVEN LIL WAYNE or someone else who did the rap instead. I could understand the type of thought process "well, I'm already established, so I could just put something halfway decent together and get by with it..", but if we are going to start continue to do this, then I'd prefer that everyone just start releasing songs like "Around the world" by Daft Punk. At least, this way, if you don't feel like putting together a decent rhyme or have nothing to say, you could still make a decent sounding record.
I'm using Jay-Z's song as an example here, but this is just ONE of the many songs out there that I could bring up. To conserve time, I'm just using that ONE song as an example since it's in my mind at the moment. I mean, yes, anything could pass or be considered acceptable in music today, which I can clearly see by certain hits that make it to number one in this country, but all I ask is that some effort is put into ALL areas of whatever tune you choose to release. Even KE$HA's raps are more properly arranged, worded, and lined up on beat than Jay-Z's raps in "forever young".
Like the producers say in the U.K, QUALITY CONTROL PLEASE!!! Lets quit slacking people! Halfway decent just isn't cutting it. Technology has advanced along with time. THE QUALITY IN MUSIC SHOULD, TOO. I also cannot FULLY understand how certain songs make the charts while there's plenty of much better quality stuff out there than doesn't even see the light of day. Yes, I know it has something to do with money, but still...
QUALITY CONTROL!!!!
QUALITY CONTROL!!!!
Whether it be in the instrumentation, lyrics, wording arrangement, melody, ...etc. Don't slack just because you know you'll still get by with a hit and people will still lower their standards and buy it because it's all they know... And lastly, I really hate it when producers let a great instrumental go to waste with someone who's only going to... (how can I put this?) .. "do something stupid with it".