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The genius behind the r&b
Think all r&b, hip-hop writers make their own music? check this guy out. He's written songs for a LONG list of artists.
Ryan leslie- Got into havard at the age of 15... graduated at 19.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Leslie
not pushing the guy, just showing off some genius i found on the internet
Enjoy
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Very, very cool.
I personally have high hopes for Paul Dateh, I'm convinced this guy will be huge one day.
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late 80's till 2001. Than it died.Originally Posted by Ponder
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QFT
text limit ftw
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Since people actually listened to it.
Douche.
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I kinda dislike the fact that alot of crap is called RnB. Anything from pop to hip-hop can be called RnB, as long as it is made by a black person. Most of the music that's called RnB hasn't got anything to do with blues.
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Ryan Leslie is really a master at his work. I look up to him.
And guys, seriously, Hip-Hop never died, it's still alive. Tell me your reason for thinking it died.
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To me, today's music genre died.
Most of the genre have been fuse together....
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Thank GOD he only killed mainstream hip-hop. Heres where its at:
**** I LOVE THAT BEAT.
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It's funny, Oister, cos one of the very first Hip-Hop songs talks about the same stuff Soulja Boy does. Before the 90's hit, Hip-Hop wasn't about talking about how bad you grew up and the problems you faced. So, technically speaking, Soulja Boy is more Hip-Hop than Nas, Jadakiss, Rakim, and any other rapper that discusses a ghetto person's life.
I never realized it myself, until it was explained in a video I watched.
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I know, but he can't pull it off with the class that the pioneers did, ya know? That, and, he just took his fame and ran with it. Nobody can say that song took more than 20 minutes to write...as far as I'm concerned, real hip-hop has evolved into songs like that one by MFDoom. Before, simple songs were acceptable- the genre was still new and being experimented with. Mainstream shit these days is like an insult IMO.
But thats just IMO I guess
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Personally, I don't like Soulja Boy, either.I know, but he can't pull it off with the class that the pioneers did, ya know? That, and, he just took his fame and ran with it. Nobody can say that song took more than 20 minutes to write...as far as I'm concerned, real hip-hop has evolved into songs like that one by MFDoom. Before, simple songs were acceptable- the genre was still new and being experimented with. Mainstream shit these days is like an insult IMO.
But thats just IMO I guess
**** 'em.
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copied and pasted this from another forum, it makes perfect sense to me
Your problem would probably be that gangsta rap took over in popularity due to a change in the audience. the new generational demographic wanted violence. they were angry cuz of Rodney King. they were angry cuz Public Enemy awakened them to inequality that existed in their lives. So gangsta rap got popular, but even THAT died out.
why? cuz there was a new change of audience. how would you typify the new american generation? TYPICAL AMERICAN OVER-CONSUMERISM. Diddy represented that pretty well, so did a whole load of other rappers showing off their cash and bling and how big their mansions are and all the cars they got. That was around late 90s-early 2000s, which should be recent enough for you to remember.
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I'm just fine with gangsta rap. I miss that OG shit with Snoop Dogg and Cypress Hill.
That was the only "rap" I had growing up. Cypress Hill has some of the best shit around.
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Well it isn't what it was. Their focussing to much on making money instead of music.
I rather listen to some underground/old school stuff than what is being made now.
great song
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hmmm... if i was a rapper....
would i take 20 min to make a song about money to make money? or will i spend weeks writing lyrics for a song that touches people but will not become mainstream, and wont giv me money, or fame.
o god, i cant choose, its too hard.
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