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Subject: "they've been doing that in pop music since the 80's though"
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Wed Mar-21-12 08:43 PM
29. "they've been doing that in pop music since the 80's though"
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it's just that the quality of the songwriting as well as the music has gone down considerably
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This article about Rihanna Hit Making Machine is pretty sad (swipe)
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Wed Mar-21-12 01:06 PM
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1. albums are overrated, generally.
SoWhat
Mar 21st 2012
1
I agree that not all artists need to be making albums, especially
Errol Walton Barrow
Mar 21st 2012
4
I agree. I don't need to hear an album by rhianna
Buddy_Gilapagos
Mar 21st 2012
7
i think there's room in the market for all of them.
SoWhat
Mar 21st 2012
9
doesnt Badu write to the beat? i'd consider this a sweeping generalizati...
DolphinTeef
Mar 21st 2012
2
I not critizing writing to the beat in general.
Buddy_Gilapagos
Mar 21st 2012
6
i used to think Beyonce 'wrote' like Ester.
SoWhat
Mar 21st 2012
8
It's kind of like the Beatles Yesterday = Scrambled Eggs
Buddy_Gilapagos
Mar 21st 2012
14
that wouldve been great
AlBundy
Mar 21st 2012
18
i dunno about that.
SoWhat
Mar 21st 2012
19
naw they just quoted her gibberish lyrics.
Buddy_Gilapagos
Mar 21st 2012
22
Boy you got my heart beat runnin away
SoWhat
Mar 21st 2012
23
touche.
Buddy_Gilapagos
Mar 21st 2012
25
damn.
SoWhat
Mar 21st 2012
3
About to read, but I don't have a problem with either of your two
Teknontheou
Mar 21st 2012
5
Yoink:
dalecooper
Mar 21st 2012
10
^why Drake is winning.
BrooklynWHAT
Mar 21st 2012
12
yup. he does three or four different hooks per song..lol
dafriquan
Mar 21st 2012
13
if this is about the camps, this is old as hell.
BrooklynWHAT
Mar 21st 2012
11
Huh? the article plubished this week is old as hell?
Buddy_Gilapagos
Mar 21st 2012
15
that article is new
BrooklynWHAT
Mar 21st 2012
17
yeah, two different articles with two different focuses. Interesting thi...
Buddy_Gilapagos
Mar 21st 2012
20
RE: yeah, two different articles with two different focuses. Interesting...
double 0
Mar 22nd 2012
47
those artists can't handle the art of making albums
Dr Claw
Mar 21st 2012
16
just curious, how do YOU see the "art"? what is the difference for you?
DolphinTeef
Mar 21st 2012
21
if they can make 8 or more songs of a similar value
Dr Claw
Mar 22nd 2012
34
it's like a combination of
ChuckFoPrez
Mar 21st 2012
24
hmmmm
soundsop
Mar 21st 2012
26
i also believe this "hit-machine" shit is a product of rich execs
DolphinTeef
Mar 21st 2012
27
I agree with that
Dr Claw
Mar 22nd 2012
35
Good read. It didn't disturb me at all.
bski
Mar 21st 2012
28
right. all the lyrics they quoted were laughably bad/trite.
woe.is.me.
Mar 21st 2012
30
yup... its not new...
My_SP1200_Broken_Again
Mar 22nd 2012
36
Most lyrics are beat or melody driven
Starbaby Jones
Mar 21st 2012
31
chicken or the egg?
legsdiamond
Mar 22nd 2012
32
After reading the article...
legsdiamond
Mar 22nd 2012
33
yep
camerongiIes
Mar 22nd 2012
37
IDK. Singer-Songwriter is a relatively new phenomon
Buddy_Gilapagos
Mar 22nd 2012
39
unless its in chant form, aint nobody listening to lyrics these days
camerongiIes
Mar 22nd 2012
42
This has been happening way longer than 10 years
Starbaby Jones
Mar 22nd 2012
45
that's what always made ryan leslie's Gibberish funny to me
Nodima
Mar 22nd 2012
51
I'm not sure about this...
legsdiamond
Mar 23rd 2012
57
I am sure it about it
Starbaby Jones
Mar 23rd 2012
62
i like a nice 2 piece & a booty on biggie, whats really good?
Binlahab
Mar 22nd 2012
38
BTW, I don't believe this Esther chick gets 1M per hit song.
Buddy_Gilapagos
Mar 22nd 2012
40
i guess you gotta account for BDS spins, digital downloads,
ChuckFoPrez
Mar 22nd 2012
41
The failure of arts education means consumers want/enjoy crap.
Buck
Mar 22nd 2012
43
oh cmon. rude boy was jamming
Binlahab
Mar 22nd 2012
44
Beat driven lyric writing....... that just sounds bad...lol.
Warren Coolidge
Mar 22nd 2012
46
Melody driven writing is how the originals you love did it.
Starbaby Jones
Mar 22nd 2012
48
yeah.... but there's a difference though.
Warren Coolidge
Mar 22nd 2012
55
Whats the odds on this Esther girl ever putting out a alblum
debo40oz
Mar 22nd 2012
49
RE: Whats the odds on this Esther girl ever putting out a alblum
double 0
Mar 22nd 2012
50
Yeah she isn't that cute or have the strongest voice...
phemom
Mar 22nd 2012
53
Keri Hilson did, of course Keri fine as hell
rjc27
Mar 23rd 2012
60
that Bonnie McKee chick is from my hood.
PROMO
Mar 22nd 2012
52
RE: that Bonnie McKee chick is from my hood.
legsdiamond
Mar 23rd 2012
58
I was reading this article wondering if she wasn't cute
Buddy_Gilapagos
Mar 22nd 2012
54
nothing new here at all
mistermaxxx08
Mar 23rd 2012
56
Damn, Even 'Black & Yellow'?
BigReg
Mar 23rd 2012
59
I always thouhgt that beat was bigger than Wiz
Buddy_Gilapagos
Mar 23rd 2012
63
No one's mentioned the Brill Building at all???
BrainChild
Mar 23rd 2012
61
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