What If You Were In The Studio With An A-List Rapper And He Had A Wack Idea?
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So you're putting your album together and somebody pulled some strings to get an A-List rapper to collaborate. He (or she) has an idea but you don't like it.
Would you:
a) Do whatever the A-List rapper says
b) Try to negotiate or talk your way out of doing the song
c) Flat out say, "No" and walk out of the studio
There's two ways to look at it,
1) It could be a test, maybe they're testing to see if you'll take a stand for what you believe in?
2) It could be a test, maybe they want to see if you'll sell your soul for the $$$
Here's a scene from Brown Sugar that explains it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER-mPhEsyrI
Would you:
a) Do whatever the A-List rapper says
b) Try to negotiate or talk your way out of doing the song
c) Flat out say, "No" and walk out of the studio
There's two ways to look at it,
1) It could be a test, maybe they're testing to see if you'll take a stand for what you believe in?
2) It could be a test, maybe they want to see if you'll sell your soul for the $$$
Here's a scene from Brown Sugar that explains it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER-mPhEsyrI Comments
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While you was writin' down my rhymes I was just tryna show you
That if you say what's on your mind, you can stand the test of time
-Nasir Jones
I don't try to embarrass anyone, everything ain't for everybody, but if it don't fit what i'm trying to do, I don't want my voice on it.
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Yo black thought, you my mans and I respect you...But this ? is wack b. I'm sorry.
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Show him the Shenco thread.
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B. Depending on how wHack it is, I'd have two versions. My album/street single version and then said artists original or collaborative idea.
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I'd tell him lets do two songs and he can have the wack ass one.
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This ? happened to kanye with jigga and i believe the song still turnt out well
Said A list artist could be more in touch with what the people wanna hear than u -
Yea, I like the two song idea. We can go with his idea, but I would've talked him into doing 2 songs. The wack ? , and then a song that's my vision. A ? ain't tryna burn no bridges
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What if I was on a website and someone kept posting Wack Threads ???
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Or you could tell them it's wack and come up with a better joint idea....
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macadonwoo wrote: »What if I was on a website and someone kept posting Wack Threads ???
I'd stop clicking on those person's threads. -
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Record the wack idea with the A-Lister. Tell him its fire & Have him leave. Create an alter-ego that never shows your face and alters your voice, then record on the same song and release it and see how it fares. If its successful, then boom you have another lane of artistic expression. If it fails, then its on the A-Lister and you live...you live, to fight another day
