“With rock music, it usually revolves around the band. You go in as a band and probably take about a year to record an album. But for a hip-hop song, you can create a track and an idea with verses and choruses in a day, and get three different people on it. It seems like you're able to do more with hip-hop.” PeopleYearsIdeasDifferentSeemsAbleSongThreeRecordsRocksLike YouBandTrackHip HopAlbumsHipsHopsVersesDifferent PeoplesRock MusicChorusHip Hop Song Author:Travis Barker
“Throughout the whole Stroll album, I'm breaking barriers. Whether I'm doing acoustic hip-hop, singing my own hooks or singing my own verses... There's always going to be people who don't like it, cause they're stuck in their ways, or they just don't like you in general... but it's been good.” PeopleWayWholeCausesMy OwnLike YouSingingHip HopAlbumsStuckHipsHopsBarriersVersesHookAcoustics Author:SonReal
“You can have the platinum album, but when you still feel like you haven't quite found your place in the world - it kind of gives a crazy offset.” WorldGivingFeelsKindStillsFoundCrazyHavensLike YouAlbumsPlaces In The WorldPlatinum Author:Kendrick Lamar
“Basically, there's a good friend of mine who works at EMI Publishing, a publishing company. He had asked me - he was like, you know, do you know this girl, Amy Winehouse? She's in New York for a day. She's kind of meeting people to maybe work with on her second album.” PeopleKnowsKindGirlCompanyNew YorkMinesLike YouMeetingsAlbumsDo You KnowPublishingGood FriendAmyThis Girl Author:Mark Ronson
“Someone told me once that Lucinda Williams takes six years between albums, and that's what stuck to me; it's like, you really are a factory. You don't do things to make them, on your own time.” YearsLike YouSixAlbumsStuckFactories Author:Beth Ditto
“When you're making an album with people who made your favorite records as a rebellious teenager, it feels like you've achieved something.” PeopleFeelsMadeRecordsLike YouAlbumsTeenagerRebelliousYour FavoriteRebellious Teenagers Author:Yannis Philippakis
“I think the old school, back in the day, 10 to 15 years ago in music, is like you launch one single and you just let that ride out. Right now, you've got folks like Chris Brown, he just won't let up, he's got mixtape after mixtape, they're playing songs on the radio from the mixtape and then he's got songs on the album and videos and he's got remixes he's jumping on.” ThinkingYearsSchoolSongLike YouRight NowMusic IsYears AgoFolksRadioAlbumsVideoBrownJumpingOld SchoolBack In The DayRemixMixtapes Author:Tyrese Gibson