wha' up y0?

[mikaeldraven]

Whoever told me that producing hip-hop and R&B beats is easy should be shot. I mean, sure, it's simple, but it's far from easy. I love doing it, and I love where the whole thing is going, but sometimes the simplicity of the music is very difficult to pull off. Coming from industrial-style beat programming, or even the complexities that hardcore

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[thesaj]

check out K2S "After the Rain" and "Better Dayz"

[mikaeldraven]

Thanks for thinking of me:)

I still can't bring myself to listen to much hip-hop short of doing my best to ignore the rap and listen to the music. I try to run in the producer circles so that all I listen to is instrumentals, before the rap is laid down.

[thesaj]

That's why I made those recommendations to you.

I am pretty sure you can handle "After the Rain" and I think it will expand your concept of where you can go with things.

Better Dayz is a follow-up, and although it might not be as palatable i think it ties in and will give you a bit of another angle.

;)

[mikaeldraven]

Cool... I listened to them before. I guess I should have mentioned that. There's very little hip-hop that I actually like. I'll probably be adding those two to my list for ideas though. Thanks

[thesaj]

Oh, okay...didn't realize you heard those tracks.

I think the fact that K2S incorporated such out of norm (for Rap/R&B) music as Kansas' "Dust in the wind" and J.S. Bach into their beats is just a reminder of what can be done.

I also credit Eminem for doing similar stuff with "Stop, what's that sound, etc." Just showing what can be done with a little vision expanding outside the scope.

[thesaj]

I would never recommend rap to a non-rap fan without very much planned design and influence....trust me....

here I found a link to After the Rain on their website.

CLICK HERE

http://artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/K2S/index-1.html
(or here if that link doesn't work)