SoSuhMe
Joined: 21 May 2010
Posts: 71
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Id like to look into this. Any information would be greatly appreciated. |
Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:10 pm |
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Plum Puddin'
Joined: 26 May 2008
Posts: 1649
Location: Get off my lawn. |
Who would you wanna ghostwrite for?
This is your job interview.
Give me 8 bars for Raekwon, 8 bars for Aesop & a hook for Project Pat.
Go. |
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:20 pm |
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b. dolan
FBI agent
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:27 pm |
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AdamBomb
Joined: 05 Mar 2004
Posts: 3136
Location: Louisiana |
Plum Puddin' wrote:
Who would you wanna ghostwrite for?
This is your job interview.
Give me 8 bars for Raekwon, 8 bars for Aesop & a hook for Project Pat.
Go.
Coke raps + jabberwocky jabberjaw + mayne
Who is the target market here? |
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:04 pm |
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Plum Puddin'
Joined: 26 May 2008
Posts: 1649
Location: Get off my lawn. |
The kids.
The kids need a new hero.
SoSuhMe could be that hero.
Now quickly, gimme a verse about the hardships of life from the perspective of an old garden rake that doesnt get used anymore, in the style of Chino XL.
Go. |
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:29 pm |
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AdamBomb
Joined: 05 Mar 2004
Posts: 3136
Location: Louisiana |
Plum Puddin' wrote:
The kids.
The kids need a new hero.
SoSuhMe could be that hero.
Now quickly, gimme a verse about the hardships of life from the perspective of an old garden rake that doesnt get used anymore, in the style of Chino XL.
Go.
Am I alloud to use the word "like" and drop celebrity tabloid references? |
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:36 pm |
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Plum Puddin'
Joined: 26 May 2008
Posts: 1649
Location: Get off my lawn. |
Most definitely.
Refrences to how you are like the sun in the ways that you not only shine, but also bring the heat too will earn you some extra credit as well. |
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:41 pm |
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SoSuhMe
Joined: 21 May 2010
Posts: 71
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AdamBomb wrote:
Plum Puddin' wrote:
Who would you wanna ghostwrite for?
This is your job interview.
Give me 8 bars for Raekwon, 8 bars for Aesop & a hook for Project Pat.
Go.
Coke raps + jabberwocky jabberjaw + mayne
Who is the target market here?
Cant forget to add a "ahhh" to the end of every word. They call me project pat-ahhh.
Btw, you guys try to hard. Its a circle jerk of self satisfaction. |
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:52 pm |
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Plum Puddin'
Joined: 26 May 2008
Posts: 1649
Location: Get off my lawn. |
Why do you wanna ghostwrite?
Why not just rap? |
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:03 pm |
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jehu
Joined: 25 Aug 2002
Posts: 9309
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Plum Puddin' wrote:
Why do you wanna ghostwrite?
Why not just rap?
you, my friend, are a master. |
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:17 pm |
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al(phonic)
Joined: 12 May 2005
Posts: 766
Location: maine |
you gotta find a new approach to the trade. has ghost writing for dead mcs been done? then sell it, saying the dead mcs cousin owed you money/his life because you paid for a cab for him to get away from a drunk and scorned girlfriend, and he gave you all he had on him, his sacred keepsake from 'dead mc'
if you have no morals
if you do, try a local crew. maybe hook up with a good beatmaker with is or has an mc that can flow, but has boring rhymes. make someone better/money FOR FREE. connections and respect. build
or look up successful ghost writers that arent famous mcs. i bet most would be rather accessible electronically. ask the experts
just quick ideas, ive never looked into it. |
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:26 pm |
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Captiv8
Joined: 25 Aug 2006
Posts: 8177
Location: Third Coast |
I think being a ghostwriter isn't something you can try to do. Somebody taps you. It's like becoming a spook, no pun intended. |
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:56 pm |
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Prontoid
Joined: 07 Aug 2002
Posts: 1568
Location: Melbourne, Australia |
most ghost writers I can think of are/were rappers of some success in their own right... |
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:01 pm |
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SoSuhMe
Joined: 21 May 2010
Posts: 71
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jehu wrote:
Plum Puddin' wrote:
Why do you wanna ghostwrite?
Why not just rap?
you, my friend, are a master.
Because i can write a lil bit and dont have the money or time to invest in going all the way. Id like to get my feet wet just writing. It was a legitimate question. I figured it would be taken as a joke. I can't really find any connects on studios or anything. Most people i know dont like the type of shit i write. Most people i know who record shit are liars and id rather not change my style just to seem more street or whatever. I at least wanna be true to myself. |
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Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:12 pm |
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SoSuhMe
Joined: 21 May 2010
Posts: 71
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Prontoid wrote:
most ghost writers I can think of are/were rappers of some success in their own right...
When i hear what alot of my rapping friends rap about i feel kinda awkward and embarrassed for them. I have one buddy who raps about popping bottles of champagne and riding caddies on deuce deuces when in reality he's never owned a car, or a bike for that matter. I don't wanna degrade myself rapping with my friends like that. And honestly the influences i value they think are weak. I.e. Sage, curren$y, El-P, Danny Brown etc...Most of the producers they work with are stuck on pseudo Hot Boyz/DJ Khaled shit. Really outdated like.
I always thought rubbin elbows with street level just tryin to come up guys would be good for me. They would be hungry and be about emceein. Really expressin creative muscle. The ones im exposed to are just trying to be a poor mans T.I. or even worse...Birdman. |
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