"That's where my life took me, that's just how shit happened to go. "'I'm turnin' into a n***a that thinks about money and women like 24/7," he muses, sounding more than okay with it. The second verse finds him in a frenzied state, paying homage to his Torontonian mates with namedrops to rival The Game. New slang seemed to pop up at every corner, none more ubiquitous than "Woes." In that sense, fourth track "Know Yourself" shines as a highlight.įueled by an ice-cold atmospheric instrumental, Drizzy floats over erratic trap drums and deep-buzzing bass. His cadence shifts with the rising stakes, refrains of "you know how that should go" reflective of his jaded frustration. An embrace of his home city, a purely Torontonian body of work. Even those who place projects like Take Care or Nothing Was The Same above it can't deny the significance of the 2015 album, which marked a transitionary phase for the Canadian rapper. That's real production.1 MAKE IT STOP As "If You're Reading This It's Too Late" turns five, "Know Yourself" stands out as a modern Drake classic.ĭrake's If You're Reading This It's Too Late officially celebrates its fifth birthday today, with many still calling the mixtape his masterpiece. Music is not about that pipe dream yet it comes from the soul. I came on this website to see what's happening and its sad to see some of the titles producers thinking their beat will make them rich. Another words you get what you pay for which is why music is all hi hats and 808's and a wabbly synth. Whereas in the 90's labels paid $15,000+ for a beat. They pay underground producers $2000-$3000 for a beat. So they chose beats that are low level low production. I blame the labels they have low budgets due to the internet making labels lose millions. Not just thinking someone like Rick Ross will go on a beat because it sounds "Ross" style. The real beat makers have a natural skill and talent. A beat is not a mixture of hi hats and 808's. They listen to the shit out there and musically feel they can do a better beat. These young inexperienced beat makers can't be blamed for having such a long shot dream. I was amazed when I read this guys post how he composed a beat and then thinks Drake will rap over it. If they only knew how hard it is with or without the internet. Today like you mentioned young kids without skills make a beat and think they can get signed.
Main stream artists don't like beats all mashed together without a sequential sound. Drake If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late Full Zip Link 320Kbps DOWNLOAD HERE - Artist: Drake Album: If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (2015) Genre: Hip-Hop Track list: 1. Meaning an artists voice can be recorded over the beats. In 2007, he released his second mixtape Comeback Season. Back then when we produced tracks they were of song quality. When asked about the mixtape, Drake described the project as 'pretty straightforward, radio friendly, and not much content to it.' Room for Improvement was released for sale only and sold roughly 6,000 copies, for which Drake received 304.04 in royalties. But I had to spend hundreds to hire the sound engineer to sound better than other producers. Drakes If Youre Reading This Its Too Late tracklisting: 1. Main reason they chose my beat was because I made all my tracks sound like its radio and club speaker quality. As we reported yesterday, the rather cryptic short film Jungle included footage of Drake rapping when he was a teenager, but didnt hint to the release of todays mixtape. Back then I mailed my beats to come majors. Full tracks with a good sound engineer to mixdown the tracks. With that said, the opportunities are definitely there, you just need to stay busy and persist through the negativity that surrounds your passion/goals. I wont say any names but they are really big rappers who I can say without a doubt that you've listened to their music. One works for Atlantic Records with an upcoming artist who's been on BET award shows, the other works for Warner Bros and has been booked for sessions with major artists. I do however know of a couple producers in my area who have gone to live in Los Angeles. When someone doesn't reply or takes too long to work on a simple task/project, I don't shut the door on them, I simply reschedule my plans with their slower paced workflow.īTW I live in a somewhat cold/dead network, It's tough enough to get a good following let alone get noticed by a major artist. Just hang in there, make tons of beats and bug people to help you out with features, It's what I'm currently doing myself. It seems like we have no other choice at the moment but to deal with this local "musical chairs" of a network. Finding serious artists is tiresome, so much to manage.