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Drake’s “Teenage Fever” is one of the standout tracks on his latest album, More Life, and rising Toronto producer Hagler is the man behind the beat. He’s worked A$AP Ferg, Ty Dolla $ign, Vince Staples and many other artists—and previously produced on Drake’s “Fire & Desire.” The beat for “Teenage Fever,” however, has been years in the making for Hagler. Read more on Genius: https://genius.com/a/the-making-of-drake-s-teenage-fever-with-hagler Read all the lyrics to "Teenage Fever" on Genius: https://genius.com/Drake-teenage-fever-lyrics Subscribe to Genius: http://bit.ly/2cNV6nz Genius on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Genius Genius on Instagram: http://instagram.com/genius Genius on Facebook: https://facebook.com/Geniusdotcom http://genius.com

"You have to understand" Senegal's Baaba Maal observes, "what instruments you have to put together." The importance of the talking drum and other instruments in West African music are discussed in this excerpt from a 2005 documentary by the BBC's Robin Denslow. Created by Island Records founder Chris Blackwell (Bob Marley, U2, Grace Jones etc.) The Palm Channel will present some of the highlights from our catalogue, an eclectic mix of original short films, interviews from our archives exploring the roots and branches of Jamaican music, and much more. Palm Pictures has always pushed musical boundaries and encouraged unlikely collaborations. Since the late 90's it has been a leader in the convergence of music and film, producing and distributing music documentaries, arthouse & foreign cinema, and music videos. Subscribe : https://goo.gl/BV2SJb Like our Facebook page : https://goo.gl/Fu74E1 Follow Us on Twitter : https://goo.gl/uv8zdj Visit our website : http://goo.gl/LaHHZt

Watch the full 47-min series at: https://mwtm.org/itt_103 In this sneak peek, Leslie Brathwaite reveals Cardi B’s vocal chain and explains his approach to EQ, compression, de-essing and more. This 81-minute video explores the mixing process behind Cardi B’s iconic hit single ‘Bongos’ featuring Megan Thee Stallion. Uncover the secrets to mixing A-list collaborations and learn how to enhance groove and musicality from one of the world’s best engineers. Leslie breaks down his complete mixing workflow, highlighting his preferences for certain techniques and plugins that help him to achieve his signature sound.

In this clip, Kendrick Lamar reveals his step-by-step process for how to start writing a rap… Complete from having nothing on the page to an eventual fully completed song.  ————— How To Write A Rap On Any Topic In 20 Mins. Or Less (FREE RAP COURSE): https://htr.freestylefortnight.com/kendrickwritingprocess ————— TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Kendrick On How To Start Writing A Rap #1 0:25 Step #1 Find A Beat To Match Your Original Thoughts  2:00 Kendrick On How To Start Writing A Rap #2 2:40 Step #2 Keep A Library of Notes For The Emotions You’re Feeling  3:24 Eminem On How To Start Writing A Rap 4:16 Free Writing A Rap Course 4:45 Kendrick On How To Start Writing A Rap #3 5:31 Step #3 Authenticity Over Audience  8:02 Kendrick On How To Start Writing A Rap #4 8:31 Step #4 Once You’re Done, You’re Done  9:31 Comment and Pick Up Your Free Courses ————— FULL ARTICLE ON THIS TOPIC: https://rapgamenow.com/how-to-start-writing-a-rap-kendrick/ In this clip, Kendrick Lamar reveals his step-by-step process for how to start writing a rap complete from having nothing on the page to an eventual fully completed song.  In a minute, we’ll watch King Kenny describe where and how he actually gathers though ‘pre-meditated thoughts’ that he mentioned that serves as the seeds for the emotion of the track…  …But the statement you’ve just heard from Kendrick serves as step #1 of the Kendrick Lamar method on how to start writing a rap:  Now, as YouTube’s most subscribed channel on How To Rap we’ve been coaching rappers from around the world for nearly a decade now, and not every rapper’s writing process is the exact same.  Some rappers listen to a variety of beats and then instantly grab inspiration from the emotion the beat brings up in them, and then reverse engineers their lyrics to find that beat.  Jay-Z notably works that way, as exemplified in the story of the creation of his Kanye West-produced anthem “Never Change” where Hov immediately wrote the song to match the emotion of the beat upon hearing.  Kendrick Lamar on the other hand has a lifetime of experiences and emotions locked up and/or written down that he stores in soul, and then after the fact finds beats to match those feelings.  If you’re interested in implementing the Kendrick Lamar writing process to learn how to start writing a rap, first identify your original pre-meditated thoughts, and then find a beat that will match the emotional tone of what you’re thinking.  Although we think of rappers as being hardcore, no-fear-no-emotion types of characters, the truth of the matter is in order to be a life changing songwriting they have to be in touch with how they’re feeling and what they experience in order to convert it into the creative format of songwriting.  Often the better a rapper is at identifying their emotions, the better they are at expressing them.  Kendrick Lamar has described his personal development in the skill of emotional identification for the purposes of writing a song through his tip in step #2: keep a library of notes for the emotions you’re feeling.  The reason it’s important to take notes in order to know how to start writing a rap with the Eminem-Kendrick approach is in that on any given day, week, or month, we go through so many experiences that it’s likely we’ll forget exactly how we were feeling in detail enough to make a song out of it.  Therefore, it’s a sound creative model to have a notes app full of ideas of what one COULD rap about if the right beat comes along.  FULL ARTICLE CONTINUED: https://rapgamenow.com/how-to-start-writing-a-rap-kendrick/

Here's how some of the greatest rappers make rhymes. From the simple nursery rhyme–like bars of Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks" to the smooth East Coast flow of Notorious B.I.G.'s hit song "Hypnotize" to the speedy delivery of Kendrick Lamar's "Rigamortis," rhyming in rap music has not only evolved, it's gotten better. The video above explores how some of the greatest rappers of all time create memorable, lyrically dense rhymes. And here's a playlist highlighting songs that are prime examples of how great rhyming in rap can be: https://open.spotify.com/user/estellecaswell/playlist/5KpHR1UysAms2zssDHeSbZ Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o

Willow Smith and producer Chris Greatti dive into the intricacies of their collaboration on the song 'Big Feelings' in an episode of Variety’s Behind the Song, shedding light on their creative process and the emotional depth embedded in the track. Watch more Behind the Song videos from Variety: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLx_Nt-I7Viqw0ucHEhbIAG5JP7zr5M7i Subscribe to Variety on YouTube: http://bit.ly/VarietySubscribe Connect: http://www.facebook.com/variety http://www.instagram.com/variety http://www.twitter.com/variety

Join us as we dive into the process of how Tinashe and Ricky Reed made this summer's internet sensation, 'Nasty'. In this exclusive behind the song video, we get into the different elements of the track, how they kept the production simple and the reception of the viral line "somebody gonna match my freak." Watch more Behind the Song videos from Variety: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLx_Nt-I7Viqw0ucHEhbIAG5JP7zr5M7i