@@vansthamans2207You say that when people don't understand common things that actually matter. Not a rap song that sounds the same as the rest. NLE choppa on top tho he actually switches up his flow constantly
@@ZackAngelMusic I think it might be a reference to the "Foku Me" boy (Gipsy Rapper) who also has the "Jigu Bigule" hit song which also has turned into an epic remix of Gangnam Style, among many others (if you can still find them online that is). Go figure.
@__Aiden__ That's not giving enough credit to producers from today, tho. A lot of people give them flack for using sample packs and not being original enough. Even though, in most cases, they actually either made the sample from scratch or mixed the sample in creatively to the point you can't tell they used one. And I'm not saying this is new. It's a technique that's been going on for decades.
@newfreenayshaun6651 I respectfully disagree. The hard truth is no idea is original to begin with. Everything draws inspiration from somewhere else. That doesn't mean you can't make unique music still. It does exist, it's just WAY harder to find with the industry driving the sound in a certain direction. I guarantee you there's still unique music, but I also guarantee it's still in some way derivate of some other genre or style. That's just how music works and how it's always worked.
I don’t think Rick was disrespectful at all here. He is saying “flat” because a lot of tracks are pitch shifted from standard guitar tuning. He wasn’t saying it was bad.
No he didn't mean that. Led Zeppelin tuned to 432 hz and were flat in the absolute sense you're talking about. This is an insult because he's saying the flute is flat compared to the rest of the track.
@@michaelfavata2720 I dunno I'm pretty sure Rick is savvy enough to understand that dissonance can be a creative choice. It's not like the people who produced the track don't know it's flat.
@xjhintonx Rick is savvy enough to know that dissonance can be a creative choice. But nothing about that is in conflict with hating this beat. He makes a face because this dissonance is not an intelligent creative choice in his judgment. To his ears (and mine) it sounds amateurish and bad, whether intended or unintended.
@@michaelfavata2720 that makes sense. U think you havent developed the consciousness necessary for reading and vibing with that specific type of music/culture? Just like I probably havent developed that in certain genres or music you are interested in? or do u generally f with trap but dont like that specific track for aesthetic reasons?
Yep samples are deliberately resampled and repitched. He’s always coming at it from a music theory perspective, I wanna see what he can do with an SP or MPC
@@ondemandslapperandclapper you could just say that you don't this type of music. This is not what every rap song is like. People like Kendrick and J. Cole produce lyrical rap (deeper message in their songs). Another example is lil wayne; an artist that uses these type of beats but has extremely in depth lyrics and hidden meanings. I personally prefer this type of music, but I don't go around trashing on other genres.
Wrong. He pronounced it properly. People with an iq over 74 don't think its that hard to add that extra "C" and DO AND "YO". it's just not. Intentional ignorance and illiteracy isn't cool
@@yellowgold4366idk, my pronunciations of words is heavily fucked up now because i learned japanese, so if i try to pronouce an english word that i dont know and its odd, then i rely on my Japanese pronunciations of vowels rather than my english one… i need to relearn english, it fucking sucks
@@charliestevenson3500 It also produced a lot more good singers aggregately. It's just that, they're _still as rare_ within the crowd of all professionals. So yeah, from that perspective it's +1-1=0 net, but overall there's actually noticeable growth.
@@moorob27 you speaking of specific notes, the guitarist telling that key is in tune but its flat (out of tune) its like you're singing on key but you can't reach the very exact note
@@xjindae830 are you talking about hitting wrong notes in the scale or is it just the whole thing is out of tune? And if it is out of tune, is that something they do intentionally or is it poor craftsmanship?
@@BACKDOORBROWNIE710No its because even I could right that song in literally 20 minutes. It's basically just finding words that rhime. I really don't see any Musica talent in this song.
@@evanjohnson3762do it then. It’s not just words that rhyme. It’s a solid beat with a good mix despite maybe a lacking melody. Don’t forget you’d be rapping the words, which, idk if you’ve ever rapped before but getting a good recording of rap is a lot harder than it sounds
@@evanjohnson3762even if I’m completely wrong and you would easily make a song just like this, since when was the criteria for a good song for it to be complex? Music ain’t a competition, the best songs are often the simplest because they’re catchy. This doesn’t make them bad, since as long has music has existed, it’s almost always been about singing and dancing along
@warnerbrohamer8050 J Cole is ok, not a fan of Kendrick. There are 100 90s rappers you've likely never heard of that are much much better. Denzel just sounds like the rest of the new rappers to me
@@Wide_leaf_indica710millions of people like the song. A song doesn’t have to be complex to be good, if you knew anything about music you would know that
@abhishekn7200 he said the that one of the notes of the flute melody is flat (b) which means that the note is bit lower than it needs to be. He did say that it's basic tho
@@JWRLD999Lyricshe's a 70 year old explaining this is basic ass music and the artist doesn't spend time to make anything worthwhile. I get every music has its place but this modern hip hop is str8 basura
@@Mannyr-bu7qvyou gotta learn everyone got an opinion on what they like. Sometimes simple is better! This guy clearly likes it and you clearly don’t let’s leave it at that. Don’t matter how much work it takes clearly people still like it
My dad could do this with any song on the guitar. All he had to do was hear the music 2 or 3 times and he could play the entire melody. He died at the age of 52. He was just starting to get back into music again.
I'm so glad that Rick, with all his amazing skill at ear training, was able to pick out this tune for us. Perhaps he'll do an entire tutorial with a split screen tablature on it so we can all attempt to add it to our repertoire.
@@cr250r9 weird way to look at it. song is really good in the club and at a concert, it's simple, catchy and everybody can sing along. what do you enjoy listening to?
Yo sorry to do this, but would any of you guys be willing to give give me honest feedback and help on what to do better? I’m not a producer at all and, I’d love some advice and suggestions on how I can get my voice to stick and sound more clear/distinct on beat!
@@mattjimenez1304 If it was ABOVE the correct note he'd probably still say flat, not sharp. It's just a broad term people use for stuff being harmonically off. Only place I heard people say "too sharp" is in vocals.
@@mattjimenez1304usually people just say flat because it’s just typically more used then sharp. for example b flat is the same as a sharp, however people just tend to say b flat more as it is just typically more convenient.
@@Nicodearl It's not hard to understand. Simple 8th note rhythms that never change. No variation, no complexity, literally nothing interesting about it. And they ALL do it. It's all exactly the fucking same. You can take any artist like this and it all sounds like exactly the same song. People say the album is dead, but the reality is that people make such boring, generic, unoriginal music these days that nobody could stand listening to a whole album of it.
@@Potent1alit was like 5-10 years ago by now, don’t remember where but he says “all rappers today have the same exact flow, every song is just duh duh duh duh duh duh duh, duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh” basically
@@NickRigas-rd3zv He wasn't making fun of the melodies lmao, he was saying everyone was using the same flow with mumble rappers and maybe originated with future
I am a musician and music teacher for 26 years. As many of us are, I am as open minded as they come when it comes to music. That being said, I was just talking to my 15 yer old son about this stuff, and how one dimensional it is. It all sounds the same. There are tons of rappers making music that doesn't sound like this. Those are the ones that will move the genre forward. Andersen.Paak, Kendric, Cordae...those are the guys who will be around for a long time and help rap get better. It's like in the 50's when all the rock and roll songs sounded the same. Eventually, it diversified. Love your stuff, Rick...from a central New Yorker!
Bro I think you lack the ability to vibe. The rappers you listed (Kendrick and Cordae) make a lot of politcal rap that has a time and a place. Most people don't want to hear Kendrick going on about the current state of the world when they're just driving to work. Even Kendrick knows this which is why he put SIlent Hill on his latest album. Not everything needs to be super meaningful my guy
I can vibe. It's not the content of the lyrics I'm talking about, but the fact that the backing tracks and rhythm and timbre of the songs and voices all sound the same. I don't care what they talk about. Even going back to the 80's and 90's the artists all sounded different. Today's rap is very one dimensional. It's the rappers that set themselves apart musically that will have longevity. 90% of rappers are 1 or 2 hit wonders@@chad_usa
@@chad_usa oh the same comment again. I guess this guy could be fabricating what he is saying but so could you. If we were to believe him to be a musician for 26 years wouldn't you think a musician knows how to listen to music and have fun? It seems to me you are trying to defend your own ego here
@@Roockert Yes you're right, I made an assumption that he lacks the ability to vibe and I used the words "I think" (as I don't know for sure). I don't understand why you think I'm trying to defend my ego. I can't even tell you what my ego would be based on my reply. I just stated that there is a time and a place for different types of music including Gunna.
You and your son should listen to Kanye West. Although his views may steer some people off, he’s most certainly one of the most influential musicians in the 21st century. Check his stuff out.
Because this isn’t singing, it’s rapping. The focus is on the lyrics not the notes. Most rap involves absolutely zero music theory it’s completely different from your traditional music. Listen to someone like Tyler the Creator, he makes some very nice music and each of his albums are like completely different styles/moods, he’s the most musical rapper I know
I think a great deal of the shows he did with Chick Corea a few years back was improvised, by both of them. It really kind of gave the listener a direct tap into their musically genius minds. It felt intimate and vulnerable, and I felt privileged to experience it. Great video. 👍
@@krnswn2496 Actually it would. Rappers are the ones who use the most auto tune to the max as an effect, so yeah the notes matter 😅 You 99 times out of 100 won't know music theory as a rapper but you'll inevitably be rapping on one of the notes of the pentatonic, and you'll fluctuate above and below that target note in a sorta "micro melody" fashion. The whole time, the focus is on the rhythm and poetry, quite literally. Calling some rap poetry can seem as a stretch, but the fact how you have to study, even if informally or growing up with it, how words are divided into strong and weak syllables and how sentences already have their own rhythmic cadences if you learn how to notice them. It's a version of singing, no doubt about it. I wanna see people actually try and rap and see if it is easy 😂 You'll be out of breath on the second line if you don't know what you're doing. And don't get me started on how amazing freestyling is. Once you slowly start learning, you realize how difficult and how liberating it is to allow your mind to enter into a flow state of rhythmic poetry, especially as you can speak of whatever you want. Rap gets a bad rap because of what we see topping the charts, but theoretically rap has privied us to lots of developments in the art of lyricism and singing. I love Rick but the fact that he never seems to get that nuance baffles me because he is so knowledgeable musically.
Nice club banger ... Pregame song Workout song I like the eerie sound then the explosion of base Gunnas delivery is kinda smooth There are things to like about the song
The flat bit is actually pretty cool. It’s very mellotron like - which would always drift and wobble a bit in pitch. Not my kind of music at all. But I dig texture.
@@spaghettisauce445 And why not? You've probably heard like 5 club bangers and dismissed the whole genre. Listen to Sing About Me I'm Dying Of Thirst or Devil In A New Dress or Changes (by 2Pac) or The World Is Yours and tell me those songs are objectively bad.
@@JonDowdI agree but this gunna song (and most of his discography imo) is just not it. If your song is going to be simple at least give it some effort, gunna just comes off as soulless on all his songs. Same droning vocals with zero inflection or character.
@@kone4779 maybe you just don’t like or understand hip hop as much as other genres, you come off as someone who’s seen and knows it all but that’s just your perspective based on the music you’ve previously heard.
@@milk5002 you clearly didn’t read my comment. Even tho it’s very mainstream, it’s still a banger. So being mainstream doesn’t make it good, but it can be both. Example: fukumean
