So, just for kicks, what do you consider a bigger waste of your time on an album: a decent skit, or a bad song?
I'm all for skits. Hip-hop or not. Gives the album an extra dimension of personality. It's also just part of hip-hop... it's it. You get skits, interludes, comedy routines, stories, etc... It's a fantastic aspect of the genre.
You know what, go give this album a listen and see what you think of skits afterwards:
Apart from being a stellar album, the skits really gives a sense of atmosphere. It wouldn't be nearly as good without them.
Hmmm... I'll have to add that to my queue. I can't think of any albums right now, but I know I've heard some where the skits/spoken word in between totally added to the artistic element of the album. Sounds like this is one of them.
I don't think there's anything wrong with skits if they do add something to the record.
I have a buddy recording a record right now where they were able to get an old cylinder record of someone reading from the Bible about being close to God, and then it fades into a song called Hades about going to hell. I thought not only was it cool they were able to get a cylinder record, and digitize it, but then to juxtapose it. Fantastic.
Would I prefer a good skit vs a bad song? You bet. As a matter of fact, that's another problem I have with a lot of Rap records... there's like 9 fantastic rap songs and then 18 shitty rap songs or skits, etc. that goes with that rap album... it ruins it for me. Sometimes I create playlists of those 9 songs ONLY... so I don't waste my time with them and enjoy some good rap.
Hmmm... I'll have to add that to my queue. I can't think of any albums right now, but I know I've heard some where the skits/spoken word in between totally added to the artistic element of the album. Sounds like this is one of them.
Well if you just count any spoken word as skits, then that includes
Hmmm... I'll have to add that to my queue. I can't think of any albums right now, but I know I've heard some where the skits/spoken word in between totally added to the artistic element of the album. Sounds like this is one of them.
Well if you just count any spoken word as skits, then that includes
I thought Eminem's were just annoying but Kendrick on Good Kid Madd City and TPAB definitely added to the concept of the album.
Kanye's on College Dropout make me laugh a little. There is always a bit of filler on his albums and I usually skip the skits but they're pretty funny.
Skits on rap albums (in particular) are overdone, in my opinion. As is having the first track be called "Intro", and the use of "Interlude" tracks. Just make an album of your songs. Having skits and intros and interludes is a waste of my time, as they are usually pretty unnecessary. These things went cfrom being a rare treat to being overdone regularities. They're almost like power ballads on hair metal albums...enough already.
IMO, of course.
I'm the polar opposite. I love a good intro to get your feet wet and an outro to bring some closure. But yeah, calling the intro track "Intro" or an outro track "outro" is a bit lazy. And I have an odd fascination with interludes. Some can be really good transitions ("Buried Alive" on Take Care) or a sort of appetizer ("All of the Lights Interlude" on MBDTF). Those are just a couple off the top of my head, but point is I love them. _________________ ...and for dessert!
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Skits on rap albums (in particular) are overdone, in my opinion. As is having the first track be called "Intro", and the use of "Interlude" tracks. Just make an album of your songs. Having skits and intros and interludes is a waste of my time, as they are usually pretty unnecessary. These things went cfrom being a rare treat to being overdone regularities. They're almost like power ballads on hair metal albums...enough already.
IMO, of course.
I'm the polar opposite. I love a good intro to get your feet wet and an outro to bring some closure. But yeah, calling the intro track "Intro" or an outro track "outro" is a bit lazy. And I have an odd fascination with interludes. Some can be really good transitions ("Buried Alive" on Take Care) or a sort of appetizer ("All of the Lights Interlude" on MBDTF). Those are just a couple off the top of my head, but point is I love them.
I think my point is that if you're going to do them (and some are good), don't ALWAYS do them. Don't be so predictable and don't feel that when you are making an album that you have to stick to a formula, which is what it seems like people do. I hate pulling up an album and seeing that the first track is called "Intro". I hate seeing tracks called "Interlude". And I hate that tracks are labeled as skits. (These things happen way too much). If you're going to use them, then at least be creative and give them decent names...and don't force me to know that you're doing it. Show me you care by taking a minute of your time to not have the same cookie cutter track list as the other five albums that came out that same day.
For example...the album Pump by Aerosmith has 4 short interludes and track intros. (And they never did it before or since.) But the intros are actually included as part of the tracks that follow. "Going Down" is listed as track 3.1, and is simply a very short skit that leads directly into "Love In An Elevator" (track 3.2). It actually feels like part of the song (it is), but it's not listed as a skit or an intro...it has its own track name, and the two play together as one. The other 3 are listed the same way, with .1 leading into .2. They have track names, and belong to the next song. "Water Song" doesn't look like an intro to "Janie's Got A Gun", but it most certainly is, just as "Hoodoo" leads into "Voodoo Medicine Man" and "Dulcimer Stomp" goes into "The Other Side".
I'm just wishing that if you're going to have skits and intros and interludes, be a little more creative with how you use them. The element of surprise can be a good thing. _________________ I'm leaning on the threshold
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Interludes can give you a good break from the album.
Some listeners try to get every single lyric, and for those types of people it can be nice to calm down for a few seconds.
I personally prefer a skit that has a nice beat with some vocal samples over it (MF DOOM is a master at this..) rather than a silly scene with someone getting shot and people yelling and shit.
I feel like skits, if used, should be separate tracks (similar to Kanyes older stuff) not just plonked on the start or end of a track; this is especially irritating when adding songs to playlists etc. and having to sit through/skip a skit. Also, i have no problem if the skits give some introspective context to the album or help tell the story but if they are just pointless and silly and don't even go with the rest of the album then they can become very irritating, particularly if there are multiple skits of this type on one album.
basically, keep em relevant and keep em separate. _________________ overall / 2017 / spotify
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