French Rap Collabo

[ellaguru]

"voilà" a video of a rapper ("rappeur" in french, eheh), with wich i will start a collaboration, he had sorted some albums and e.p. yet.
i knew him 3 years ago but i had loose his traces, now we reniewed the contact.
his name in this project is Kemiargola.
look at this interesting video he realised.

http://www.kemiargola.com/clip.htm


(i have to remix it, too)


peace guyz!

[Les Braun]

Cool track and video, gramps
I'm looking forward to hearing these collabs, man
Keep it banging.

[ellaguru]

Cool track and video, gramps
I'm looking forward to hearing these collabs, man
Keep it banging.

ahah
i will try it...
this the first time i make a collaboration with a rapper...
what are your advices? i know you had collaborated with some rappers...

[Ill Green]

Congrats ella on that gig!!! I don't speak french but "my head feels like a plastic bag" chorus had me laughing!!!

My only advice is this:

Drums over samples and rapper over beat.

Meaning the drums should be a bit louder than the samples and the rapper should be a bit louder than the beat. The rapper is the main attraction so don't bury his vocals within the beat or same volume as the beat. Just a notch or two above the rest. Dig?

[ormo]

^^^^^^^

do that.

[ellaguru]

Congrats ella on that gig!!! I don't speak french but "my head feels like a plastic bag" chorus had me laughing!!!

My only advice is this:

Drums over samples and rapper over beat.

Meaning the drums should be a bit louder than the samples and the rapper should be a bit louder than the beat. The rapper is the main attraction so don't bury his vocals within the beat or same volume as the beat. Just a notch or two above the rest. Dig?

thanx men!
i appreciate guyz!

and thanx for the advice too:
very clear and direct
i would like to try however something different, something without beat, only mental almost absent beat, vocals on first plan naturally (vocals? i'm still reasoning like an old indie rocker ahaha, it's not my fault guys, i'm coming from that world, that's my origins ahah, ok instead of vocals i will try to see that like a "rap"...you see? it's my first rap collabo...)..
but..
ok, i'll see what to do...

[polyphonics]

it'll be interesting to see how you attempt to get away from 'the beat'

maybe something like Dalek? He uses interesting layers of sounds to almost "replace" the standard drum beat...

Dälek / Faust - T-Electronique

I dig what RJD2 is doing currently...

Let There Be Horns - RJD2 (lala popup player)

Jay Electronica kinda downplays the beat as well at least here on Exhibit C

[Les Braun]

Cool track and video, gramps
I'm looking forward to hearing these collabs, man
Keep it banging.

ahah
i will try it...
this the first time i make a collaboration with a rapper...
what are your advices? i know you had collaborated with some rappers...

Hmmm...everytime when you finish a beat, keep the ROLAND folder of your CF card saved somewhere on your computer; you never know when an MC will want to use said beat, and if he wants something a bit changed.
Also remember what samples you use, of course
I can't think of much else at the moment, I haven't collabed with that many rappers yet

[Ill Green]

Thats a slick idea, the beat will be in your mind. Haha!

Yep yep, thats how you do it, keep it to the roots where you came from and evolve with something insane. Or revolutionize.

[ellaguru]

it'll be interesting to see how you attempt to get away from 'the beat'

maybe something like Dalek? He uses interesting layers of sounds to almost "replace" the standard drum beat...

dalek is a great band. very interesting.
don't know if i will move to that direction for this sort of remix i have to do, but it's a good imput however.

[ellaguru]

Hmmm...everytime when you finish a beat, keep the ROLAND folder of your CF card saved somewhere on your computer; you never know when an MC will want to use said beat, and if he wants something a bit changed.
Also remember what samples you use, of course
I can't think of much else at the moment, I haven't collabed with that many rappers yet

thanx again...
but i'm on smartmedia...

[Les Braun]

well i'm sure that the samples are saved in some folder in like smp format or something, just keep those