edan question

fauna · Post by **fauna** » Sat May 09, 2009 5:53 pm

i have a feeling i'm gonna get my head blown off for this, BUT....

am i the only person in the world who really dislikes Edan's vocal delivery?

i love his production.

i like his lyrics.

but i think his vocal style just tries SO hard to sound black and have street cred....especially frustrating given that his shit would stand on its own without this. i don't know a LOT of his stuff, but that vox style's in everything i've got.

to me its like dudes from north america singing with an english accent. you know, it sounds okay until you think about it a bit. and then its like wait a minute....wft?

now again, i know there are a lotta dudes on here who like this guy (and i do too), but i feel like i'm the only one in the world who's got a problem with this part of the dude's stuff, so i thought i'd see.

am i alone here?

Les Braun · Post by **Les Braun** » Sat May 09, 2009 5:58 pm

Yeeeah I don't like his voice that much either. I think Rodan would sound pretty decent over his beats, though.

crayon · Post by **crayon** » Sat May 09, 2009 6:07 pm

his production is all i really listen to the guy for, if that says anything.

hurlingdervish · Post by **hurlingdervish** » Sat May 09, 2009 6:08 pm

yea he doesn't need to do it like that, hed be good in his own way. maybe all he needs is some voice transformer or megaphone

JayLost · Post by **JayLost** » Sat May 09, 2009 6:17 pm

never heard of that dude :oops:

Teewok · Post by **Teewok** » Sat May 09, 2009 6:19 pm

me neither lol

niq names · Post by **niq names** » Sat May 09, 2009 6:43 pm

yeah it can be bothersome. i mean i once sent him a free copy of autotune and he sent it back...lol

nah. i dig em tho but @ first it thru me off cuz i had peeped what he looked like b4 hand. yet theres plenty of ppl who dont sound like they look. take that biggie sound alike shyne or whatever. and mike tyson

niq names · Post by **niq names** » Sat May 09, 2009 6:45 pm

yet ive heard of austrailian hip hop using american accents as well... yet i dont really know why...

Les Braun · Post by **Les Braun** » Sat May 09, 2009 7:15 pm

niq names wrote:yet ive heard of austrailian hip hop using american accents as well... yet i dont really know why...

Well, there's swiss reggae with people talking with jamaican accents...

niq names · Post by **niq names** » Sat May 09, 2009 7:18 pm

its gotta be in the water...

Platypus Beird · Post by **Platypus Beird** » Sat May 09, 2009 7:26 pm

I like Edan, that color joint off his new one was ill, sing it shitface was dope, and that one about stealing peoples shit too...agree on his voice though and his "trying to hard" thing, but it doesn't bother me that much

ghost bazz · Post by **ghost bazz** » Sat May 09, 2009 7:31 pm

I always kindof thought of it as an East Coast, NY/Boston accent. Doesn't really bother me.

What do you guys think of Paul Barman's steelo? He's got some dope/hilarious flows. Peep it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oCpTuVgm9s

JayLost · Post by **JayLost** » Sat May 09, 2009 7:48 pm

im gunna make a album with a hindu accent

hurlingdervish · Post by **hurlingdervish** » Sat May 09, 2009 8:02 pm

Count Sierackula wrote: NY/Boston accent.

definitely a left coaster to say that haha. redsox fans would kill you if you said they had a ny accent. im also not a redsox fan

actually second listening it sounds like hes going for a "chill" beastie boys

ColeRockLee · Post by **ColeRockLee** » Sat May 09, 2009 8:11 pm

Just checked out a couple tracks. You could go with the "trying too hard" argument, could as easily be the dude is really into the shit he's saying. Sounds to me like he hears the shit in his head in voice other than his own and maybe models his delivery after that. When I used to freestyle and write I always heard the shit in my head as if NARD from Do or Die was spitting it or sometimes RBX. Edan's shit sounds dope to me.