[Ryan West]

Lol...wow you found some old stuff. I still believe that is true.

Originally Posted by bigstig

i did and came across a remix interview with the absolute best quote ever!
I think he really hit the nail on the head. Thanks Ken and Ryan for taking the time to share the craft.


Remix: What would you like to see brought back from hip-hop’s past, if anything?
RW: Songwriting! Not to say that there aren't some downright talented songwriters making hip-hop records, but the vast majority of commercially available music lacks any sense of the craft. There are a ton of really well crafted, thought provoking, personal and political, socially valuable rap songs from the past 25 to 30 years, but I don't hear many new ones these days. A few, but not many. If your song consists of an 8 bar beat, two verses that say nothing more than how rich you are and how many cars you have, and hook that has two words, one of them being profane and profoundly ignorant, you don't get to call yourself a songwriter. That's just my opinion, of course, but I think that's one of the reasons why record sales are in the toilet. Creativity is subjective, but if the only message in your song is an anatomical reference or self congratulatory rant, you should hang it up. If we can't bring songwriting back, I'd settle for NWA. In my living room. Yeah, that's what I want!