[blayz2002]

deuc647...while there may be some examples of bad mixes with Hip Hop, I think the reason you have to have the vocal sitting slightly above every thing else is to with the fact that as apposed to singing where the melodies and harmonies can at the same time gel into the track and still cut through. With Rap your talking about about rythym, and not so much melody which I find unless you make it lead (bearing in mind the rest of the track is likely to be pretty rythmic) the vocal just sounds almost like a weak performance, partly because a lot of tracks are about energy, and if the rapper isn't loud you don't have the energy. I tend to set my drums > bass > then vocals > everything else is support.