How does an artist make their music age well?
- Thread starter SeaSnake
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T. Sanford
T. Sanford/Trill Doggy Dog (Legion Of Trill)
Imo, by not trying to follow what's trendy. Stick to your style and your home team production. It gotta have soul in it too. That's a reason why I can peel back Atlien and it still stand the test of time
Cut back on references that may sound dated in a few years.
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Negusa Negast
This isnt about the corporation which wants a square, but a circle, something of the emotions you're trying express, the very definition of lyrical. And as stated above try not to use references that will be dated.
Don’t do what Fabolous does
LurkerSix
OG
Cut the gimmick shit and put everything into your art. Song has to transcend brief trends. For the heavy hitting classics, that a ton of people worldwide know the words to or the beat since it came out, theres a reason why you dont see certain rappers on that list. W/e cool wave is out the ride it till they jump on the next one.
semi-auto-mato
Active Member
Contrary to what others say I believe music that captures the trends and fads of a time period ages the best. Timeless music takes u back. It reminds u of the high top fade or those suede adidas.
summertime is a song that aged great. It captured our era. The way we felt when we adjusted the bass and let the alpine blast. My kids don’t even know what that means. They connecting thru Bluetooth and setting up hotspots
summertime is a song that aged great. It captured our era. The way we felt when we adjusted the bass and let the alpine blast. My kids don’t even know what that means. They connecting thru Bluetooth and setting up hotspots
LurkerSix
OG
But the majority of summertime can be related to the start of summer for different people all over.
semi-auto-mato
Active Member
the song itself is dated by his description of summer...sitting on lorenzos, alpine radio, short sets. It captures that time when we were young. Remembering the pullout radio or Lorenzo rims. if u see a nigga wearing a short set now u laughing ur ass but for us it was hot then.
the song is relatable though cause folks love summer
OGDirtyD
NAWF ATLANTA 🤟
People still jammin Brenda's got a baby? Pretty sure I havent heard anybody bumping that since MTV2 did a Oldies lineup. Even most those songs listed by the thread starter I'm sure majority of people under 24 dont find timeless or relatable and actually probably label it old shit. People who grew up to that shit going always have a biased feeling that the songs they grew up listening too are "timeless". Its all a age thing, but like somebody said when it comes to love songs usually they get a easy pass between age groups because people love those type of songs no matter the decade but RAP is another thing.
There is no right or wrong answer because sounds change. I can probably say love songs are probably the only real timeless genre.
There is no right or wrong answer because sounds change. I can probably say love songs are probably the only real timeless genre.
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Negusa Negast
Folk songs too and maybe rock