FIRST RAP???

[JohnFogarty]

http://usfirst.org/uploadedFiles/Dre...Build%20It.mp3


we laughed our butts off when we heard this at the championship today XD

[Tetraman]

Not as good at the two other songs that were made for FIRST.

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by Tetraman

Not as good at the two other songs that were made for FIRST.

Those make great ringtones at The Championship!

[Tanner]

I thought the song was ok. Not the best song, but something I certainly would listen to. Little bit too much synth/modulation, but still good in my opinion.

-Tanner

[ttldomination]

The "...What The?" was my response. It seems like an extremely strained song. Things just don't seem to flow, and it makes me wonder who did the editing.

But I did listen to it, and my favorite verse was along the lines of:
Dean Kamen,
He's the man.
If he can't do it,
maybe you can.

[Tanner]

Originally Posted by ttldomination

The "...What The?" was my response. It seems like an extremely strained song. Things just don't seem to flow, and it makes me wonder who did the editing.

Yeah it did seem strained in some places. Like when the guy singing is trying to rhyme/rap "Science and Technology"

-Tanner

[bobwrit]

Originally Posted by Tetraman

Not as good at the two other songs that were made for FIRST.

Other two? What other 2 songs?

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by bobwrit

Other two? What other 2 songs?

Art's going to reach his bandwidth limit if we keep this up:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...&postcount=141

Autotune needs to die. Several years ago, preferably.

[santosh]

Originally Posted by CraigHickman

Autotune needs to die. Several years ago, preferably.

As someone heavily involved in the mainstream hiphop/urban music industry... If autotune was dead several years ago, then most of the stuff put out by many artists would not be as high quality.
"Autotune" is used to help tube voices to a certain extent by many artists in pop and rap. Altering certain settings within it allow for the "T-pain" voice.

And yeah, no offense FIRST, but that song was absolutely horrible. I nearly had a hernia form upon listening to it the first time.

Originally Posted by santosh

As someone heavily involved in the mainstream hiphop/urban music industry... If autotune was dead several years ago, then most of the stuff put out by many artists would not be as high quality.
"Autotune" is used to help tube voices to a certain extent by many artists in pop and rap. Altering certain settings within it allow for the "T-pain" voice.

And yeah, no offense FIRST, but that song was absolutely horrible. I nearly had a hernia form upon listening to it the first time.

As someone who is a music tech major, and derives a significant portion of my income through audio engineering and production, auto tune is a replacement for talent. If they can't sing, they shouldn't make music. Tech should not replace good music making skills, and the ability to sing.

Also, by "altering settings" I believe you're referring to the digital artifacts left over by modulating the pitch too far, in addition to limiting/filtering certain frequencies. The "T-Pain" effect is several filters and plugins in addition to just Auto Tune.

[Mr. Lim]

Call me crazy, but I just listened to it for the very first time, and think it's actually pretty darn good...

I've even gone so far as to add it to my MP3 player.

Kind of weird that if a song isn't about blatantly self-destructive behaviour, it's automatically a "bad" song.

In fact, change to premise of this song to any two of: money, drugs, women or cars, and then replace every third word with a questionable/made-up/swear word or grunt - well then you pretty much have every T-Pain song ever made.

Originally Posted by Mr. Lim

Call me crazy, but I just listened to it for the very first time, and think it's actually pretty darn good...

I've even gone so far as to add it to my MP3 player.

Kind of weird that if a song isn't about blatantly self-destructive behaviour, it's automatically a "bad" song.

In fact, change to premise of this song to any two of: money, drugs, women or cars, and then replace every third word with a questionable/made-up/swear word or grunt - well then you pretty much have every T-Pain song ever made.

The lyrics and content of the song are good, uplifting concepts. It's the execution that I am not a fan of.

[JackG]

Originally Posted by CraigHickman

The lyrics and content of the song are good, uplifting concepts.

I think that's part of what makes it so funny. The only place that stuff like "Let's work together, we all want to shine," is found is typically in theme songs for children's shows. Putting it in a rap, a genre typically known for drawing upon such topics as drugs, lust, street culture, etc makes for a humorous combination. People have tried to use rap for other sort of stuff before, and the result has often been unintentional humor. This is a another good example of that.

I'm too young and (relatively) new to FIRST to remember the other musical compositions written about FIRST. Can anybody tell me how this compares?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by JackG

I'm too young and (relatively) new to FIRST to remember the other musical compositions written about FIRST. Can anybody tell me how this compares?

Travis posted the link to a post that links to both of them already. Right above the autotune debate.