Chapter 88: Rapping and Singing

After all, Ah Jiu once wanted to be a musician, and he still has some knowledge of the type of music. Rap, hip-hop culture, he also knows a little bit.

Korea is a place with a strong hip-hop culture, and YG has a foothold based on it. However, in Ah Jiu's view, South Korea's hip-hop culture, and even the hip-hop culture in East Asia, compared with the United States, the birthplace of hip-hop, of course refers to the heyday of the last century, which almost distorts the essence of hip-hop culture.

Nowadays, when it comes to hip-hop culture, it is either about form, such as a certain idol to rap, or to focus on skills, for example, a B-box, a freestyle, a few rhymes, and a few overlapping tails, which seems to be very cool.

But these are all small skills, and the essence of real hip-hop culture is the spirit he wants to express, not these external things.

The real rap gods, rappers, don't sing about showing off their money, showing off how expensive their shoes are, how expensive their clothes are, what sports cars they drive, what horses they soak, they don't promote these drunken things. They were concerned with children, women, war, slums, and they conveyed a spirit of indomitable and courageous, stubborn and steadfast. How can it be a trick to show off your wealth or show off your handsomeness?

Real hip-hop is a roar, a kind of shouting. True rap is about expressing meaning, not a tactful voice.

So Ah Jiu actually hates a song with a few rap sentences mixed in.

Even if it's a girlhood song, he doesn't like it.

But Mr. Yu has explained why he did it. This is related to the positioning of idol groups, an idol group, its composition, will definitely not be because of music, but because of business. Since it is a business, you have to consider what is your position in the team of a team member.

For example, an idol team must have a lead singer. There are more than a dozen people, and there may be only three lead singers, which is enough, but what about the rest?

Some of them are trained to be actors in the future, and their faces are beautiful and their acting skills are okay, but singing is not necessarily. So at this time, they can't be as high-pitched as the lead singer, can they stand next to them as a background wall when they perform together?

The producer obviously has to think about this, there is no way, arrange a few raps. The general meaning is, you can't sing it, it's always okay, right?

This is a reluctant move, but also a commercial consideration and compromise.

And some of the other groups, they do rap, it's all about creating a posture that is different from you. This kind of YG is better at it, and their artists, after reaching a certain level, will show off to varying degrees, some are showing off their wealth, some are showing off their connections, etc., the purpose is to make fans feel that their favorite idol is already a successful person, and is already a successful role model.

But there's a huge logical loophole in this, what is the source of their success?

When they show off these in front of their fans, they obviously forget that everything about them is given by these friends who contributed concert tickets, album sales, and even Internet clicks. What they show off is not their own strength.

It's not so taken for granted.

But this was ignored and no one noticed.

Similarly, an even stranger thing that Ah Jiu has not been able to understand.

For example, the idol industry, the artist industry.

As the old saying goes, no gentleman doesn't raise an artist. The meaning of this sentence can be summarized as follows: artists are 'raised'. In ancient times, people were divided into nine streams, artists, celebrities, etc., all of them were inferior to the ninth rate, why?

It's a profession that depends on the giving of people. He is not like a craftsman, I work, I get paid. It's not like a farmer, I farm, I get paid. As an artist, no matter how hard you work, the remuneration you get is only related to people's preferences. This is a two-way unfair and unequal thing, for artists, many artists, he works harder than anyone else, but he doesn't get the pay he deserves. And some people, who are obviously passive and arrogant, can also get a lot of compensation. It's an unfairness, and there's another injustice that lies with the audience.

Everyone has a young twilight when the likes that artists get can't be simple likes, they are all purposeful and targeted likes. Between the same sex, I want to be you, and between the opposite sex, I want to get you.

But the reality is extremely realistic, after a long time, you will find that you can't become him between the same sex, and between the opposite sex, you will find that you can't get him. At this time, it is the time for the so-called 'depowdering'.

Some people can take it lightly, while many people will turn into hatred. Why do you hate? Because he paid money, time, and even the good years that he should have been in love but didn't. But he didn't get anything, he felt stupid, but human nature just wouldn't admit that he was stupid, so he got angry. The ancients classified artists as inferior, and farmers and craftsmen as superior, probably because of this.

An excellent artist obviously understands this truth. In South Korea, the real TOPSTAR, they rarely expose their lives. It's not that their lives are unspeakable, but that they know how they got their lives, and he knows that they live a lot more than the people who like them. This superficial truth is that you can't share blessings, or at least you can't make people hungry when you eat meat...... They treat acting or singing as a job, and when there is a job, I come out to work hard and professionally, and then get paid, which seems to be a lot of reason.

Therefore, many vested interests in the entertainment industry will often talk about 'dedication'. For example, how dangerous it is to hang Weiya, how hard it is to stay up late in filming, and so on. They are misleading and making people decide that their return is justified.

But in reality, it's quite paradoxical. Because your efforts are for your own return, and 90% of the work in this world is harder than that of artists.

These reasons are simple, but the authorities are always confused. Brokerage companies make money, in fact, it is by relying on such a superficial truth, which is why, idol wants to be in batches, because these truths are not complicated, at a certain age, everyone will understand, and at this time, people who have grown up with this group of people should retire.

Ah Jiu doesn't want Taeyeon to rap, and it has something to do with his understanding of the song.

Songs are called songs, and songs are important, but words are even more important. The ancient people's strict requirements for words can be known by looking at the Song Ci and the Book of Songs. It's the same in foreign countries, the Homeric epics, the oldest long narrative poems of mankind, which are not meant to be read, but sung. A person's memory of what the ear hears, singing is always faster than reciting.

The requirements of the ancients for lyrics can be simply summarized as, except for the song, it should be a poem. The requirements are not only the rhyme of the lyrics and songs, but also the degree of language refinement.

A song should have a long aftertaste. That's a song, not a rap.

Rap, in terms of words, is obviously rough. It is very refreshing for a person to force others to hear what he means by talking a lot, at a fast speed, and by bombing, but it is not a sin for those who listen.

But perhaps for fans, this is not the case. But for Ah Jiu, what he hates the most is that a person talks endlessly in front of him, if a person can't explain the meaning of a thing in a few words, obviously he himself doesn't know enough about it. The time of a song, the meaning that needs to be expressed, does not need to be much. I haven't heard of a truly timeless song that has become a classic by constantly instilling a certain idea.

It's hard for rap to become a classic, and there's another problem. Rap things, in order to resonate more quickly, are all about the moment. And the present now, in the future, means obsolete. A few years ago, the rap showed off the wealth may be talking about the iphone4, but in a few years, the iPhone will already be out of 9, so it obviously doesn't resonate much.

And the truly timeless song is one that you listen to fifty years later, and it can still make your heart ripple. This is like when we read ancient poems and Song Ci now, although its melody has dissipated in history, we can still understand the mood and thoughts of the lyricist at that time just by looking at its words. And these are obviously things that rap can't do.

Ah Jiu doesn't want Taeyeon to sing this kind of song, and she doesn't fit this style either. Taeyeon's voice is gentle and mellow, and she is suitable for narration, not spitting.

But Ah Jiu didn't say these words in the end. Because Taeyeon clearly has too much ambition for this album, she is desperate to prove that she can handle a lot of styles, and she desperately wants to prove that her vocal range is strong. This is what Taeyeon wants to do, although it is not a good thing in the long run, but at the moment Taeyeon wants it, he supports it. After all, this is just his personal idea, maybe in Taeyeon's heart, she understands music and rap differently.

In the end, the song was still set, and the rap part was done by a ****r who has been in the limelight recently, which can be regarded as a win-win cooperation. Taeyeon was a little unhappy because of this, because Taeyeon wanted to sing this song with Ah Jiu, but the scheduled release date of the album was approaching, and she didn't have time to convince Ah Jiu, so she had to take the company's plan to quickly record the song, and then the album would be burned and produced, and it would take a few days.

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Sunny finished recording the last episode of Sunny's FMdate, and Ah Jiu took her home, and Sunny didn't talk much on the way, which was a little sad. Ah Jiu pulled her into his arms, and Sunny leaned on Ah Jiu's shoulder, pouting, still a little unhappy.

Ah Jiu didn't persuade her to do anything, he understood the feeling, just like when he decided to leave Interpol five years ago, go to university in South Korea, and become an ordinary person. The things and life that you are used to suddenly have nothing to do with you will be like this.

"Aren't you ready?" asked Ah Jiu, looking at Sunny.

Sunny knew what he was referring to, shook his head, and said, "I've decided, there's no such thing as being unprepared...... It's just, it's just...... It's a bit of a trance. ”

Saying that, Sunny shook his head again and said, "I'm really, what are you in a trance? Originally, I didn't do much as an artist, I didn't sing as well as Taeyeon, and I didn't look as beautiful as Yuna, so I was just average...... This kind of thing, let's leave it to Taeyeon and them, and I'll be a housewife. ”

"Look at what you say, it seems like you have been wronged. ”

"Isn't this trying to make you feel sorry for me?" Sunny deliberately pretended to be aggrieved, Ah Jiu lowered his head and kissed her, Sunny blushed and dodged, and said, "Drive well." ”

"Hmm. Ah Jiu nodded, glanced at Sunny again, and said, "You are not allowed to run tonight." ”

Sunny is not in the fertile period these days, so he avoids Ah Jiu every day, which makes Ah Jiu very depressed, he doesn't understand, is he some kind of flood beast, his own wife, is so afraid of sleeping with himself.

But in fact, Ah Jiu also understands that Sunny wants him to be wet with rain and dew, so that the sisters don't think that she has taken over the man. Since you are already in this position, you have to be generous, which is also something that cannot be helped.

Sunny wanted to say something, but Ah Jiu didn't listen at all, he grabbed Sunny's hand first, and looked at Ah Jiu's childish appearance, somehow, as if he had touched the softest place in his heart, smiled, and didn't shake his head anymore.

Now these girls are basically moving to the manor. But what made Ah Jiu strange was that they almost all chose the villa on the west side, that is, the one they originally chose, the one on the east side of IU, and the one in the middle where Jessica lived, the main building in the center, they didn't choose.

The main building in the middle, it seems that everyone has a tacit understanding, and that is for Ah Jiu and Sunny. Usually everyone doesn't live here, it's basically idle, but today Ah Jiu didn't plan to go to someone else's room, so he returned here with Sunny.

Entering the house, Ah Jiu put Sunny's bag down, picked her up, and said, "Let's take a shower together?"

"You wash first, I'll take off my makeup. ”

"Isn't it time to take off your makeup in a shower?" Ah Jiu said anxiously, Sunny broke free from his arms, slapped him, and said, "I'm your wife, I can still run, how to take a shower, hurry up, I'll be fast." ”

Ah Jiu was reluctant, but there was no way, Y watched him enter the bathroom, sit on the sofa, and escape the phone from his bag.

If Ah Jiu is here, he will definitely find that Y is also helpless, it will be close to the night of the full moon, Ah Jiu's ability is getting stronger and stronger, she can't cope with it alone, of course, Ah Jiu will not need to ask for it, but Sunny looks at him uncomfortable, and his heart is not comfortable.

Often with Sunny.,It's usually Yuri or Xiuying.,But today both of them went home to spend time with their families.,Y wanted Tiffany to come over.,But during the day Tiffany was bullied so badly.,Haven't recovered yet.,I don't want to say anything.。 Just as Yuna ended her trip, on the way back, Sunny didn't care, and ordered Yuna to come over and not refuse!