In later generations, some "fans" who like to follow the wind of Dong Chou always seem to like to associate the popularity of R&B music with it, which is actually wrong.

In fact, in the treasure island around the turn of the millennium, the person who really pushed the R&B genre to the mass market was Tao Zhe, which is why Tao Zhe is called the "godfather of Chinese R&B".

In 97, Tao Zhe, who had just turned from behind the scenes to being a singer in front of the stage and released his first studio album, became an instant hit, and his very rhythmic R&B style shocked the entire Chinese music scene;

In December 99, the release of Tao Zhe's second album "I'm OK" pushed the future PPT god onto the fast track of becoming a god in one fell swoop.

At the beginning of 00, the sales were even more unbeatable, and the limelight even surpassed the new album "Walking Through 1999" by the singer Xueyou.

In this case, as a professional music producer, Li Sixiang can naturally see how highly the music market accepts R&B genres.

In addition, Zhou Yi is still very young, if he can also play R&B, he can make an album with the theme of "young people in the new era", and he can also rub this wave of R&B craze.

After all, the market for R&B genres is not yet saturated, and there are not many people in the Chinese music scene who eat cake on this track.

"I can do R&B music, and if I dance, I'm not very proficient, but I'm not completely unplayed."

Under the analysis of this producer, Zhou Yi, who also saw the business opportunities, crossed his hands and ten fingers on the table, and won Li Sixiang's side eyes with a humble and confident tone-

"Really?"

"Of course, and if you're going to focus on the young market, I think hiphop is also a good choice."

Zhou Yi, who has been reborn since later generations, knows better than anyone what kind of melee the Chinese music scene will be like in the next few years, and the relatively soothing rhythm of R&B and the more upbeat hiphop are both crazy.

And, most importantly, compared to traditional Hong Kong-style love songs, these two genres have been significantly more popular with the younger generation since the beginning of the millennium.

The most typical example, Pan Weibo, who sang "Happy Worship" and "My Microphone", once competed with Chou Dong and became one of the contestants in the melee of the gods in the Chinese music scene.

Although several of his representative songs have been picked up and sinicized, it's 2000 now, and the original songs haven't come out yet.

Zhou Yi felt that he could come over in advance, so that he would be orthodox!

“hiphop？” Li Sixiang was a little surprised.

Didn't Zhou Jianhui say that this child came from the mainland?

He also thought that this kid would talk about rock and roll, and he would have a hip hop when he opened his mouth.

The R&B genre is just starting to catch on in the market, is there a market for hiphop?

"Are you sure? If you want to go in this direction, you have to look for the RB music scene and Europe and the United States. Judging from Jianhui's importance to you, you should be able to receive some good songs, and you can just fill in the lyrics when the time comes. ”

Seeing Zhou Yi nodding, Li Sixiang thought for a while from the perspective of the album producer and spoke.

In essence, he was reassuring Zhou Yi with this sentence, telling him that although Warner is declining in the domestic market, it is still an international group, and foreign countries can still support it.

As for buying songs and refilling lyrics, making money, it's not chilling.

You don't see how many people did this during the golden age of Hong Kong Island's record industry.

What's more, whether it is Hong Kong Island or Treasure Island, among the producers who are good at R&B genres, they can count the two hands that have a certain reputation, let alone hiphop, not to mention the mainland.

This thing was played by someone, but it didn't open the market at all.

In the impression of fans in this era, if you want a rhythm, a rhythm and a pop, then you can just go directly to the dance music.

Warner's brother Guo Tianwang still wears the title of Asian Dance King, and the group of people led by him is the representative of rhythm and dynamism when hiphop elements have not yet become popular in the Chinese music scene.

A typical example is a dynamic divine comedy just released by Guo Tianwang in April this year - "Move".

That's really anyone who wants to shake it twice when they hear it.

"What? Buy songs? No need to use Brother Li, I can write it myself. ”

Zhou Yi, who heard Li Sixiang say this, waved his hand slightly, signaling that he could do the work by himself, and said lightly: "I can write, and I can do the lyrics, music and arrangements by myself." ”

“……？”

Li Sixiang, who was already thinking about what foreign language songs Zhou Yi's debut album needs to be collected for the positioning of his debut album, was stunned, and after coming back to his senses in a second, he frowned slightly and looked at the child in front of him: "You can do the lyrics, music and arrangement by yourself?" ”

Listening to the tone, he was obviously a little incredulous.

How old is Zhou Yicai?

Nineteen, right?

I'm not an art school yet, can I write this?

"Yes, if the time comes, I can try to make a few songs to record a sound within this month, and then I will trouble Brother Li for more guidance."

"This month?"

"Yes."

Zhou Yi nodded, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was mainly sunshine: "I have to go back to school next month for exams, final exams." ”

“…… Since you're so confident, you can write a song first, and it just so happens that Yanzi's record has been recorded, and I'm free. ”

Li Sixiang, who was almost silent by the sentence "I want to go back to school for the final exam", scratched the table top of the desk with the index finger of his right hand, and stroked his chin with his left hand before speaking.

"Okay, thank you, Brother Li."

After talking to Li Sixiang about some questions about the direction of music, Zhou Yi looked at the time and chose to leave.

He's going to have to move.

I've had to stay on Treasure Island for the past month, and although I just brought some change of clothes, I still need time to find the way.

As for what song to "write", he probably has a bit of an idea in his head.

Tao Zhe brought a wave of R&B trends in Baodao with two albums, and was later regarded as the "godfather of Chinese R&B".

Considering that no one has written those original songs at this point in time in 2000, he directly fished Pan Weibo's Chinese songs into famous songs, and set off a wave of hiphop in the cross-strait three regions, wouldn't he be able to earn the title of "Chinese hiphop godfather" in the future?

When the first person to eat crabs succeeds, the harvest is enormous.

After Hiphop, you can also carry out transformation, and then get a name for creating a "new era of Chinese style", wouldn't that directly set up a golden body?

As soon as he thought of this, Zhou Yi's heart was a little eager to try, and even the pace of going to Zhou Jianhui's office was much faster.

If the album is produced quickly, he will not be able to catch up with the release at the end of the year, and maybe he will be able to wrestle with Sun Yanzi and Chou Dong, who are also fledglings, at the Golden Melody Awards.