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I have changed my mind about rappers who initially sucked - for example I thought Cookie Money was ass on his first CD, but his latest one is on hit all the way through.
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By the way there is more back story to how the recording of "Ball like 23" came about. Hopefully this will make you guys appreciate the song more.
The back story about the video is in the thread I posted here:
http://siccness.net/vb/f5/malki-means-king-23-ft-juey-starberry-music-video-391823.html
there is also a story behind the making of that song.
This song is the first song Me and Juey recorded for my mixtape "King Not The Burger King" originally I was making an album called "I shoulda Been On" and this was the first song. It was not called "Ball like 23" it was called "Ball Like Me". It had a different beat and the hook was slightly different, but the verses were pretty much the same. By the time I made "Feelin Like Mac Dre" the "Album" started turning into more a mixtape, and since people on siccness were hating and calling me Burger King I decided let me throw it back in their face on a song. Thats how I got the title "King Not The Burger King" I thank my haters for the motivation. Lol.
Anyway So with after recording more songs, the project ended up sounding different than my vision (and better) so I decided let me do a mixtape to generate some buzz instead of jump straight to an album. So I still had the song "Ball Like Me" but it wasn't hot enough imo to fit the mixtape. Everything I was doing (imo) was fire. Like all the songs were coming together so dopely I wasn't gonna settle for mediocre.
So then I heard this song:
this is a sample of a kelly rowland song that sampled kc and jojo all my life, which in turn is a sample of Paul Anka Hold Me 'Til the Mornin' Comes. But the way she flipped it is so dope to me. It just had like a smooth vibe to it. So I was like DAMN! I need this beat, I'll use this beat for Ball Like Me! That'll work!
So i tried to sample her song. This didn't work. I tried to chop the beginning of the melody and put my own drums to it but it sounded pretty bad. Lol. I couldn't chop it right. So I downloaded the "Midi" for "All My Life" by kc and jojo and tried to replay it and make a beat from that. But that didn't work either. Eventually I just replayed the melody of starrah's track by ear. But I changed it up enough to where you can't tell thats where I got the beat from. After that I changed the hook to "Ball Like 23" instead of "Ball Like Me" and added the little "Jumpman" section. Juey added and outro and we turned that song into something. You can also hear juey reference Starrahs song in his adlibs during his verse he says "rush it" (that was an inside joke us referencing her song)
But yeah It actually took a long time. My verse probably had 20-30 edits on it since I couldn't get the autotune to sound right (I'm not a singer). I had to record it through, about 8 times and take different sections of each take, and paste them together. Some words are actually 2 different takes blended into 1. But you can't tell in the record! it sounds like i did it in 1 take. Lol. Perfection. Thats what I strive for. I don't want to give away too many Secrets of the game its way more that goes on with my music than what meets the eye. I do this for real
The back story about the video is in the thread I posted here:
http://siccness.net/vb/f5/malki-means-king-23-ft-juey-starberry-music-video-391823.html
there is also a story behind the making of that song.
This song is the first song Me and Juey recorded for my mixtape "King Not The Burger King" originally I was making an album called "I shoulda Been On" and this was the first song. It was not called "Ball like 23" it was called "Ball Like Me". It had a different beat and the hook was slightly different, but the verses were pretty much the same. By the time I made "Feelin Like Mac Dre" the "Album" started turning into more a mixtape, and since people on siccness were hating and calling me Burger King I decided let me throw it back in their face on a song. Thats how I got the title "King Not The Burger King" I thank my haters for the motivation. Lol.
Anyway So with after recording more songs, the project ended up sounding different than my vision (and better) so I decided let me do a mixtape to generate some buzz instead of jump straight to an album. So I still had the song "Ball Like Me" but it wasn't hot enough imo to fit the mixtape. Everything I was doing (imo) was fire. Like all the songs were coming together so dopely I wasn't gonna settle for mediocre.
So then I heard this song:
this is a sample of a kelly rowland song that sampled kc and jojo all my life, which in turn is a sample of Paul Anka Hold Me 'Til the Mornin' Comes. But the way she flipped it is so dope to me. It just had like a smooth vibe to it. So I was like DAMN! I need this beat, I'll use this beat for Ball Like Me! That'll work!
So i tried to sample her song. This didn't work. I tried to chop the beginning of the melody and put my own drums to it but it sounded pretty bad. Lol. I couldn't chop it right. So I downloaded the "Midi" for "All My Life" by kc and jojo and tried to replay it and make a beat from that. But that didn't work either. Eventually I just replayed the melody of starrah's track by ear. But I changed it up enough to where you can't tell thats where I got the beat from. After that I changed the hook to "Ball Like 23" instead of "Ball Like Me" and added the little "Jumpman" section. Juey added and outro and we turned that song into something. You can also hear juey reference Starrahs song in his adlibs during his verse he says "rush it" (that was an inside joke us referencing her song)
But yeah It actually took a long time. My verse probably had 20-30 edits on it since I couldn't get the autotune to sound right (I'm not a singer). I had to record it through, about 8 times and take different sections of each take, and paste them together. Some words are actually 2 different takes blended into 1. But you can't tell in the record! it sounds like i did it in 1 take. Lol. Perfection. Thats what I strive for. I don't want to give away too many Secrets of the game its way more that goes on with my music than what meets the eye. I do this for real
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the difference between me and you is i don't front and act like I'm some big shot cuz of what I've sone. you riding mac dres dick tryna make a name. I could have signed with thizz 4 years ago and been "big" lmao but fuck all that shit I keep it real and the real respect me without me paying them unlike your ass. I just don't like how you act like you sic on the bars, but you say it yourself your nothing lyrical. I know I'd kill you on a beat and beat your stupid ass on the street. nobody is jealous of you wigger. ol ima come out in a dress to make it big ass mothafucka
Lmfao
Lol hey smiley since your always bringing me up!
You ever plan on doing a album with reckless your styles fit perfect together probably wouldn't even be able to tell who's who lmao!
Top it off you guys support homeboy rap to the fullest!
You can call the the album lets see
The 2 hardest northerners to touch northern soil!bam
You ever plan on doing a album with reckless your styles fit perfect together probably wouldn't even be able to tell who's who lmao!
Top it off you guys support homeboy rap to the fullest!
You can call the the album lets see
The 2 hardest northerners to touch northern soil!bam