Well some people can write tracks easily and not waste much time doing it. If they have a hard time writing then I'd say they might be wasting their time not using original beats, but if that's the case then I might also say they're not very good rappers to begin with.
I guess the situation goes both ways. Some beat makers might not think a rapper is dope enough to hook them up with free beats. On the other hand, a dope emcee might not like a beat-maker's shit enough to actually use a free beat supplied by them, as is the case with myself. I've been offered free beats by a bunch of cats, but I haven't heard anything from them that I'd actually use.
I guess it's a matter of who you interact with. If you have the right connections (which most people do not) then you can get free, original shit whether you're any good or not. On the other hand you can be dope as hell and not have any connections, in which case you probably won't be getting hooked up any time soon.
Some people, like myself, only do this shit to fuck around. I have no intention of trying to earn a living off of music, that's why I went to school and started a career instead of testing my luck in the rap business. So for people like myself, a soundclick beat or industry beat is good enough to do what I want to do. Feel me?
I guess the situation goes both ways. Some beat makers might not think a rapper is dope enough to hook them up with free beats. On the other hand, a dope emcee might not like a beat-maker's shit enough to actually use a free beat supplied by them, as is the case with myself. I've been offered free beats by a bunch of cats, but I haven't heard anything from them that I'd actually use.
I guess it's a matter of who you interact with. If you have the right connections (which most people do not) then you can get free, original shit whether you're any good or not. On the other hand you can be dope as hell and not have any connections, in which case you probably won't be getting hooked up any time soon.
Some people, like myself, only do this shit to fuck around. I have no intention of trying to earn a living off of music, that's why I went to school and started a career instead of testing my luck in the rap business. So for people like myself, a soundclick beat or industry beat is good enough to do what I want to do. Feel me?