Strange1 is right.... We have been ripped off for years because of the lack of effort that artists put into their music, and then when it's done, their hands are out. To me, Tech is the "lone" artist that currently, puts more effort into his music instead of going in the booth like Jay-Z or Camron, just to name a couple, and spend 45 minutes on 3 tracks and press that shit up..(Heard that in an interview that I taped)... I know that Tech is in the studio for 12 hours at a time, and when he's done, that shit is 200% quality, and I love his music for that reason.
You find yourself listening to it 12 different times for different stuff like:
1. Lyrics
2. Faint sounds, or meanings to flows
3. Twists in flows, or beat
4. Subject matter
5. WTF is Tech gonna say next
6. Where is that tune from?
7. That shit was crazy, let me rewind that
8. Damned, I missed it, lemme rewind it again
9. That was sick, He said this or that, now lemme hear it one more time.
10. More lyrics
11. How can I relate, (Some way I will)
12. How many damned times will I ride to this
That is too much for one artist to do, and his luv of the shit is the beauty...
Another artist gives me
1. Okay, the beat is aiight!
2. Lyrics cool, but WTF is that other person featured on his shit talking about!
3. Okay, I will suffer for 60 minutes to listen and give the dude a chance to hear what he has to say..
4. Who want's to buy a Nelly (Oops) CD for 5 bucks. I just go tit....
I guess that I have a ear for only tight shit, and I could be wrong for that and not letting the niggas that do rap but are not on his level have a chance at it, but I am mesmorized by Tech's flows, and that makes me compare wack to the real... So I am not trying to hear anything less than that...
(I still want my 10 aiight I'll take 2% for the idea LoL!:classic: )