Maybe if they are young when their career takes off. Like Jay-Z wrote for Foxy's first album, Bryan-Michael Cox and Jermaine Dupri wrote for Bow Wow's first album, etc. But other than that, no. Hip hop IS about one's own lyrics.
I think that it's because lyrics play such a large part of that genre
It would just be as panned if a guitarist didn't write their own solo (on the album) imo
No. Rappers should write their own music and if they dont them and their fans shouldn't get mad when the world drags them for that. I personally would be embarrassed to stan for a rapper who doesn't write their own lyrics. For example there are some rappers who cant rap, cant sing, can freestyle, cant enunciate, blackface with their accents and dont write their music. They are basically a figure that just does what the company wants them to. They have no talent other then a pretty face and some fake boobs. Ke$ha deserves to be more respected by the urban community then them since she at least writes her own music. Its embarrassing when these "rappers" get mad when people attack them, then they are hypocritical and try telling people that they are good and that they dont know why the public hates them. It makes me mad that they blame their gender and race when they get hated on, since when is being a young tall blonde female a bad thing? Rappers should write their own music or just stop calling themselves rappers and start calling themselves pop stars cause they are literally unbearable. They are disgusting
The talent that goes into being a rapper (or a big part of it) is how well you can use words. If those words aren't your own, then what's the point?
(Unless you're one of those "party pop" rappers, as I like to call them, such as Flo Rida or Pitbull, then your lyrics are really just filler so that people don't feel like they're just listening to an empty instrumental until the chorus kicks in.)
No. Rappers should write their own music and if they dont them and their fans shouldn't get mad when the world drags them for that. I personally would be embarrassed to stan for a rapper who doesn't write their own lyrics. For example there are some rappers who cant rap, cant sing, can freestyle, cant enunciate, blackface with their accents and dont write their music. They are basically a figure that just does what the company wants them to. They have no talent other then a pretty face and some fake boobs. Ke$ha deserves to be more respected by the urban community then them since she at least writes her own music. Its embarrassing when these "rappers" get mad when people attack them, then they are hypocritical and try telling people that they are good and that they dont know why the public hates them. Rappers should write their own music or just stop calling themselves rappers and start calling themselves pop stars cause they are literally unbearable. They are disgusting
NO!! RAP = Rhythm and Poetry, don't come out here spitting bars you didn't write. Otherwise, what is the point of you being a rapper?
I mean...
But y'all would be surprised at how many mainstream rappers have ghostwriters. I think if someone doesn't/can't freestyle, then it's more likely that they aren't writing their own bars or they're getting help.
No. Rappers should write their own music and if they dont them and their fans shouldn't get mad when the world drags them for that. I personally would be embarrassed to stan for a rapper who doesn't write their own lyrics. For example there are some rappers who cant rap, cant sing, can freestyle, cant enunciate, blackface with their accents and dont write their music. They are basically a figure that just does what the company wants them to. They have no talent other then a pretty face and some fake boobs. Ke$ha deserves to be more respected by the urban community then them since she at least writes her own music. Its embarrassing when these "rappers" get mad when people attack them, then they are hypocritical and try telling people that they are good and that they dont know why the public hates them. Rappers should write their own music or just stop calling themselves rappers and start calling themselves pop stars cause they are literally unbearable. They are disgusting