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Here. Listening to that 2nd version of The Raven, was to me just about the exact same experience as listening to this song here. I found myself focusing on the background music and tuning out the words in the verses (and when the refrain kicks in when they actually sing notes I perk up and pay attention to the foreground).
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If you have any interest at all check these out:
Emanon - The Words (This guy can sing, he's amazing)
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The background arrangement and refrain of that were actually pretty good. But the "singing" in the verses is just more typical rap stuff IMO.
I think one reason why it doesn't appeal to me is, lyrics have always been very unimportant to me. Rap seems to be a genre where the lyrics are the foremost point of interest in the song. I just can't get myself to care about, or pay attention to, all those words. For example, in the song above, in the verses, I found myself completely tuning out the "singing" once it became apparent to me there was going to be no melody, and I completely focused on the background arrangement. Then once the refrain/chorus kicked in, I suddenly paid attention to the singing because, suddenly, an actual melody emerged. |