Recently, the major rappers in the rap circle at home and abroad have collectively moved out, as if they have discussed it and sent songs madly.
Foreign Kanye fans and Drake fans quarrel over who is the better album for "Donda" and "CLB".
In China, there is a super macho man who has played thirty songs on an album like Li Daben, which can be said to be not hilarious.
Just last night, Li Daben just released the second half of his new album "Million Sweethearts MILLION HONEY".
After the first half of the album has been amazing once, this time Li Daben's album was released, I ran to audition for the first time, it can be said that the fifteen songs this time are not inferior to the previous ones.
After a few years of singing on streaming media, this year's rappers have changed their Buddhist nature and seem to like to put many works into one album.
The most obvious advantage of this is that the decision is left to the audience, and so many songs in an album are all left to the audience to judge whether they are good or bad, so that the music returns to the essence of the work.
At the same time, the difficulty of a large number of creations is also very high, first of all, the style of an album must be distinguished to a certain extent, otherwise twenty or thirty songs are a style, and it will make people feel tired after listening to it.
Secondly, such a complete album must be served around a theme, otherwise it will lack the texture of the album and make people feel cluttered.
On these two points, Li Daben made people feel sincere.
On the theme of the album, Li Daben adopted a very clever technique, he disassembled the term "Million Sweethearts MONEY HONEY", and the first half of the part "Million Million Money" tells his mental journey of success and success.
In the second half of "SweetHeart HONEY", it is specially used to tell Li Daben's personal views on feelings, compared with the first half of the album, the emotions of the second half are more intense.
In the style of the song, Li Daben did not fall behind, showing everything in his arsenal, so that the audience who had a stereotype of him could not help but exclaim:
The newcomer rapper Li Daben at that time is now so versatile.
The first song of the second half of the album, "Like", is the best annotation to Li Daben's changeable style.
In a way, the song is not a rap work, but a somewhat popular folk song, and the entire work is based on a folk guitar as an accompaniment.
In this song "Like", we can hear Li Daben's own excellent singing ability and excellent musical literacy, as well as as as a rapper, the mastery of the lyrics.
In the MV, Li Daben also changed his cool appearance in the past, showing his carefreeness as a sunny boy on the grass under the blue sky and white clouds.
In addition to the breakthrough of style, Li Daben also came up with many things that we are familiar with in the album.
For example, the first song of the second half of the album, "Hollywood Beauty", is a typical Lee Daben-style urban pop rap.
The simple 808 drum beats are paired with Li Daben's sexy voice, showing his grasp of the tone in the melody part, and the rhythmic flow in the versaté part.
What's even more interesting is that this song is interspersed with film and television works from beginning to end, "City Hunter", "Mermaid", "Lady Of The Witch", "Roman Holiday"... These classic works make up a punchline that adds a lot of fun to the song.
Many people will say that love song works have no nutrition, and Li Daben refuted this view with ingenious ideas. If "Hollywood Beauty" is just an appetizer, then the song "Favorite" is telling you that Li Daben does not only make love songs.
The song "Favorite" preludes a very tender tone, the high-pitched piano plus popular singing, with a song title, this love song flavor has come out.
As a result, just when he was about to enter the main play, Li Daben directly played a hand of Beat Switch with a siren sound effect, and suddenly transferred from POP to Trap.
This sudden change does not make people look abrupt, and when everyone thinks that the "favorite" is talking about feelings, he is a metaphor for the attitude towards music, which makes people laugh when they hear it.
The rap arrangement of this song is very atmospheric, several Loops are very exquisite, twisted electronic strings supplemented by piano, Japanese melodies, and siren sound effects interspersed in it, the overall atmosphere is really bloody.
Such a complex Loop superposition is not very suitable for brainwashing psychedelic Trap, and Li Daben has a good grasp of this. Flow control at the same time as swag, but also does not let the technology overpower the musicality, to ensure the overall sense of listening.
After the favorite, followed by a real love song work "Savior", this song has a retro Funk feeling, the overall style is very bright. If it was on the scene of the show, I would definitely be able to jump up with this song.
There are also several similar retro works on the album, such as the song "5 a.m.", which also has the taste of retro dance music.
These works have a sense of Hong Kong and Taiwan pop music, which is both familiar and unfamiliar, and it is immediately pulled back to the 2000s.
Although the second half of the album is mainly about feelings, there are also some experimental works, such as "Baijiu", a Chinese-style Trap, which Li Daben has not done before.
Chinese style Trap is actually difficult to hold, too close to Trap is easy to four different, too close to the Chinese style and will be a bit "customary".
Because the timbre of traditional instruments is mostly too unique, the compatibility with modern music is not high, especially after the orchestration is more, it will make the audience feel a sense of separation between folk music and rap, but it is less and cannot highlight the characteristics.
In this song "Baijiu", Li Daben and producer LEGGO chose Guzheng and Xiao as instruments together, which is really just right, not only will not have the feeling of "hooliganism" like Oh Na, but also create a melodious atmosphere.
The versatility part of the whole work is excellent, but what I want to focus on here is that the first four melodies are simply open mouths and kneeling, and the Hook after that does not use this paragraph, which is simply embarrassing to me.
In addition to the base of the love song and some experimental works, Li Daben also included the previous "Crazy" with Wanida on the album.
The song has been featured in the "Rapper of the Week" show before, and the studio version of the collaboration with Vanida can be said to be on the next level.
At the same time, this song is also a benchmark work of domestic urban pop rap in my heart, whether it is the feeling of the whole song arrangement or the play of the two rappers, it is perfect.
Finally, the whole album is the most ending with a song "Respect Yesterday, Respect Today", which can be seen from the title of the song, which shows Li Daben's attitude of not forgetting the past, but trying to live in the present.
From a young rapper a few years ago to a rap star today, from obscurity to everyone, Li Daben has put his feelings about life, music, and all his feelings into this album.
That's why he said in this song "Respect Yesterday, Respect Today": "Standing on the top floor and watching the scenery that I once wanted to see the most, I had to lose some points to get something, and there was not much time left for us." ”
Many young rappers, after getting a little exposure, are always confused about how they can be more successful.
I think Li Daben is a good example, to find their own positioning, to strive to create their own style of work, and then need a little luck to survive in this cruel market.
Take this "Million Sweethearts MONEY HONEY", while the style is rich and the elements are diverse, Li Daben showed his deep basic skills and strength as a rapper in the first half of the album; in the second half of the album, while showing his personal style, he did not forget to make a breakthrough.
Such a mature album can break through the existing boundaries of Hip-Hop on the basis of meeting the needs of listeners, which is definitely a very successful and a work needed by the domestic rap market.
Next, labor model Li Daben will take this "Million Sweethearts MONEY HONEY" to start his eighteen-city tour.
If you also want to go live and feel the charm of this album, then go and grab the tickets!