All along, the choice door of rap variety shows is a controversial link, a large wave of rappers who have come here through difficulties and obstacles, and suddenly eliminated without anyone giving them a reason, which is difficult for anyone to accept.
Among the rappers who were eliminated when choosing the door, there is no shortage of brave and good warriors, such as Xiao Qinglong in "China Has Hip Hop" and JD who fell twice in "China New Rap", all of which are victims of the choice of doors.
JD also bluntly said that he is the strongest layman in history, so it is not an exaggeration to say that the choice door is the ghost door of the excellent rapper.
This season's "Rap Listen to Me" has some differences in format from "China's New Rap", and these changes are up to the question, but the choice of door link has been retained and renamed "Destiny Elevator".
In the "Destiny Elevator" link, there were not many people eliminated, a total of 6 players opened the stage, of which the highest voice was undoubtedly Bai Jingchen and Lao Hu, two excellent rappers. Because the song "Will Be Reconciled" on the show is really wonderful.
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In this song, Lao Hu and Bai Jingchen played on the stage as candidates who entered Beijing together to catch the exam, one of the two candidates, one from the Central Plains, one from Bashu, through the first two pieces of verse to write their years of hard study is not easy.
After the end of the two verse, the whole song directly enters the hook part of the cavity after a recitation, and the scene of "will be harmonious, clean and stable, singing the song, taking the meritorious name, and the title of the gold list" is very amazing.
In the second paragraph of the verse, the two candidates had a profound discussion on the contribution of the way of culture and martial arts to the country, with a kind of ancient Confucian pride of "cultivating oneself and ruling the country and the world", and finally elevating the dispute between the civil and martial arts to the wenzhi martial arts for the well-being of the people of Li, which pushed the song to a climax.
After the competition, the song "Will Xianghe" quickly swept across various network platforms, and qq music's more than 5,000 comments, hundreds of thousands of views on station B and the super high number of likes on Douyin all represented the audience's recognition of this work.
The reason for this is that I think it is the respect for traditional Chinese culture revealed in this song, the expression of the story, and the common result of the excellent performance of Lao Hu and Bai Jingchen.
Being eliminated in the selection of the door stage also makes more people feel that the departure of the two is the loss of the program group. But few people know how bumpy these two people are on the road of music.
Lao Hu is from the Chengdu Juggler Gang, as early as the first season of "China Has Hip Hop", Lao Hu has received an invitation to the show, until the end of the audition, he did not get the opportunity to take the stage.
In the second season of "China New Rap", there was no audition, and as a result, Lao Hu fell at the scene of the director's meeting and failed to get the opportunity to advance.
However, Lao Hu still did not give up, and last year he went to the scene of the show again, and the result was still a long wait, in exchange for Pan Weibai's painless "I have no chain."
Until this year, Lao Hu finally got the opportunity to play.
In the 90s, he once said, "I have a dream, adding a style to Hip-Hop is called Chinoiserie, not Chinoiserie trap or Chinoiserie Boombap, but an independent style, and I will spend my life completing it." ”
This sentence sounds a bit arrogant, but in fact it is the most authentic portrayal of Lao Hu, in that song "My Home", his sentence "The moderation of the Chinese style, do not care about fame and fortune, from childhood to hear the culture, let me love art." It also made Ai Re praised.
Lao Hu's love for Chinese style is written into his bones, and you can see from his works that he is not the kind of rapper who randomly adds two ancient poems to the song, saying that he is a rapper of Chinese style, and he is quite restrained in the use of idiom poetry.
In Cypher Zhan's "Lamps and Lanterns", he also showed the other side of his Chinese style, in the lyrics he played a poor student who traveled from the Central Plains to the Western Regions, walked all the way through him to see the suffering of the world, and finally wrote this lyric.
In addition, Lao Hu also has his own unique features in Chinese style. Outside of the show, he and the brothers of the Juggler Gang created twelve Chinese-style songs based on the twelve solar terms of the twenty-four solar terms, giving each festival a story, which is very interesting.
Lao Hu believes that Chinoiserie rap is just a baby in swaddling, and no one can define what he will grow into in the future, just like the poetic genres of elegance and extravagance, Chinese style will not be fixed by one form.
What he wants to do is to express China's five-thousand-year-old culture and value system in the form of music, although this may be a little big, but this is the goal he wants to use his whole life to complete.
If Lao Hu has any regrets about being eliminated, I think he must regret not being able to show his full Chinese style.
Like Lao Hu, Bai Jingchen has also experienced the hardships and ups and downs of variety shows. The difference is that Bai Jingchen is a professional musician, and the program he participates in is not a rap program, but a singing program like "China's New Song".
As early as 2016, Bai Jingchen, who was still in his junior year, participated in "China's New Song", and one of his songs, "Little Luck", let him directly join Na Ying's team, and this song also received hundreds of millions of hits after the show.
Compared with rapper, the biggest advantage of Bai Jingchen, who came from a professional background, is that his singing skills are really excellent, and his "Who Who" in the 90s session has been unanimously recognized by producers and backstage players, and Guangguang has directly issued an invitation to Bai Jingchen to join the label.
Bai Jingchen's musical style is very changeable, and in the second year after participating in "China's New Song", he released a song "Unlucky boy" online, which is a combination of R&B and rap, in which Bai Jingchen's voice is played to the fullest.
In addition to R&B, Bai Jingchen can of course also write some Chinese-style music, as early as 2018, he wrote a game work "Little Hero", which tells the story of a small shrimp and rice who aspires to become a hero in a short space.
In Bai Jingchen's new album "Void Born White" this year, there is a song called "Endless", which writes the story of a courier who traveled from ancient times to modern times, and the lyrics are very interesting.
It can be seen that Bai Jingchen and Lao Hu are the same as those who love to tell stories in the Chinese style, but the difference is that Bai Jingchen is more inclined to write about the fate of some small characters.
Of course, Bai Jingchen is not a musician who focuses on Chinese style, he is more inclined to swim back and forth between different forms, looking for his own musical style.
In the album of "Void Born White", it naturally also includes love song works such as "Candy"; there are also reflections on the masked life of contemporary society such as "Mr. Acting"; and there is also "Run!!! Such positive energy music full of sunshine and vitality, inspiring young people to move upwards.
It can be said that in "Void Born White", Bai Jingchen is not mature like a young musician.
What is even more valuable is that Bai Jingchen is an all-round rapper, not only singing well, he also has the ability to arrange and compose music.
This album has a total of 11 songs, all composed, composed and arranged by Bai Jingchen himself, it is difficult to imagine how much time he spent to complete these huge workloads, and it is no wonder that the producers in the show have a green eye for him.
For the two young rappers, participating in the show was just the beginning of their Hip-Hop road, they had become roommates since they arrived in Changsha, and because they were also quite familiar with music production, the two also formed a rather deep friendship in the show.
After the game, Bai Jingchen and Lao Hu did not delay any time and quickly launched their tour of "will be harmonious". The tour of "Will Phase" is another expansion of the song "Will Phase" in the show, and what kind of spark can collide between two different styles of rappers, which we have seen in the show.
Lao Hu's stage undoubtedly belongs to the Chinese style, and his careful consideration of the words of the song and the careful preparation of the costumes and props on the stage can see his love for the Chinese style and his determination to carry forward this musical style.
Bai Jingchen's stage is more popular, whether it is R&B or melodic rap, he can always grasp it just right. What kind of stage these two different styles of rappers can bring us is something I am very much looking forward to.
Another thing I was looking forward to was the strong lineup of "Will Meet" for this tour.
Howcy and Danian of Nanjing Station, Blow Fever of Shanghai Station, Zhang Hao and AY of Zhengzhou Station, Simba and Diansheng of Kunming Station... Many rappers who participated in the show appeared on this tour.
This made me feel more sympathy between these rappers, maybe everyone's ranking in the show is high or low, but after the show, everyone has formed a deep friendship, which also confirms the theme of "will be harmonious".
And the list of each tour also proves that Bai Jingchen and Lao Hu are not in a hurry to make a tour plan, it is obvious that they clearly know what they are doing at this age, and they also know what kind of accounting and planning they have to make for their future at this age.
For Bai Jingchen and Lao Hu, this tour after the show is just a beginning for them to go to a broader stage, if you want to witness this time "will be harmonious" famous scene, if you also feel sorry for the elimination of Lao Hu and Bai Jingchen, then click below to read the original text or scan the QR code in the picture to book tickets! I believe that such a strong lineup will not disappoint you!