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Jay-Z Takes Over Rolling Stone, Writes "500 Greatest Songs" Editorial 
Rap mogul Jay-Z has reportedly taken his pen game to the next level by writing an editorial piece for Rolling Stone Magazine. Reports of Jay's writing were revealed Tuesday (May 25) afternoon. Mr. Carter has taken up yet another career, but this time not as a Rapper, Director, or CEO, but as a writer. Above are two excerpts written by Jay-Z from Rolling Stones upcoming issue. He writes about what music means to him and how music has changed for the better and for the worse. (The Source) "A great song doesn't attempt to be anything - it just is. When you hear a great song, you can think of where you were when you first heard it, the sounds, the smells. It takes the emotions of a moment and holds it for years to come. It transcends time. A great song has all the key elements - melody; emotion, a strong statement that becomes part of the lexicon; and great production. Think of "Bohemian Rhapsody," by Queen. That song had everything - different melodies, opera, R&B, rock -- and it explored all of those different genres in an authentic way, where it felt natural." (Rolling Stone) excerpts here http://www.thesource.com/...ffbje6iu76 | |
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Rap mogul Jay-Z has reportedly taken his pen game to the next level by writing an editorial piece for Rolling Stone Magazine. Reports of Jay's writing were revealed Tuesday (May 25) afternoon. Mr. Carter has taken up yet another career, but this time not as a Rapper, Director, or CEO, but as a writer. Above are two excerpts written by Jay-Z from Rolling Stones upcoming issue. He writes about what music means to him and how music has changed for the better and for the worse. (The Source) "A great song doesn't attempt to be anything - it just is. When you hear a great song, you can think of where you were when you first heard it, the sounds, the smells. It takes the emotions of a moment and holds it for years to come. It transcends time. A great song has all the key elements - melody; emotion, a strong statement that becomes part of the lexicon; and great production. Think of "Bohemian Rhapsody," by Queen. That song had everything - different melodies, opera, R&B, rock -- and it explored all of those different genres in an authentic way, where it felt natural." (Rolling Stone) excerpts here http://www.thesource.com/...ffbje6iu76 Well its interesting to hear his take on things, though, he needs to adjust that "greatest producer of all time" someone needs to play him some George Martin to do what that man did with no technology (like today) was light years more varied than Rick Rubin and way beyond Quincy Jones "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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