Glad you digged the tunes - the thing I like about hip hop and rap vocals, is it is vocals which depend entirely on the vocal cadence. I just find it an interesting concept. No other genre of music immediately comes to mind where rhythm plays such an important roll. Not for everybody, for sure, but neither is jazz or country.

It is cool to me that we all agree the cadence of a singer's vocals is important. And it's cool to me that hip hop music took that fact and cranked the meter to 100. The rhythms a lot of rappers portray in their vocal performance is very, very dense and complex. It's unfortunate a lot of big names don't represent the talent required, or show off the diversity that exists withinin the genre.

Rhythm is among my favourite qualities in music.

Originally Posted By: Tangmo
Originally Posted By: Deryk - PG Music
This is a great video, and an awesome topic for discussion. I've always cherish vocal cadence (or vocal rhythm to the vocals) in music I love most. I know it isn't a particularly popular genre in the forums, but it's why I love hip hop and rap music. Rhythm in music in particular can make or break a song for me.

Interpol is one band I love that does this particularly well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkpgz3uQ58U

Gregory & The Hawk is another artist that scratches that itch for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0rE8dI6dRg

A Russian singer names Kuzina always does it for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvhXqRjvCfw

And a million others I can't immediately think of, but these 3 are in my heavily rotation at the moment so figured I'd share them.


And maybe that's part of the point. If you're hearing a commercially released song, it's because it got at least passing marks in vocal rhythm.. Listeners notice these things more when they are sub-optimal or lacking than when they are brilliant. Writers should have a more proactive view of this.

Those are really good, btw. I'd not heard any of them here in my cave. It's a bit hard to know how "right" the song in Russian was on all counts, but her vocal licks fell very nicely.

I'm with you on Rap and Hip Hop as it relates to this. At it's best, it's something to admire and even to emulate no matter the genre.

Last edited by Deryk - PG Music; 05/30/19 04:22 AM.
Cheers,
Deryk