yeah i used to be hard-core gung ho like that too on that ol "oh shit im gonna get it in one take!! if i can't do it in one take im not a real rapper!!"

then i realized, ok, i got it in one take, but some shit sounds rushed, you can hear where i don't annunciate one part properly because im getting ready to go into the next part, and the shit all around does not sound as polished as the shit in my class, so whats the point?

there's no trophies for doin shit in one take lol. there's no award for laying your 16 in one piece. there ARE however trophies and awards for making a hot track though, wouldn't you agree?

we should replace the word "amen" with "Apexx" :thumbup:

^ hahahaa

WORD EXACTLY lol i hear all these people bragging about doing it in one take, big deal. lol I get soo picky that sometimes I record one verse over cuz I dragged a word I shouldn't have, sometimes do like 15 takes on a verse, till I get it down perfectly.

dawg, that's why artists are smart and have a hype man or someone to rap their dubs. and when they say your dubs YOU can take a breather during that. That's how most rappers do it. Em with proof, G-Unit always did it, NaS etc etc

Spul and pexx speak the truth.

I m with spul on being picky to. sometimes i do verses in 1 or 2 takes. sometimes i do verses in 10 to 15 takes if im really picky that day.

so its all good. it still comes out how i want it in the end (at least as good as i can get it with a shitty mic but hey) lol

sometimes i punch in sometimes i don't

but when im dealin with other people...i know it seems nuts and hypocritical but i could tear out my hair when they need to punch in like 4 or 5 times in a 32 bars....that shit = more work for mixing :cussing:

I can never get the punch ins to sound right
like you can tell something went on from bar to another..

so i get mad and just delete shit and re do it all in one take mad and fuck it all up

not in my experience. i find mixing punched in tracks a hell of a lot easier due to a better quality take. any vocal inconsistencies in one punchin to the next is easily fixed with gates and compression.
that's all in your vocal skills. i know of one dude who's like... robotically consistent with his punchins, he could do 100 takes and every one of them would sound the same. now that's vocal skill.

man i am all day with my verses, cuz i literally dont want to stop untill i am satisfied, and you know how hard it is to satisfy yourself with your own work...i do my verses atleast 20 times easy...i even re-do my dubs and adlibs sometimes about 15-20 times...lets not even get to the hook lol, thats ridiculous...but umm i only punch in when i think it is needed, i have nothing against it..i usually design my verses in sections and punch in-in each section...it sounds good, works for me...i guess its different for everyone

I'm an emcee, not a track maker.

So no, I don't really ever punch in.

I make tracks as a emcee, so yes Im'a punch when I want to.

Punchin in is for BISHES!!!!!!!!!

Ya man Biggie punched like a mother fucker, so dont get it twisted son.

o word?


Punchin is cool!!!!!!!!










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