Why Does Ja-Rule's CD Sound Like A Mixtape?

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Is it just me but doesn't this cd sound thrown together and just plain wack?
 
Wiggum said:
The album was intended to be an EP not a LP, that's why it sounds somewhat amueturish.
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dumb question of the millenium. what's the diff betwixt EP and LP? thanks:confused:
 
i think, not know, but think an EP is more of an intiment album, not all polished and such as a LP, there are more personal. like that new erykah bady, thats an EP, some of the songs on that are like jam sessions or whatever she was feeling at the time. its "thrown together" so to speak, and its a shorter album. I think an LP is like a full blown, polished work.
 
EP stands for Extended Play...I forgot what LP stands for, but it is just your basic album. Back when records were popular EP were released to only carry a few songs on them. EP aren't around as much as before, for whatever reason. I believe originally this album was only going to carry like 4 tracks, but they added more for some apparent reason.
 
yeh ep usually got like 4 - 6 tracks and then Lp of course is the full album

the sizzla he sampled on the album was horrible, it was a great song but he jus didnt sample it right !!
 
j-traxx said:

dumb question of the millenium. what's the diff betwixt EP and LP? thanks:confused:
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The only difference between an EP and an LP is the time length. An EP will have between 5 and 8 songs on it, or be less than 45 minutes total run time. A LP, consequently, will be 45 minutes or longer in total playing time. Quality of recording, mastering, or songs, have no bearing on whether a release is an EP, or LP. The reasoning behind the demise of the EP, is that it takes just as much money to manufacture, market, and promote an EP, as it does an LP. However, you can't charge as much for it, so most major labels don't mess with 'em.
The EP, however is still a viable tool for an independent release, since it is cheaper to record and master an EP, since it has less songs on it.

To answer the initial question about its mixtape sound; that's the new thing, if you guys haven't caught on. Since 50 and the Diplomats blew up off the independent mixtape route, everybody wants to have a mixtape, even if its really an LP. Electra paid Fabolous a hefty check to keep him from releasing his mixtape, and to let them distribute it instead.
 
There are no hard and fast rules concerning the difference between EP and LP anymore.

example:

Nas - Illmatic - 39:36 - 10 tracks - LP

J-Zone- Bottle of whup ass -30 min - 15 tracks - EP

Method Man - Tical - 43:43 - 13 tracks - LP

Ice Cube Kill at will was mad short too...

No disrespect to the previous poster, but EPs were originally designed to test out an artists fan base and/or to satiate fans until the next release.

A lot of times an artist will release a song that the public loves and then they are forced to go into the studio and rush out an album...

They should just release an EP and call it a day.
 
thanks for the clarity guys. didnt mean to jack the thread but i just had no idea what the diff was. soundin like a noob up in here. thanks again.:cheers:
 
bone thugs n harmonys first album

best damn mainstream EP every released in hop-hop in my opinion, it was like 6 or 7 tracks of heat and didnt it go platinum?? that was quality right there, i think more should do that, but with the money driven industry i guess not. but i rather have 6 or 7 heaters, than 5 heaters and 5 skits, and 6 garbage tracks.

just my opinion
 
Thanks Guys, with all that being said........The cd is still wack!
 
Why did Ja name his CD "Blood in My Eye", thats part of the hook to 50's "Many Men"..

"Many men, wish death upon me/
Blood in my eye dawg and I can't see/
I'm trying to be what I'm destined to be/"
 
if i wsa ja i would have worked my ass off to make a damn near classic which he is capable of doing. I dont know whey he did what he did. he was distraught with the whole situation, well source and murder inc now got em on a racial tape thing, whats next, 50 is a crossdressing homsexual?
 
EP/LP whatever blood in my eye was the worst 7 day theory rip off ever.

by the way LP stands for long play.
 
Pworld said:
i rather have 6 or 7 heaters, than 5 heaters and 5 skits, and 6 garbage tracks.

just my opinion
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You ain't lying. The other day I heard people complaining about this CD by saying that it only has a few songs on it. So for that reason, they were just gonna burn it or download it. Now, musical preference aside since I wasn't really feeling this album, these people hadn't heard the album but already chose to download it or burn it because of the lack of songs. I think that's stupid, so like Pworld, I'd rather have quality over quantity.

There are far too many artists tryna break the 20 track mark and drop double CDs that are 75% garbage. For instance, The Diplomats, it had like 4 tight jams on it and the rest of the double CD album was skits and throw-away tracks. That shyt ain't cool.

"Quality over quantity" is what I always say.
 
xdcbox said:
Why did Ja name his CD "Blood in My Eye", thats part of the hook to 50's "Many Men"..

"Many men, wish death upon me/
Blood in my eye dawg and I can't see/
I'm trying to be what I'm destined to be/"
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Nah dawg, he named this CD after a book by George L. Jackson.

from the internet:

Blood In My Eye captures the spirit of George Jackson's legendary resistance to unbridled oppression and racism. His unique and incisively critical perspective becomes the unifying thread that ties together this collection of letters and essays in which he presents his analysis of armed struggle, class war, fascism, communism and a wide array of other topics.

more from the internet:

From the People's Tribune, 27 August 1996. Twenty-five years ago, on August 21, 1971, George L. Jackson, a leader of the Black Panther Party, died from multiple bullet wounds at San Quentin Prison. The author of "Soledad Brother" and "Blood in My Eye" and a charismatic leader among prisoners and the oppressed generally, Jackson combined 10 years of participation in the prison struggle with the study and spreading of scientific socialism....
 
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