King Los Speaks on Learning to Make Songs

Bad Boy artist, King Los spoke recently about learning to make songs. I have always said there are rappers that can rap their asses off, but can't make a song to save their lives. I'm glad this dude knows that, and is taking time to learn that aspect of rap music. Other ignorant rappers in the game complain all the time about Hip Hop being dead, instead of working on their song making skills. Check out what King Los had to say about the art of making incredible songs.





“I’m still learning how to make songs. I’ve been in the music industry for two years, that’s it. [Laughs] I had a deal, lost it…even the year that I did have a deal, no one taught me how to make music…I had three minutes of straight bars, no hooks, no nothing. I didn’t understand the concept of what a song meant. While you focusing on how to make songs, you forget how to rap your ass off, because you can’t do both at the same time. You have to balance putting your energy into something. You can’t just be like, ‘OK, I’m the master at bars and I’m going to make songs better than Drake.’ That’s not realistic. Learn the cadences. Learn the melodies. Learn notes. Learn tones. Learn what people are receptive to in what ways. Learn what is soothing to the ear, what is stimulant. You got to learn so much about this shit. In the midst of learning all those things, your bars and your metaphors still ain’t going to be on point, they just ain’t cause that’s a tool you got to sharpen daily. You’ve got to balance out.” (HipHopDX)




Very true analysis there. This is the reason Drake will always sell big and always make people hit songs, when he is featured on their songs...he can rap, and can also make quality songs. People overlook this, and just say he makes pop music, blah! blah! blah! 



King Los had one of my best Control verses (Kendrick Lamar Response) last year, so I am rooting for dude. Let's see what he makes of himself in the next couple of years.