CrazyPellas.net Mixtape Vol. 2 Ideas

Originally Posted by optiq

This is an excelent idea and I would love to play a big part in it. I can't think of an exact word or phrase to define the theme. But the overall story of the album should be about a talent agent searching the world for new artists to be on the lable.

The intro would be the head guy talking shit to him telling him he better start finding some talent or his ass is grass. But his response is bassically saying everyone is garbage, there is no real hip hop anymore, etc. Bassically all the shit we see going on in the industry now with all this simple ass snap music and garbage ass rappers getting by on the beat, or kicking up drama like 50.

At the end of the conversation the head rep gives him a set amount of money to travel the whole god damn universe if he has to to find talent, he then leaves and it goes to the first song.

Each song starts off with the sound of a jet flying past and the artist rapping welcomes them to wherever they are and gets on with the song. Every few songs is an interlude where he's talking back to the boss letting him know about the talent he found and you can hear the cats who have gone so far in the background talking.

This theme will be successful because it is a guy on a talent search and al lthe people he sees just has to show their stuff. This helps eliminate the genre barriers, as well as everyone having to stick to one solid theme. You got some cats who rap mroe on some thug shit, if the album is more about fun party music, they won't be able to vibe right with the project and vice versa, a happy party music cat may not be able to get too gangsta.

The album should be twenty tracks, where fifteen of them should be actual songs, the remaining five should be the agent talking to his boss. There should be an interlude every four songs, and the intro and outro. This way you hear the intro and get the story, four songs play, he talks to his agent, four more songs play, he talks to his agent again, four more, they talk again, then the outro after the last four. Each section should have a certain energy theme, I haven't thought of exactly what type of vibe they should carry overall but the emotional flow of an album is important reguardless.

This shit will be hot as hell and it's a nice way for us to rep as an organization. The fact that this is on the internet and consists of members worldwide is a benifit cause if -----s are really down, we can be on the grind everywhere letting everybody know about crazypellas. Just think, if everyone in every city took upon theirself to print a few houndred flyers and post them alllllllll over the city, that would be that. It will really get people who travel a lot, which are usually people with a lot of money, such as the talent reps we chase down.

If they see the same thing in three cities, they won't be able to resist taking a look, especially if it isn't somthing that neccessarily says we're an internet group. If we put up a name for ourself, like we're just a regular rap group, they would be impressed to see we've reached out that far and know that there are business minded people behind it, which is what they look for nowadays more so than talent.

Get back at me and let me know what else you guys come up with, but this is the shit right here, trust me.

Originally Posted by mh bich who els

i think we shulde do that.
so tha material is all us
no instrumentals from famous rappers
no 2pac acapella
etc
ALL US

Originally Posted by swiper

yea i agree, mh...
if its not original it shouldnt be in the mix,
as far as the theme, a bit of everything would suit everybody.
maybe choose all the tight joints then see who mixes them best?
just an idea

Originally Posted by Crazy Pellas

That is a great idea!

But I'm not too sure about how the idea works about puting out flyers and not puting it out that we're an internet group... what would be on the flyers?.. the mixtape title/tracklist and this url? when they arrive at this site they'll just see it's a forum lol... unless I put up a crazypellas myspace music page or something and the myspace url went on it... and on the myspace page I'd be linking back to here also.. so it's always going to be connected to here... if u see what I mean...

I'm not trying to put your idea down... if you just expand on what you mean for that part exactly

Originally Posted by DJ Erick

I think the crazypellas myspace music page is a pretty good idea except for the fact that the music players can only contain 4 songs so u cant post the whole mixtape unless u have a seperate player thats not from myspace that allows you to put the whole cd.

Originally Posted by DJBigB

u should let anyone submit a blend,mix,beat,etc. to the mixtape, no specific genre but everyone can add their own creativity to it and gain exposure and get recognized for it. Im sure there are many talented people here that would like to add a track of there own to the tape.

Originally Posted by A. Woods

I liked the idea of artists and producers collaborating. Also I think we should have somebody host the mixtape (someone with a strong voice and a decent way of recording). And let's make it a real mixtape with a real dj scratching shit up and stuff, I know there has to be a few of them on this board.

Lastly, I say we still vote on what should be included, but we should market the tape outside of the community here. Spread it on file sharing programs, DatPiff.com, Myspace etc.

Originally Posted by DJ Erick

when u say no "official" instrumentals, what about DJ's do we get to use instrumentals for blends how should we go about this?