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[Peak Freak]

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[TheDnBGremlin]

Nice, I'll keep this in mind when producing.

[Gray Ham]

Very nice. I might follow this (maybe loosely, I dunno) when I do eventually make one.

EDIT: Although, I do believe that the last song should be pretty epic, IMO.

[colortwelve]

I had an epiphany based on this formula about an hour ago, and now I'm fairly confident I'll actually have an album to my name by the end of summer. Thanks so much for sharing!

[NytMayr]

Not many of my albums are intended to have any sort of progression to them anyways. Most of 'em are kind of just compilations of different songs that fit under one theme.

But, regardless, I'll keep this in mind.

[Ed Viper]

Even if I don't make an album, it's interesting to see this and compare it to actual albums and see how it stacks up.

Thanks for this

[MYCUTIEMARKISAGUN]

track 1 is either.....

A) Some sort of non-musical piece. A recontextualized sample, a sound collage, a dramatic skit, a comedy bit, etc.

B) Song that welcomes you to the world of the album.

C) Combination of A & B

classic example of A



The elevated trains from his neighborhood, then a clip of the verse that Nas was most famous for at this point. Scene from Wild Style plays before switching to music from the film, while Nas and his BFFs shoot the shit for a minute. "Its a new generation of rap music, but we got respect for the old school" was the message conveyed

Classic example of B



nuff said

Classic example of C



dat Shogun Assassin quote, carefully edited for maximum goosebumps oh god ;_;

then into the Willie Mitchell sample

then into the other Willie Mitchell sample and WHEN MCs CAAAAAAME TO LIVE OUT THE NAAAAAAAAAME

DARK DARK DARK SCARY NOT TO BE LISTENED TO IN THE DAYTIME

fucking RZA man




Track 2 is when you kick in the door waving the 44 and is the single most important slot on the album imho






everything from there is subjective as hell depending on what the goals of the album are, genre etc etc etc

I always love it when a album ends on a strong, harrowing, nigh-apocalyptic note tho. (ArtAttack pulled this off BEAUTIFULLY for Balloon Party)



or if you INSIST on a classic non-rap example....

[EnnervateIndustries]

I'm going to chuck my two bits in here and say that I know basically nobody who listens to albums straight through. I personally have Zune on shuffle all the time. I'm not disagreeing with you, but I'm just saying that ordering tracks in an album in today's music "scene" has less of an effect than it used to.

[Peak Freak]

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