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Tyler the Creator

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

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The Power of Lyrics

The sound of the lyrics mean more to you than what it's actually saying. I kind of focus on making a good song with cool structure rather than like, oh, that verse was so bad. Even ludicrous sometimes picks shitty beats, but their energy and their cool witty lines is what made the songs cool. So they're an exception. You know, so where Jay Z picked great beats. And then all his voice sounds tight over this. Oh, that's what he's saying. It's just number three. Yeah.

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