Thought Process with Music

So your probably wondering, what goes through my head when I listen to music.  There are a couple factors that go into finding music.  

The first thing I consider is the "Ohhhhhh" factor.  Meaning once that song starts, you hear everybody go OHHHHHHH or "That's my jam" or "Turn it up, that's my song.  When I'm compiling playlists.  This is the first thing I really look for.  You can't just have a five song playlist with 3 tight songs and 2 duds.  You got to find 5 hits in a row.

Lyrics are very important.  If I'm listening to a song and I hear a very original lyric, that just automatically grasps me.  For example, I was listening to a song by Black star and Talib says "Trying to compete with reality like Xerox," it's a lyric that makes you think about it.  After that I would think, dayam thats a good song.

Feeling the beat.  Sometimes lyrics can be crap, but the beat can make the song decent.  Especially if your just looking for cruising music where you don't really want to think as much.  The beat is very important.  Like when you listen to Camp Lo's Luchini.  I have no clue what their saying, but the beat to the song just brings it up.

Does it convey emotion.  I listen to hip hop to enhance my vocabulary, I listen to rock to get me pumped up, I listen to slow jams and R&B if I'm feeling  someone.  If a song can convey an emotion from me, then I'll get it.

And sometimes there's just some music where I want to listen to it and just get lost.  Symphonies, techno music, and certain songs give me that feeling.

Now I believe that music is a powerful force.  That's why I'm deep into research on the next upcoming song, or the classic jam.  At parties, people usually ask me if I brought my ipod cause I guess I got the list.  It's come to a point where I bring my ipod everywhere with cables if necessary.  And I have to say, its pretty dayam cool.  I don't know if people are just lazy making a list for themselves, or their tastes are just bland.  But I certainly get the ohhhhh factor going at parties.

And if I don't have my ipod, I make do with what I have.  I mean there are times where they give me a laptop and speakers and they tell me to work my magic.  

To give you an example of how serious I am with my music, here's how many songs I have in my playlists:

Hip Hop: 449 

R&B: 291

Rock: 149

Slow Jams: 162

And that's just 4 playlists.

I'll post some list ideas on this blog sooner or later.  So just stay tuned.