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    She’s such a talented rap artist, yet she destroyed all the possibilities she could have had. She could easily be on top of the game.

     

    I mean, look at the recent female rappers. Retardi B? Talentless.
     

    The only competition Azealia could have is Nicki da Ninja. 

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    16 hours ago, Dominikx4 said:

    Bonjour hoes

     

    So, a while back I actually bought access to that Mix with the Masters website. Both Kieron Menzies and Jack Antonoff had videos about Lana, in Kieron's case about High By The Beach and for Jack it was about Mariners Apartment Complex and The Greatest.

     

    I obviously cannot share any video or audio tidbits due to copyright, but I decided to write down some of the more interesting stuff they said about Lana, since I haven't seen anyone else sharing this before:

     

    High By The Beach

    • HBTB started with the chorus
    • It was made when they were about halfway through the recording process, in the summer of 2015
    • Lana usually comes in with an idea, and Rick plays the piano trying to find the right chords (as seen in the Change video Lana posted back in 2017)
    • Lana wrote the rest of the lyrics the same day they recorded the song
    • The hip-hop vibes were Lana's idea
    • All of Lana's vocals on the Honeymoon album were recorded with a U87 microphone. It was an extremly old mic Rick found somewhere in a closet of his and they never used it because it always sounded so bad, but they thought the trashy, lo-fi feel of it suited the Honeymoon tracks because it had the right amount of "dirt and brokenness"
    • Lana usually does not record her vocals in the vocal booth, but in the control room with speakers on, which is the reason why there's always so much bleeding from the instrumental on her acapellas
    • No autotune on Lana's vocals
    • They call the outro a "poem". Lana wrote it after they had the idea for the music video and it was specifically written with the MV in mind.
    • During the HM production process, recording, producing and mixing was all pretty much happening at the same time, rather than producing the song and mixing it at a later date.
    • Lana was involved in every step of the album making process, from writing, producing, mixing and mastering it.
    • Lana's mindset is "this is her vision, [...] this is what she wanted to hear". A lot of the mixing choices on Honeymoon were Lana's call
    • Kieron says he thought the beat shouldve been brighter and hotter, but Lana said she doesn't like it, and he thinks they ended up with a more natural sound that way

     

    The Greatest

    • Lana and Jack usually write songs by Jack playing on his guitar and Lana singing over it
    • The Greatest started with the chorus chord progression
    • Jack added flutes and horns because the song feels like a "death march" for the culture
    • They were figuring the song out as they were going
    • There's 40 vocal tracks in the final song
    • They wanted it to feel like Lana is singing in a bar
    • Lana's voice was supposed to feel like its the glue holding the entire album together, which is why its so "on top" of the instrumentals

     

    Mariners Apartment Complex

    • There was no chorus at first, Lana started with the verses
    • Jack thought it would be called "I'm Your Man"
    • Again, Lana and Jack record in the same room, she's singing, he's playing the guitar
    • The end of the song is a homage to Venice Bitch with the trippy guitars coming in


    Thank you for this insight! For me, Nowels definitely established the role of a mentor to Lana in terms of her art and the process itself. His experience with outstanding artists like Tupac and Dido will only have advantages to Lana! Really hope the team who produced Honeymoon will work together again ?

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