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Será que alguém vai ouvir isso aqui?

By jegasus on February 11, 2024 3:22 pm

Hey there, Weekly Peeps! This week I'm changing things up, but I'm also not. Let me explain: I decided to try my hand at writing a rap in my native tongue, Brazilian Portuguese. I even tried to make the beat sound somewhat samba-like and all. This one doesn't have much comedy - I think I need to make a more concerted effort to write goofy shit next time around. The tune is super simple and a couple of the rhymes don't exactly land. If I had more time I'd polish a few sections a bit more, like finding words that fit the timing marginally better here and there, or re-recording my delivery, which I flubbed a couple of times. But having said all that, I don't find this awful! I think there's a kernel of something really fun here and I want to explore more stuff like this in the future.

I think I'm enjoying the workflow I've found for matching lyrics with vocal performances on the M8: I create a basic beat on the M8, render a couple of loops out, put them on Reaper, record the vocals on my computer while listening to the beat, export a stem of just the vocals, move them back to the M8 and then sequence the whole thing on the M8 itself. 

Anyways, I hope y'all enjoy listening to weird shit! Hahahahaha...

Abraços, galera!

--EDIT--

I've translated the lyrics into English, which you can find below.
The translation sounds VERY weird, because I'm trying to toe the line between being literal and faithful to the structure of the original, and also conveying more of the **feeling** and **meaning** of what I was going for in the original.

› Lyrics (PT-BR)

› Lyrics (EN-US)

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Haha, crazy how different you sound than in english, flows really well though! as a spanish speaker I got maybe 5% of that, google translate helped with the rest wink

This is kind of weird but this reminds me of the songs I heard during a brief Axe music craze that took over my country in the early 2000s, ha. (This compares favorably though wink)

for reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ojUm0btqjA

ddmm64 wrote:

Haha, crazy how different you sound than in english, flows really well though! as a spanish speaker I got maybe 5% of that, google translate helped with the rest wink

This is kind of weird but this reminds me of the songs I heard during a brief Axe music craze that took over my country in the early 2000s, ha. (This compares favorably though wink)

ddmm64 wrote:

for reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ojUm0btqjA


Oh wow, I actually remember when this got big in Brazil!!! Tchutchuca, hahahahaha... I'm not sure if the comedy translates, but that word just sounds so inherently funny... Hahahaha... And thanks for the listen!!! Yeah, I want to experiment with these different kinds of flows and stuff, I still have A LOT to learn in this. Writing lyrics that fit the metric and all that stuff is hard frigging work, especially if you're trying to keep it all within a 1 to 2 week time-frame... But you'll definitely hear more Portuguese raps soon! I want to make at least one song this year where I rap in both languages. My ultimate goal is to have a verse in one language, then ending it in another, so the rhyme happens across languages. At some point this will happen. And it will still be cringybas fuck, because it's still me rapping, hahahahaha...

this is what it is like to be sucked into a black hole!!!!! 


(this is a joke about the website snafu that will not make sense after it is fixed)

orangedrink wrote:

this is what it is like to be sucked into a black hole!!!!! 


(this is a joke about the website snafu that will not make sense after it is fixed)


Hahahaha... All comments and all matter get spaghettified!!!! =P

jegasus wrote:

Ultra mega fucking cringe

Me: Whoa, I can read Brazilian Portugese!

smile

caneta azul azul caneta

Haha, awesome, great flow! I wish I could understand more (I know a little spanish but clearly not enough to get portuguese). It's impressive to me to achieve any beat that's not four on the floor when tracking too!

Love the sound of these Portuguese bars, really looking forward to hearing your dual-language raps. The way the beat ramps up right at the start is such a good device to suck the listener in as well!

Awesome work! I have no idea what the lyrics mean, but the cadence and tone is really great.

I do like the flow. I would take probably some more orchestration a couple more melodic loops over that beat but it is fine for this weekly beat!

Well done.

Diggin the deep bass hits and how they contrast in rhythm to your excellent flow.  Nice work!

this is totally sick! from someone who can't understand what you're saying. I love the sound of portuguese from bossanova and such, this obviously hits a different kinda vibe but still the sound is enjoyable. I like the weird samba sounds for the beat too, def an experimental track but nice work! I can't tell if the flow isn't right at any point, to me it sounds cool and melodic.

hot damn!  Love the Portuguese flow.  Could listen to that for a long time. 

Well, I don't understand any of it, but the flow does sound cool.  Was bopping along to the beat.

Didn't quite catch that either, but it's got the hallmarks of a solid rap.
- Devieus

Oh man this is sooooo good. I don't speak Portuguese, but it sounds great! I've had the thought of writing a rap in another language with the help of Google translate, or maybe a friend who's bilingual. Anyway, this song is cool!

orangedrink wrote:
jegasus wrote:

Ultra mega fucking cringe

Me: Whoa, I can read Brazilian Portugese!

smile


LOOOOOOL
PS: I've translated the lyrics into English and added them to the description above!


moloko wrote:

caneta azul azul caneta


How on earth do you know about this reference?! Hahahahah... Thanks for listening!


krig wrote:

Haha, awesome, great flow! I wish I could understand more (I know a little spanish but clearly not enough to get portuguese). It's impressive to me to achieve any beat that's not four on the floor when tracking too!


Thank you so much, that's very kind of you!!! Yeah, I'm gonna try experimenting with my flow a bit more. This one came out super non-stop, which can be fun but also SUPER tiring to record! Hahahahaha...
PS: I've translated the lyrics into English and added them to the description above!



LOHTANGCLAN wrote:

Love the sound of these Portuguese bars, really looking forward to hearing your dual-language raps. The way the beat ramps up right at the start is such a good device to suck the listener in as well!


Thank you thank you thank you!!! Yeah, I need to start experimenting with dual-language stuff... I feel like I'll have a lot of fun messing around with it!



PeterM wrote:

Awesome work! I have no idea what the lyrics mean, but the cadence and tone is really great.


Thank you for the kind words!!!
PS: I've translated the lyrics into English and added them to the description above!



djippy wrote:

I do like the flow. I would take probably some more orchestration a couple more melodic loops over that beat but it is fine for this weekly beat!

Well done.


Thank you very much!!! And yes, I totally agree, the improved and polished version of this track needs to have more changes to the beat to keep things interesting. But yeah, for a quick weekly beat submission, I also agree - not too shabby! Hahahahaha... Again, thanks so much for listening and for the comment!





Tone Matrix wrote:

Diggin the deep bass hits and how they contrast in rhythm to your excellent flow.  Nice work!


THANK YOOOU!!! I really appreciate it!!!



horatiuromantic wrote:

this is totally sick! from someone who can't understand what you're saying. I love the sound of portuguese from bossanova and such, this obviously hits a different kinda vibe but still the sound is enjoyable. I like the weird samba sounds for the beat too, def an experimental track but nice work! I can't tell if the flow isn't right at any point, to me it sounds cool and melodic.


Hahahahaaha, totally! Quite different from Bossa Nova vibes, haahahaha... Thanks so much for the kind words! Yeah, I specifically wanted to make these little rinky-dink samba noise-based beat, hahahahahah... I think that if I come back to this track I need to expand a bit on that to make the sound a bit fuller, too.
PS: I've translated the lyrics into English and added them to the description above!



bothelbows wrote:

hot damn!  Love the Portuguese flow.  Could listen to that for a long time.


heart Thank you so much!!!! Hopefully I'll get some more inspiration throughout the year and make more weird stuff like this, hahahahaha...



Cosmic Cairns wrote:

Well, I don't understand any of it, but the flow does sound cool.  Was bopping along to the beat.


That's when you know it's good right? You can't understand what's being said but still enjoy it anyways? Hahahahaahha...
PS: I've translated the lyrics into English and added them to the description above!



Devieus wrote:

Didn't quite catch that either, but it's got the hallmarks of a solid rap.
- Devieus


That is very, very flattering, thank you so much heart
PS: I've translated the lyrics into English and added them to the description above!



Pop Tronics wrote:

Oh man this is sooooo good. I don't speak Portuguese, but it sounds great! I've had the thought of writing a rap in another language with the help of Google translate, or maybe a friend who's bilingual. Anyway, this song is cool!


DUDE!!! Google translate-based rapping sounds like such a crazy idea it just might work! Hahahahahaha... Thanks for the kind comments, too!!!
PS: I've translated the lyrics into English and added them to the description above!

love the whistles and the samba vibe. lyrics are a joy.

Yup, that's definitely rap.
- Devieus

BOMBASTIK

jbarket wrote:

love the whistles and the samba vibe. lyrics are a joy.


Yeeesss, the samba is strong here! Hahahaha, thanks so much smile



Devieus wrote:

Yup, that's definitely rap.
- Devieus


LOL!!! Mission accomplished, then!!! Thanks so much for listening!



pterodaniel wrote:

BOMBASTIK


"Mr lover lover, mmmm..."
Hahahahah,thank you so much for listening.

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