@mykelhawkmusic

I met this rapper at the gas station who approached me and asked if he could rap for me and dude was pretty dope right, had some bars, great energy, spitting some lyrical conscious type ish so I invite him over the studio the next day. Dude shows up with his BM and 2-year-old in tow and he's like "Yeah, this my girl. She's gonna sing the hook to this song I'm trying to do". Mind you, I didn't tell dude come over and record, but I think to myself, well I did invite him to my studio so of course he's going to think that means let's record and I got nothing going on and like I said dude had impressed me at the gas station. So, I ask him if he wants to listen to some beats I've made and see if he's feeling anything. I had actually made some bangers that week, but dude hits me with a CD and says "Yeah, the beat is #2 on this CD". So, now I'm annoyed that homie has basically relegated me to a recording engineer, but I like to see how things unfold so I pop the CD in and dump it into Studio One and the shit is Extra BooBoo, just garbage and not at all what I was expecting. I was expecting like a hard boom-bap beat and it's more like C & C Music Factory "Everybody Dance Now". I look over at dude and him and his BM just head boppin' and smiling at each other and I'm like "Yo, where's your child?" This dude says, "Aw he's just wandering around, he'll be aight". I tell them to get their kid and that he can't just be alone crawling around my crib unattended. He looks annoyed a little and he can tell I don't give a F and tells her to get the kid, and she runs out. It's at this point that he began to tell me that his uncle is Russell Simmons and he's just waiting on this demo we about to record. I'm like "For real. That's crazy" Dang" His BM comes back upstairs with their kid and tells him the baby shitted himself and they don't have any diapers. She said it real, real timidly and then I saw why. Dude jumped up calling her every name in the book, stupid b**h, dumb as b***h. He turns to me and says "Man, we gotta go back to the crib". I'm like "Oh for real? That sucks but I understand. Go take care of your 'lil man". He tells me he's gonna hit me up the next day to come record that song. I say "Oh fashooo. Hit me up". I changed my phone number. and haven't invited anyone random to the studio since.

@GO_CEDDY44

I was delusional when i first started,  now I'm just out the way making music in my own world. 

Gotta put this brain to work when im not at work.

@kirkstate

Yoooo you brought in memories when I had a studio in early 2000s and people was outta their minds 😂😂I could play you some stuff you would be on the floor laughing in tears

@DocHalliday

The issue is that it's real easy to make music in comparison to the world pre internet, pre youtube, pre streaming. The filter of difficulty has been removed. There's a lot of undeveloped, unrefined, non talented people busting through the gates, and the people who have real musical souls are getting drowned out.

@RitualFlip

You know it’s bad when you haven’t discovered any new artists you dig in close to a year, the fatigue of hearing below average has knocked out the explorer in me, mostly just focusing on my own music now, be the change you want to see and all that jazz

@dodgingrain3695

The problem is, and I've only noticed this in the arts industries like music, that everyone constantly tells each other how great they are even when they stink.  So you end up with a bunch of people that stink that think they are great because everyone tells them that.

@BakariYahmoor

Delusion is dangerous because you can start to believe things that really aren't true but you want them to be but with confidence your more in touch with reality and a lot more level headed

@marcusarailious7084

As an artist, everytime I second guess my self, it turns out better. Checks n balances are a necessity for like everything for real

@tiadiad

Many of the young artists have it inside out. They want to be famous, and could care less about becoming great musicians. Fame is their goal, so they spend very little time on their craft. They fail to understand that first you become great at something, and that brings you glory.

@Lone_coyote_music

My philosophy is be delusional, but also consider all criticism. I think I'm the shit, but I'm massively open to criticism, it's how I've gotten as good as I am, but the truth is that people who are really skilled and talented actually become far more humble because you know how little you know and how good the greats really are.

@joshnorman2918

Produced country singers for years.  Unreal how many mid ass singers throw a fit about tuning their vocals.  😂

@TeneciBeatz

I had a dude catch the bus to my house for a session and he proceeded to rap about pulling up in a Lambo 😂

@darrenifyouask

Confident people know where they’re supposed to be.

Delusional people feel like they’re supposed to be there.

@darianwj

I had to deal with a few delusional singers.  The worst situation was trying to tell my cousin.  He's was a good writer, but his singing was decent at best.  I always told him this.  I especially told him not to try to sing a Capella...YOU NEED MUSIC BEHIND YOU AT THE VERY LEAST.  Yes, without the music his notes were all over the place.  My honesty lead to him not speaking to me for a few months. Then one day he called me up and told me about his encounter with others who were bigger in the industry and told him the same thing I told him.  Luckily he realized that I just didn't want him to go out and embarrass himself (which he did anyway).  We're cool today and just write and play for the fun of it.

@Ast3rixMusic

Wow this is eye opening.... dealing with artists can be super challenging.  I think this is why the record companies were so successful in the past because they had teams of people that had to put up with listening to people who believe they can perform.  Talent is a blessing and you have it or you don't.  Hard work shows when you really are about your art.  Music is subjective, but we all are attracted to things that sound pleasant to the ears.

@jacobm-d7g

This video is awesome! I’ve been working on writing/recording music for a few years. I write each day when I’m off work and often do vocals exercises driving to/from work. I get frustrated sometimes because I don’t use pitch correction or autotune, and I spend hours working on my voice or a particular part of a song I’m not satisfied with, and I know a lot would use pitch correction/autotune, but I always say, my favorite artists from the 20th century didn’t need it, so out of respect and love for music and them solely, I just keep grinding away. It can be discouraging because it takes longer, but the ultimate payoff for me is just having the privilege to have that time to myself each day to get to work on my craft whether my music goes anywhere or not. This was encouraging to hear. Thank you man!

@ThomasAnthonyMusic

To be fair, there’s a lot of popular artists that fit this description 🤷‍♂️

@Nitro_BSQ

I have definitely had to humble myself at times where the delusion started running wild

@skoolhitdabutton

I'm all the above . I am unrealistic, illusory, Hallucinatory, misconceived and really irrational. Great vid as always. Columbus rocks with Bolo, ya heard !

@qtippz

What I've learned is to be confident but also be real with yourself and never get the bighead/arrogant. Not everybody is gonna like your shit but never let it get to you and always keep perfecting your craft.