I cut a rap song once. It was a few years ago for my old show 'Buck Commander,' and it was a song called 'You're Short.' It was about my camera guy. We shot the video in Las Vegas, 'Ocean's Eleven' style!
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The first single I released, 'Anything Goes,' is probably one of the best-written songs I've heard in a long time. It takes somebody knowing who you are. Sometimes writers know who an artist is and what they want to say and how they sing. I will never be opposed to cutting a song if somebody nails my life and what I'm going through.
I've been thinking of trying my hand at rap. I've been recording snippets on my BlackBerry.
Usually, when I'm rappin', I'm creating a big story or a concept song that sounds like a movie to me.
I just cut songs I love and that represent what I want to say. And if it crosses over, that's very flattering. It's cool to know that with people listening to rock and rap, I'm sitting on their iPods along with that stuff.
I tried to make a 'When Doves Cry' in a rap version. I used a lot of instruments and I broke it down like I thought Prince would do, and that's the song I sent to Big Boi.
Video is a funny thing. It's one thing to be an artist, singer-songwriter, and use words and create pictures in people's minds. And then be asked to do video for it, to actually give a certain visual for your song.
I haven't done rap... I can't do that too well.
Today, it's very tempting to create songs by cutting and pasting in the studio.
I'm doing a record that has a story that runs through all of the songs, and then there is also a film that goes along with it.
I've never forgotten a single record I cut or a song I wrote.