On the debate about three poem a year writing (I actually forget the term used right now…) and unfiltered creation:““They think I’m crazy,” 50 told MTV about Eminem and label heads. “Sometimes [Em] misses why I put it out. He goes, ‘Why did you put it out?’ But I can’t be as hot as I’m gonna be if I don’t play around. I gotta spar before I go fight the champ. That’s my concept of it. If I don’t go out and make material and lock in, I’m not gonna make the best possible material for the next [official] project.” I actually agree with Mr. Curtisssss especially with the music. For example, I make tons of songs I would never consider putting on an album or having anyone listen to. These songs usually have me rapping about nonsense. They usually have me conforming to Hip-Hop cliches of women, money, etc:”I stay with a fresh whip like a lion tamer/And I keep that heavy metal just like Iron Maiden”No, I don’t have a fly car or a gun. But there are a MILLION different terms that people use for these objects, which make them ripe for metaphors. So I tend to uses these available clever quips to work on my rhyme schemes and metaphor delivery. No, I would never use lines like those in an album, but they help me create more clever and vivid metaphors and more complex rhyme patterns for an actual album or performed song. The same thing works for poetry…for instance, I would never consider “Ode to Good Sex” in any sort of selections I would compile as my best or potentially publishable work. However, it allowed me to improve a few things in terms of flow and whatnot. So I guess I agree with Tyler in that someone can be both. Write tons of crap that helps you improve your delivery until you work on the gems that take a year or so… The End.
I guess I agree. At times, I write my poems at the last minute just so I can turn something in. But I believe that if you work on something for too long, no matter how good it is, your still going to hate it. Take for example, a term paper that you have been writing all semester. By the time it is due, you end up hating what you wrote and you turn it in anyways! So I do agree that writing short, sweet pieces of literature can be good improve your skills but writing long pieces of literature, to me, just ends up driving you crazy in the end.