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Bell Biv DeVoe On What Makes a Hit Song & the Future of Hip-Hop | Billboard’s No. 1 GRAMMYs Party 2024
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2/4/2024
Bell Biv DeVoe caught up with Billboard's Rania Aniftos at the Billboard’s No. 1 GRAMMYs Party 2024.
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What's up, how about you?
00:01
We're good, we're good.
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How is everyone doing?
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Thank you, you guys as well.
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I appreciate it.
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So tell me, what is the key to making a hit song,
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which you guys are no strangers to?
00:12
Be yourself, have fun, make sure you're enjoying it.
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Make sure it's what you would really listen to
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when you go to the clubs or jump in your car.
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You know, and just keep it true in that aspect, you know?
00:23
I love that, I love that.
00:24
Hey, I would say get a hot beat.
00:26
Don't nothing happen without the beat.
00:29
And then go straight to the chorus,
00:31
get something that everyone can remember,
00:33
and then just tell a story that you think connects the man and woman.
00:37
It's about that moment in time to be real as far as what you're feeling
00:42
in your life at that time.
00:44
The biggest albums were about a moment in time in any given artist's career,
00:50
whether it's Prince, Purple Rain, or Mary J. Blige,
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what's the 401(1)--
00:55
there's so many classics based on people's pain and their victory at any time.
01:00
So a song should speak to that as well.
01:02
The human experience is eternal and universal every single time.
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And the future of hip-hop and R&B, where do you want to see it go?
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Man, I just want to--for me personally, I just want it to stay funky,
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real, creative, innovative, different,
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not everyone sounding the same, quality, style, all of it.
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Well said, well said.
01:26
Thank you guys so much.
01:27
It's a huge honor talking to you tonight.
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Bye!
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