Susan Boyle is reportedly being lined up by Syco, her management company, to do a rap duet. A source told the Daily Mirror:
“They are looking at ballads and more musical style stuff, but this time around they want to try to make her a recording artist – original material, and giving Susan a chance to show what she’s really all about.
She’s got an opportunity to find herself and she loves all sorts of music – including rap.
Her management know that she’s a huge success around the globe and if she were to work with one of the big stars of the rap world they know they’d probably have an instant hit on their hands if it was done correctly.”
It seems there is nobody in pop who is not eying up a rap collaboration and is part of the overwhelming march this genre is taking towards hip hop.
When this happens it’s by no means always a bad result – when Dizzee Rascal and Shirley Bassey got together late last year they threw together a really enjoyable rendition of “Diamonds are Forever” – but this was clearly despite the arrangement of the styles and the success was due more to the two artists being great performances. Dame Shirley, who usually looks like she owns any room she is in, was wearing a nervous smile.
When Simon Cowell lines up a move like this, the worry is that it’s becoming a default option to throw about; what looks like an easy trick to make an artist more “relevant” actually takes a lot more skill than at first glance. If SuBo doerss team up with Snoop Dogg though, who hinted he can’t wait to get in the studio with her, that should pass the test. Another successful rap collab though could be another dangerous precedent, till we wake up in a world where it’s mandatory for every song to include the words “ft lil wayne”.
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Connie Rose says:
May 3, 2010
If she does do rap, then goodbye Susan. Hate rap – wish it was never here. She has better talent for other singing – but NOT RAP!!!
Mary Jo says:
May 3, 2010
Rap is basically rhyming speech set to a heavy bass beat. Melody doesn’t enter into it. So if you throw a strong, melodic voice into the mix, you’ve got something new. Most pop voices today don’t have enough range, power, and timbre to maintain that kind of intense melodic flow in a rap environment. Susan Boyle, and some opera singers, do. Should be an interesting combination.
Sweet Sue Ohio says:
May 3, 2010
Oh PLEASE no rap! She is much to talented for that! I would love to see her share the bill with Peter Noone.
Sweet Sue Ohio says:
May 3, 2010
I ment to say something else about the picture above. She looks like she has lost weight, and looks great.
Robert says:
May 3, 2010
A rap will kill Susan’s career. Her fans are not generally rap fans. Rap fans aren’t going to buy into Susan rapping. If she was afraid that coming in second on BGT would make her disappear, that would be nothing to the wasteland of banishment she would receive with this. A remake of “Wild Horses” is one thing. A cover of “Cop Killer” or “Baby Got Back” is something else entirely.
gaston says:
May 3, 2010
I think susan’s popularity will increase without rap. S
he probably has few fans there and for the most part it’s a world of vulgarity.
Hyphenate says:
May 4, 2010
Susan’s only showing her diversity! When someone is as versatile as she is, we’re seeing more and more the scope of what she is capable. Let’s face it, too: Susan isn’t going to do an unwholesome rap song–she would be working in a different fashion than how we often look at rap or hip hop–there is a middle ground to experiment with, and we might actually find it can be pleasant with the right artist.