Turntable Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 I heard allof of rumors, on here and at other places. So what is the truth about it, as far as ya'll know? :paperbag: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E - Style-Greesy - E Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 I heard allof of rumors, on here and at other places. So what is the truth about it, as far as ya'll know? :paperbag: As far as I know there was no ghostwriter or anything for Will Smith! But I'm not a 100% sure! On the other side I don't believe that Will had or needed any ghostwriters for himself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon20 Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Well, since there's no proof...I'm guessing the rumors are false. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogue Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Will has co-writters on his albums. I think a few people may help him out with a line here and there but the majority of it is coming from Will. Well i hope it's coming from Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turntable Posted June 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Well, since there's no proof...I'm guessing the rumors are false. Dindnt he say that he doesnt allways have the time to write his own lyrics, back when BWS dropped? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzy Julie Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Ghostwriting and co-writing are very different things, i think Will tends to co-write with people. Like Kel for example, kel says he ghostwrites for Will but he gets credit on the album so really its co-writing. I havnt got a problem with it if its a line here and there, i wouldnt be happy if i found out people write huge chunks for Will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turntable Posted June 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 If pretty much the whole track is co-written its wack too, even it its not called ghostwriting that way. so is that a whole track thing or just some lines? who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Brakes Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Yeah as people have said he has Co-Writers. People such as Nas, Kel Spencer and Skills have co-written with Will! Kel is his main one tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turntable Posted June 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 And how much? anything about that? Are those whole track deals or just some lines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E - Style-Greesy - E Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 And how much? anything about that? Are those whole track deals or just some lines? I don't think they co-wrote the whole tracks for Will because then for me it wouldn't be co-writing anymore. U can see the style of the lyrics by Will, noone else has this type of style so I think the lyrics are really from Will and only a few sentences are co-written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic1988 Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 If you pop your CD into Windows Media Player, just check out the composers column, that is a good way to tell. I think that most of his stuff is done with other people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E - Style-Greesy - E Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 If you pop your CD into Windows Media Player, just check out the composers column, that is a good way to tell. I think that most of his stuff is done with other people. Of course many people do work on the album and the lyrics with Will together but I think the lyrics still belong to Will except a few sentences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pinot Posted July 2, 2008 Members Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 (edited) Kel writes the verses, Will comes in and goes over them with Kel and re-does them in "Fresh Prince" style so he'll feel comfortable reciting them, he probably erases and adds on lines here and there. I can tell when I'm hearin Will spit rhymes that Kel wrote, I know Kel's flow. I think Will wrote "Why" by himself though, when I listen to it that just sounds like the Fresh Prince of old to me. I don't blame Will for using a ghostwriter, the dude makes over 20 million a movie and is probably THEE biggest star in Hollywood, he doesn't really have that time to be racking his brain writing albums. Before Big Willie Style i'm sure he never even considered using a writer since he had the time and energy to lose himself in the music. Edited July 2, 2008 by Pinot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Brakes Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I'm pretty certain Kel doesn't write 'verses' and just comes into practise them.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpinJack AJ Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Ha...i can't say i'm gonna take any posts 2 seriously from someone who wants 2 put that kinda info out there on their 1st post. Back in that 1997 Source interview. FP said he's always writing...even in retirement. He said that when he was working on BWS, for a handful of tracks (which are credited), he wrote a song and brought it 2 Nas. He said that since he hadn't really done anything with the intent of releasing it in years, he felt that alot of time had past and that Hip-Hop had changed so we brought the songs 2 Nas looking for an edge geared 2 the current scene. The interview went on 2 say that Nas would say "why don't u flip this part this way..." and stuff like that. Mad Skillz and Common Sense also worked along side FP. I think he just does that for some of his trax looking for the collaboration with an emcee that he respects just 2 remind me where he's at. He's not exactly walking the streets of Philly everyday anymore getting a normal, down 2 earth kind of inspiration. He's on movie sets and in the lap of luxery with his family. In a 2000 XXL interview, Kel talked about working with FP and stated that they co-wrote songs 2gether and that he did just write songs for FP 2 rap. I can't say that i love the idea of people co-writing with him, but even back in the day, Ready Rock C and Jazzy Jeff were writing the songs with him. Even i can personally relate when i was rapping. Some stuff i wrote all by myself. Some of the stuff i wrote with my best friends. Fresh Prince is a pioneer...not a puppet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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