hip hop mics

I can give you about 5 examples of my vocal style/range, which pretty much summarizes it all. Building Castles's Profile - Indaba Music Most of it isn't really hip hop from these particular examples, but in my music, I do a fair amount of rapping and I sing in every song. Black Holes would be a good song to check out, as it represents both my rapping and my singing.

I am starting to take recording seriously, myself and friends have a group that raps, with occasional singers for choruses, etc. I am piecing together a home studio for us, as now we are recording into a laptop at various locations. I am in IT, so the computer was easy (and cheap).

Hey guys, I've just purchased some software to get prepared for my recordings and now I'm looking to find a good mic. I've always recorded rap/hip hop music and my friends tell me my lyrics are very good but that my cheap mic makes the tracks too ugly. I was hoping I could get some recomendations for purchasing a mic that will give my vocals the quality that they demand for my tracks.

Hi all,

I am about to buy a new mic.
Is for recording vocals (Hip hop /Rap/RnB).
SM7B / RODE K2
and the preamp is RNP.. dont have the money to buy about 1000dollar..

Any suggestions?

I posted this same question on the main forum before I noticed that this one was more specific...

with approximately a $500 budget what would be the best mic for purposes of recording rap vocals?

Thanks

I own an MBOX which runs through Pro Tools, and i'm going to buy a microphone strictly needed to record rap vocals...
what do u think i should be lookin into getting?

thanks

Hi everyone, just got an account here because this site seems to have great users that are very knowledgeable with lots of gear. I hope some of the user's can hep me here. I'm currently selling a lot of my gear and have around $2000 to $3000 to spend on a quality mic preamp or some type of DI to get me the sound I need.

I've been looking for some time now at getting a new mic ( I currentley own one mic an AT4033 and haven't had great succsess with it on rap vocals a couple of female singers have had great results though which that mic exsels at that anyway )