Illy Professions : Hip-hop artist Born : 1986 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Illy I write almost everything on my albums, all the hooks etc, but I can't sing them as I hear them in my head. I would struggle to write for just my own voice as it would be pretty limiting on what my tracks are capable of sounding like, so being open to collaboration is crucial for what I do. Illy track struggle writing There are a lot of new sounds I've gone for, which I may not have been ready to go for in the past, especially moving away from just rapping. I really tried to push my songwriting side on this one. I think that, for better or worse, people have definitely been able to tell. Changing style is always gonna be a love/hate thing for people, but I love it all, and I can't please everyone so that's all that matters. Illy rap hate moving I would struggle to write for just my own voice as it would be pretty limiting on what my tracks are capable of sounding like, so being open to collaboration is crucial for what I do. The best thing is simple: just getting the finished version of a track that sounds incredible, from when it was just a melody in my head. Seeing that executed is sick. There's not really too much downside as I write by myself so I'm only sharing the part I'm comfortable sharing. It's all good. Illy simple struggle writing Similar Authors Buck 65 hip-hop-artist Bubba Sparxxx hip-hop-artist Brother Ali hip-hop-artist Asher Roth hip-hop-artist ASAP Ferg hip-hop-artist Andy Mineo hip-hop-artist All Authors