Originally posted by LazFX
Not True Rap or Hip hop, just like EDM, there is cheese, but lately the past 10 years Rap has became Crap.
Acts Like Jedi Mind Trick, Mos Def, Blackalicious, Roots, Common(before the gap commercial), Q-Tip and a host of others still hold true to the original shape and style that made hip hop what it was. A story, a hook and then the groove. Today's hip hop is all about the bling and bitches and hoes..... disgusting....
Check out some Spoken Word or the next time there is a Poetry Jam at the Uni. Some great stuff and deep shit......
unless you are totally against the whole rap thing,,, I would recommend any of the above acts to check out. Its nice to be eclectic in one's musical tastes..
wouldn't you agree??
I have a high distaste for much of the rap and hip hop that comes out of the us (though i will admit to listening to an occasion hit tune, but that its usually the case that the song is so annoying and is played so many times that the overbearing annoying factor makes you like it). I do enjoy much of domestic and balkan artist though, for instance Edo Maajka is one of my favourites and i always enjoy six pack čukur and slon & sadež (though these two make all styles of music not just hip hop). Also i enjoy some french rap. Not because of the lyrics (cant speak a word of french) but i just like the sound of the french language. A bit weird but what the hell. I also like the sound of japanese language (and i love japanse pop and dance music, the pure silliness of it is just so awesome) though contrary to frech i can actualy (at least partially) understand japanese (thank you japanse tv shows).
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Apr-20-2007 20:54
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I have a distaste for all music that isn't original.
Apr-21-2007 16:04
tathi
wanderlust
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Sydney
so you hate Trance from 2003 onwards? :P
None of you have probably developed an ear for dark, dirty, evil, tech house and gritty electro, so if you´re curious here is a mix from a talented sydney DJ / friend:
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA: TXTA #102
quote:
Originally posted by Lilith
Both!!
Don't limit yourself to one genre, though techno is a lot easier to start off on.
I'd imagine it's pretty hard to mix those in the same "set," if that what you meant.
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Apr-23-2007 01:56
Lira
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Location: Brasilia, Brazil Formerly known as: Maaz
quote:
Originally posted by shaolin_Z
I'd imagine it's pretty hard to mix those in the same "set," if that what you meant.
Yeah, that's why I've got to choose, at least, the BPM range I'm focusing on.
Indeed, I'd hate to limit myself to one "genre", but let's face it: records are quite expensive and I'd then have to choose a starting point.
If I pick drum'n'bass, I'd focus on fast paced genres, such as drum'n'bass, trancestep, freeform and hardcore in general (although drum'n'bass is an absurdly broad genre). If I pick Acid Techno, on the other hand, I'd focus on hard acid techno, hard acid trance, nrg, techno and hard house.
I do plan on working on "Maximalism", which would make be able to drop both drum'n'bass and acid techno in one set, but I need some priorities first
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Apr-23-2007 03:00
Lilith
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Yeah I didn't mean mix both together!
Well unless you've got a very keen ear and can mix synth and bass lines on key as a transition after cutting the drums. Personally I'm not much good at it... slightly deaf in one ear
I don't know, 4-4 beat is easier to mix and you can throw a lot of other genres in there if you have other stuff lying around as most of the electronic genre as a whole is 4-4.
But yeah, I agree, D&B certainly has a lot of sub-genres in there you can explore.
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Originally posted by Lira
Yeah, that's why I've got to choose, at least, the BPM range I'm focusing on.
I prefer 127ish BPM. I realized how insane trance is when it's comes to that and also why it has to be executed very well in order to sound good, IMO. One reason why I prefer house now, it's a lot more layed back and chilled out. Keeping in mind how many break downs/build up [mainstream] "trance" has these days, it sound aweful and doesn't even remotely remember the style that for me in to EDM in the first place.
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Apr-23-2007 03:30
shaolin_Z
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA: TXTA #102
quote:
Originally posted by Lilith
I don't know, 4-4 beat is easier to mix and you can throw a lot of other genres in there if you have other stuff lying around as most of the electronic genre as a whole is 4-4.
I actually have no clue how people mix stuff that isn't 4-4. Quite mind boggling really .
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Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
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Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller
Apr-23-2007 03:32
shaolin_Z
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Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Austin, Texas, USA: TXTA #102
quote:
Originally posted by tathi
so you hate Trance from 2003 onwards? :P
None of you have probably developed an ear for dark, dirty, evil, tech house and gritty electro, so if you´re curious here is a mix from a talented sydney DJ / friend:
fucken loooove it, make sure you listen to it loud
Just checked it out, it's got some neat tracks in there but it's a little too dark for me .
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"The Greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."-Stephen Hawking
"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller
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