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| Mattsanity. |
I was born during the tail end of the 80's so maybe my two cents aren't as valuable compared to EddieZilker's. There's only a handful of great 80's electronic dance tracks in my opinion, and they're probably the same amount as the fingers I have. I know that's flat out disrespectful but I'm a homosapien who has his likes and dislikes.
People consider Rakim the greatest rapper simply because he's an early hip hop legend. I believe Nas surpassed him though based on his work from the 90's. that's another topic and this is an EDM site, so I might not mention them again.
Chicago house, Detroit techno, and New Beat were influential genres, and each of them do feature stone cold classics. That could never be discredited.
I realize there`s tracks from 1990 and 1991 that still have that 80`s feel.
All I want to say that it wasn't until those early progressive house tracks from 1990 like Leftfield - Not Forgotten and Ultraviolet - Kites that EDM started coming to fruition. |
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| OrangestO |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mattsanity.
People consider Rakim the greatest rapper simply because he's an early hip hop legend. I believe Nas surpassed him though based on his work from the 90's. that's another topic and this is an EDM site, so I might not mention them again. |
Why not?
Music is music and I'm sure enough people on here appreciate and listen to Hip Hop.
Nas is the GOAT, in my opinion. Most others in the Hip Hop community will differ, though.
BTW, that avatar... I mean, this is an EDM site, right?
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| Looney4Clooney |
| he loves justice. |
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| corjay9 |
| I love me some TR-808. |
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| Looney4Clooney |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mattsanity.
Chicago house, Detroit techno, and New Beat were influential genres, and each of them do feature stone cold classics. That could never be discredited.
I realize there`s tracks from 1990 and 1991 that still have that 80`s feel.
All I want to say that it wasn't until those early progressive house tracks from 1990 like Leftfield - Not Forgotten and Ultraviolet - Kites that EDM started coming to fruition. |
I think if you do a little digging, you will realize the 80s were a rather unique and interesting period for music. Every single artist you mentioned were influenced by the 80s. I think if you approach music from a perspective of , ok what about this is different of unique or something i haven't heard, you will able to appreciate things more. It seems that right now, you have your taste and when presented with something you are not accustomed to, you sort of compared the two and if they don't match , it is bad. |
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| Dykes_on_Jay |
| You can dance to motown. There is plenty of of italo disco as well ...discogs is your friend. Tail end of the 80's also produced a ton of r and b, let your backbone slide man. |
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| Looney4Clooney |
italdisco is great. I loved the earlier funk disco and i would say my favorate era was the 70s for live music. I found the white washed disco that cadenced the era fun but banal. Italdisco was great because it was so out of touch with what was going on. Like it was just its own thing that wasn't really being moulded by the USA industry. There is some cheese but ya, some really great interesting synth tracks. It just sounded foreign.
I mean imagine being in those clubs in Chicago hearing music nobody had access to that was pretty awesome. Sort of how i suppose EDM was until it was available in cd format which was a while. But ya, they were all influenced by that.
The 80s had some really amazing phenomenons. i mean the fact that it started in places like Detroit and Chicago. Pretty interesting. |
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| Dykes_on_Jay |
| It wasn't just exclusive to Chicago. Frankie Knuckles, Larry Heard and company played here in the 80's (I'm only 33 so no I didn't go, I was initiated into house and djing by my uncle who did attend and play chi house)and there were quality Chi House nights in many cities. The early Afrikaa Bambata style stuff inspired a whole generation of dancers. A lot of the new wave was great as well. You could play the 9 minute version of Soft Cell's Tainted Love today in a club and kill it. Seriously Matt look harder. Disco never died and dance floors have been going strong since the 70's. |
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| Looney4Clooney |
| but it was a gay thing, so it was not really something you would hear about unless you had a friend with awesome threads. |
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| Dykes_on_Jay |
| It was mostly played in gay clubs in some places, but it still had a big straight following. They just happened to be more awesome than the average cracker. |
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| Dykes_on_Jay |
| Micheal Jackson and Prince are rolling in their graves because of this thread Matthew. |
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| Mattsanity. |
| quote: | Originally posted by OrangestO
Why not?
Music is music and I'm sure enough people on here appreciate and listen to Hip Hop.
Nas is the GOAT, in my opinion. Most others in the Hip Hop community will differ, though.
BTW, that avatar... I mean, this is an EDM site, right?
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I know what you mean. Music that doesn't bring light to Christ is usually condemned by the hardcore christian. I lust this genre though so I can't help it.
if you're talking about the scribble jam winner, then yeah I think he's tight. he's one of the finest cats to come out of melbourne.
| quote: | | Micheal Jackson and Prince are rolling in their graves because of this thread Matthew. |
I was going to mention MJ in my opening post considering how the masses say the 80's belonged to Michael. I'm sure he was affiliated with electronic in some way. |
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