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Marco Polo ft. Masta Ace - Nostalgia
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As much as the interviewer wasn't great, Necro didn't handle the interview well either. Up to this point I have no idea what he was talking about, the whole thing was pointless. What happens to the people listening to this interview who have no idea about who Necro is? Obviously this is no good way to introduce them to the music.
This interviewer is a fuckin' idiot. Necro's entire career is based on being as lewd and obscene and ludacris as possible. Did this guy think he was gonna come on the show and start talking to Common about his love for hip hop and shit? This guy is a fucking backpack-hippy-faggot. I'd never listen to his show after that.
Necro came on the show as necro. Nothing more nothing less. Take it or leave it.
That's like inviting Johny Rotten to a tea party and then wondering why he's pissing in the kettle.
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yeah this song is tight.
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hahaha.
cute.
SSL is a fucking godsend for trying out new music at the club without having to buy it first.
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you da bomb. thank you.
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Masters at Work - Work (Original Mix)
The new paserock single (lindsay lohans revens/sexy motherfucker)
Wale Oyejide - Africahot
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus (Josh Patrick Rmx)
Irfane - Just a Little Lovin
Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin Beats
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If you can provide any of these in 192 + KBPS that's be awesome.
Basically, I'm playing at this new saturday night spot, and I think some more electronic tunes would go over well, so I'm just want to try out some different styles (hence the range of songs above)
if you could post these up by the end of the day, i'd really appreciate it.
P.S. Vekked, I know I still owe you homie. Trust me i didn't forget
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beatles? they were aight....
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try NOT to scratch in records. Learn to just drop the record in on the right beat by counting so the scratching won't be a distraction to you.
Once you get this down, you'll be able to scratch in whatever the hell you want (although i do find it a bit difficult to cut and count at times also) on beat.
Walk then run
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cheers for the break down xander really helped me - thats exactly what i meant basically
but say u get to the end of a chorus and then scratch in a track with a 8 beat intro... so ur 8 beats out, will that sound gash too??
If you have an 8 beat intro, you'd drop it on the [9] beat in the above example.
If you do for some reason wait too long, i suggest dropping the next track in at the beginning of a "phrase" (verse/chorus) and just fading the 1st one out over the length of the incoming track's intro. This way you have poor continuity, but at least you don't have clashing sounds.
This shouldn't be that tough, just count your beats. Occasionally if a song has like a 2.5 beat intro or something it can get tricky, but anything divisible by 2 is really just a matter of counting it out.
think im gonna practise some looping and juggling should help me in what im trying to learnI honestly don't see how this will help you learn to drop you mixes in on time at all. Why do you think this will be useful?
Just count. If in doubt, count. you'll get the hang of it soon enough.
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this should be a sticky thread.
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in my opinion, the answer to your question in most cases is "yes."
Think about it this way....
Lets take Biggie's "Hypnotize" (95 bpm, 32 beat chorus) and Gold Digger (94 bpm, 4 beat intro)
Here is how the biggie chorus goes
[1] Biggie Biggie [2] Biggie- [3] Can't you [4] see
[5] Sometimes your [6] words just hy[7]pnotize [8] me
[9] And I just [10] love your [11] flashy [12] ways
[13] This is why I'm [14] broke and [15] you're so pa[16]id--
*repeat for another 16 beats
Ok that took FOREVER to do, so you better appreciate this LMAO...
So if the kanye song has a 4 beat intro, you start the intro on the 13 beat and then biggie chorus ends and the kanye song begins. Perfect switch.
"This is why i'm broke any you're so paid [switch] Now I aint sayin' she's a gold digger..."
Now lets say you started it on the 9 beat instead (1 bar early). The crowd would hear
"And I just love your flashy ways [illogical switch] Now I ain't sayin' she's a gold digger..."
Ya dig?
I think your question is kind of like "When writing a story, should you finish one paragraph before starting the next or should you go with the flow?" I mean, you can "go with the flow," but you're going to seriously leave the reader scratching his head.
With the above said, there are obviously exceptions to all rules.
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this is tight. not sure if its really a "party mix," just cuz I can't see girls dancing to a lot of these songs, but its a tight mix to bump, etc.
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true that....but i figured some guys on here had a pretty decent chance
mos def'
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Skillz is sick, but choosing beats has never really been his forte (although, he has had a handful of hot ones)
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really wanna peep this, but im @ work.
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the whole shot 9 times thing was just a "fun fact to know" about 50 cent so that ppl would have something to talk about. However, after making hit after hit after hit, he doesn't need that b.s. anymore. I'm not saying he's the shit or anything, but as far as stacking chips, he's doing great. That's ultimately his goal and he doesn't hide it in any way shape or form.
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its not thought policing. Like i said, i could care less about any individuals actual musical preferences. What I was annoyed with was the tone in which it was said, and then later in discussion he didn't even stand by his own statements.
Countering a statement with sound reasoning is a form of debate, not thought policing. Thought policing is where you impose and/or censor opinions. Show me one place where I did that. I just stated historical facts.
I got pissed, because this whole anti-corporate/underground/anti-mtv/anti-bling/etc. bullshit is all just as played out as the bitches/hos/bling/blunts/etc. and every bit as cliche.
P.s. I'm not trying to bully anyone, but if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. If you're statements/arguments are weak, then don't complain when they get knocked down.
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i really want to say so much, but its so damn useless...
Here's just a few final fun facts on t his subject...
-Young Jeezy had made a small fortune of $3 million before def jam came to him. I can't stand him, but he won the hearts of his community in the south long before anybody could accuse him of being a talentless marketing scam, or anything of the sort.
-In many ways, Lil Jon is far more "true school" hip hop than Aesop Rock. The MC originally was supposed to complement the beat, he was supposed to get the crowd hyped and involved with the music. If you look at somebody like Lil Jon, they focus on having tight beats, saying shit that people will respond to, and lots of call and response type stuff. Aesop Rock may be able to paraphrase the contents under the letter "Q" in the websters dictionary, but thats not where hip hop came from nor its original spirit (not that I think that matters, but since the subject is already on the table...).
-Yes, biggie was mtv. Very mtv. Maybe you could even consider biggie the first true bling bling rapper to on mtv...
Biggie wearing Versace shades & a BAPE all over print
Some more memories: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_S1fUyW6riE
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Killa Mike's name is the the antithesis of hip hop aesthetic?
Nasty Nas...
Jeru the Damaja...
Gravediggaz...
Killa priest...
Ghostface Killah...
They're all against the hip hop aesthetic?
Where are you getting you definition of the "hip hop" aesthetic? Style wars? Don't get me wrong, I love old school shit, but what the hell are you talking about man?
If you don't like the music, that's cool. I personally don't like UK hip hop, but I don't go around saying how its despicable, etc. etc., I saw that I cannot understand/get into it. When i listen to uk hip hop, it sounds like they can't rhyme 2 words that are spelled the same, but its MY inability to understand not the quality of the music.
Btw, you automatically discredited your own exaggerated statement of "anything MtV" being horrible by saying you like Biggie. I don't care what your personal preferences are, but don't go around making blanketing statements that you don't even believe in.
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nah man, in the US, backpackers tend to indoctrinate kids really young. These kids then proceed to espouse their beliefs like they are "keeping it real" and know the true secret behind good music, unlike everyone else who is actually a "corporate pawn" (or some other superficially defiant & excessively inflammatory statement). Sometimes these people pull their heads out of their asses and grow up, sometimes they move on to the douchebag haven known as www.soulstrut.com.
As for the killer mike song, did u listen to the lyrics? I can understand somebody not liking the beat (although I think its pretty sick for a southern beat), but the flow is tight, the lyrics are intelligent and not pretentious (a rare combo). If ol' boy is all about conscious hip hop and not being materialistic, etc., i think this is the epitome of that. Better it said in the voice and the style of somebody in the community than some preachy, entitled outsider.
The "over 18" comment was not directed towards his preference in music, but his attitude and the way he said what he said. Anybody who speaks in blanketing statements like that, especially when judging music based on its commercial success, has a juvenile mindset.
Jean Paul Sartre became a world renowned author in his lifetime. It didn't lessen the quality of his philosophy.
Picasso made a killing off his art while he was alive, it doesn't make him any less artistic.
Biggie went from hustling rocks to stacking plaques, it doesn't make him any less sick.
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anything on MTV.
anything that has the 16th timing hi hat.
anything that involves hos, bling, money and dubs (see the first one).
ex.) "this is why im hot, this is why im hot. you aint cuz you not."
uhh??? what??? probably the most ridiculous lyrics ever.
youre better off asking heads to list TOP 10 emcees. thats some real discussion.
Now thats what I call a mature, well rounded opinion.
Here's a song w/ 16th hi hat timing that will rape most backpacker shit...
http://downloads.pitchforkmedia.com/%7Efil...hats%20Life.mp3
Here's a list of MCs that rap about material possessions: ODB, Masta Ace, Nas (MTV), Rakim, Murs, Biggie (you probably don't consider him "real" though), Jay-Z (probably not "real" either), Ludacris (MTV and DEFINATELY not real, I'm sure) and probably nearly anybody else. If they don't rap about material shit, I'm sure they've rapped about being promiscuous.
Are you over 18?
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88 keys. Must be weighted.
If you want any of your skills transfer to a piano, this is what you want.
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Lorn, straight up, your 1st looper is probably the best to ever hit the interweb.