From Jeff Pitrman Sent Wed, Apr 21st 1999, 06:06
From Jeff Pitrman Sent Wed, Apr 21st 1999, 06:06
At 07:26 PM 4/20/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I think that "beat determinism" is a very effective theory.
>
>So I agree, the beats lead the way, though I'm sure plenty of rappers were
all
>set to use some different delivery patterns as soon as affordable samplers
and
>such hit the market. Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's not a rap song
to be
>heard, janky remixes aside, where the beats don't define to the last letter
>the method of rapping on top.
Interesting thread. I'm going to agree here, with a current example.
Think about a lot of newer commercial hip hop releases to be on the radio
recently. The feeling of beats over the past couple years has really
leaned towards that ... uh ... limping feeling. I don't know a more
accurate word to describe it. But when you take the rapping of Bustah
Rhymes or someone, and then just listen to the weird as fuck weight
placement in the breaks, it sounds a lot different from the hip hop of the
early 90s. A definite example of the reflection back and forth from
rapping style and the accompanying beats. All of that newish Method Man
end of the world apocalypse thing album has that sound. I wonder if
there's some name or even general consensus of opinion about this sound.
The other interesting thing is how current videos jerk around
fast-slow-fast-slow to further emphasise that feel, and completely beat you
over the head with it.
I actually kind of like that feel ... The use of layers of samples has
changed a lot. Listening to wu tang albums evolving, for instance, show
that kind of change in density. Less big-spacious-crashing around against
each other, like say old PE used to be.
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