AVH - sampleslaya
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 9 February 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
another one for the cheesy file, but dead entertaining, is Mixmaster Mike "Anti-Theft Device". I would also defend Dan the Automator in certain contexts- the Dr Octagon Instrumentals record is great, though not as good as the original record obv.
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Thursday, 9 February 2012 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
that article made me think about dudes like Jel and DaVinci who were doing the "dude just str8 ripping it on an MPC like Eddie Van Halen" or whatever thing years ago; and Aarabmusik's coup was somehow making that a cool thing instead of a strictly backpacker thing.
― dave cool, Thursday, 9 February 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaiqGNa8Hh0#t=00m59s
where's my Fader story
― dave cool, Thursday, 9 February 2012 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
you guys, i feel like it's 2003 in here.
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Thursday, 9 February 2012 14:57 (twelve years ago) link
what the hell
it's 2003 in here.
― scott seward, Thursday, 9 February 2012 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
and bob's yer u.n.k.l.e.
speaking of Mo Wax, Turntablism by DJ Krush was a big favorite of mine for a loooong time. at the time i thought it sounded like the future but it sounds very simplistic now
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 9 February 2012 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
dj food boxset i had in the store kinda sucked. did not age well. sold it in like 2 days though.
― scott seward, Thursday, 9 February 2012 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
krush stuff too not so hot after all this time. also horrible/unmemorable rapping on his old tracks not so hot. shoulda stuck to rapstrumentals.
― scott seward, Thursday, 9 February 2012 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
DJ Vadim is reliable tho, as are London Funk Allstars and The Herbaliser
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Thursday, 9 February 2012 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
xp I think Meiso still holds up, but yeah a lot of trip hop noodling. I always liked his tracks with Japanese rapping, because, y'know, Japanese rapping!
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Thursday, 9 February 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
(ha I should probably footnote my previous post with "I haven't played their entire albums lately but I was cherrypicking things off of Cold Krush Cuts yesterday and they still sounded awesome")
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Thursday, 9 February 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
btw Tuomas, if you haven't heard Cold Krush Cuts, you really should
yeah its true meiso had some good stuff on it.
― scott seward, Thursday, 9 February 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
not rap, but i've been kinda obsessed with the diseases rhythm for the last couple of weeks and have been listening to it in multiple variations as an instrumental and as a backing track for vocals and i hear it in my head now all day long and i'm pretty sure i could hear nothing but that rhythm for hours but the people in my store might not be so receptive. i'm reaching into its heart and part of me is wondering how something so simple could be so transcendent to me but mostly i just love the guitar and wanna marry it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQxT7qpDWHw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACE7lYmW10w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnfBYoL1FpA
plus, this makes me seek out more information on junjo lawes and the roots radics and also live soundsystem releases from the era that used the rhythm prominently:
http://www.ebreggae.com/reggae-images/front/Vinyl/100973/A-Live-Session-With-King-Sturgrav-Hi-Fi-Lee-Unlimited.jpg
and that makes me want to know more about U-Roy's fabled King Stur-Grav soundsystem and i do learn more and its really interesting. all because that guitar on that rhythm track was calling to me. and i don't have a reggae or dancehall blog or anything. i'll probably never write about dancehall. but your ears gotta be open. they just gotta be. even rjfriggind2 can teach you a thing or two. in 2012!
― scott seward, Thursday, 9 February 2012 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
it starts at 3:33 but listen to johnny ringo destroy the crowd on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaTeovypmRw
― scott seward, Thursday, 9 February 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
so anyway, there's been kind of an explosion in beat-based electronic music over the last few years, right? like, uh, flying lotus, shlohmo, shigeto, lapalux, jonwayne, hudson mohawke, elos, teebs, samiyam, matthewdavid, etc etc. i'm pretty sure the relative popularity of the beat scene is what the article is talking about, without actually talking about it.
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Thursday, 9 February 2012 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
Don't remove this guy's bizarre past-based perspective. I am sure he will hear about and dismiss Clams Casino sometime in 2013
Or, as I posted on facebook:
"this is all pretty bad except DJ Shadow who I give a pass. btw I'm white"
― valleys of your mind (mh), Thursday, 9 February 2012 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
i thought a couple of the Oddisee records were pretty decent. not as good as the stuff he makes w/rapping on it tho so...
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 9 February 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
the whole idea of dudes named Oddisee and DaVinci being popular right now is v confusing to anyone who was up on backpack rap ca 2005
― dave cool, Thursday, 9 February 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
This is kind of like how Lex denigrates Drake's "Marvins Room" but thinks JoJo's version is amazing. I understand preferring one over the other, but when so many of the sonic details are the same, it's hard for me to understand how one's opinion can change so drastically.
― jaymc, Thursday, 9 February 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
oh, it's totally bizarre. i imagine him hearing about a low end theory night and just assuming everyone was playing dilated peoples instrumentals on loop or something.
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Thursday, 9 February 2012 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
bump
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, 16 December 2012 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
a friend sent me the express rising album from 2003 and I am listening to it right now, I wanted to start a thread on instrumental hip hop because I dunno, I just wanted people to post all their fave albums, should I just make another thread or keep it in here
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, 16 December 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
I even liked diplos dumb fake dj shadow album from a long time ago I have a high pain threshold for this kinda shit
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, 16 December 2012 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
I Love Feeling Like I Am In A Coffeeshop
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, 16 December 2012 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
Hmm, I love hip hop. I've always felt that the instrumental hip hop guys are the ones that I can't talk to hip hop about, and who live in some insular captive world. Yeah, Endtroducing and stuff, but does anyone want to listen to more than 3 (?) instrumental hip hop albums? It's not jazz. It does get really boring. I don't think that's a terrible thing to admit.
― paulhw, Sunday, 16 December 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
great post
― Tome Cruise (Matt P), Sunday, 16 December 2012 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
I kinda wanna listen to the new wiz album since j0rd described it as being a good instrumental album
― 乒乓, Sunday, 16 December 2012 22:36 (eleven years ago) link
i listen to tons of intrumental versions of songs on 12 inches. from the 80's to the 2000's. and i can do that forever. well, i've done it since the 80's anyway. but i don't actually listen to quote unquote instrumental hip hop albums. though i like some of them which i point out upthread. my favorite mix tapes to make are instrumental mixes of 90's and 2000's rap singles. i play them over and over again. the more minimal the better. i draw the line at breaks&beats comps though. drum drops. that kind of thing. i made a tape of freestyle edits and dubs the other night and it is so killer if i do say so myself.
― scott seward, Sunday, 16 December 2012 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
please post it, all the mixes of yours I've listened to have been p great
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, 16 December 2012 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― Tome Cruise (Matt P), Sunday, 16 December 2012 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
One of my favourite albums from this year was a (mostly) instrumental hip-hop albums by a duo of Finnish rap veterans called Koti6. You can listen to it on Spotify:
http://open.spotify.com/album/02S05pjMpTu5Vmg8ueMpSZ
There's nothing groundbreaking about it, the simply have a great ear for samples, and know how to use them.
― Tuomas, Monday, 17 December 2012 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
Whoa, 497 comments!
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 17 December 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
had to check the dates to make sure the recent posts in this thread weren't from 10 years ago
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Monday, 17 December 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
as in, hey guys, we're living in a beat renaissance.
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Monday, 17 December 2012 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
I go to like beat based shows like every week tho
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 17 December 2012 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
there was just a certain kind of like dusty jazz over semi-interesting semi-boring breaks vibe that I am looking for idk
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 17 December 2012 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
j0rdan is so otm abt the wiz albumthat 'ridin out in my ride' song is so bad lyrically but the production omg
― johnny crunch, Friday, 21 December 2012 23:16 (eleven years ago) link
Ban It Forever.
― Rolling "2 chainz" draadje (The Reverend), Saturday, 22 December 2012 02:42 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNo82zDnTRU
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 22 December 2012 05:57 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs2CvVob8Dc
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 22 December 2012 05:58 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t-4xd5frp4&playnext=1&list=PL3B50EA6B0F615A76&feature=results_video
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 22 December 2012 06:01 (eleven years ago) link