you are welcome for for the astroturf you tread upon the bed upon which you are laid on to rest is complimentary we bring you all the elements of living at it's finest all the children killed are saints in our mythology we brought you agent orange for we knew the world would be better for it though they told you to deplore it they media the media is made up of those who do not understand the plight of working men and they craft the internet and never sold the food they eat they eat the words of jurors and produce them as slanderous banner ads but we know you know who the villains are where would you be without our DDT we practice farming with a focus on sustainability we are the self sustaining leaders of the bootstrap of the principle and principally we are about people L-DOPA samples all around now doesn't that feel better? and we are about getting better as a world better harder faster stronger, see we speak your language too you IDMers come with us this is the start of something new as old as time come join the afterparty for the ages
it took me like 10 minutes to figure out all those lyrics
this, a contemporary reggae track about the advantages of bicycles, proving that someone is continuing the proud tradition of reggae tracks about really banal things
i remember you asking 'is this really a very cheerful song about killing someone by removing all their body parts' and from my east london filtered knowledge of jamaican patois, yes. yes it is. p good as well
as i understand it grime used to have a much more distinct sound but as it has evolved it's kinda blurred into dancy hip-hop, but there are still distinct elements in there, mostly with how the beats lean on various sorts of UK dance music, sharing the rickety spaciousness of certain sorts of dubstep and the sort of "dread" menacing sound that early dnb had that's kinda hard to quantify
plus there's that iconic raw square bass sound
that said im no expert, i only know about all this stuff thirdhand at best
Rasco featuring Aesop Rock, vs. Evanescence - Worlds Collide
weird thing, this is one of Aesop Rock's best verses and it's on this obscure single from Rasco, who is like the definition of an industry struggle rapper that heavily samples "Bring Me To Life"
as i understand it grime used to have a much more distinct sound but as it has evolved it's kinda blurred into dancy hip-hop, but there are still distinct elements in there, mostly with how the beats lean on various sorts of UK dance music, sharing the rickety spaciousness of certain sorts of dubstep and the sort of "dread" menacing sound that early dnb had that's kinda hard to quantify
plus there's that iconic raw square bass sound
that said im no expert, i only know about all this stuff thirdhand at best
this is p dead on i think, the differences hinge mainly on grime's inheritance from uk dance music, listen to that early dnb and some 2 step garage and you can hear yeah that 'dread' sound and those kinds of shuffly slightly wonky off-time beats that are largely absent from american hip-hop. i would also add that theres more of a dancehall influence on grime than there is on regular hip-hop, and that grime tends to use samples differently, like rather than building the melody and the beat around samples, its mostly synthesisers and shit with samples used more to add texture and colour to whats already there
the flow of the rapping itself is different too. this is harder to quantify but the grime delivery is somehow jumpier, often slightly ahead of the beat, more staccato
this is the most FUCK YEAH AMERICA thing ever--borderline propaganda--recorded and it was made by a Canadian man, and it fucking charted on the Top 40.
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you are welcome for for the astroturf you tread upon
the bed upon which you are laid on to rest is complimentary
we bring you all the elements of living at it's finest
all the children killed are saints in our mythology
we brought you agent orange for we knew the world would be better for it
though they told you to deplore it they media
the media is made up of those who do not understand the plight of working men
and they craft the internet and never sold the food they eat
they eat the words of jurors and produce them as slanderous banner ads
but we know you know who the villains are
where would you be without our DDT
we practice farming with a focus on sustainability
we are the self sustaining leaders of the bootstrap of the principle
and principally we are about people
L-DOPA samples all around now doesn't that feel better?
and we are about getting better as a world
better harder faster stronger, see we speak your language
too you IDMers come with us this is the start of something new
as old as time come join the afterparty for the ages
this, a contemporary reggae track about the advantages of bicycles, proving that someone is continuing the proud tradition of reggae tracks about really banal things
if oyu watch the video for their song "society" 2 of my mates are in that video which is how i found out about them i remember you asking 'is this really a very cheerful song about killing someone by removing all their body parts' and from my east london filtered knowledge of jamaican patois, yes. yes it is. p good as well
the flow of the rapping itself is different too. this is harder to quantify but the grime delivery is somehow jumpier, often slightly ahead of the beat, more staccato Lol jesus this track. all the cool kids listening to this in primary school and that response track by his ex girlfriend lmao