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wanted to share a bass cover I did recently of this rap-rock/RATM-style song by FEVER 333 - used a jazz style bass with flats, and the main tones are coming from the EHX Bass Soul Food > EHX Deluxe Bass Big Muff Pi, and the Aguilar Octamizer for the synth-y sections

I searched and could not find a thread on the brilliant playing of the Fatback Band's Johnny 'Flip' Flippin. This is a video on the history of the first recorded hip hop single, the amazing multi-bass line that drives it, and how it never quite beat out "Rapper's Delight" in the end.

Been filling my head with current hip-hop bass rhythms, and it gave me a theory idea at work. I'm sure it's not new, but I did the math, so here it is: Like in harmonic cell theory where you analyze groups of notes by all of the intervals they share between them (major triad has a m3, M3, and...

Sadly, diabetes caught up with the great Biz Markie. RIP, you fabulous rhyme stylist.

As I get older I find that it takes more effort to keep my finger on the pulse of what's happening NOW in music. Maybe we can have a thread to hip each other to new stuff that is worth checking out. I'll start:

I've always just played straight into a tube Ampeg so I don't know much about effects pedals for bass. But is there a pedal that can put a heavy low end effect on lower notes, that I think would be called sub-bass or a lower octave doubling?, and that could leave higher notes above a chosen note...

As the title says, just looking for more people to check out besides pino

At around 5:30 AM with half a cup of coffee in me I often times come up with some obscure muddled thoughts. My OMT of the day is, Was the Monster Mash the first recorded RAP tune?

After reading several TB threads on "Dad Rock" bands, I was amused to see this story in the Wall Street Journal: "Hip Hop's Generation Gap: 'Emo' vs. 'Dad Rap' Now that hip hop is the biggest music genre, at its age of 30+, it shows signs of aging just like rock did in its later trajectory...

wassup guys, new member here. I just recently made a video called "Chopped cheese" I think you all should give a look/listen. First time using a drone and I think it came out pretty dope. lemme know what you think. All feeback would be great, thank you in advance

This thread is kind of a result of all the "I just don't get rap. Why it all bad?" threads recently. It seems like there's a dearth of knowledge in our general community about rap music, with many assuming that Flo Rida and Future represent all that rap has to offer. Therefore, this thread is...

I’m an old rock guy, but one of my recording projects is with a young rapper and his friend the beatmaker. Girlfriend of beatmaker tells us about her professor at college who raps. He doesn’t just rap on the side, but he is actually known as “the rapping professor”. He raps his curriculum...

ERB T Roosevelt vs. Churchill. Winston disses Teddy by saying "If Rushmore was a band, then you'd play bass" at the 2:15 mark:

Johnny's in the basement Mixing up the medicine I'm on the pavement Thinking about the government The man in the trench coat Badge out, laid off Says he's got a bad cough Wants to get it paid off Look out kid It's somethin' you did God knows when But you're doing it again You better duck down...

Unbelievable. The band is as spot on as Kendrick too. I don't know if you all have checked out his new EP yet, but I think Kenny has solidified himself as the best rapper of this generation.

"Kanye West has amassed 21 Grammys. That’s three more than Paul McCartney, whose career (of some note) began 40 years before West’s. Only 10 other artists have won as many as 21 Grammys dating back to the inception of the awards in 1958. So you might assume that West has nothing but good things...

I've always wondered if this tune from 1962 could be considered the first rap production. If so, it's kind of a hoot as it is performed by a bunch of middle-aged white guys and the story line puts it in Iowa. The tune starts at about 00:49