Comments on: MIXTAPE 79 – ALL UNSIGNED HYPE

By: Jerome

Jerome — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:44:41 +0000

Herb hunta be the man

By: martin

martin — Sun, 04 May 2008 07:04:02 +0000

Do you know where can i get that GIF song “OH LOVE”?
Been lookin everywhere bu no luck..

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By: dex digital

dex digital — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:49:18 +0000

Damn sir. Nice list you got going on there.

I think we’re on the same page. I’ll agree that the whole technology revolution, when it trickled down to rap music, had a sort of gutenberg effect. Lots of people get to make rap music, and lots of those people probably shouldn’t.

I almost feel bad saying that people should put down the MPC or mic though, because I don’t want to discourage people. But yeah, a lot of people are wasting our time.

On Binary Star – yeah, their tracks were hella unbalanced, but you can feel the honesty in what they were trying to do. There’s a concerted effort being made to push the envelope, and people appreciate that. I never faulted them for their weird mastering just like I never fault any other artist for not having a huge budget or the technical wizardry to produce slick tracks. You definitely have to start somewhere, and One Be Lo is a pretty good example of that.

Yeah, a lot of stuff is wack. Those diamonds in the rough, though, make it worth it. Every 5 hours I blow listening to wack shit is made up for when I find one good song I want to put on the show, believe me.

By: DJ Brer

DJ Brer — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:34:55 +0000

I agree and disagree with the whole indie scene, Yes there is alot of shitty indie music out there and theres alot of good stuff too. Because the software and equipment are easily obtainable now, everybody and their grandmother has the ability to step into the game. Now, I agree some bammas just need to step off out the game cuz the magic just aint there.
Binary Star may have sum raw cuts production wise (which in my opinion isn’t necessarily a bad thing) but they got the lyrics to back up the track, so thats what makes their records memorable. I don’t just listen to the beat and determine if its a hot track, if thats the case i would just listen to instrumentals, its the lyrics and the way it flows WITH the beat thats a determining factor, and yes, alot of bammas in the underground can’t do that, alot of bammas in mainstream can’t do it either. But theres the diamonds in the rough like, oddisee, junk science, alf alfa, kenn star, the perceptionists, giant panda, people under the stairs, slug, stones throw records, def jux, lowlife records,loud minority, ninjatune, big dada, el da sensei, doujah raze, wordsworth, priest da nomad,free speech, storm the unpredictable, and tons of others (cough cough) that makes underground hip hop alive , so it will continue to have my support
because some mainstream artists were underground at one time, till they got that contract, and sold out their quality (good beats or good lyrics) for quantity (more money, my audience are idiots) , ill show btw

By: dex digital

dex digital — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:13:30 +0000

Greg – Good looking out on the vote. On the indie stuff – like I said, that’s what this show was built on – that and those handful of people like you that really started running with the show in the beginning.

But keep it real, it’s been like 2007 has been some sort of drought. I get maybe 20-25 mp3s on a slow day, and 90% of those are deleted before they finish the first verse. There’s always going to be a low signal:noise ratio in popular music (which, of course, rap is), but it’s like some of these dudes (and females) should really just put the mic down.

There are a lot of people who are just on some “support independent music no matter what”, and I just can’t dig that. I feel like if you do that, somebody who is trying to search for independent music will listen to it and say “wow, indie music sucks. I’m going to stick with Bow Wow.” Some people – indie or major – are wack – not for lack of technique or polish – but just because they’re too afraid or unoriginal to break the formula and do something original.

You don’t need a bunch of square-ass college promoters or contrived rhymes or lame-ass “hood videos” to get people to listen to your shit. Just make good, original music. Take Binary Star, for example. If I was A&Ring their original release and I heard that Conquistadors cut, I woulda sent them back into the studio to work on the hook, and fired the engineer. It’s just raw, in a kinda bad way. But that doesn’t really matter…

Keep in mind though that this was recorded, mastered, everything – on a $500 budget, verses were recorded in one take, and they were just new jacks to this whole thing. They were just doing what they loved. Their listeners could appreciate what they were doing and they got a pretty loyal following off a record that was pretty much an afterthought. And this was before myspace.

What matters is that they were focusing on making something original. There’s not a whole lot of that right now – so I find it harder and harder to find material in the underground that is worth supporting, and worth presenting to you all.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:39:29 +0000

Thanks for the show Dex!
That Big Shug joint is nice. I heard the whole CD and it is well worth checking out! I also REALLY enjoyed:
Rashid Hadee – You Canâ€™t Hide feat Augustine
That joint was hot!

Dex, please keep bumpin that indie stuff, man! I really enjoy what you did on your older episodes (which I bump DAILY at work).

Peace!
Greg

(Oh..I voted for your podcast! Good luck, man!)

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:35:15 +0000

Sup, Dex? Nice show…that Big Shug joint is tight…I heard the whole album and it’s well worth checkin out. The other joint that really stood out was: Rashid Hadee – You Canâ€™t Hide feat Augustine..this was REALLY hot.

Thanks again!
And please keep hitting us with more of that indie flav, man! I miss that! I still bump ALOT of your older shows DAILY!

Peace!
Greg

(Oh..I voted for your podcast..GOOD LUCK!)