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    Great recent r&b gems

    don't forget the youngest contender: Chris Brown! pre-teen ladies are loving this dude in the worst way stateside. "run it" was the breakout jam (tasteful with tacked on dark side in a Juelz Santana's feature.) his other track is going to be this generation's first slow-dance. though i can't...
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    The demise of rock

    lightning bolt Lightning Bolt provided me the most recent (albeit a 3 years ago) moment of renewed excitement in a 'rock' format. So many signifiers whipping about in that band: breakbeats, metal riffs, hardcore chugging, the "Providence" aesthetic, homebrew gear...
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    Rap & US hardcore punk

    Public Enemy / Minor Threat via Glen E. Friedman - sayin' !
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    2005's Best Urban Hip-Hop?

    i tag the many great tracks mentioned on this thread. must check "crunk muzik" off the jim jones lp for some more dipset. what about "soul survivor", the young jeezy/akon piece on the radio right now? i prefer david banner's "play" over the whisper song. new ying yang twins is pretty gross.
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    so, will Wiley be with Roll Deep in nyc friday???

    photos from all three events for interested eyes: http://flickr.com/photos/believekevin/sets/772293/
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    bhangra / Rai

    What are the relationships between these musics and what you hear on BBC Punjabi Hit Squad?
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    quick Tinchy Strider question

    this split-video practice is totally common in the us. i think luda has a video with almost equal time given to both tracks.
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    so, will Wiley be with Roll Deep in nyc friday???

    My 2 sensus: Friday at KF was very exciting immediately afterward but aiiight in light of the rest of the weekend. It was downright perplexing that Roll Deep did not have 4 mics. Is this Knitting Factory or ABC No Rio? DJ A-Trak was a good addition to the show grime/ukg as part of the hiphop...
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    Spanish Reggae Rant.

    Also, adding relevance to another discussion, it seems that most reggaeton mix CDs are digitally mixed and live DJs (at least in the northeast US) are using CDs. Aside from Daddy Yankee, and the big crossovers, the only reggaeton vinyl I've come across are bootlegs like "Reggaeton Traxx."
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    Spanish Reggae Rant.

    I think that recent UKG/grime DJ'ing often sounds more like dancehall selecting than hiphop cutting or house mixing. I also think the cadence of the grime MCs has more of a dancehall DJ role than in other DJ/MC relationships. We had a thread about this in the spring but I can't find it...
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    Who broke on the Internet first?

    <i>"M.I.A.: Well I think I'm one of the first people to break on the internet... HOLMES: Yeah you totally are."</i> Why is this an outrageous statement? Without high-speed internet, there would be no MIA. Certainly breakcore, and any number of other genres share this dependency but would we...
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    I *love* SoulSeek

    i use a python-based client called nicotine on my linux machine but i still haven't found the "trapped in the closet" instrumental!
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    Roll Deep and Kano at the Knitting Factory SOON

    I'm definitely heading down from Boston for this doubleheader. Psyched!
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    kanye "diamonds" / hype williams' video

    Finally saw the Hype vid for "Diamonds" on BET last night. I am psyched on Kanye's personality conflicts. His self-portrait seems to best reflect the contradictions of advanced capitalism in 2005, viz the tension between globalization's benefits and crimes (diamonds at what cost?) Are Diss...
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    r'n'b track out at the minute that samples the drums from things done changed by big

    R Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" series! Still loving it.
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    Lord of the Decks 3

    Klash's monologue about working hard is beautiful !
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    Lord of the Decks 3

    Well into DVD1 and it's living up to the hype in a big way. Bruza / Terror Danjah track on the audio CD is killerrr. Bruza will not be slept on for much longer. Anyone else deep in this?
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    Rave mix ('90-'92) for your pleasure.

    bittorrent This is an open plea that we all start using bittorrent.
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    Roll Deep- In At The Screwed End

    i suspect a combination of slowed down decks and slowed down tapes.
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    Roll Deep- In At The Screwed End

    When I listed to DJ Screw's "All Screwed Up Vol II", I feel like I'm in a timewarp and everyone else is going double time. Also, that slowed down scratching is awesome. Too many of these digital screwers have done away with scratching entirely.. Has anyone hacked a t12 to get > +/-8% pitch...
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