nah it's not great. Most of the MCs are out of time a lot and a lot of shit instrumentals. Fekky is terrible.
My 4000th post is me complaining, quite fitting i guess.
Re: Post your unpopular opinions.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:15 am
by wub
However, it doesn't feature Toddla T so is automatically better than the last special they had.
Re: Post your unpopular opinions.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:36 am
by Harkat
I liked it, JME went in surprisingly much. Also it's nice to see Dizzee again and the vibe was so happy
But a bunch of 10+ year veterans in the room together again isn't proof that grime is alive and kicking. Where's the big gang of new MCs people care about?
Re: Post your unpopular opinions.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:43 am
by hubb
on road
or in a dorm in sweden
or putting it to Ciara
Re: Post your unpopular opinions.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:44 am
by hubb
wait.... you mean grime
excuse an idiot
Re: Post your unpopular opinions.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:33 pm
by Liam92
I quite liked that 1xtra freestyle thing, pretty good.
Let's be honest though, this is much more exciting.
Re: Post your unpopular opinions.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:11 pm
by DrGatineau
I luv how JME just throws in a quick "serious" every now and then doe
Re: Post your unpopular opinions.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:22 pm
by Riddles
jags that tune in your sig is really nice man. big up
Re: Post your unpopular opinions.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:30 pm
by ehbes
nice to see tempz cares more about his instagram and man purse. big up
Re: Post your unpopular opinions.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:48 pm
by DrGatineau
Riddles wrote:jags that tune in your sig is really nice man. big up
thanks bro
got a few more in the works!
Re: Post your unpopular opinions.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:40 pm
by rickyarbino
Johoosh wrote:Am i the only person not really rating this new 1xtra grime freestyle video everyones banging on about?
Undeniably big energy and the general levy bit is gold but aside from that its pretty average, more shouting than actual bars, Footsie's tune is a bit wack, missing a fair few ppl too.
Ppl treating it like its the pinnacle of grime 'grime aint dead like they said dubstep aint dead' etc, seen much better similar vids already on 1xtra, boiler room, NTS this year
Also whats with all the trap beats, only about 3 actual tunes you could call actual grime beats
are you one of those people who thinks grime is just pitch bending detuned square waves and 8-bar loops?
Re: Post your unpopular opinions.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 12:08 am
by Johoosh
No, just most of those beats mistajam plays are uniform trap beats that may as well be one long tune.
Re: Post your unpopular opinions.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 12:11 am
by rickyarbino
Johoosh wrote:No, just most of those beats mistajam plays are uniform trap beats that may as well be one long tune.
People have used beats like that for grime for ages, before the term "trap" was in circulation on this side of the atlantic, and before it carried the connotations it does today.
Sidenote, I think mixing in key is objectively better than not doing so.
Re: Post your unpopular opinions.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 12:42 am
by wolf89
There's a really huge trend now though for American style beats. Like really stereotypically trap style ones. The studio I work in has a dude next door making beats all day of that style and the main guy in the photography/film studio bit does music videos for so many people in the grime scene and they pretty much all have really american style beats.
Re: Post your unpopular opinions.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:45 am
by DrGatineau
jesslem wrote:pitch bending detuned square waves
example?
Re: Post your unpopular opinions.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 8:03 am
by Johoosh
Re: Post your unpopular opinions.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:57 am
by Riddles
I think it's mainly gone towards american style beats because grime producers are bad these days. ignoring the instrumental grime being pushed (there is a fair bit of good stuff like that) LOADDDSSS of grime with MCs on is just brostep. They call it grime but it's brostep. Then they realise they sound better over a few high hats and an 808 because there is room on the track for an MC, rather than them being washed out.
'grime aint dead like they said dubstep aint dead' etc, seen much better similar vids already on 1xtra, boiler room, NTS this year