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Topic subjectIs "Bigger than Hip Hop" the origin of Dubstep?
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2684897, Is "Bigger than Hip Hop" the origin of Dubstep?
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Thu Apr-12-12 02:41 AM
I am at a club right now where they played this song right after a Dubstep set, and I never thought about it, but this song sounds like it damn near inspired the whole genre. I know Timbo (joked? And) said he invented Dubstep, and his old late 90's bouncy tracks do sound like they may have had some influence, but Dead Prez's track sounds even more like it.

Who knows, maybe I'm trippin
2684898, RE: Is "Bigger than Hip Hop" the origin of Dubstep?
Posted by 2Future4U, Thu Apr-12-12 02:59 AM
id say stuff like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqfIvPQ8Dgo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wt1nvsoKno

speed garage / breakbeat techno / old school jungle / etc all helped evolve garage / 2 step which gave the offspring of dubstep, just an opinion of course
2684905, no
Posted by agentzero, Thu Apr-12-12 04:53 AM
2684909, nope
Posted by AlBundy, Thu Apr-12-12 04:59 AM
2684950, No, it used to be called "jungle"
Posted by DiP, Thu Apr-12-12 08:14 AM
and has been around since before that song
2685154, I remember Jungle, and it sounded a lot different to me
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Thu Apr-12-12 02:36 PM
Seems like it could have evolved into Dubstep, but the elements were different from what I remember.
2685164, im by no means an expert in the sub genres of "electronic music"
Posted by DiP, Thu Apr-12-12 02:55 PM
but to me dubstep sounded like a slowed down version of jungle. same heavy bass, but at times lower bpms

not sure why dubstep has been in the spotlight so much more than other similar genres
2684967, Nah
Posted by cjr2221, Thu Apr-12-12 08:52 AM
I'd say it came from UK garage, and funky coalescing
2685082, RE: Is "Bigger than Hip Hop" the origin of Dubstep?
Posted by double 0, Thu Apr-12-12 11:23 AM
I have been thinkin bout this shit for like 3 years.... lol.. I would say that it was... but I dont kno what was goin on in the UK at the time... (Grime I think)

Dub, jungle all that shit tho.. has it's roots in reggae so thats the OG everything
2685159, you could make a case for the mainstream version but
Posted by Nodima, Thu Apr-12-12 02:41 PM
the original styles of Kode9, The Bug and them are undeniably 2-step rooted and bear almost no resemblance to what the majority of folks call dubstep today.


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2685162, that bassline and hi-hats on the 16th notes was more in line w/ crunk
Posted by T Reynolds, Thu Apr-12-12 02:43 PM
shit

it WAS very different than most shit dropping at the same time

especially as a new york record

but I think that was the point

they were trying to get cats crunk for the revolution lol

so they used a ride-out bassline with some crunk ass drums

I think the similarities to dubstep end there cause dubstep isn't really danceable in the same way

I agree that it has more in line with the energy it's trying to build with jungle, and drum n bass

which are predecessors of dubstep