1/8/2005 - Grindin'
Song: Grindin'
Artist: Clipse
Why this song is the current jam: OK we are starting off hot beats week with an extra special post chock full of all sorts of hot shit to make you bounce. Plus I feel guilty for having gotten behind on my posts so I am gonna make it up to you on this one. We begin hot beats week with the sparse beat. There are a lot of beats out there right now that are essentially snare/clap, bass, and a shaker and not a lot else. There is a power to these tracks and their eschewing of a bunch of sissy melodies and shit like that. These beats are tough and hard. One of the ones that really spawned a lot of imitators was "Grindin'" produced by the ubiquitous Neptunes. It was a pretty different sounding track when it came out and it is still a hot beat now. There are a lot of songs out right now coming with the same sparse instrumentation and heavy bang. Snoop hit it big with the Neptunes producing once again with Drop it Like it's Hot. One thing that always interests me about these seemingly very simple beats (and a lot of Neptunes productions in general) are the little elements they add that seem like they dont really do anything. For example, check out the spray paint sound effect that runs through Drop It, bouncing from the right to the left channel. I'd love to hear the song without that to see if I could feel it missing. Anyways, another more recent track is There it Go (the Whistle Song) by Juelz Santana and produced by Carlisle (who I dont really know anything about). I got to use this song in class at the New Year's Eve event I just attended and it was a blast. I love making people shake their butts to hot beats. The last example of the sparse beat up for display here is Busta Rhymes's new release, Touch It. This is off of his up coming album and is produced by Swizz Beats who I think we will see later in the week. This track of his is so simple it is preposterous, but the sample on the chorus, combined with Busta alternately "getting low" and "turning it up" on the vocals, makes this song addictive as hell. And again, the random laser noises on the chorus? Why do they work so well, and would you have ever thought to make them part of the track? Me neither, that is why we are not Swizz Beats, making zillions of dollars to make a beat with a bass a snare and a shaker.
p.s. The sample on Touch It is from Daft Punk's song Technologic.
Artist: Clipse
Why this song is the current jam: OK we are starting off hot beats week with an extra special post chock full of all sorts of hot shit to make you bounce. Plus I feel guilty for having gotten behind on my posts so I am gonna make it up to you on this one. We begin hot beats week with the sparse beat. There are a lot of beats out there right now that are essentially snare/clap, bass, and a shaker and not a lot else. There is a power to these tracks and their eschewing of a bunch of sissy melodies and shit like that. These beats are tough and hard. One of the ones that really spawned a lot of imitators was "Grindin'" produced by the ubiquitous Neptunes. It was a pretty different sounding track when it came out and it is still a hot beat now. There are a lot of songs out right now coming with the same sparse instrumentation and heavy bang. Snoop hit it big with the Neptunes producing once again with Drop it Like it's Hot. One thing that always interests me about these seemingly very simple beats (and a lot of Neptunes productions in general) are the little elements they add that seem like they dont really do anything. For example, check out the spray paint sound effect that runs through Drop It, bouncing from the right to the left channel. I'd love to hear the song without that to see if I could feel it missing. Anyways, another more recent track is There it Go (the Whistle Song) by Juelz Santana and produced by Carlisle (who I dont really know anything about). I got to use this song in class at the New Year's Eve event I just attended and it was a blast. I love making people shake their butts to hot beats. The last example of the sparse beat up for display here is Busta Rhymes's new release, Touch It. This is off of his up coming album and is produced by Swizz Beats who I think we will see later in the week. This track of his is so simple it is preposterous, but the sample on the chorus, combined with Busta alternately "getting low" and "turning it up" on the vocals, makes this song addictive as hell. And again, the random laser noises on the chorus? Why do they work so well, and would you have ever thought to make them part of the track? Me neither, that is why we are not Swizz Beats, making zillions of dollars to make a beat with a bass a snare and a shaker.
p.s. The sample on Touch It is from Daft Punk's song Technologic.
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