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Dubstep has a pretty cool sound...I get it. Dubstep has been around for a pretty long time, but it never took off mainstream until the dark, bass wobble sound came around. It borrows heavily from dark drum n bass. The scene looks similar too, whereas trance and house tend to attract a different crowd. I prefer drum n bass to dubstep myself, but that sound never took off like this in the States. If I were younger I would probably be into dubstep big time.
It's a love/hate thing with this generation and Dub-step. I know plenty of Dub-step lovers who are in their early 20's mid 20's and alot of Dubstep haters in the same age range. So it's not just some "Well the old fogies just don't understand that music" or "The old people just don't understand music that doesn't require a guitar." Alot of the young people don't like it either. Like when Dave Grohl kinda talked about how not everything needs to be produced on a computer and that you can still make raw music. Alot of people called him out on it(especially after he performed with Skrillex and Deadmaus) and called him an old man for his critique. But many young people feel the same way.
I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that the first way a lot of people found out about dubstep was through this guy:
Is it all that hard to hate/make fun of a guy who looks like that?
Me too.
You just haven't heard good electronic music.
That isn't house music! It's europop.
House music is wholly different genre that it's roots in disco, funk and soul that started in Chicago in the mid-80s. Everything else that has been placed in the house space (rightfully) is either an imitation of that or an extension of it. The only improvement of the genre was what was born out of New York shortly after called garage house that infused gospel vocals and latin beats.
I am in 100% agreement about your comment about pop songs these days. Every time I turn on the radio it's like I'm at some late 90s eurodisco rave (shiny faux patent leather and all). I can't hate though. It's making some folks a lot of cash. If you are going to make your profession, that's good for them.
God, I hate LMFAO. And Pitbull used to be a completely different rapper. Now he's been swept up in the dance craze. Just like his Miami homey Flo Rida.
Anyways, how are we ranking best cities anyways? Seems kind of loose thing to define.
Based on what?
Local artists? (Skrillex looks like he's from LA and SF, at least according to Wiki)
Club scene?
Types of people listening to the music?
People are just throwing out the usual suspects as if its supposed to mean something.
God, I hate LMFAO. And Pitbull used to be a completely different rapper. Now he's been swept up in the dance craze. Just like his Miami homey Flo Rida.
You know whats funny though? A lot of people think he started rapping in 2008/09 after "calle ocho" came out. lol.
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