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The Belligerent Return of “Make Some Fucking Noise”: An Exegesis
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nope your dead on about this... some times it seams that a rapper will have a 3 min song this is how it will generally start
"put your hands in the air, and wave them from side to side". that takes up about 30 sec
VERSE..... 45 sec
" Wave from side to side"...30 sec..... "Common common common".. 20 sec
CHORUS .... 30 sec
Verse ..... 45
" more banter"...20 sec
CHORUS...30 sec
than the song ends with another 30 seconds of crowd hype...
this is a common formula for a lot of hip hop.... My favorite is when they mention something about smoking weed in one of there raps, and as soon as they do this, it is a cue for all the white kids in the audience to throw there hands up and start hooting and hollering to signify that they to also smoke weed....
don't get me wrong i fuckin love hip hop......
"put your hands in the air, and wave them from side to side". that takes up about 30 sec
VERSE..... 45 sec
" Wave from side to side"...30 sec..... "Common common common".. 20 sec
CHORUS .... 30 sec
Verse ..... 45
" more banter"...20 sec
CHORUS...30 sec
than the song ends with another 30 seconds of crowd hype...
this is a common formula for a lot of hip hop.... My favorite is when they mention something about smoking weed in one of there raps, and as soon as they do this, it is a cue for all the white kids in the audience to throw there hands up and start hooting and hollering to signify that they to also smoke weed....
don't get me wrong i fuckin love hip hop......
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The "this side make some noise, no, this side make some noise" thing is really a waste of time and, to me, derails the momentum of sets. I love both De La and Dyme Def, but both sets suffered from interminable breaks in the music. Hip-hop is not about being like a rock band, and with very few exceptions, it rarely works.
I have a very low attention span, so this changes the way I see things - but I think hip-hop acts should rely on their strengths: ramshackle shows with few or no breaks between songs. Rock bands have to stop for breaks due to fatigue, the need to retune, the need to tell the sound guy why they are the most important instrument in the mix, whatever - hip-hop with two turntables doesn't need that break and can easily go on for hours. Why there are so many breaks in so many hip-hop sets is mystifying to me - hip-hop shouldn't be about people clapping, it should be about non-stop partying and who can party to unnecessary silence?
I have a very low attention span, so this changes the way I see things - but I think hip-hop acts should rely on their strengths: ramshackle shows with few or no breaks between songs. Rock bands have to stop for breaks due to fatigue, the need to retune, the need to tell the sound guy why they are the most important instrument in the mix, whatever - hip-hop with two turntables doesn't need that break and can easily go on for hours. Why there are so many breaks in so many hip-hop sets is mystifying to me - hip-hop shouldn't be about people clapping, it should be about non-stop partying and who can party to unnecessary silence?
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You're just jealous because your side of the crowd wasn't partying as hard as the other side. Also, Dan Deacon is like the apotheosis of this problem.
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Grandmaster Flash playing some MSN sponsored show at SXSW:"Let me hear ya say M-S-N!"
Yes it happened, I was there. Everyone has a price.
Yes it happened, I was there. Everyone has a price.
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#5... I can see the the lamborghiniz crew being sponsored by KY jelly..... Everybody say K.... Everybody say..... Y ....
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Being a hip hop artist myself, I hate call and response. It is so '85 Run DMC and played out. It comes off as such a desperate attempt to get recognition from an audience who cant do much more than bob their heads. I don't wave my hands or scream when I'm told simply due to the emcee trying to save his set, that was otherwise boring and uninspired. Plus, i feel like a tool when i'm told to put my hands up or to scream; It is actually insulting to the crowd. The worse part is they look like an idiot on stage if the response doesn't go well.
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You're right on, but its not just hip-hop. I had the same reaction when Akron Family implored the crowd to show some energy at b-shoot. My thought was: "Why don't you try a little harder to entertain. We're the ones standing in the cold wet weather to see your effort."
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