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Old 06-11-2008, 05:10 PM
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Just because I don't like Lil Wyte and MCR doesn't mean i don't have 80gb of music....I just like things that aren't overproduced in studio and overhyped. Maybe it's because i'm a musician and i know how easy it would be to write the music to an MCR song, or how INCREDIBLY simple it is to make a loop with a hook to repeat indefinitely for the background of a rap song. I don't mean anything by this, i'm just picky about what music is worth my time, doesn't mean it's not worth yours.
I'm not a fan of MCR - I usually need a decade or so before I can start listening to new rock.
And I've never even heard Lil Wyte - I'd have to ask my brother who keeps up with hip hop.

But when you're talking about loops and rap - I think the view is too simplistic. The art of making loops is nothing to shrug at - reggae dub musicians pioneered the process, and rap artists really have contributed a great deal to the style. Sure, much of your radio play music is junk, but this is always true. Beyond the commercial junk, you have serious artists - people who are serious about making art, which happens to be in the form of programmed loops.
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