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i'm a sucker for it: it being the rhythmic pattern on missy elliot's 'lick shots' and basement jaxx's 'u can't stop me'. it's an emphasis on the first and third beats in a bar, so that a song sounds slow and fast at the same time.

― minna, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

a)is there a name for this? b)i want more! give me some prime examples for soulseeking.

― minna, Tuesday, 25 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

stutter

― bc, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't know "U Can't Stop Me" but I just listened to "Lick Shots." I'm not sure what this would be called, but it doesn't seem particularly unusual (not that you can't like it). If anything, the occasional syncopation here--at least I think that's what it is-- keeps things interesting.

― DeRayMi, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

it appears to be the presence of short 8:4 rhythms with the overriding loping 4:4 (the 1 and 3 stesses you recognise). its a wicked effect as a listener can engage with the faster beat, in a neu-ish hypnotic propulsion, and can also feel the grind of the main feel.

shostackovich uses this quite a lot, as does squarepusher in beep street

― Barnaby, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

'feel the grind of the main feel'... wow, this tamazepam really workzzzzz

― Barnaby, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Omni Trio called it "soulstep" or something. And yeah it's often fabulous.

― Tim, Thursday, 27 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

nine years pass...

dubstep

― Obama's metrosexual cool (crüt), Sunday, 13 November 2011 15:20 (fourteen years ago)

lol

― fauxmarc loi (The Reverend), Monday, 14 November 2011 09:52 (fourteen years ago)

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