Vocoder Rap: S/D

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My knowledge of electro and stuff is pretty limited but i really do like vocodered robot rap on occasion. I was thinking it'd be fun to list tracks with either raps entirely in vocode or at least key phrases. Coming to mind...

"Scorpio" by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
"Needle to the Groove" by Mantronix
"Electric Kingdom" by Egyptian Lover

― Adam Bruneau (oliver8bit), Friday, 4 February 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)

"Egypt, Egypt" too...

― Telephone Thing, Friday, 4 February 2005 17:39 (twenty years ago)

Kool G Rap "My Life"

― mobb dee, Friday, 4 February 2005 17:40 (twenty years ago)

uh yeah, everything by Egyptian Lover. My wife has never been able to sell back her copy of "Pyramix" anywhere. I mean, I like it (so does she!) but after twenty minutes of completely identical songs, it gets kinda old. He's no Wesley Willis...

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 4 February 2005 17:41 (twenty years ago)

VOCODER HIP HOP

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 4 February 2005 17:47 (twenty years ago)

wasnt that dj swamp song vocoder, i think it was called worship the robots but i havent heard it in a while

― Von, Friday, 4 February 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

Uh oh. Nobody managed to point out the fact that Roger Troutman's sound comes from a talkbox, not a vocoder, which is part of why it sounds so un-robot-like and funky.

I would love to post a ton of freestyle and electro songs, but that's pretty much another thread entirely.

― Crunk with Christ, Friday, 4 February 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

um... talkbox plus keyboard = vocoder, dude!

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 4 February 2005 21:02 (twenty years ago)

theres a really great one on a 70s dance grooves tape i have (made in 1984 of course)

Newcleus - "Jam On It"

― artdamages (artdamages), Friday, 4 February 2005 21:40 (twenty years ago)

world class wrecking cru - Juice

― gspm (gspm), Friday, 4 February 2005 22:49 (twenty years ago)

wow why have i never thought of this?

everything by MC Hawking is computer voice, but it's not vocoded per se

― Cheek0 (Cheek0), Friday, 4 February 2005 23:18 (twenty years ago)

oops....sorry i didnt know there already was a thread about this (honestly i searched and have no idea how i missed it..)

― Adam Bruneau (oliver8bit), Saturday, 5 February 2005 07:51 (twenty years ago)

Jonzun Crew - 'Pack Jam (Look Out For The OVC)'
Jamie Jupitor - 'Computer Power'
Twilight 22- 'Siberian Nights'
Newcleus - 'Computer Age (Push the Button)'
Afrika Bambaataa - 'Looking For The Perfect Beat'
Debbie Deb - 'When I Hear Music'
Connie - 'Funky Little Beat'

― eman (eman), Saturday, 5 February 2005 08:03 (twenty years ago)

electro then

― bulbs (bulbs), Saturday, 5 February 2005 08:18 (twenty years ago)

well since there's already a the thread for vocoder hip hop maybe this should be more breakdance- or yes electro-oriented stuff. i think i love that lead in "Scorpio" a bit too much.

― Adam Bruneau (oliver8bit), Saturday, 5 February 2005 08:41 (twenty years ago)

"Scorpio" was the first thing that came to mind before I clicked to open up the thread. I can't think of any better usage.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Saturday, 5 February 2005 08:43 (twenty years ago)

i really hope there is. or one at least somewhat on par. there just has to be!!!

i found the full-length LP in a thrift store for 50 cents and that was on it. it got played so much that day i think it drove my roommate criminally insane. not that he commited any crimes. (other than that of not giving it up of course)

― Adam Bruneau (oliver8bit), Saturday, 5 February 2005 08:50 (twenty years ago)

> um... talkbox plus keyboard = vocoder, dude!

Um... no, actually. Vocoding is a specific and quite sophisticated technology, which provides results that sound (as CwC noted) distinctively different to those from the relatively crude talkbox system. Which is not to suggest that a vocoder is "better" than a talkbox - but it is a different animal.

By your formula, what does "talkbox plus guitar" equal? Peter Frampton?

― Palomino (Palomino), Saturday, 5 February 2005 11:53 (twenty years ago)

Knights of Bass, "Da M-Pire"

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Saturday, 5 February 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

Chromeo - "Needy Girl"

vocoding with a gold tooth...nice

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― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Sunday, 6 February 2005 03:04 (twenty years ago)

A vocoder applies filters a carrier signal with frequencies determined by analysis of the modulator signal. The modulator could be a microphone, drum machine, or any other source. There's a lot of uses for a vocoder besides the beloved breakbeat robot. A talkbox blasts a high volume signal into your mouth. The carrier signal can be anything, but obviously it can only be modulated by the physics of your mouth. It's very idiosyncratic, different from normal singing, and hard to master with a good tone - seriously, try to find anyone close to Roger Troutman. Lugs like Sambora limit it to "waaooohoohwaaooohh" crap. Chromeo is also using a talkbox - the tube going into his mouth is flaunted in the "Needy Girl" video - and the guy does pretty well with it, though it always seems pretty thinned out in the mix.

― Crunk with Christ, Sunday, 6 February 2005 07:58 (twenty years ago)

three years pass...

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, February 4, 2005 12:41 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i just suggest banned shakey mo for this

― and what, Sunday, 9 November 2008 18:59 (sixteen years ago)

i heard anna-nicole used a vocoder

― WE ARE ALL GEETIKA (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 9 November 2008 19:45 (sixteen years ago)

am0n quit being lame, "shiny" is a non-starter as a descriptor for pyramids and you know it

― J0hn D., Thursday, September 20, 2007 11:46 AM (1 year ago)

― eman, Sunday, 9 November 2008 19:48 (sixteen years ago)

i can these retroactive suggest bans coming in real handy

― eman, Sunday, 9 November 2008 19:49 (sixteen years ago)

*see

― eman, Sunday, 9 November 2008 19:50 (sixteen years ago)

hahah amon that is a classic post

― 2nd Black President (The Reverend), Monday, 10 November 2008 02:44 (sixteen years ago)

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