look, is miami bass really that good.? tell me why.

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from whaty i can gather, the consensus on ILM about miami bass, is that its amazing. but, although i have'nt heard enough really to make a judgement i guess, i'm not really that blown away at all. i mean, i've heard bits - the assault album, saw dj godfather at the clinic, heard some of his tracks, and i'm not into it really, even though i rerally want to be. i mean, its just too fast for me, and well, the 'bass' bit seems rather lacking. what IS so good about it? dirty-ass lyrics? this seems to be the onykl redeeming feature from where i'm standing. that brasilian baile funk shit sounds much more fresh, but i can't find anywhere on the net to hear that.

so, tell me why it IS that good.

― ambrose, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

more bounce to the ounce

― J Blount, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

This may dig a spoon into the hearts of Ralf and Florian for them to hear this, but bounce is by far the most fun and flagrant genre of music that's so obviously derivative of Kraftwerk.. for starters.

It's not as much the rhyming about ass and pussy that makes it good as much as the other bells and whistles surrounding that basic "Tour De France" style beat.. some of the most amazing scratching committed to vinyl got its start on 80s bounce singles. You had a lot of very strange and unique synth sounds which originated via bounce, before being used in more "acceptable" forms of electronic music.

But why is it good? Well, why do some think house is good? Or breaks? Or 2-step? etc. "THE BEAT THE BEAT THE BEAT THE BEAT". If bounce ain't your thing, then it ain't your thing. And that's... OK.

― Brian MacDonald, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

more crunk to the trunk

― J Blount, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

if bounce=miami bass (i thought that was some sort of new orleans thing) then i'm not into it principaly cos of the speed. i'm nt having a massive go at this stuff, as though i hate it, but just slightly mystified why it receives veneration amongst some people around here, i want them to tell me what they like about it. my post was not an attack on bounce or whatever.. personally, the stuff sounds to me to be like d'n'b in terms of speed - ie i like it but find it frustrating cos i cant really dance to it. i really dig the 'tou de france' beat, synths etc etc electro to the max. but just not that fast.

― ambrose, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

miami bass (which is dance) predated bounce (which is rap) and also predated southern party-rap like 2 live crew. Dancehall disco booty queen music about da rump.

― Sterling Clover, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

note that rap is also dance involving booty.

― Sterling Clover, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Miami bass to me means Gucci Crew, Miami Boyz, Maggotron, Magic Mike, etc. Poison Clan's "Dance All Night" still sounds pretty great, though they really went thugstyle after that.

― Andy K, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Good recent Super Bass: Original Old School Booty Shakers mix on headphones really almost makes me puke.

Yeah!

― Andy, Thursday, 16 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

all that assualt/godfather stuff is detroit though isn't it, which is a kind of a different thing and much more recent thing? i mean miami bass started in like the mid 80s didn't it. i haven't heard enough of it to really know where i stand (the 2livecrew had links with it though didn;t they?)

― gareth, Thursday, 16 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

the Booty Bounce double CD is great fun (tracklisting). yeah Miami bass is late 80s/early 90s i guess, and the Detroit stuff is late 90s onwards. it's much faster than hiphop (someone mentioned on another thread about how half the tunes use the Kraftwerk 'Numbers' break)

― michael, Thursday, 16 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I went looking for Miami Bass and all I found was an album called "Bass Party" by "Def Bass Krew".

My problem is I can't decide if it's the worst album in my collection, or totally brilliant. Is this Miami Bass? Am I supposed to like it?

― phil, Thursday, 16 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

five years pass...

i have so so def all stars vol 1 and it is indeed close to being the best album in the world

― titchyschneiderMk2, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 10:25 (eighteen years ago)

Miami Bass no, Latin Freestyle yes

― NI, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 11:27 (eighteen years ago)

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