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>> On 2008-03-27 00:48:26 -0400, DJ Trip gmail.com> said:

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>>> The second is to explore music that
>>> the listener might otherwise not have ever heard.

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>> I'd venture to say most of us have heard this stuff.

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>>> I'm talking
>>> about a period of hip hop, around the late nineties, where independent
>>> hip hop was the rage and labels such as Rawkus and Stones Throw ruled
>>> the day.

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>> There were a few gems, but most of it was trash that got sold back to used record stores two
>> years later.

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>>> Brand Nubian - Steal Ya Ho

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>> If you want Brand Nubian there's way better tracks than this.

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>>> KMD - Sweet Premium Wine

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>> See above.

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>>> Quasimoto - Discipline 99

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>> Never really ben a fan.

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>>> De La Soul - Breakadawn
>>> Sir Melenik, Grand Puba, Sadat X - 7XL
>>> Mos Def - Mrs. Fat Booty
>>> Wu Tang Clan - Cream
>>> MF Doom - Dead Bent

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>> I don't think this really highlights the best of the 90s indy records.

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>>> Don't hate me for not bumping the latest britney spears or justin this
>>> time,

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>> Back to the DJing issues.  You look nervous.  LIke you're scared, or don't know how to work the
>> tables or something.  LIke everything is calculated and you're scared you're gonna mess up.  If
>> that's the case then you shouldn't be putting up videos or doing live performances.

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>> Secondly, why are you running the pitch on those records at like +7?  If you have to pitch a
>> record up that high to make it blend you shouldn't be mixing it.  Generally I never go beyond
>> +/-2%% with Hip-Hop records.  EDM and flat out breaks can take more abuse if there's no vocals.
>> There's the old argument that pitching up a record gives it more 'energy,' but in that case
>> you're still pushing it too far.

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>> Third, your scratches are off beat.  Work on that.  You dropped the De La record off beat and
>> you're recording with the levels too hot.  Stop trying to ride the pitch all the time and letting
>> the records spin like they're magically going to stay on beat; ride the label with your fingers
>> after the pitch is as close as it will get on the slider.

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>> I think you should work on blending and tighten that up.  Then you can work on scratches on the
>> side over instrumentals to tighten that up.  Do that for a year or two years after you get home
>> from school and then post videos.  Not dissing, just saying -- my friend from middle/high school
>> has tapes of me from when I was 12 or 13 and my face turns red whenever he plays them.

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> if ever there was a line that could use a no homo, that last one was it...
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> oh and as far as your assessment of his skill, im guessing you were right
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