Beasties ina Dub-style

[samlehmert]

I always loved the Hello Nasty album because there's so much complex instrumentation. I would really love to see the Beasties try something with more instrumentation again like Paul's Boutique or Hello Nasty, and I think they could make some really good dub-style tracks. Even Lee Perry's more recent stuff has three layered vocal tracks on top of each other, imagine how cool it could be to have three different MCs trying something like that.

[baiserlebuisson]

you mean like how they did it in high plains drifter?

[Francesca]

High Plains Drifter wasn't done in a dub style. Listen to some King Tubby.

[samlehmert]

For anyone looking to learn about dub music, I would strongly recommend staying with something originally pressedin the 70's. Always make sure you're buying a legitimate release, but once you get past that go for some Lee Perry or King Tubby dubs. For beginners, Lee's Arkology is a good place to start.

I still listen to To The 5 Boroughs, but the reason why that was a good album was because their hearts were in the right place and they wrote some good tunes. For me, Paul's Boutique and Hello Nasty will always be more interesting because they're less digital sounding and have more instrumentation. Some of the best tracks on Hello Nasty aren't hip hop at all. The Beasties are a really strong creative force, and for me their most rewarding cuts are the ones that stray from the hip-hop formula. Seeing their past work, I think they could bring dub music to a whole new level of consciousness. Dub is largely built around bass and drums, the same as hip-hop, but there is other instrumentation throw in their too, and there's no reason why they should stick to a formula either, but I think it would prove to be a very solid foundation.

[Moorish]

Originally Posted by samlehmert

For anyone looking to learn about dub music, I would strongly recommend staying with something originally pressedin the 70's. Always make sure you're buying a legitimate release, but once you get past that go for some Lee Perry or King Tubby dubs. For beginners, Lee's Arkology is a good place to start.

I still listen to To The 5 Boroughs, but the reason why that was a good album was because their hearts were in the right place and they wrote some good tunes. For me, Paul's Boutique and Hello Nasty will always be more interesting because they're less digital sounding and have more instrumentation. Some of the best tracks on Hello Nasty aren't hip hop at all. The Beasties are a really strong creative force, and for me their most rewarding cuts are the ones that stray from the hip-hop formula. Seeing their past work, I think they could bring dub music to a whole new level of consciousness. Dub is largely built around bass and drums, the same as hip-hop, but there is other instrumentation throw in their too, and there's no reason why they should stick to a formula either, but I think it would prove to be a very solid foundation.

Interesting post mate and I agree wholeheartidly about Hello Nasty. The later tracks on the album where things start to stray from traditional Hip-Hop is what defines it and what makes it my fave album of all time.

Interested to hear you mention Arkology, I shall definitely track it down. It's an area of music I'd like to check out.

[SILVERBEASTIE]

This is what good threads all all about!!

[3stooges]

i like the album King Tubby Meet Rockers Uptown

also King Tubby Meet Harry Mudie Volume 1

the dope shit


Paul's boutique is all samples, no live instruments. a pure hip hop album.

[BuddhaMonk]

augustus pablo style, for sure