John Holmes Motherfucker  - 2013-02-10
Expressed myself twice while watching this, will probably go for a third time after an hour or so.
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Old_Zircon - 2013-02-10
So is Diplo's thing just choosing different styles of dance music and making mainstream versions of them now? seems like everything I see his name on since Major Lazer is a genre exercise. Not that I'm complaining because he's great at it, but I remember when Diplo just sounded like Diplo.
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godot - 2013-02-10 Diplo never sounded "like Diplo". He got his start mimicking Brazilian funk carioca, IIRC.
Also for NOLA Bounce context: http://vimeo.com/58423297
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Old_Zircon - 2013-02-10 Huh, the Diplo stuff I first heard was a bunch of mixtapes he did in the early 2000s and I don't remember it sounding much like that, it was more like a blend of grime and chiptunes. What you're saying makes a lot of sense, though, I probably only heard weird side project stuff.
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godot - 2013-02-10 Nah, you're probably right. I first heard him on his demo for M.I.A. "Piracy Funds Terrorism Vol. 1" (incidentally the best thing M.I.A. has ever done) from 2004.
I still get the sense that Diplo's skill lies in scavanging local/ethnic scenes rather than innovation. There's room for that.
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Adham Nu'man - 2013-02-11 White boy travels the world and produces awesome rocking beats with lesser known stars. So far it's been mostly great, I hope he keeps it up. He can produce the occasional shitty Beyonce or No Doubt track as long as he uses the money to do this kind of stuff.
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Jet Bin Fever - 2013-02-10
I've been to most of those places in the video. I worked with the NO AIDS task force in NOLA for a few years. I hate that I never once ran into Nicky Da B while I was there. Or maybe I did, and I just didn't know who he was yet.
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Billy the Poet - 2013-02-10 He's a comer. I don't think he was even rapping before about 18 months ago.
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urbanelf - 2013-02-10
Needs "Ruby Rhod" tag.
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Rafiki - 2013-02-10
I just listened to this like 10 times in a row.
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Konversekid - 2013-02-10
Needs a Nicky Da B tag so it's linked to this.
http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=114448
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Billy the Poet - 2013-02-10
That guy in the top hat is a huge asshole.
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Adham Nu'man - 2013-02-10
This was a good video.
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misterbuns - 2013-03-21 the editing was lazy / terribad.
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