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Date: Friday, April 07, 2000 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: (313) 808 usage in mainstream music
>blair: many of today's pop musicians don't have the
>reverence for the 808 and other classic gear like
>those on a list such as this might have. so,
To me the defining use of the 808 cowbell was all those SOS Band
"On the Rise" era cuts that Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis produced
in the early 1980s. It didn't really sound like a real cowbell (well,
the cowbells bands use don't sound like real cowbells either), but
it defined a whole genre of r&b/p
> from the same song (for the fellow dutchies on this list only ;-):
> 'When I 'm in Holland I eat the pannenkoeken'
ha! there's actually a restaurant chain in Minnesota by the same name too.
:)
Since this thread was inspired by the song 808 by Blaque Ivory, it should be
pointed out that it was actually produced by R Kelly outta Chicago, not the
group. So he's the one behind the 808 reference, I would say. The production
overall is very Timbaland-like, it's only the vocal arrangements (pat
At 20:32 04/07/2000 +, Blair McBride wrote:
i know that the 808 was used a lot in mainstream music in the 80's and
whatnot. does anyone know how widely used it is today in hiphop/rnb/etc?
The Beastie Boys still use it.
Lyric excerpt from BB's Super Disco Breakin' :
' Everybody getting down
hello,
The 808 was a mainstay back in the 80's, but that stuff is rarely used
anymore. Ever since the first sampling drum machines started coming out
in the late 80's and early 90's (EMU sp-1200, Roger Linn's Akai
MPC-60...) the 808 has been fading out. You can really start to hear the
shift arou
blair: many of today's pop musicians don't have the
reverence for the 808 and other classic gear like
those on a list such as this might have. so, when
an 808's sounds do make it into one of today's
pop songs, it is likely "just another drum sample",
nothing special,
to the person using it ie just
Well...not to disagree too publicly, but I'm not hearing it. The 808
kick is almost certainly used, but I'm almost as certain that it's
sampled, not played off the original machine. The other distinctive
elements (cowbell, clave, etc) aren't really present from what I've
heard.
The other thing is
In a message dated 4/7/00 4:33:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< i know that the 808 was used a lot in mainstream music in the 80's and
whatnot. does anyone know how widely used it is today in hiphop/rnb/etc?
>>
One word: Timbaland.
a.
www.puresonikrecords.net
i know that the 808 was used a lot in mainstream music in the 80's and
whatnot. does anyone know how widely used it is today in hiphop/rnb/etc?
the rnb group blaque has a track called 808 and although im not a fan of
rnb, i was attracted to the song at first cause they sang about an 808
(among
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