norumba -> RE: Duquende loves hip hop!! Or is too drunk to be annoyed (Nov. 28 2017 18:44:34)
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much blanket broadbrush snobbery here, sad to see. There are good and bad practitioners in any genre... there is a lot of bad and/or commercialized hip hop as well as in flamenco, and there are some really interesting and eloquent artists in any style as well. I love hiphop that has substance. My main band -- which is a prog/jazz/funk/Middle East/India/improv mashup -- started working with a couple of Native American rappers. These girls have some deep stuff to talk about, and they're learning to improvise within the band context, going with the ebb and flow of our own group dynamic. It works pretty well . and the reaction from the hiphop crowd to see these girls work with live musicians rather than looped beats has been interesting. some are blown away by that possibility, some are resistant. But its all good. quote:
the musical styles differ far too much to be combined I'm afraid, and there are different things that are important in flamenco/hip hop. hip hop/rap is about being cool and strong and untouchable, rather aggressively emotional, whereas I see it important in flamenco to be vulnerable and passionately emotional in that matter. i think it can happen with the right approach, and the charactersitics you mention, while true in general, may be a little broad and not 100% percent across the spectrum.. some of Tupac's stuff is very vulnerable, for example. And for those who want to oversimplify hiphop or rap as having monotonous drum loops without dynamics, i encourage you to dig deeper... hiphop or rap isnt techno, lol. You can find a lot of hiphop and rap with dropped measures, instrumental textures coming in and out, etc. (And weve all played in juergas where everyone takes turns over a never ending bulerias for 20 minutes, so theres your glass house for ya:) )
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