Swizz rhythms
deej
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can someone explain to me in musical terms exactly what it is that he does with his drums that makes them swing like they do? Or whatever term would best describe that delayed-sounding groove he creates on his recent tracks. I don't mean an explanation of his process, but what rhythmically is going on (like how people explaining swing talk about how its basically breaking 4/4 into 12/8 time etc)
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It starts out with the beat sounding more square/standard and then these snares come in just off beat right before he starts rapping, and it totally changes the rhythmic feel of the track. Thats what I'm trying to figure out.
Its super scientifical!
BTW that beat is
I'm not saying he's doing anything super difficult or whatever - i was just wondering how one would describe it in a 'musicological' way.
agreed that the beat is fire, though.
1) I love this jernt. That swing is indeed capital, though I wish it was more present. In the too few moments when those full drums lock in, they remind me of that Peedi/Beans/Twista "Gotta Have It" thing from a few years back (Blaze? Chad West? Who did that shit?).
2) Swizzy himself claims to have made it a) in fifteen minutes and b) while drunk. Nothing wrong with that, though. Plenty of children get made in the exact same fashion, and there's nothing wrong with them either.
3) Third verse, same recording as the first, on some Gentrys shit (pickwick33, holler!).
4) There is no fucking reason at all for this twelve inch to have even one acapella, let alone two. I mean, is vinyl really that expensive?
You do not want to hear Swizz recount "chillin' in his Beamer" without musical interference?
You may have a point; this definitely does increase its utility with regard to my outgoing message.
Plus, were it not for the acapellz, it may not have occurred to me that the way he says "band, man" ("I'm the one-man ~") is almost identical to the way Esai Morales says it in La Bamba ("You don't need no ~ , just me backing you up on da beat!"). ??Ay Suizo!
chad west did 'gotta have it' - i remember reading an interview w/ him where he said he was in talks to get access to the philadelphia international vaults, or something. what happened w/ that?
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if you do read music. peep:
sheet music with audio
exactly. for all you programmers: sent the quantize to 1/24th and you'll get the same feel. this is just triplets
He uses a 3000, which has a little different swing. But its really just that weird sound hes throwing in there that makes it sound like its riding different. That and he switches to kicks on snares for that little 2 bar section every time.
i never said there was a mystery or a secret to this. I'm just asking how he gets that rhythmic feel, and what that looks like when broken down musically.
Thnx bsides for the insight, though i'm surprised yr so down on most of Swizz's tracks. The only one I've really hated lately was that garbage Busta single.