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Tag Archives: Dubstep
Step In the Name of Dub
April 2, 2008 – 11:00 am
Yesterday I equated vicelounge’s “Never Fall” to a hybridization of minimalist slow-jam R&B and the sonorous low-end of UK Dubstep. The irony of making such a comparison when I’d jokingly predicted R. Kelly would trade in the “Chicago Step” for Dubstep in a blog-post title last Summer amused me slightly. But more than anything it […]
It’s only a matter of time before R. Kelly co-opts this kind of “step” too
July 5, 2007 – 12:17 pm
I’m not British, and I’ve never been to a “Rave,” so I won’t pretend to possess expertise when it comes to Dubstep. That said, I know what I like, and two things that I like very much are bass, and synthesizers. Both happen to be things that Dubstep possesses in mass quantities. Birthed from the […]