Video: Don’t Call It #CloudRap ft. Main Attrakionz, Flatbush Zombies, Robb Bank$ & SpaceGhostPurrp (Mini-Doc)
For episode 3 of their H∆SHTAG$ documentary series on internet music, Redbull Music Academy explores the Cloud Rap phenomenon with Squadda B and MondreM.A.N. of Main Attrakionz, the Flatbuzh Zombies, Robb Bank$, SpaceghostPurrp and various industry watchers.
Spotted: PnP
Previously: Flatbush Zombies – MRAZ (Video) | Main Attrakionz – Take U There (Video) | SpaceGhostPurrp ft. Nell – No Trouble (Video)
February 13th, 2013 at 12:47 pm
man old nahright use to have good discussions
just peeped the neptunes vs timbaland in the archives
February 13th, 2013 at 12:48 pm
What the fuck is ‘Cloud Rap’?
*Investigates*
February 13th, 2013 at 12:50 pm
Pharrell – In My Mind>>>>
February 13th, 2013 at 12:51 pm
Never really paid attention to Pharrell or N.E.R.D.
Didn’t even know they had stans.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:51 pm
The Neptunes
Timbaland
Just Blaze
Man they are the goats
Dr. Dre’s Production Team
and
Kanye’s production Team
are up there as well
February 13th, 2013 at 12:52 pm
Pharrell had track placements on 4 of the biggest rap/r&b albums in 2012
that right there tells you something
February 13th, 2013 at 12:53 pm
Cloud Rap refers to a form of hip hop whose distinguishing features include ethereal, dreamlike beats (which often use wordless vocal samples, wherein singers harmonize or hold long notes, to produce a majestic effect) and abstracted, sometimes deliberately absurd, lyrics. Cloud Rap producers often rely on unconventional sample sources, incorporating elements from Indie, Experimental, and Ambient songs into their beats (in his beat for Main Attrakionz’s “Illest Alive,” for example, Clams Casino samples “Bachelorette” by Björk). Heavy use of 808 drum machines, snare rolls, and random syncopation reveal a strong influence from Southern Hip Hop and Trap Rap. Cloud Rap artists tend to produce and release their material independently of major labels, often relying on the Internet as their primary means of distribution and promotion. The mannerisms of Cloud Rap vocalists have produced several catchphrases which listeners commonly associate with the genre, such as the interjection “swag” and references to being “based.” The term “Cloud Rap” is based on an anecdote involving Lil B, a pioneer of the genre, who once expressed a desire to make music that sounded like a castle floating in the clouds.’
^
I see, I said.
February 13th, 2013 at 12:56 pm
Recently listened to ‘Flockaveli’ for the first time.
Life will never be the same.
February 13th, 2013 at 1:00 pm
If they can’t ID the burned body as the body of Dorner then dude really is the black Batman / James Bond.