Beat N the Bass

Have you ever thought of hip-hop as artful karaoke? Karaoke and hip-hop may sound incomparable, but at base level (bear with me here) they are pretty similar: a DJ spins an instrumental and someone grabs the mic to spit some stuff. Most people don't take karaoke seriously because, for these reasons, it stinks of unoriginal mimicry and corniness. So where does hip-hop (obviously) depart? CONTINUE READING (about liveness in hip-hop & Metazon)