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Skrillex nominated for a Grammy! Best new artist?

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Cloud.
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Tittle says it all. Fuck that. He is a good producer, but he does the same drop everyday. What a joke.
Dec 1 2011 2:16AM
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saucybiscuits
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are you fucking serious? the music industry is a joke.
Dec 1 2011 2:17AM
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Kangbang
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I like Skrillex, but his setup for live show's is fucking weak. A table with his mac, a beatpad, and tables. That's it.
Dec 1 2011 2:18AM
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JHendrix
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the fucking grammys are a joke none of those people have talent...grr makes me rage thinking about it
Dec 1 2011 2:18AM
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Moosen
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Best New? artist? what that makes no sense he has been around since like '06
Dec 1 2011 2:19AM
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Cloud.
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I saw him twice. Once was enough. The second time I tried to see dillion francis and he was taken over by skrillex and 12planet. I payed for a skrillex show i guess. So repetitive. Such shit.
Dec 1 2011 2:19AM
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Casual.
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lets get something straight. dubstep is not music.
Dec 1 2011 2:23AM
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Moosen
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and graffiti isn't art.

you are retarded. It is all personal preference. it is a movement.
Dec 1 2011 2:24AM
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Casual.
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if i walk down the street and through a bottle into a trashcan, it will make a noise. is that music?
Dec 1 2011 2:25AM
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Casual.
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my argument fails. *throw
Dec 1 2011 2:26AM
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Moosen
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yes definitely a bottle being thrown into a trash can sounds like a modulated bass line using LFO and synths....
Dec 1 2011 2:28AM
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JakeAssBeatClap
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I agree that his live shows setup is weak but not because of his gear. he just doesn't do a good live show honestly. In my opinion he just isn't that good of a performer.Because he thinks he has sick style but he doesn't he is type of dude that needs to be off the wall and he is boring other wise. Nosaj thing is like 100x sicker than skrillex and he only uses this... and he is just a dope performer he isn't off the wall but he has so much style.


Dec 1 2011 2:28AM
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skier_boy26
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well, i disagree, it is music, just really fucking shitty music.
Dec 1 2011 2:28AM
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smuggs
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bump a grammy of coke and then i could sit through three skrillex "songs"
Dec 1 2011 2:29AM
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Casual.
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i knew you'd understand
Dec 1 2011 2:31AM
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applejuice.
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This.

I like Skrillex and that whole genre but it's not music in my opinion.
Dec 1 2011 2:32AM
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Ben.
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The real crime is MBDTF not getting an album of the year Nom.
Dec 1 2011 2:39AM
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Mr.Capone
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Dec 1 2011 2:39AM
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theabortionator
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If you didn't think the grammy's were a joke before.
Dec 1 2011 2:42AM
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las.
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Skrillex is not dubstep, lets get that fucking straight.

And this sounds about right. Most mainstream music isn't about artistic quality and skill anymore, its about who can get the biggest crowd. Which is extremely sad. I cant even stand listening to the bigger radio stations anymore they're so pathetic. Thank god for university radio.
Dec 1 2011 2:59AM
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messplay
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it's snowing outside.

i nominate this sound over skrillex.
Dec 1 2011 3:42AM
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Kangbang
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False. According to beatport Skrillex makes dubstep music. Most of his songs are at 140 bpm which is dubstep. Some of his songs are Electro-House which is 128 bpm.
Dec 1 2011 3:47AM
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las.
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So what you're saying is it's dubstep purely because of the tempo?
Dec 1 2011 3:51AM
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las.
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Because that is the shittiest argument i have ever heard.
Dec 1 2011 3:54AM
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.AR6rider.
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If it's not dubstep, what is it?
Dec 1 2011 3:56AM
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las.
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It's hard to say. His music has been thrown under the dubstep label based purely on its tempo and drum patterns, and funnily enough those are basically the only characteristics it shares with music that properly defines the dubstep genre. Mid range cack, brostep...call it whatever you want. Anything but dubstep.
Dec 1 2011 4:11AM
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BASEDRILEY
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Skrillex has a sound that is very similar to a blinder filled with ball barrings. If thats music then so is a cat getting hit by a bus.
Dec 1 2011 4:28AM
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CliffyByro
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so this is dubstep?


Dec 1 2011 6:47AM
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84891jnf92048
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I hope he gets it, and the universe samples his acceptance speech as a buildup for the greatest drop ever, and as he says thank you, his head implodes and creates a small black hole, sucking everyone at the Grammies into it. except for the good musicians.
Dec 1 2011 6:58AM
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Porsntar
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Hahaha. Exactly
Dec 1 2011 7:39AM
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-ShredTheGnar-
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Ridonkulous. Skrillex is fucking shit.
Dec 1 2011 7:45AM
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Orrin
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Grammys are a load of absolute bullshit anyway. They call Mumford and Sons rock and foo fighters metal LOL.
Dec 1 2011 7:52AM
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SpaghettiWizard
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So they'll give it to j coke, who has also been around since 08 but they only count albums remember that
Dec 1 2011 7:57AM
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Kangbang
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No, it's based on other stuff, but I don't think you'd classify a song at 128 bpm as dubstep or drum n bass.
Dec 1 2011 10:36AM
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Haellgren
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GRAFFITI IS ART!
Dec 1 2011 10:39AM
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coldcuts69
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this is completely true.
Dec 1 2011 10:43AM
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skithesprings
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wait, did you just say the genre of music is determined by it's tempo?

because that's the dumbest shit I've ever heard.
Dec 1 2011 10:51AM
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Kangbang
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There are other factors. But the tempo is a leading role.
Dec 1 2011 10:53AM
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Dec 1 2011 10:54AM
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JHendrix
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In my experience nobody really seems to like the music now a days, but the artists of today's modern music still continue to make tons of bank. ME NO GET
Dec 1 2011 11:06AM
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Brenone
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The Grammy's are irrelevant.
Dec 1 2011 11:07AM
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EastCoast315
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This.
Who fucking cares?
Dec 1 2011 11:11AM
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skithesprings
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Don't ever try to say anything intelligent about music again.

Because tempo has almost no connection to genre.

A song at 140bpm is not dubstep because it is at 140bpm. Your point is retarded.
Dec 1 2011 11:14AM
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theabortionator
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Dec 1 2011 11:15AM
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theabortionator
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You realize that there was decent aspects of this in the electro scene years ago.


Now it's just a massive trend by people who know nothing about music to throw themselves into anything whomp. Seeing bassnectar and pretty lights headlining festivals makes it pretty obvious that somethings wrong with the world.


It's not a "movement", it's a trend by the noobs for the noobs



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Dec 1 2011 11:22AM
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timmi
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you mean sad petty vandalism?

(some is pretty impressive though)
Dec 1 2011 11:23AM
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midwestpowhunter
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For anyone who likes progressive types of music u should be happy that he is making this portion of the industry more recognized. I know I know mainstream is for followers and getting a Grammy is basically a transition to mainstream but look at it this way... We want skiing to get more recognition but we bitch when xgames isn't set up to be won by the guy who isnt'more stylie but the one who can spin or flip more. The contests and awards are set up to entice the masses not the die hard fans who actually understand what any variation of dub cork is or know what it was if they saw it. The gapers would be like was the a double barrel role? But the sad fact is they are the ones spending most of the money just like all the mainstream radio station listening retards that are picking the Grammy nominees. So if we want our interests to become more socially acceptable or popular u have to take the good with the bad and stop complaining about mainstream. Just remember we are all mainstream about something and when it is ur passion u truly become hip about that passion. I bet nobody is really into watches but some people would be like" o that guy is so lame cuz he has a Nixon watch on omg the motion is so shitty and the materials are cheap and from china...what a fucking mainstream idiot if he only knew how lame that watch really was....."
Dec 1 2011 11:46AM
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Lord.Quasimoto
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what a fucking joke... skrillex and the music industry that is.

LOL@ people arguing over what is / isnt dubstep. its just a genre people.
Dec 1 2011 11:51AM
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teleak
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Skrillex makes my head hurt.
Dec 1 2011 11:56AM
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Mister.F
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Pretty Lights kicks his ass
Dec 1 2011 11:59AM
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