Joe Nice Big Up Interview

[prisoner]

i've got local "dubstep" djs who dont even know who mala/coki/loefah are.

lie

it's the truth.

i said "you guys listen to digital mystikz much?" and got a "who?" response.



they are all beatport djs so they only know the shit in the top 10.

[wehlfest]

I would imagine several rappers don't know of Kool Herc or the Sugarhill Gang. But this is a different comparison since hip-hop came about more than 30 years ago.

[joenicedj]

thanks everyone.

[perkalerk215]

Big Up magazine doin their thing and getting peoples stories hearddddd. big up to you all! and big up Joe Nice for the yrs of work you have put in! nothin but <3 and you know this...ps we still need our wii baseball rematch. you cant catch me at 4am drunk again while you were sober. not fair

[katyaguseva]

I had the pleasure of getting this interview straight from Joe back in Feb I believe. The man hit the nail on the head in so many different ways. Especially for me. I run a station that caters to all types of the sound, so I sometimes find myself standing in the chainsaw and power drill isle at Home Depot. Here in Dallas, its really bad. Tons of DNB refugees looking for a new home and think Dubstep is just some new style of DNB @140 bpm.

I have had a well known "dubstep dj" tell me "I really dont like the dubby stuff.. Mala, Digital Mystikz, etc". I threw up in my mouth a little. I have come across quite a few producers who totally have no idea what "sub" really is. Yet they claim the music they write is dubstep. This is where I would normally put my foot down, but Joe saw the imminent divide, and drew a line in the sand for us!

I was elated when I read the article. Its about time someone of Joes magnitude stepped up and spoke the truth.

P.S. With regards to dubstep, please allow the following to rest in peace:

- The amen break (RIP)
- Vocoders (RIP)
- Vox samples from the movie SAW (RIP)
- Vox samples from anything with Jason Statham (RIP)
- Vox samples from anything with Bricktop (RIP)

Feel free to chime in here

...but Sandsnake?

... but James Blake?

[fbom]

james blake could walk into a home depot with an iphone, record a chainsaw demonstration, send it through a vocoder, and trust, it would sound great!!!

but anyways, thank you joebama nice, for sayin' it like you see it.



"there. my hat is now in the political ring" - bill hicks

[aeneas]

Big Up Magazine decided to put the interview up for download directly from their site for our pleasure:

http://thebigupmagazine.com/blog/2010/0 ... and-vinyl/