So over for popstep?

[Methusela]

Was interested to read today's Guardian Guide review http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/ju ... ew-singles of Anthemic by Magnetic Man and P-Money:

"Strange world, innit? Where taking a vital underground British music, like dubstep or grime, and reproducing a chart-friendly facsimile of it, in the hope of crossing over, is nowadays deemed a de facto positive thing. We're expected to take pride in one of "ours" taking on Rihanna and Ne-Yo. Rather than just shrugging at this concession to major label mediocrity. What changed?"

Reminded me of a recent interview http://www.chimpmagazine.co.uk/index.ph ... -than-most with MRK1:

"...is it time for dubstep to become popstep? Foster says: “I hope not, because if it is, it’s going to kill it out pretty quick. I’m still doing massively dark tunes. Well, in my eyes anyway. But then I’m also doing a bit of crossover stuff just to explore the boundaries of what I can do, what can happen. “But I don’t actually think that everyone’s going to start making those tunes otherwise it’s not going to be dubstep any more, it’ll be some new-named thing which then becomes not cool and everyone just disses it.”

Is it already so over for popstep?

[Sexual_Chocolate]

wtf is popstep?

[Methusela]

Some new-named thing which then becomes not cool and everyone just disses it?

[glottis5]

if by crossing over to the mainstream you lose all the stuff that made the music interesting in the first place, what's the point? artistically at least

[Liam92]

if by crossing over to the mainstream you lose all the stuff that made the music interesting in the first place, what's the point? artistically at least

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[hasezwei]

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new-named thing which then becomes not cool and everyone just disses it

Come on, we all know the name

[COURT]

this thread title fails on many levels but that 'chimpmagazine' article is a sick read