SKRILLEX - CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM ONLY PLEASE

[Maccaveli]

For fuck's sake, why is it so hard for people to grasp the concept that brostep isn't a subgenre? Its just a loose word we use to conveniently label a large portion of dubstep. It doesn't have to have clear-cut boundaries or conventions, cos say it around people who know and they'll instantly know what you mean. I say this as someone who loves the odd bit of Chasing Shadows, Bar9 and Emalkay. Its not always used negatively, its not a genre in itself, its just a word that's much easier to say than "midrange-focussed, loud, filthy, generic, mainstream dubstep."

[bassinine]

If you hate Skrillex because of "what he's done to" dubstep, you're a hipster turd.

if you like Skrillex because of "what he's done to" dubstep, you're a hipster turd

I'm not sure that follows. Hipsterism (bearing in mind, "hipster" is a pejorative) basically revolves around a false sense of elitism, false in that it's tied to obscurity such that obscurity makes something elite. Hence the joke... how many hipsters does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Oh, I'd tell you, but it's a really obscure number I'm sure you've never heard of.

apparently you do not realize that hipsters do not care what other people think. we just got tired of the same old shit, and moved on the greener pastures - while the people who are not "hipsters" are comfortable with the same shit over and over.

anyone who bases their taste off other people's opinion - they're not a hipster, just someone who's insecure.

[deadly_habit]

if you wear thick frame glasses with no lenses, and shop for your jeans in the girls dept... i have news for you

[Artie_Fufkin]

Something I've been thinking.....if brostep was legitimized (maybe filth would have worked as a not so obviously stupid genre name), and the "original" dubstep and "frat boy" choons were divided, we wouldn't have had to deal with the waves of datsik/borgore/skrillex bass threads and the "oh dubstep? I like skrillex too" phenomena. That's what's grinding everybody's gears, isn't it? To me it seems like some of you would prefer the division.
Sure some people say "oh its alllllll dubstep" and "I don't like all these sub sub genres", but I think the main reason is that people don't like that Burial and Borgore share the same label when they're too very different styles/scenes to identify yourself with.

It's like: I like metal, but there's just so much difference between Slipknot and Electric Wizard that the subgenres really do make a difference.

[Kochari]

so did he ever post the skream remake?

[Electric_Head]

smashing a laptop on stage is so fucking lame.
really now.
without that lappy you`d be no-where you emo-girl you

that video of him on drugs with the chicks n running off after giving them the thing, waste man

[BaseBass]

Something I've been thinking.....if brostep was legitimized (maybe filth would have worked as a not so obviously stupid genre name), and the "original" dubstep and "frat boy" choons were divided, we wouldn't have had to deal with the waves of datsik/borgore/skrillex bass threads and the "oh dubstep? I like skrillex too" phenomena. That's what's grinding everybody's gears, isn't it? To me it seems like some of you would prefer the division.
Sure some people say "oh its alllllll dubstep" and "I don't like all these sub sub genres", but I think the main reason is that people don't like that Burial and Borgore share the same label when they're too very different styles/scenes to identify yourself with.

It's like: I like metal, but there's just so much difference between Slipknot and Electric Wizard that the subgenres really do make a difference.

I still don't get why people put Datsik in the same breath as Skrillex sometimes... Why is Datsik concidered Brostep to many people? I mean.. Skrillex I can agree with... as well as Nero for instance, seeming that most of their songs are not even close to dubstep, and more orientated towards house and dance styles. But Datsik uses almost no vocals, no cheesy trance-like synts, and are mostly around 140 bpm with a lots of sub at the bottom. Datsik has a pretty damn alternative sound, which is anything BUT mainstream. You don't hear datsik on mainstream radio broadcasts, and sure as hell doesn't have fully proffesional music video's. And I'm not even talking about his collabrations with other DJ's here.

It's not a bad thing to have subgenres. Almost every music style has it. look at how many types of Rock there are. You have Rock 'n Roll, Rock, Hard Rock, Indy Rock, Alternative Rock, Punk Rock, and the list goes on. But the fact is, that Brostep is usually an insulting phrase. Esspecially to people who try their best to create something original, that has rougher basses, and a bit more mid-range sounds to it. I'm just fed up with having to post a new WIP and having to mention: Warning... some people might consider this to be Brostep.. I am so sorry for this. I get associated with people (Bro, fratboy douche's) who I myself don't even like to hang around with.

[JBoy]

Please will all you teenage skrillex fanboys jump off a cliff somewhere, youre whining is boring me to death.

[Sparxy]

FFS WHEN IS THIS KID GOING TO POST HIS SKREAM - FILTH REMAKE????

[VirtualMark]

FFS WHEN IS THIS KID GOING TO POST HIS SKREAM - FILTH REMAKE????

Agreed, thats the only reason i'm checking this thread. Can't stand the 'i love skrillex' or the 'i hate skrillex' bullshit anymore, but i have to hear the op's version of skream!

[LA_Boxers]

Something I've been thinking.....if brostep was legitimized (maybe filth would have worked as a not so obviously stupid genre name), and the "original" dubstep and "frat boy" choons were divided, we wouldn't have had to deal with the waves of datsik/borgore/skrillex bass threads and the "oh dubstep? I like skrillex too" phenomena. That's what's grinding everybody's gears, isn't it? To me it seems like some of you would prefer the division.
Sure some people say "oh its alllllll dubstep" and "I don't like all these sub sub genres", but I think the main reason is that people don't like that Burial and Borgore share the same label when they're too very different styles/scenes to identify yourself with.

It's like: I like metal, but there's just so much difference between Slipknot and Electric Wizard that the subgenres really do make a difference.

I still don't get why people put Datsik in the same breath as Skrillex sometimes... Why is Datsik concidered Brostep to many people? I mean.. Skrillex I can agree with... as well as Nero for instance, seeming that most of their songs are not even close to dubstep, and more orientated towards house and dance styles. But Datsik uses almost no vocals, no cheesy trance-like synts, and are mostly around 140 bpm with a lots of sub at the bottom. Datsik has a pretty damn alternative sound, which is anything BUT mainstream. You don't hear datsik on mainstream radio broadcasts, and sure as hell doesn't have fully proffesional music video's. And I'm not even talking about his collabrations with other DJ's here.

It's not a bad thing to have subgenres. Almost every music style has it. look at how many types of Rock there are. You have Rock 'n Roll, Rock, Hard Rock, Indy Rock, Alternative Rock, Punk Rock, and the list goes on. But the fact is, that Brostep is usually an insulting phrase. Esspecially to people who try their best to create something original, that has rougher basses, and a bit more mid-range sounds to it. I'm just fed up with having to post a new WIP and having to mention: Warning... some people might consider this to be Brostep.. I am so sorry for this. I get associated with people (Bro, fratboy douche's) who I myself don't even like to hang around with.

The short answer = Robot noises & yoi's & topless men & moshing.

[wub]

Robot noises & yoi's & topless men & moshing.

Sounds like the N155 on a Tuesday night.

[angrybobo]

smashing a laptop on stage is so fucking lame.
really now.
without that lappy you`d be no-where you emo-girl you

that video of him on drugs with the chicks n running off after giving them the thing, waste man

Any links to these videos?

[wub]

smashing a laptop on stage is so fucking lame.
really now.
without that lappy you`d be no-where you emo-girl you

that video of him on drugs with the chicks n running off after giving them the thing, waste man

Any links to these videos?

Previous page.

[Durag]

I myself am anything BUT a bro haha. I dont like their clothing, the lifestyle... or the way they walk and talk. So I feel embarressed to say: I make Brostep... or I listen to Brostep. Because it's just a gay ass name for a genre. If old Rock 'n Roll would be the equivelant of dubstep... then brostep could just as well just be called "Hardstep", or just Hard Dubstep... just like having Rock and Hard Rock.

Wtf? So 'brosteppers' walk and talk a certain way now? Where the fuck did u come up with that shit?

Are they sort of like an evolved human race? Only just more retarded?

How do they walk? Why do you not like it?

How do they talk?

Please answer as these are the kind of questions that will plague me for life.

[Samuel_L_Damnson]

FFS WHEN IS THIS KID GOING TO POST HIS SKREAM - FILTH REMAKE????

This, im still waiting

[Jas0n]

If you hate Skrillex because of "what he's done to" dubstep, you're a hipster turd.

if you like Skrillex because of "what he's done to" dubstep, you're a hipster turd

I'm not sure that follows. Hipsterism (bearing in mind, "hipster" is a pejorative) basically revolves around a false sense of elitism, false in that it's tied to obscurity such that obscurity makes something elite. Hence the joke... how many hipsters does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Oh, I'd tell you, but it's a really obscure number I'm sure you've never heard of.

apparently you do not realize that hipsters do not care what other people think. we just got tired of the same old shit, and moved on the greener pastures - while the people who are not "hipsters" are comfortable with the same shit over and over.

anyone who bases their taste off other people's opinion - they're not a hipster, just someone who's insecure.

Hah! Of course you care what other people think! If you didn't, the terminology used to describe different artists would be immaterial to you, and you wouldn't see your (presumed, incorrectly) esoteric tastes as a source of pride.

The one thing worse than a conformist is a fashionable non-conformist.

[BaseBass]

I myself am anything BUT a bro haha. I dont like their clothing, the lifestyle... or the way they walk and talk. So I feel embarressed to say: I make Brostep... or I listen to Brostep. Because it's just a gay ass name for a genre. If old Rock 'n Roll would be the equivelant of dubstep... then brostep could just as well just be called "Hardstep", or just Hard Dubstep... just like having Rock and Hard Rock.

Wtf? So 'brosteppers' walk and talk a certain way now? Where the fuck did u come up with that shit?

Are they sort of like an evolved human race? Only just more retarded?

How do they walk? Why do you not like it?

How do they talk?

Please answer as these are the kind of questions that will plague me for life.

[Sparxy]

Right now i'm thinking everyone debating in this thread have just been trolled hard by OP

[Sparxy]

I myself am anything BUT a bro haha. I dont like their clothing, the lifestyle... or the way they walk and talk. So I feel embarressed to say: I make Brostep... or I listen to Brostep. Because it's just a gay ass name for a genre. If old Rock 'n Roll would be the equivelant of dubstep... then brostep could just as well just be called "Hardstep", or just Hard Dubstep... just like having Rock and Hard Rock.

Wtf? So 'brosteppers' walk and talk a certain way now? Where the fuck did u come up with that shit?

Are they sort of like an evolved human race? Only just more retarded?

How do they walk? Why do you not like it?

How do they talk?

Please answer as these are the kind of questions that will plague me for life.

Hahahah! "That was like an all-you-can-rape-buffet"