when did dubstep become mainstream?

[valdez]

i feel like an old man complainin bwt da buses here but listen, i got a bit of spare time n i bn flickin thro the youtube earlier dis morning, catchin up on some DS (its bn bare tiiime since ive listened to any 2 b honest) so im loopin round sum classic dmz tracks n i spot sum comments from a coupla neeks, noting how crap said tune is, and much filthier/dirtier certain tunes are. so i decide to investigate. the tune this particular american teenager mentioned was nero - innocence. never heard tht particular track b4 in my life but jeez, i know nero and i know hes made some pap but this tracks some major mainstream fruity gaystep. wah daah fak. ok fair enough, but wats worse is the comments is full of how filthy, grimy ?? and nasty this tune is, n it is 90% the demographic of which i mentioned earlier, n that worries me, cos nothing sells out for the better. really im jst curious to know when did these utter stnuc start listening to dubstep? srsly, was gwanin with the dubstep!

[Dark Reign]

hmm Mt Eden is that you?

[Skriptah]

[valdez]

na fam im not trollin im genuinely curious 2 know wer the exposure came from?

[pompende]

^^^hah!

im drinking pbr and playing 'walkin with jah' on record at this very moment

[valdez]

na fam im not trollin im genuinely curious 2 know wer the exposure came from?

im thinkin sumwer arnd the time chase and status collaborated wid snoop dogg & made that awful tune.... snoop dogg something..

[pompende]

na fam im not trollin im genuinely curious 2 know wer the exposure came from?

some sort of bizarre pitchfork and youtube confluence i think...

its all over tho...you can meet a teenager anywhere who loves datsik but has never heard of any dmz..

[1017_duck]

seems only two options: the la roux remix or fabriclive37.

a mix of both, imo.

[domhunt]

Dubstep isn't mainstream... it's popular underground music.
Fucking hell, when a Loefah tunes gets 150,000,000 views on YouTube and him headlining Leeds & Glastonbury then you know it's mainstream.

[Skriptah]

^^^hah!

im drinking pbr and playing 'walkin with jah' on record at this very moment

Word, im playing miracles.

[_boring]

i blame it ALL on rusko.

[scumslut]

yesterday

move on

[spec]

good dubstep hasn't. That's all that matters.

[Pistonsbeneath]

na fam im not trollin im genuinely curious 2 know wer the exposure came from?

some sort of bizarre pitchfork and youtube confluence i think...

its all over tho...you can meet a teenager anywhere who loves datsik but has never heard of any dmz..

yep

i met one yesterday in croydon ffs

[dubloke]

na fam im not trollin im genuinely curious 2 know wer the exposure came from?

some sort of bizarre pitchfork and youtube confluence i think...

its all over tho...you can meet a teenager anywhere who loves datsik but has never heard of any dmz..

[bagelator]

February 4–11, 1945

[Neurotik]

It's just sad after all these years to have all the cheesy commercialised crap come out into mainstream attention and then have it generalised onto the good stuff that actually bears reflection on original dubstep vibes. Sounds do evolve and by no means am i saying the genre should sound exactly the same but the fact that it seems to have gone from genuine artists making positive original vibes for the music itself to any idiot who wants to jump on the "next biggest thing" regurgitating what others are doing with dire pop remixes and generic wobble just take a quick payoff is quite unfortunate. Not to mention the amount of piss poor "dubstep" compilations being pushed out there without any consideration into understanding the genre properly but aslong as it's making money, i guess that doesn't really matter .

Although jump up does take alot of blame directed it's way for all of this, i have to say one thing that has previously made me proud of dubstep's growing diversity was the amount of ridiculously talented jump up producers getting their music out there (Reso as a prime example imo) which i always thought of as proving that there's something in it for everyone, especially those that always used to dismiss dubstep as boring stoner music (which i kind of miss now tbh ). I guess along the line it just went from skilled producers pushing their DAW's and knowledge of music tech to the limit to anyone who can mindlessly emulate Datsik sounds and place a chainsaw over an overcompressed snare and call it dubstep.

To say that good dubstep is still underground is a great point btw. It's just sad to see the amount of amazingly creative and original talent going underappreciated by both; the people who are jumping on the shallow commercial stuff, and, those who are just hearing about the genre and are put off by that stuff (wwhich as i said, reflects so poorly on anyone down the line, history or otherwise, fancying themselves as a dubstep producer). Especially when this line stretches as far down as the people who contributed immensely to pioneering the sound in the first place. I know Cyrus and Quest have expressed frustration about this and i would be short sighted to think they're the only ones, since, who can blame them, they should be well proud of the quality music they've put out there and do deserve so much more appreciation. My respects continuously go out to all those out there who keep pushing the positive vibes despite the ever growing influx of crap.

Far from being opposed to the development of the 'dubstep' sound, here is a short example line up of the developments i've enjoyed hearing over the past few years:

[say_whut]

I don't even think it is mainstream.

[dermike]

I don't even think it is mainstream.

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/399193-01.htm
Still not convinced? Nice Universal logo on there too..

[say_whut]

I don't even think it is mainstream.

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/399193-01.htm
Still not convinced? Nice Universal logo on there too..

Just because it says "Generation Dubstep" doesn't mean it is dubstep. That compilation is a bunch of pop song remixes drenched in drums and wobble.