DUB RAP VOL.1

ricky-switch · Post by **ricky-switch** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:04 am

DOWNLOAD IT HERE:
http://www.mediafire.com/?j1n00jjdhmi

Over a year in the making, countless hours logged, blood, sweat, and tears poured into it, and it's day has finally arrived, Enter: DUB RAP. Ricky Switch's newest mixtape: Dub Rap Volume1, featuring One Drop. Put your seat belts on it's gonna be a bumpy ride, but if your ears are ready to hear the future of music, stay tuned....

Rewind four years prior, to a remote island off the north coast of Ireland where a young, but seasoned DrumNBass DJ named Ricky Switch was first being being exposed to wobble basslines, boom bap slaps, and a whole new sound of music which he soon found himself engulfed in, Dubstep. Shortly after, Ricky packed his bags and moved out to California, the San Francisco Bay Area to be exact. He found his way DJ'ing the few Dubstep and DnB shows that he could find, and doing so he also became involved in the local hip hop scene, where he joined the underground rap group Distant Relatives. In due course, he would share a studio with local Bay Area Rapper Starski, and while Ricky would be bumping dubstep dj sets in one room, Starski and his crew were knocking out raps in the other. It was only a matter of time before peanut butter met the chocolate and Reese's Pieces was made, or as they call it Dub Rap.

During the process of working on the mixtape, they created a marriage the authentic sounds of UK Dubstep music and hardcore underground bay area MC's and singers. Instantly, the artists became fully engrossed in the sounds and space that Dubstep offers a vocalist and found many ways to deliver their art form. The Dub Rap sound that came out of this experience is an intense mix of otherworldly sounds courtesy of UK Dubstep rhythms, and the future of bay area and worldwide hip hop music.

This project was done with much praise and respect given to the originators of Dubstep, and the producers who made the music that made this mix possible. It's aimed at giving the genre another avenue to allow it to grow and to expose more people to it's undeniable sound and originality. The core artists (the mcs/ singers) involved have no doubts that they will continue to work within this medium of art to allow their creative juices to flourish and expand on an ever broadening horizon of Dubstep visions. Their is no question that the genre of "Dubrap" will catch on with other artists the world over, and allow rappers and singers alike to grow into the next millennium of audio murder: Dubstep and now Dubrap.[/img]

1. All the cash. The glitch mob.MASH
2. Sludge. Skool of thought, Ed solo.
3. 3K Lane. Jakes & Joker
4. Do it. Joker.
5. Scuba. Twitch,Jamie vex'd remix.
6. Girl from codeine city. L-wiz.
7. Snake eater. Joker.
8. Midnight. Bar 9
9. Age of dub. Ed solo.
10. Eastern jam. Chase and Status.
11. Wheres my money. TC, caspa.
12. Diesal not petrol. Sukh night.
13. Time is now . TRG.
14. Double trouble. Morphous.
15. Strong dub. Radikal guru.
16. Saxon. Chase&status.
17. Kinetic. Mimosa.
18. Squishy dub. Heyoka.
19. Kombulade. Heyoka.
20. IDiesel. Heyoka.
21. 26 basslines. Benga.
22. Music box. Benga .
23. Panpipes. Zero-g, Benny page.
24. Supligen. Gemmy.
25. Pinball. Akira Kiteshi.

neptune333 · Post by **neptune333** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:34 am

DUBRAPS MIXTAPE vol.1...

[img][img]http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z236 ... dubrap.jpg[/img][/img]

starski · Post by **starski** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:15 pm

check out one of the songs from the Dub Rap mixtape on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T59ORSDC4U

starski · Post by **starski** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 3:40 am

you can check it on datpiff too:

http://www.datpiff.com/Dj_Ricky_Switch_ ... 54276.html

starski · Post by **starski** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:48 pm

Over 700 downloads in 7 days!!

paulw · Post by **paulw** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:44 am

been listening to this for the last few days now as really wanted to be sure of what I had to say before saying it as this is one mix I really, really wanted to like. Coming from a split electronica and hip hop background over the last 20 years and having slowly generated a massive love for dubstep this read like a dream........

First listen it seemed to sit all wrong with me although I could not knock production values - Really, really good to hear tracks that don't just sound like any old random bars / accapelas dropped over beats - for some reason some of the flows just seemed to be at odds with the beats.

4 or 5 listens in and it's definitely got me where I wanted it to take me. I still feel a couple of tracks don't sit well but overall a massively engaging concept well executed and it's even given me a new perspective on well rinsed and tired tracks like "Eastern Jam"

Much niceness

and a definite recommendation

starski · Post by **starski** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:19 pm

Thanks mayne! I appreciate the honesty and the fact that you gave it a few listens before creating a formed opinion. I kind of had the feeling that it would be one those things that you would have to listen to a few times and might kind of be off at first listen. Anyways thanks for the feedback!

paulw wrote:been listening to this for the last few days now as really wanted to be sure of what I had to say before saying it as this is one mix I really, really wanted to like. Coming from a split electronica and hip hop background over the last 20 years and having slowly generated a massive love for dubstep this read like a dream........

First listen it seemed to sit all wrong with me although I could not knock production values - Really, really good to hear tracks that don't just sound like any old random bars / accapelas dropped over beats - for some reason some of the flows just seemed to be at odds with the beats.

4 or 5 listens in and it's definitely got me where I wanted it to take me. I still feel a couple of tracks don't sit well but overall a massively engaging concept well executed and it's even given me a new perspective on well rinsed and tired tracks like "Eastern Jam"

Much niceness and a definite recommendation

neptune333 · Post by **neptune333** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:24 pm

BIG UP FOR THE REVIEW!

DO YOU HAVE A TOP 3 FAVORITE TRACKS?

neptune333 · Post by **neptune333** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:39 am

check it out @ www.dubstepped.net

ascuryc · Post by **ascuryc** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:29 am

Huuge mixtape !

My TOP 5 :

08. Last Night
11. My Money
02. Analog2Digital
12. Fuck That
25. Dub Life

However I dislike "07. Fever" cause a grime track that use it sounds far better...

starski · Post by **starski** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:09 pm

thanks man! glad to see you checked it! it's interesting to see who's liking which songs on there and will be cool to see if there are some that stand out to a majority of people, so far it's been pretty across the board.

Ascuryc wrote:Huuge mixtape !

My TOP 5 :

08. Last Night
11. My Money
02. Analog2Digital
12. Fuck That
25. Dub Life

However I dislike "07. Fever" cause a grime track that use it sounds far better...

youngtuna · Post by **youngtuna** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:16 am

Lemme just first say that wow, really taking this whole dubrap/thugstep/rapdub/gangstep thing to the next level!

I've too been mixing a lot of hiphop with dubstep (live setup including 2x turns and one CD-deck) recently and can't say I've ever mixed anything as fun as "dubrap" as you now call it. I thought I don't wanna even call myself "a dubstep dj" anymore, more like "thugstep" or... "gangstep dj" or whatever this movement starts to call this kind of music. Peeps can't deny that dubstep coming out lately is getting more and more gangsta with that grimey 140bpm beat centered in playing out the most fucked up basslines known to man; throw in some gangsta vocals and you're set up son.

Funny actually I just recorded a mixtape called "rapsdubz" about a week ago, posted it here but haven't yet got _any_ replies

Got some really positive comments on it on the Finnish dubstep forums tho, check it out:

http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1292868

But yeah, really liked the mix! Not too keen about autotune tho but that's just me, not my thing really. "Fuck that" is thight as hell, awesome lyrics and flow with the MC's and like I've said hundreds of times Sukh Knight is the DON making gangsta beats in the form of dubstep.

Dubrappers don't skank, they boogie

starski · Post by **starski** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:54 pm

thanks for the feedback, i'm downloading your mix as we speak! jus so you know all the rapping on this mixtape and songs are all original this isn't any remixing or mash ups (not that there's anything bad about those too). i'm definitely lookin forward to checkin out what you did too and gettin back to you!

youngtuna wrote:Lemme just first say that wow, really taking this whole dubrap/thugstep/rapdub/gangstep thing to the next level!

I've too been mixing a lot of hiphop with dubstep (live setup including 2x turns and one CD-deck) recently and can't say I've ever mixed anything as fun as "dubrap" as you now call it. I thought I don't wanna even call myself "a dubstep dj" anymore, more like "thugstep" or... "gangstep dj" or whatever this movement starts to call this kind of music. Peeps can't deny that dubstep coming out lately is getting more and more gangsta with that grimey 140bpm beat centered in playing out the most fucked up basslines known to man; throw in some gangsta vocals and you're set up son.

Funny actually I just recorded a mixtape called "rapsdubz" about a week ago, posted it here but haven't yet got _any_ replies Got some really positive comments on it on the Finnish dubstep forums tho, check it out:

http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1292868

But yeah, really liked the mix! Not too keen about autotune tho but that's just me, not my thing really. "Fuck that" is thight as hell, awesome lyrics and flow with the MC's and like I've said hundreds of times Sukh Knight is the DON making gangsta beats in the form of dubstep.

Dubrappers don't skank, they boogie

neptune333 · Post by **neptune333** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:03 pm

How I would love to see Dubstep music rise from the grimey depth of the underground to spotlight for all to hear, (although I know some are not so eager to see it grow in popularity) but too many people are sleeping on this great music and Dubrap is just one catalyst to help it grow and expand its fanbase...at home and abroad...
its too good to be kept secret, especially amongst the hip hoppa's and MC's who haven't yet realized the supadope producers makin these slaps...RESPECT

ascuryc · Post by **ascuryc** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:16 pm

What is important, is that diferents topics has been defined with respect to the title for each original track. We can't heard "We raprazent the westcoast blablabla..." or whatever. The MC let the dubstep play and bring something more to the track.

By the same way, grime mcing on Dubstep can be huge too. When I saw Virus Syndicate with MK1 rapin on of their track on a Rusko track it was amazing !

starski · Post by **starski** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:03 pm

Neptune333 wrote:How I would love to see Dubstep music rise from the grimey depth of the underground to spotlight for all to hear, (although I know some are not so eager to see it grow in popularity) but too many people are sleeping on this great music and Dubrap is just one catalyst to help it grow and expand its fanbase...at home and abroad...
its too good to be kept secret, especially amongst the hip hoppa's and MC's who haven't yet realized the supadope producers makin these slaps...RESPECT

No doubt!

dj jsl · Post by **dj jsl** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:15 am

I like this. Really thought through and well produced vocals on here. Almost sounds like original tunes alot of them. Big up. Nice work.

BUT IMO, there's a big lack of the original producers names in the tracklist/filenames... they are pretty big part of this sounding so well all in all...

[EDIT... sorry.. they're typed nicely in the "info" though...

]

neptune333 · Post by **neptune333** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:28 am

Yea fi real...the producers are the foundation for this and we couldn't have done it without their art, so a real BIG SHOUT OUT and much RESPECT for laying the foundation for us to make DUBRAP. One

snf · Post by **snf** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 2:58 am

this mixtape is major. seriously hype, if this doesn't get a party poppin off then it's filled with zombies.

loving this sound. any live events planned around this in the bay area? something to seriously consider.

also, i'll paypal $20 to the first person to get keak da sneak on a dubstep riddim.

DJ JSL wrote:BUT IMO, there's a big lack of the original producers names in the tracklist/filenames... they are pretty big part of this sounding so well all in all...

[EDIT... sorry.. they're typed nicely in the "info" though... ]

they're also credited very well in the back cover art, which is more than can be said for most hiphop albums....

asullivan · Post by **asullivan** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:37 am

at first when i heard snoop doggs re-make of eastern jam i wasn't that impressed with hip hop artists dealing with dubstep but after hearing this im totally heading towards the other way. guys this is some sick shit! ive listened to each track atleast 5 times this morning

theres a few tracks that don't live up to the others but apart from this, verrrrry impressed!

DUB RAP VOL.1

DUB RAP VOL.1

what it do uncle ricky?

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