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累计：15 篇（自 2007-05-13 起）

更新：约3篇/年，最后更新1738 天前

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Q: What is "gangsta rap attitude"?

Gangsta rap is a type of rap music that focuses on, and typically promotes, the lifestyles of contemporary inner city gangsters. While the term gangsta rap is often used to refer to West Coast rap created in the 90s by artists like Dr. Dre and 2Pac, at Pandora we use it to define any type of rap that focuses on crime or other 'negative' social topics.... (311 天前)

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Q: What is "downtempo influence"?

Downtempo is an all-inclusive term for laid-back electronic music that falls between electronic dance music (house, trance, techno) and ambient music (Brian Eno, Steve Roach, etc.). Like electronic dance music, downtempo has a definite beat and structure. However, it is slower, and is more likely to use dub-like hypnotic effects a la ambient music.... (311 天前)

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Q: What are "trance roots"?

"Trance roots" refers to music that references the musical aspects of trance.Trance is a form of electronic dance music that first surfaced in the 1990s. It is characterized by several factors including repetitive synth lines, quick tempos (125-160bpm), dramatic build-ups/breakdowns, and a musical form that morphs between sections.... (311 天前)

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Q: What are "trip-hop roots"?

Trip-hop in its broadest scope is any type of electronic music with enhanced texture over beats from rap music. Trip-hop was developed in England in the 1990s, and gained popularity through artists like Portishead, Massive Attack, and Tricky. Musicologically, trip-hop is characterized by the heavy use of samples and breakbeats, mellow tempo (85-110 bpm)... (311 天前)

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Q: What is a "G-funk synth line"?

This is a high-pitched synthesizer sound that is typically constructed using a sine wave synthesizer signal with plenty of portamento, which makes the notes 'slide' between one another. The use of this sound was popularized by g-funk music (the "g" being short for gangsta), a type of West Coast rap pioneered most notably by Dr. Dre. Most g-funk songs ar... (311 天前)

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Q: What is "chopped & screwed production"?

Chopped & screwed (also known as screwed & chopped) is a style of southern rap music pioneered by the late DJ Screw of Houston, TX, USA. Using a sensibility not far removed from dub remixers like King Tubby and Lee Perry, DJ Screw would take his favorite records/beats and remix them by slowing them down, applying DJ techniques such as scratching, stop ti... (311 天前)

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Q: What is "vinyl ambience"?

When a record is played using a turntable there are several artifacts added to the sound. These artifacts are caused by dust or other imperfections in the groove of a record and they are often described as 'crackles', 'hisses', and 'pops.' They create a background ambience that affects the songs' overall feel and perceived sound.... (311 天前)

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