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  • Jan 5, 2021

    The 2010’s made beat switches a universal touchstone in music. A simple idea that fans go nuts for nearly every god damn time. Every single one probably has hundreds of tweets saying “the beat switch in __” with a gif of Neil degrasse Tyson or some s***.

    Are they just novelties that will be left in this era? Or is the beat switch going to enter the permanent musical lexicon alongside long fade outs and guitar solos?

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    I think they will continue because there aren’t any limitations to what you could arrange with 2 or more beats

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    You’re right the novelty of it has definitely waned as people are doing it just to do it rather than for actual artistic reasons.

    In that same vein it probably won’t sound contrived if the music is still good.

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    I think they’re cool

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    Perfect example is The Party/ The Afterparty.

    Flawless dichotomy of the lively party with a great melody and then the slower and slightly deeper than surface level writing of The Afterparty.

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    Beat switches been around forever and I doubt they’re going anywhere

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    still going strong

  • AR15 🥇
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    frank ocean invented

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    Marble

    I think they’re cool

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    AR15

    frank ocean invented

    Slum village invented

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    How to do a beatswitch

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    IJUSTLEFTEARF

    Slum village invented

    Radiohead invented actually

  • pneu
    Jan 5, 2021
    Yeezy Slides

    How to do a beatswitch

    !https://youtu.be/70YyuYDuIZQ

    Could say the same for a bunch of tracks off this album

  • Nah, but this beat switch

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    Prog-rock music in the 70s had beat switches

    Although I agree that they have become a bit of a novelty and tracks like Sicko mode use them for a “did it because I can” feeling

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    justin was always great with the beat switch

  • I hope not they’re goat

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    NGNL

    Prog-rock music in the 70s had beat switches

    Although I agree that they have become a bit of a novelty and tracks like Sicko mode use them for a “did it because I can” feeling

    this is the exact timeline in my head, with maad city and nights being the peak of their popularity

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    The Beatles invented

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    frank 2022

    this is the exact timeline in my head, with maad city and nights being the peak of their popularity

    All things move in cycles

    The masses will begin to see them as pretentious and turn their back on them just like prog-rock , until the method is eventually reinvented and interesting again

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