Dubstep - quick fad or here to stay?

I like dubstep. I've noticed that it's being pulled into mainstream media which is great for exposure to say the least but I want to know is in the topic. Is it here to stay or just a fad?

Your thread is similar to this one..

http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/27529785/dubstep-music-or-a-phase?page=2

It's both btw

Your thread is similar to this one..

http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/27529785/dubstep-music-or-a-phase?page=2

It's both btw

TheWZRD

well,it's been a while so i guess it's here to stay.it'll be smashed into a few subgenres though.

well,it's been a while so i guess it's here to stay.it'll be smashed into a few subgenres though.

VaguelyTagged

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well,it's been a while so i guess it's here to stay.it'll be smashed into a few subgenres though.

FrostyPhantasm

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well,it's been a while so i guess it's here to stay.it'll be smashed into a few subgenres though.

VaguelyTagged

I hope it's a fad. I wish rap and hiphop were fads too.

Honestly I'm not even sure what Dupstep actually isNuck81

This

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjJQP8pL7pM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WiJl8AblA4&feature=related

[QUOTE="Nuck81"]Honestly I'm not even sure what Dupstep actually isFrostyPhantasm

This

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjJQP8pL7pM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WiJl8AblA4&feature=related

Although I don't see what separates that from Electronica/Club/Dance music.

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[QUOTE="Nuck81"]Honestly I'm not even sure what Dupstep actually isNuck81

This

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjJQP8pL7pM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WiJl8AblA4&feature=related

Although I don't see what separates that from Electronica/Club/Dance music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDmWJbN8bDo

It's mostly notorious for it's "wub wub wub" and drops. Although not all dubstep has drops, mostly just the very mainstream stuff. A good example of this would be at 0:40-0:50 ofhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIUX0NozeO4 or any skrillex song. People give it a bad rap like they do with most genres because they listen to the stuff kids blast sitting in the back of the bus and get biased opinions on it.

...once music leaves the minds of 10 year olds we will all be fine

I don't care anymore. If people want to listen to garbage, that's them.CRS98

I hope it's a fad. I wish rap and hiphop were fads too.

CHOASXIII

Why? Is it that hard to believe that there is good hip hop music? I know everyone's entitled to their opinion, but at least give it a chance.

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I hope it's a fad. I wish rap and hiphop were fads too.

omus101

Why? Is it that hard to believe that there is good hip hop music? I know everyone's entitled to their opinion, but at least give it a chance.

I gave it a chance and I don't like it.

People have been asking if it's a quick fad for years now. Ir should have probably sunk in by now, It's here to stay.Overlord93

But it hasn't been mainstream for longer than a year or two. It might just end up being old and forgotten like Disco in a few more years time. TBH there aren't any prominent dubstep artists in the mainstream besides skrillex anyways, and it seems that he isn't even real dubstep according to th vets.

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[QUOTE="FrostyPhantasm"]

This

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjJQP8pL7pM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WiJl8AblA4&feature=related

FrostyPhantasm

Although I don't see what separates that from Electronica/Club/Dance music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDmWJbN8bDo

It's mostly notorious for it's "wub wub wub" and drops. Although not all dubstep has drops, mostly just the very mainstream stuff. A good example of this would be at 0:40-0:50 ofhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIUX0NozeO4 or any skrillex song. People give it a bad rap like they do with most genres because they listen to the stuff kids blast sitting in the back of the bus and get biased opinions on it.

I don't care anymore. If people want to listen to garbage, that's them.CRS98

It seems like a fad.

though the genre will still exist, there's going to going something else to entertain the populous and have the denizens of OT post why this new fad is the prime example of why today's music sucks.

Dubstep is a fad at the moment, but the genre will likely stick around when that fad dies. The genre was around way before it found popularity, and arguably the commercilisation has diluted the sound somewhat. Still, original style dubstep (with a heavier focus on dub and reggae roots) is still around, so it isn't as if the genre has gone completely commercial.

Same with any genre that gains popularity I guess.

wub wub wub.

That's basically all dubstep is. I despise it by the way.

Here to stay, they aren't going to be in the limelight and center stage forever, but it has enough fans of the gnere to keep going and sustain itself.

Honestly I'm not even sure what Dupstep actually isNuck81

I think this is an example of mainstream dubstep. Mostly a combination of hiphop, rap, and techno.

it will stay, but its popularity will fluctuate like other genres do.

Dubstep has beenrather mainstrem for a while now, it statred getting played on BBC radio in 03, then got big in 06.

I hope it's a fad. I wish rap and hiphop were fads too.

CHOASXIII

wub wub wub.

That's basically all dubstep is. I despise it by the way.

deathtarget04

I hope it's a fad. I wish rap and hiphop were fads too.

CHOASXIII

You probable never heard any good rap or hiphop outside of radio crap then

I only listen to Skrillex and like his music a lot but he's the only dubstep artist I like. If most dubstep were more like his as in more agressive and less "danceable" then for me dubstep could stay for as long as the industry wants it.

[QUOTE="CHOASXIII"]

I hope it's a fad. I wish rap and hiphop were fads too.

DarthTuna

You probable never heard any good rap or hiphop outside of radio crap then

Oh trust me I have. There's just this thing called not liking a genre.

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[QUOTE="CHOASXIII"]

I hope it's a fad. I wish rap and hiphop were fads too.

CHOASXIII

You probable never heard any good rap or hiphop outside of radio crap then

Oh trust me I have. There's just this thing called not liking a genre.

What don't you like about the genre?

I only listen to Skrillex and like his music a lot but he's the only dubstep artist I like. If most dubstep were more like his as in more agressive and less "danceable" then for me dubstep could stay for as long as the industry wants it.

lancea34

DJ distance, skream and benga are great dubstep producers.

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[QUOTE="DarthTuna"]

You probable never heard any good rap or hiphop outside of radio crap then

DarthTuna

Oh trust me I have. There's just this thing called not liking a genre.

What don't you like about the genre?

Just because of the way it is.

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[QUOTE="CHOASXIII"]

Oh trust me I have. There's just this thing called not liking a genre.

CHOASXIII

What don't you like about the genre?

Just because of the way it is.

lol the way what is?