How the triplet flow took over rap

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

Комментарии • 6 тыс.

  • @xiv1496
    @xiv1496 7 лет назад +5989

    i doubt snoop hates the flow. he just hates that everyone abused of it.

    • @revoksixth690
      @revoksixth690 7 лет назад +119

      Brook Rivers and on top of that has no substance most of the time

    • @jacoblong3541
      @jacoblong3541 7 лет назад +88

      Brook Rivers Any legitimate musician knows what a triplet is lmao. You learn a triplet within 2 months of 6th grade band

    • @podisthebomb1
      @podisthebomb1 7 лет назад +160

      He was talking more on the mumble rap and not the beat behind it

    • @thesechicksdontevenknowthe3298
      @thesechicksdontevenknowthe3298 7 лет назад +68

      Right. She says he missed the point she missed his point something is less and less powerful as it becomes more used

    • @Humble_King_Ali
      @Humble_King_Ali 7 лет назад +11

      I know...like we'll never know any other sounds if people just riding on the same style.

  • @jesseluke5798
    @jesseluke5798 7 лет назад +3735

    That's it right there. Kendrick and Chance use that flow sparingly, as a tool. It builds and hypes their songs when it's needed But when rappers use it every single song for the entirety of those songs it really quickly gets monotonous.

    • @sirfrancisdrake1472
      @sirfrancisdrake1472 7 лет назад +32

      Word

    • @IndomitableAde
      @IndomitableAde 7 лет назад +130

      jesseluke It's that and it's the content. Triplet flow is fine but when it's all choppers, drugs and hoes that's where monotony and banality step in. I'm like, damn, go someplace in the world besides a strip club or a trap house and tell me what that looks like, please!

    • @TheMuse260
      @TheMuse260 7 лет назад +52

      jesseluke When its 100% triplets, its trash. Lil pump,migos, future, gucci, 21 are all triplets

    • @sione_etc
      @sione_etc 7 лет назад +17

      i mean you could also say it's monotonous how other rappers mostly rap on eighth notes, or how everyone uses 808s, pentatonic scales, 4/4 timing. it's just a style, you don't have to be into it but there's no right or wrong way to do it

    • @Portarius1984
      @Portarius1984 7 лет назад +2

      jesseluke Exactly.

  • @briantriplett5974
    @briantriplett5974 5 лет назад +2424

    my name is brian triplett and i approve this message.

    • @cokguzeladam
      @cokguzeladam 4 года назад +41

      my name is brad harper and I subscribed to you

    • @Jackson-mi3dr
      @Jackson-mi3dr 4 года назад +12

      Thanks Brian

    • @nagnot6718
      @nagnot6718 4 года назад +14

      Nice, I was looking through all the comments for your critical approval.

    • @driziiD
      @driziiD 4 года назад +4

      😂 the culprit

    • @nothingmuch1129
      @nothingmuch1129 4 года назад +2

      I am the 555th like

  • @JPLToyExperience
    @JPLToyExperience 6 лет назад +5924

    Mah man Beethoven was rockin' triplets before these new rappers

  • @juvailpecson6235
    @juvailpecson6235 7 лет назад +7097

    Snoop wasn't against the style and flow in triplets he was against how rappers today all sounds the same!

    • @GotNextVideo
      @GotNextVideo 6 лет назад +379

      Exactly. Back in the 90s when Snoop came up, rappers switched their flow up from bar to bar, they didn't just hammer the same exact same cadence in every line of every song.

    • @DougM_BDXL
      @DougM_BDXL 6 лет назад +137

      ...and they ain't saying much lyrically. Just look at Lil Pump, Yachty, Uzi Vert, etc... Shallow AF with the words.

    • @seishin4243
      @seishin4243 6 лет назад +51

      As it was said, the problem for Snoop it's not the triplets, but, apart from not liking and criticising they all sound the same, he was also against that Versace/Migos flow, because, in that same show, he says someone told to him on a studio to try that and he responded by saying no, he doesn't "rap like that" and it's fair for him to not like it, even if that always existed.

    • @sigbrotum2191
      @sigbrotum2191 6 лет назад +1

      you have a stupid name shithole

    • @joeyclemenza7339
      @joeyclemenza7339 6 лет назад +7

      Juvail Pecson she never said he was against the flow!!!

  • @isaaccedeno1
    @isaaccedeno1 7 лет назад +4184

    More of these music episodes please

    • @ananimeplace.3808
      @ananimeplace.3808 7 лет назад +15

      Isaac Cedeno honestly

    • @mr.advocatusdiaboli1745
      @mr.advocatusdiaboli1745 7 лет назад +5

      Isaac Cedeno but with good music instead of the cold play of hip hop

    • @carlmojica
      @carlmojica 7 лет назад +10

      Different genres would be perfect too

    • @dizzybear7472
      @dizzybear7472 7 лет назад +28

      This topic is far superior to politics so more would be nice

    • @pabloarranz3626
      @pabloarranz3626 7 лет назад

      Isaac Cedeno they've done a bunch of these already

  • @slycooper5278
    @slycooper5278 7 лет назад +1970

    Snoop dog explaining it was priceless XD

    • @krusher181
      @krusher181 7 лет назад +41

      First time I've heard him sound like an old man lol. Not knocking him, but yeah.

    • @christopherantimie1613
      @christopherantimie1613 7 лет назад +64

      Monk Killedababy In the actual video he wasn't criticizing the style itself, but rather that so many rappers sound the same today. He does a better job of explaining it but that's the general idea.

    • @DRsideburns
      @DRsideburns 7 лет назад +16

      I mean Snoop's almost 50 years old. He's getting there

    • @ADunnMusic
      @ADunnMusic 7 лет назад

      Sly Cooper ecks dee

    • @topcat8804
      @topcat8804 7 лет назад

      I thought it was Stevie Wonder

  • @mikeytodorov134
    @mikeytodorov134 2 года назад +218

    Rest In Peace to the youngest triplet 😔

  • @dellayassine
    @dellayassine 7 лет назад +3054

    Love everything being said here; but I think *you've* missed Uncle Snoop's point. He's not against the flow, he's against the fact that *every* damn rapper is using it; and I agree with him on that.

    • @co6318
      @co6318 7 лет назад +8

      Della Yassine well get used to it because back in the old days people were using the same flows, so dont hate

    • @simonriley983
      @simonriley983 7 лет назад

      +MC Huncho 😬

    • @Coffelt2030
      @Coffelt2030 7 лет назад +11

      MC Huncho way to be progressive and original huehue

    • @nooser664
      @nooser664 7 лет назад

      Exactly what I was thinking

    • @hilbert1
      @hilbert1 7 лет назад +24

      I agree snoop is right these idiots all spitting gibiresh and people call it music stupid sheeps

  • @7izkewl7
    @7izkewl7 7 лет назад +2834

    Snoop is a true musician and probably knows what a damn triplet is. All he's tryna say is that rappers nowadays should get their own damn identity instead of copying whatever the hot style is (mumbling triplets ATM).

    • @geneparmesan8748
      @geneparmesan8748 7 лет назад +85

      I doubt he's complaining about the triplets themselves, more probably about how hard they make the subject to understand. The "mumble rap" he's referencing today comes by its nickname honestly.

    • @faizperdana7351
      @faizperdana7351 7 лет назад +36

      snoop actually hated the "mumble rap with the damn triplets" style, almost everyone use it

    • @DefenestrateYourself
      @DefenestrateYourself 7 лет назад +12

      He's also got a trained bank account that will always outshine yours. Don't feel too bad though.

    • @stockicide
      @stockicide 7 лет назад +71

      "he isn't a musician, he just raps"
      Rap is music. Rappers are musicians.
      Why are you even watching a video about rap music if you don't consider rappers to be musicians?

    • @stockicide
      @stockicide 7 лет назад +2

      Fair enough.

  • @rappadapp
    @rappadapp 7 лет назад +4156

    huh huh wah heh heh hey he he he ha ha ha ho ho ho huh hah huh
    - Migos

  • @pimas11
    @pimas11 2 года назад +98

    Three Six Mafia is really the master of this flow enough where it impacted much of the rap after them in the 90s

    • @333SOULJAA
      @333SOULJAA 11 месяцев назад +5

      Yea but of course people love the overrated mainstream fools more, 3-6 needs its recognition

    • @Braineaters8
      @Braineaters8 11 месяцев назад +7

      @@333SOULJAAReal playas in tha South recognizes them

  • @Chandasouk
    @Chandasouk 7 лет назад +2759

    *mimics Snoop Dogg mimicking the Migos flow*

    • @synthdott7954
      @synthdott7954 7 лет назад +144

      Chandasouk *gets double platinum in a month*

    • @MrJerryman13
      @MrJerryman13 7 лет назад +6

      hashtagSHREKT Lmfao

    • @sirfrancisdrake1472
      @sirfrancisdrake1472 7 лет назад +17

      Chandasouk snoop spitting the truth

    • @nobodyknowsforsure
      @nobodyknowsforsure 7 лет назад +12

      they are lucky. society is dumbed down enough for this to be acceptable rap... what's next? do a rap with the word cabbage??

    • @vasco.364
      @vasco.364 7 лет назад +3

      killakaynyne thanks for the idea!

  • @aikoblissponce
    @aikoblissponce 7 лет назад +2403

    i agree with snoop. every song on the radio now is overwhelming homogeneous, i can’t even tell which song is which anymore.

    • @Zayvoxk
      @Zayvoxk 6 лет назад +17

      PSYCHO you mean *almost every*

    • @skysten2605
      @skysten2605 6 лет назад +125

      This is how people describe music they're not into. When I was into techno, people would say it just goes doof food doof but I could find plenty of variety in it. Now I agree with them 😂

    • @ecoRfan
      @ecoRfan 6 лет назад +3

      Sadly it’s been that way for many decades, but only accelerated within the last 15 years.

    • @wizcombo
      @wizcombo 6 лет назад +15

      If you can’t tell the variation of songs idk if you are “hip pop”. It’s the relation and mood to every song that discerns it from one another. Listen more and understand more!

    • @yungjoemighty879
      @yungjoemighty879 6 лет назад

      lol they literally feature a young thug track with him on it in the video

  • @mikkyd9989
    @mikkyd9989 7 лет назад +35

    Vox's rap videos are rare but always the best

  • @joon_lagoon1
    @joon_lagoon1 6 лет назад +278

    Actually Lord Infamous created the flow back in 89 so you know R.I.P Scarecrow

    • @onesyphorus
      @onesyphorus 4 года назад +6

      89? *89* !?
      pleaae, I beg of you, to list what this song possibly may be. I've heard others and was like naaah I doubt it. but now I'm curious

    • @ProdByGuero
      @ProdByGuero 4 года назад +10

      @@onesyphorus Check Out The DJ Paul Lord Infamous Tape " Da Serial Killaz"

    • @MrRickypt
      @MrRickypt 4 года назад +9

      @@ProdByGuero That's from 1992 though. Memphis rap actually predates back to 1989 or 1990, but it was mainly DJ mixes. Only after that they started to rap on the beats.

    • @ProdByGuero
      @ProdByGuero 4 года назад

      @@MrRickypt Yessir, Dj BK, SpanishFly N Them

  • @neeyku
    @neeyku 7 лет назад +1027

    I'm sure Snoop knows what triplets are.
    So, in that case, he's probably not missing the point, rather, he's frustrated by the same execution of triplets in modern rap - and he's not the only one.

    • @neeyku
      @neeyku 7 лет назад +18

      Otherwise, great episode.

    • @bombpenguin29
      @bombpenguin29 7 лет назад +50

      correct. She did miss his point.

    • @marbar2888
      @marbar2888 7 лет назад +2

      Well said mate.

    • @shortyrags
      @shortyrags 7 лет назад

      How? She simply pointed out that Snoop doesn't like the fact that the style is being overused in a one dimensional way.

    • @TheP3rspective
      @TheP3rspective 7 лет назад +5

      I believe Snoop was more or less talking about how they all mumble and you can't hear the lyrics, rather than the triplets style.

  • @FromNothingICome
    @FromNothingICome 7 лет назад +1887

    I think the real issue here isn't the use of triplets, so much as the subtle wordplay, stunning lyricism, and even social commentary that can be found in powerful lyrics like: "Versace Versace Versace Versace Versace Versace Versace Versace."

    • @wanderingcantos
      @wanderingcantos 6 лет назад +30

      LOL

    • @ApsaraMenaka
      @ApsaraMenaka 6 лет назад +16

      😂😂😂

    • @yungjoemighty879
      @yungjoemighty879 6 лет назад +16

      lol they literally feature a young thug track with him on it in the video

    • @YourMajesty143
      @YourMajesty143 5 лет назад +12

      Lmao you almost had me

    • @GRABA85
      @GRABA85 5 лет назад +4

      You just don't get it - it's a pokemon rap.

  • @KingRiguez
    @KingRiguez 7 лет назад +598

    Tbh. Someone who isn't musically aware of stuff like this in rap. That was some huge insight. I liked the video a lot. Thanks for the info 😁

    • @JorgeOrtiz-fu5lt
      @JorgeOrtiz-fu5lt 7 лет назад

      King Riguez Is your profile pic from one of the Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift games?

    • @KingRiguez
      @KingRiguez 7 лет назад

      Jorge Ortiz lol I think so. I can't remember

    • @zelle5418
      @zelle5418 7 лет назад

      King Riguez plz don’t go and listen to this fake rap

    • @boreezy7553
      @boreezy7553 6 лет назад +1

      Guys rap or rapping is a technique, but the music style is Hip Hop. It's like Pop or Rock are music styles but singing is the technique of delivery of the lyrics.

  • @Rosaceae1
    @Rosaceae1 5 лет назад +512

    Until I hear verses in quintuplets and septuplets, I'm unsatisfied.

  • @PropKnucklesFPV
    @PropKnucklesFPV 7 лет назад +1778

    As a percussionist, or just a musician in general... why is this so amazing or interesting? Snoop didn't miss the point. He knows they're all the same

    • @Ryan-si8om
      @Ryan-si8om 7 лет назад +164

      Lol It's like the masses finally found out about time signatures and tempos.

    • @steveguacamole3098
      @steveguacamole3098 7 лет назад +26

      I️ am as well, always wondered about that. I just have to laugh when people say that rappers have so much rhythm!

    • @BigDaddyWes
      @BigDaddyWes 7 лет назад +88

      Because the majority of music listeners don't really know anything about music. And, that's okay. But, yes, as someone who understands rhythm on any sort of level this video is pretty pointless.

    • @BigDaddyWes
      @BigDaddyWes 7 лет назад +23

      2342315313531451345 15135431543154315315431 he's referring to how revolutionary the video makes triplets out to be. Yeah, it sounds cool, but vox is like GAME CHANGING TRIPLETS

    • @PropKnucklesFPV
      @PropKnucklesFPV 7 лет назад +2

      Wes Tolson thank you, lol

  • @dnl_lcknr690
    @dnl_lcknr690 7 лет назад +35

    Kendrick also uses triplets in the intro to Humble with “Nobody pray for me, Even a day for me”. Combined with the big bass notes builds a lot of hype.

  • @auseybadass4401
    @auseybadass4401 5 лет назад +127

    it will forever be the Memphis flow perfected by lord infamous R.I.P

    • @SlyMonie
      @SlyMonie 5 лет назад +5

      Memphis pioneered trap and the flows

  • @KitimatGooner
    @KitimatGooner 7 лет назад +1112

    *_Hey, Versace! Michael here._*

  • @VocalMusicMinority
    @VocalMusicMinority 7 лет назад +515

    Do one on Andre 3000s flow. I've been fascinated with why his sound stands out forever

    • @EoinForTheWin
      @EoinForTheWin 7 лет назад +23

      Matthew Fornear look up composers corner he analyses it

    • @retayuan123
      @retayuan123 7 лет назад +7

      Can't seem to find the video, can you link it?

    • @kilbankilban6465
      @kilbankilban6465 7 лет назад +3

      Eoin Byrne please, can you post a link?

    • @nikk796
      @nikk796 7 лет назад +9

      He's flow on E.T.(Extraterrestrial), A life in the day of Andre Benjamin and Aquemini always amazes me

    • @kobil316SH
      @kobil316SH 7 лет назад +1

      Kilban Kilban you can search it yourself

  • @sudeep6716
    @sudeep6716 6 лет назад +2579

    Snoop not against triplets, he's against artists who use triplets(trap) with no originality

    • @milanomartin5417
      @milanomartin5417 6 лет назад +143

      i read this in the THICKEST Indian accent. lol

    • @nediareyaprostovodospady
      @nediareyaprostovodospady 6 лет назад +20

      But trap is original. It's original for Atlanta rappers

    • @soccerlegend7774
      @soccerlegend7774 5 лет назад +18

      @@milanomartin5417 bruh

    • @Feenyxxx95
      @Feenyxxx95 4 года назад +4

      @@milanomartin5417 you messed around and put me right into a good mood with that laugh

    • @SlyMonie
      @SlyMonie 4 года назад +5

      I mean how do you make it original? its been copied and pasted so many times its saturated the hip hop community.

  • @bean3243
    @bean3243 2 года назад +626

    RIP Takeoff, if he didn't invent it, he perfected it and spread it. Even if you hate it, it's an addicting flow and great to listen to, old heads are just mad their lyrical miracles don't work anymore.

    • @yugoshine5593
      @yugoshine5593 2 года назад +5

      He invented it

    • @Thedeathdump
      @Thedeathdump 2 года назад +8

      @@yugoshine5593 they also invented mumble rap 😂

    • @pulluponkhaleeq
      @pulluponkhaleeq 2 года назад +9

      He did invent Offset and Quavo said he did

    • @JDeep72
      @JDeep72 2 года назад +47

      @@Thedeathdump found the logic fan

    • @user-lf4qb5dw1z
      @user-lf4qb5dw1z 2 года назад +10

      @@Thedeathdump big nathan moment

  • @hightide9513
    @hightide9513 7 лет назад +860

    The reason everyone is writing in trips is because it's easy. It's easy to flow and sound good. Eventually it will be played out and people will have to be creative again.

    • @IzzytheEgyptianVulture
      @IzzytheEgyptianVulture 7 лет назад +11

      High Tide you're wrong, it's no easier than any other style.

    • @massimomuntoni93
      @massimomuntoni93 7 лет назад +52

      +Izzy the Egyptian Vulture He probably means that if you can rap you can easily go with triplets not making an effort to be creative because they just sound good, personally that style is just corny and played out to me

    • @angelrangel4205
      @angelrangel4205 7 лет назад +7

      Daniel Mendoza hell nooooooo. Anyone thinks like that should have their ears slit

    • @hightide9513
      @hightide9513 7 лет назад +29

      Anthony Rios I'm sorry but you're wrong. Writing in trips is 2 dimensional. It's why they do it. Write some BS, time it in trips. Doesn't matter if it rhymes, doesn't matter if it sounds good. You don't have to annunciate words. You don't even have to worry about cadence. I'm not scared of change. I'm scared of BAD change.

    • @balance3809
      @balance3809 7 лет назад +1

      I dont think so its been bere since the 90s

  • @ThisIsTeeKay
    @ThisIsTeeKay 7 лет назад +1292

    Great to see someone really dive deep into this trend! I absolutely love these videos (even if I don't agree with the conclusion)

    • @krusher181
      @krusher181 7 лет назад +10

      I agree. It's informative/thought provoking, even if the conclusion is a bit weird.

    • @fede018
      @fede018 7 лет назад +7

      What's wrong with the conclusion?

    • @Anthropomorphic
      @Anthropomorphic 7 лет назад +131

      Snoop said that everyone's trying to sound the same and that that's bad. The video says that Snoop missed the point because triplets are useful and old, but that doesn't deal with Snoop's actual criticism: everyone's trying to sound the same and that's bad.

    • @harperl2
      @harperl2 7 лет назад +6

      Lifragen Exactly, I doubt he was meaning to speak on the technicality of the beats and more-so the content and sameness of Trap artists.
      I know I'm tired of hearing about Popping pills, cars, and shallow content of Trap artists in general. I respect the Hustle and if I could make good money rapping about cough medicine I would. I just can't get behind their products.
      They usually don't have anything to say. Hell, I don't mind listening to B.O.B. He at least has interesting things to say. (Albeit, crazy conspiracy theories).

    • @vukaleksic3550
      @vukaleksic3550 7 лет назад +5

      lmao as if snoop's content was ever any different. instead of popping pills cars and shallow content it's weed, cars and shallow content. get off your high horse

  • @animec-dramaskpop6362
    @animec-dramaskpop6362 7 лет назад +1407

    These videos need to be longer goddammit, and more frequent. Why y'all like playin with my emotions?

    • @Nickademas1
      @Nickademas1 7 лет назад +14

      Kassie Mitchell scarcity in supply and demand is an important asset for maintaining buzz. Too much of anything is never good. Inspires apathy.

    • @willquoikapor
      @willquoikapor 7 лет назад +7

      Big perm, I mean big worm.

    • @592sunrise
      @592sunrise 7 лет назад +1

      Kassie Mitchell excellent reporting to englighten us

    • @Xavio354
      @Xavio354 7 лет назад +1

      W

    • @SILK97
      @SILK97 6 лет назад

      afro curly girl I know it’s a year old comment, but it also can’t be easy to put these typa vids together

  • @Erik-yt8qb
    @Erik-yt8qb 5 лет назад +612

    The triplet flow was perfected by three six mafia’s lord infamous and is responsible for every popular rapper in the game today

    • @therealkcmill2877
      @therealkcmill2877 5 лет назад +41

      Rip scarecrow

    • @discowolf25
      @discowolf25 5 лет назад +25

      If you don’t know this: you don’t know rap. Period. Thank god we got
      seedof6ix. sounds exactly like his dad.

    • @mikebarnes7441
      @mikebarnes7441 4 года назад +6

      That marked the day rap died then

    • @onesyphorus
      @onesyphorus 4 года назад +12

      **Tommy Wright iii.
      yes. LI was one of the early users of the flow but Tommy did it when he was in the 9th / 10th grade, making trap aswell, it's origins formed in around '91-'92

    • @Luka-vl3wj
      @Luka-vl3wj 4 года назад +23

      3 6 mafia's influence on this new rap game is underrated asf. $uicideboy$ are heavily inspired by them aswell.

  • @DatDaDatty
    @DatDaDatty 7 лет назад +1082

    producers are the ones making the song good

    • @distorted303
      @distorted303 7 лет назад +27

      marketing is what makes a song good. bazinga

    • @zain3550
      @zain3550 7 лет назад +16

      Dat there are plenty of artists that Metro and Zaytoven produced for that are not famous at all so try again.

    • @2starSwelling
      @2starSwelling 7 лет назад +3

      Big Worm there not the only producers that know how to make good beats ... like at Mongolia from carti it's the reason it's "catchy " really .

    • @abelmendoza491
      @abelmendoza491 7 лет назад +2

      Dat some don't get credit for their work

    • @Christheawsome3
      @Christheawsome3 7 лет назад +11

      Rappers are more like public figures rather musical artists. That's why most artist are good looking. The producers make the songs sound good.

  • @Bhunibelza
    @Bhunibelza 7 лет назад +1297

    I love thiese Vox music videos.

    • @Tsukiko.97
      @Tsukiko.97 7 лет назад +2

      I hate thiese Vox music videos.

    • @12shivansh
      @12shivansh 7 лет назад

      ok

    • @Vanguardkl
      @Vanguardkl 7 лет назад +2

      Bhuni Be Only a white young girl would feel the need to break down hip hop, 1. To tell other people that she "gets" it , 2. To whitesplain to other white people that hip hop is complex enough for white people to listen to.

    • @ashtreylil1
      @ashtreylil1 7 лет назад +21

      O K what does music theory have to do with race? Stop making unrelated stuff about race. There are plenty of channels with black people going over verses and theory as well. Just enjoy the creativity, rap isn't just lyrics and a beat. The flow combined with that is what makes verses hot.

    • @RiskyRich_Gaming
      @RiskyRich_Gaming 7 лет назад

      O K
      I know right. When rappers rap, they just go. Instrumentals to a rapper is like a green light. U see that green u just step on the gas.

  • @GABA-Gool
    @GABA-Gool 7 лет назад +33

    Triplets in the eras you're talking about, were backed up with rapid fire delivery; flow versatility, punchlines, vocabulary, stories, meaning, etc. Today it's one word stretched out to make it a triplet, then a line or two about lean and back to the same word. World of difference. It's not really what you do, it's how you do it.

  • @benjaminlam3514
    @benjaminlam3514 5 лет назад +90

    The triplet flow is honestly perfect for lyrical rap: using straight eighth notes to rap seems kind of slow, and rapping to sixteenth notes is difficult to do at faster tempos. So the triplet flow is like a happy medium.

    • @DivoCapella
      @DivoCapella 2 года назад +7

      It exactly is man. As a person who loves music, I understood that statement clearly.

    • @olivercharles2930
      @olivercharles2930 Год назад +1

      Disagreed.

  • @osiris5077
    @osiris5077 7 лет назад +219

    I don’t think snoop was only referring to the fact they all rap in triplets I took it as if he was trying to say that half of these rappers don’t make sense of their words.

    • @danielkarlsen2545
      @danielkarlsen2545 7 лет назад

      v.gautreaux exactly. You want some lyrical content ffs🖑

    • @romeofabian6419
      @romeofabian6419 7 лет назад

      You don't make sense of your words.

  • @clever-username
    @clever-username 7 лет назад +284

    in poetry triplets are called dactyls and anapests

    • @_yellow
      @_yellow 7 лет назад +19

      Ben Dover You know, that's cool and all, but I'm probably going to forget it within the end of this video.

    • @FreestyleEntOnline
      @FreestyleEntOnline 7 лет назад

      are you sure about this ?

    • @tobiastomitzek3086
      @tobiastomitzek3086 7 лет назад +5

      Alright. And what now?

    • @insidiouslol2682
      @insidiouslol2682 7 лет назад +5

      Ben Dover damn man you're pretty cool

    • @Zer-mz4rw
      @Zer-mz4rw 7 лет назад +4

      I learned something new today. Thanks I guess.

  • @peachcap3515
    @peachcap3515 7 лет назад +262

    How 3 6 Mafia influenced every modern mainstream hip hop artist

    • @hakaishsu3116
      @hakaishsu3116 6 лет назад

      And underground

    • @bigbobbybitch2961
      @bigbobbybitch2961 6 лет назад

      a jewish bar of soap lord infamous

    • @MyFavoriteRapper
      @MyFavoriteRapper 6 лет назад +3

      @a jewish bar of soap Bone Thugs 👀

    • @lee_drifting
      @lee_drifting 6 лет назад +2

      ​@a jewish bar of soap wrong, it was a misunderstanding that memphis artists and bone had beef. they both have the same triplets element and "devlish" sound in the 90s, dont mean bone bit memphis and this is coming from someone that loves memphis rap. even dj paul said it was a misunderstanding. midwest and south have connections musically

    • @MyFavoriteRapper
      @MyFavoriteRapper 6 лет назад +2

      @a jewish bar of soap Bone dropped their underground album in 1993 though 👀

  • @danielbico1416
    @danielbico1416 2 года назад +16

    RIP TAKEOFF, THE ONE THAT PUT TRIPLET FLOW ON THE MAP

  • @homestarflyerify
    @homestarflyerify 7 лет назад +782

    Triplets are in no way complex. It is a basic element of music. Snoop doesn't miss the point, he was making his own point. It's totally unoriginal. When metal musicians over use triplets it gets tired, when jazz overdoes them the same. It's tired, overwrought, and lazy at the same time. Go back to your favorite song, "Notorious Thugs". There were triplets in there. But they were one element of the composition.
    What if a rapper only hit whole notes? Well, if done right that could sound cool, but then if every song he did and every song his peers did all were done in the rhythm of whole notes only...? For the majority of this wave, it's a crutch and a way to seem deep or more complex than they are. The reality is that a triplet is an elementary device, not an evolved or epic one. Musicians see right through the gimmick. Lamar, Run the Jules, and many others can do them well... only because they use them tactfully.

    • @MyFavoriteRapper
      @MyFavoriteRapper 6 лет назад +16

      That's because Bone Thugs go hard and they're about more musical elements than just triplets

    • @yungjoemighty879
      @yungjoemighty879 6 лет назад +18

      sounds about white

    • @MyFavoriteRapper
      @MyFavoriteRapper 6 лет назад +45

      @@yungjoemighty879 Or just sounds like knowledge of music...? 😂

    • @digable_celestial_dwarfs6778
      @digable_celestial_dwarfs6778 5 лет назад +4

      Came here to make this exact point so thank you for nailing it.

    • @glowingfish
      @glowingfish 5 лет назад +3

      Speaking of only hitting hole notes... KRS-One did a song where each line ended with "whole", "hole" or "hold", and come to think of it, maybe he was using whole notes?

  • @lucozade8373
    @lucozade8373 7 лет назад +573

    Notorious Thugs also one of my fave songs of all time. Under utilised in Hip Hop culture!!

    • @MyFavoriteRapper
      @MyFavoriteRapper 7 лет назад +2

      Finally somebody knows wassup!

    • @TURK_182
      @TURK_182 7 лет назад +1

      The golden era of rap! Both of thoes sings sound totally different this migos flow all sounds the same

    • @jaimewilson3644
      @jaimewilson3644 7 лет назад +1

      not really each artist uses the triplet flow differently

    • @user-hy6hi7fg5m
      @user-hy6hi7fg5m 7 лет назад +4

      Listen to Glorious Thugs by the Flatbush ZOMBiES
      you'll probably like that one 😘

    • @MickeyMea
      @MickeyMea 7 лет назад

      illmaculate is still under their radar smh

  • @samguy7654
    @samguy7654 7 лет назад +83

    THIS is why I subscribed to this channel in the first place.

  • @zachevans851
    @zachevans851 5 лет назад +47

    Lord infamous was the originator but when he spit triplets is was 🔥

  • @BrokenDarknessfilms
    @BrokenDarknessfilms 7 лет назад +1243

    Great video, but I don't think Snoop is quite missing the point. Despite the power triplets have as a rhythmic tool, it is getting to the point where it may be slightly overused and that's what I believe his comment is about. I'm okay to hear it here and there but all the time? No thanks.

    • @johnyaurimo1720
      @johnyaurimo1720 7 лет назад +65

      Nerdy Potato In the video, Snoop wasn't talking about triplet when he says it all sounds the same. He was referring to mumble rap in general (mamammahuahvsuuajak)

    • @BombDaBase1
      @BombDaBase1 7 лет назад +18

      Yeah, that's when it all starts to "sound the same"

    • @xoreign
      @xoreign 7 лет назад +11

      John Yaurimo And it's that sound that is in triplets ALL the time.

    • @BrokenDarknessfilms
      @BrokenDarknessfilms 7 лет назад +31

      Yeah, completely agree. I think the mumbling was an important factor in his point which I forgot to mention. But I think the overuse of the triplet flow was also part of his comment.

    • @thema1998
      @thema1998 7 лет назад +8

      Nerdy Potato This video gave me a better understanding of the triplet flow. It's not a bad thing. What is bad is that everyone is doing it. They end up sounding the same.

  • @DaDesiDon1
    @DaDesiDon1 7 лет назад +810

    Lord infamous flow

    • @burakbasal1907
      @burakbasal1907 7 лет назад +23

      Benzo Bucks V12 i was lookig for this comment right when I saw the title

    • @roxch
      @roxch 7 лет назад +16

      R.I.P.

    • @lilbeviltwin
      @lilbeviltwin 7 лет назад +21

      R.I.P the rowdy bounty hunter the scarecrow.

    • @trDewy
      @trDewy 7 лет назад +14

      Infamous flow > Disney Channel flow

    • @CrazyAmericanHacker
      @CrazyAmericanHacker 7 лет назад +2

      Benzo Bucks V12 yes bruhhh.

  • @BrandMath-ns5yc
    @BrandMath-ns5yc 7 лет назад +24

    My man Justin Hunte is finally getting his well deserved recognition

  • @axelluka247
    @axelluka247 2 года назад +74

    Takeoff really took this triplet flow to another level. Fly high 🕊

  • @PixelPickaxe
    @PixelPickaxe 7 лет назад +300

    I prefer how the nineties used the triplets over newer adaptations.

    • @TickingClocks
      @TickingClocks 7 лет назад +15

      PixelPickaxe they sound exactly the same and are used exactly the same. the only concrete difference is how overused it is these days (unless that's what you meant, in which case carry on!)

    • @PixelPickaxe
      @PixelPickaxe 7 лет назад +2

      No, I really can't hear the similarity/Just haven't picked up on it yet.

    • @dundee6402
      @dundee6402 7 лет назад +6

      Lol, it's the exact same. The only different thing is it wasn't just as common as it is today, and that trap didn't exist back then

    • @jerzyb0rn
      @jerzyb0rn 7 лет назад +6

      Because it was used lessed so it contrasted the flow of the rest of the rhythm. Maybe itd be used for only a few bars a song, so it gave that section a bit of a spotlight. Now its just constant so it looses its "woah this is a switch up" feel

    • @kiddfromla
      @kiddfromla 7 лет назад +1

      Johtonian the trap has always existed . Its just that “they” didn’t see a reason reason to market it . and now its all you hear , its all were going to hear until they find another thing to market .

  • @yoelhernandezwaber7507
    @yoelhernandezwaber7507 7 лет назад +105

    Snoop explains in a very simple example what is wrong with Trap music. He is not mocking the use of triplets. He is mocking the combination of an overuse of triplets, paired with a lack of variation in musical aesthetic.
    Trap music sounds the same because literally EVERYTHING they say is either a triplet or some "rah"/"wooh" etc. They all shoot for exactly the same sound, from flow, tone of voice and lyrical structure all the way to their beat composition. Triplets offer so many possibilities using different accents, or even things like sextuplets (which essentially are 2 triplets subdivided into 3 groups of 2, instead of two groups of 3), but what makes them so amazing is the variation they can offer. That´s exactly what makes biggies flow so incredibly smooth.
    Also Trap lyrics are straight up garbage.

    • @lillevi444
      @lillevi444 7 лет назад +2

      Yoel Hernandez Waber cause literally anybody other than 2pac and biggies lyrics in the 90’s were so much better than the trap artists lyrics

    • @yoelhernandezwaber7507
      @yoelhernandezwaber7507 7 лет назад +4

      Kollector I'm not saying you can't have good music with trash lyrics, but if your lyrics suck and your sound is repetitive and indistinguishable from other artists there is nothing to listen to

    • @lillevi444
      @lillevi444 7 лет назад +2

      Yoel Hernandez Waber ik what youre saying but thats how all rap always was most artists sounded the same and their styles rarely varied

    • @yoelhernandezwaber7507
      @yoelhernandezwaber7507 7 лет назад +1

      Kollector One of the reasons why I only listen to a few selected hip hop artists and usually prefer other genres

    • @0mgskillz96
      @0mgskillz96 7 лет назад +7

      Kollector u aint done ur research sayin rappers always sounded the same, in the golden era almost every rapper had differences in word choices, metaphors, song topics and flows and the most important thing everyone had originality and those that didnt wouldnt get recognition, u can hear the individualistic properties in their songs when again most of this generations music are so similar that its so boring to listen to, im not sayin every rapper in the 80s-90s were great but cmon to compare the music of this era to that era (mainstream or underground), its blasphemous if u are really passionate towards hip hop

  • @Adaminski111
    @Adaminski111 7 лет назад +27

    These type of vids is the reason I’m subscribed to vox

  • @ravencherokee
    @ravencherokee 2 года назад +6

    So sad. REST in Peace, TakeOff.

  • @thu6muff1n
    @thu6muff1n 7 лет назад +46

    These videos are incredible

  • @davidstoneback6159
    @davidstoneback6159 7 лет назад +1398

    Snoop wasn't just talking about the triplets. He was reffering to the mumbling and the production as well.

    • @kelechin.1977
      @kelechin.1977 7 лет назад +35

      David Stoneback no he was just talking about the flow

    • @ThaBeast123a
      @ThaBeast123a 7 лет назад +29

      David Stoneback He was directly talking about triplets

    • @Keesha_Hardy
      @Keesha_Hardy 7 лет назад +12

      David Stoneback People only call it mumbling because of their accents.

    • @michaelgomez4994
      @michaelgomez4994 7 лет назад +28

      Docbndgrl9113 what accent makes you mumble they choose to pronounce words that way. Plus there from the USA not nigeria no reason to mumble

    • @bunbundabunni3843
      @bunbundabunni3843 7 лет назад +9

      The mumble, and the extra exclamation! on the first or last syllable. Yeah, triplets are okay, but you can do triplets differently. The new songs aren't doing that.

  • @faithfuljohn
    @faithfuljohn 7 лет назад +432

    I have to disagree with you about Snoop missing the point. Although Triplets are one aspect to flow & music, the problem isn't that they are here. The problem is that everyone sounds the same. Part of what makes music sound good is the unexpected. When everyone does it ALL the time in all songs, it starts to become boring. And boring is the worst thing you can be in rap. It'd be like every song started exactly like Moonlight Sonata did. It'd get boring

    • @drewb5775
      @drewb5775 7 лет назад +12

      agreed Snoop was probably high and couldn't communicate his point very well.

    • @jordanpeakofficial
      @jordanpeakofficial 7 лет назад +2

      faithfuljohn EXACTLY

    • @Nuurix
      @Nuurix 7 лет назад +4

      well back in the days almost any rapper sounded the same as well... they use the same type of flows as any other artist, nothing changed much

    • @BobKBeats
      @BobKBeats 7 лет назад

      Exactly!

    • @SpaceGhostFan
      @SpaceGhostFan 7 лет назад

      faithfuljohn
      Great point

  • @mamagoosey
    @mamagoosey 3 года назад +6

    0:37 Don't mind me, just placing a replay button.

  • @Bergerac82
    @Bergerac82 7 лет назад +143

    Great video, BUT I don't think Snoop missed the point at all.
    He's right, everyone rapping exclusively in triplets does kinda sound the same.
    The serious talents like Chance and Kendrick are using triplets as just another tool in their arsenal and a way to switch things up and add drama, while the rest use it as a crutch.
    Take away the triplets and Chance and Kendrick still kill, but Migos and Future don't have much else.

    • @EmbassyNerdcore
      @EmbassyNerdcore 7 лет назад +14

      Don't have much else??? WTF Migos and Future CLEARLY also have SHITTY AUTO TUNED SINGING to fall back on.

    • @mrwavez9940
      @mrwavez9940 7 лет назад +1

      Adam Gordon that makes no sense lmao

    • @Bergerac82
      @Bergerac82 7 лет назад +2

      There is a difference between you not understanding, and something making no sense...

    • @geoffreyboener
      @geoffreyboener 7 лет назад

      They have one thing else. The instrumentals are sick. But, most of the time that's the producers and not the rappers themselves.

  • @BruceWayne-io2fz
    @BruceWayne-io2fz 7 лет назад +1366

    ironically theres 3 migos

    • @skrtreynolds
      @skrtreynolds 7 лет назад +55

      Bruce Wayne and they all trash lol

    • @nathanrelph3523
      @nathanrelph3523 7 лет назад +8

      Grizzly Machismo I'll drink to that

    • @SpooksMcGhie
      @SpooksMcGhie 7 лет назад +1

      #mindblown

    • @RobertoWCruz
      @RobertoWCruz 7 лет назад +64

      That's not irony

    • @thema1998
      @thema1998 6 лет назад +1

      Grizzly Machismo The only song from Migos I can tolerate is "Stir Fry" and that's only because of the production.

  • @TSANOOvlogs
    @TSANOOvlogs 7 лет назад +395

    Thing is, for me Kendrick and Chance use triplets so much better because it is delicate, purposeful and mostly used as beaming spotlight instead of a driving force in the song

    • @TSANOOvlogs
      @TSANOOvlogs 7 лет назад +4

      Beautiful video again by the way

    • @johnberry2678
      @johnberry2678 7 лет назад +11

      Eh, that sounds a bit pretentious. But I understand you don't wanna associate your favs w/ those "low class mumble rappers"

    • @TSANOOvlogs
      @TSANOOvlogs 7 лет назад +32

      John Berry that's not necessarily it, it's just that I dislike the constant stream of triplets at the same speed and intervals. Still, a stadium filling artist like Migos isn't "low class"

    • @Keesha_Hardy
      @Keesha_Hardy 7 лет назад +1

      Tomas Noordsij that's the thing, they aren't southern and don't have that accent, that's why people think the southern rappers who use triplet flow are mumbling. Trust me, my cousin goes to school down there and many people talk like that.
      Migos has the best triplet flow to me, especially Takeoff.

    • @sirfrancisdrake1472
      @sirfrancisdrake1472 7 лет назад +14

      Kendrick only one moving hip hop forward

  • @FlipStar26
    @FlipStar26 3 года назад +6

    Love it when they deconstruct the art of rhyming and flowing like that 😎

  • @chuzzywuzzy
    @chuzzywuzzy 7 лет назад +4

    Please continue this series for many more episodes!! No other channel on youtube is putting out such high quality videos deconstructing music

  • @Tentacular
    @Tentacular 7 лет назад +14

    I love this series, bringing out the science behind good music, and in such a lovable way.

  • @DizzyDenver
    @DizzyDenver 7 лет назад +740

    Triplets can be great, I'm just not tryna hear it in every single song I listen to, mix it in not flood it

    • @Nightshade1881
      @Nightshade1881 7 лет назад +14

      DizzyDenver that's what annoys me with triplets today. They don't change it up
      Bone thugs
      Mixed triplets with quarter notes and half notes just how they explained in the video
      Using slow sounding beats so they can have enough time to play with all these note lengths

    • @pyrotechnic96
      @pyrotechnic96 7 лет назад +12

      DizzyDenver yeah I feel the same way. They're really good as a spot flow to ramp up the energy of a song like chance and kendrick do but if it's the basis of your entire sound I kinda have a problem with it. The first thing I thought of with triplets and rap was the drums in black skinhead, even if it's not rapping they definitely have the same sort of effect

    • @TheLuismaBeaTle
      @TheLuismaBeaTle 7 лет назад +11

      DizzyDenver exactly the two examples she gave were good, specially the one from Kendrick. It feels good, but not when the whole song is in friggin triplets like take a break dude breathe

    • @mariokarter13
      @mariokarter13 7 лет назад +10

      Triplets are effective because they break up the standard note pattern, when triplets ARE the standard note pattern they become just as monotonous.

    • @krusher181
      @krusher181 7 лет назад

      That's my favorite part of Scrim from Suicide Boys, he raps more old school and then Ruby raps much more like 3 6 Mafia

  • @stanleyjohanson6720
    @stanleyjohanson6720 2 года назад +14

    RIP Takeoff, he has changed the rap world with Migos.

  • @noname-zu5nl
    @noname-zu5nl 7 лет назад +372

    Memphis sounded better using that flow.

  • @philippplein4974
    @philippplein4974 7 лет назад +896

    *the Beats took over rap. Without those catchy beats with those fire drums rap today wouldnt be so big. Shoutout to all PRODUCERS !!

  • @naturesinterface6663
    @naturesinterface6663 6 лет назад +264

    the beat analysis at around 4:45 is just wrong. the guy beatboxes two bars in the first example, one bar in the second. if the first example is forcibly interpreted as one bar, that puts the snare on the "ands", which is not hip-hop. the biggie track is not 154 bpm. producers will put the tempo at 154, because that allows the producer to easily program 32nd notes. it gives the producer a higher resolution to work with, but it doesn't change the (77) bpm. this was important with old sequencers. look at an 808, sixteen buttons, representing 16ths. programming a sequencer is not like writing sheet music, nor is it like producing on a modern DAW, where bars can be divided into 64ths or higher, beyond human comprehension. listen to a track that is actually 154 bpm. (unfortunately there are a lot of mislabeled tracks on youtube, making the same mistake as in this video.)

    • @naturesinterface6663
      @naturesinterface6663 6 лет назад +11

      160 bpm = jungle territory. most hip-hop heads are not going to dance to that.
      .
      toolstud.io/music/bpm.php?bpm=154&bpm_unit=4%2F4

    • @mickykannalles8289
      @mickykannalles8289 5 лет назад +11

      No, that's wrong. He beat-boxes 2 bars in everyone of these examples. Both times it's a 4/4 beat.
      First:
      Kick on 1
      Snare on 2
      K 3
      S 4
      And so on
      Second:
      K 1
      S 3
      K 4+
      K1
      S3
      K4+
      Two bars all the time.
      Although, it's a bit irretating, that the 2. Kick beats 2 times.

    • @mikebarnes7441
      @mikebarnes7441 4 года назад +8

      I seriously doubt you could follow anything in this video after that point, if you were already that lost 😆 lol

    • @mamagoosey
      @mamagoosey 3 года назад +7

      Read all of that. My brain's blank. Sigh.

  • @cgillespie78
    @cgillespie78 3 года назад +56

    Snoop is spot on. Triplets are a great tool but art needs variety.

  • @ethancoonce5991
    @ethancoonce5991 7 лет назад +550

    I think what sets guys like kendrick and chance apart from migos and future is that they dont rely on the triplet. I listen to a migos song and its like thats the only flow they have. I got goosebumps the first time I heard kendrick switch to triplets on DNA. Its the same way in all music. In the the classical piece moonlight sonata, the beauty lies not only in the use of triplets, but the counter rhythm of the melody as well as the incredible chord progression. When I listen to hip hop radio its like "duh-duh-duh duh-duh-duh-duh (Skrrt)/ duh-duh-duh duh-duh-duh-duh (Brrrrr)" over and over again and its uninteresting and boring as hell.

    • @double0hsnap538
      @double0hsnap538 7 лет назад +16

      Ethan Coonce Same! As soon as this video started, DNA. came to mind, and it's utilizing it like that which sets it apart from the trend that Snoop talks about. There's people who use the triplet as a tool and people who use it all the time and try to call it a style.

    • @Nhxn_
      @Nhxn_ 7 лет назад +2

      Ethan Coonce lost me at chance

    • @iKhanKing
      @iKhanKing 7 лет назад +5

      Yeah, the triplet is a tool. It's being abused right now.

    • @geoffreyboener
      @geoffreyboener 7 лет назад +1

      Ethan Coonce agreed. For me it gets boring. I prefer the style they mentioned when talking about Notorius Thugs where they tap into different rhythmic lanes, kinda like it's stuttering. Eminem does this a lot, I've noticed.

    • @alwaysxnever
      @alwaysxnever 7 лет назад

      Ethan Coonce i think you have sonething there. Hearing soneone with different styles flip their flow is amazing.

  • @Ian-ei3jy
    @Ian-ei3jy 7 лет назад +42

    Being a drummer I love this talk about triplets

    • @Ian-ei3jy
      @Ian-ei3jy 7 лет назад +6

      Where are the quarter note triplets though?

    • @fredjones5698
      @fredjones5698 7 лет назад +2

      Ian triplets are a broad term, there exist half note triplets my boy, it's just no one ever uses them because they almost always hang over the bar line

  • @priceless2353
    @priceless2353 7 лет назад +19

    She always has the best videos

  • @wizard1370
    @wizard1370 5 лет назад +2

    Tuplets are so much fun to play around with. I love 5, 7, and 11 especially!

  • @kurtiskaskowski5386
    @kurtiskaskowski5386 7 лет назад +2023

    Catchy hook... "Versace, Versace, Versace, Versace, Versace Versace." Really? 😂😂😂

    • @thewickedwizard
      @thewickedwizard 6 лет назад +128

      That is literally the worst lyric ever.

    • @shiftymcfisty
      @shiftymcfisty 6 лет назад +267

      they talkin' bout the flow, not lyrics

    • @kamisawze1552
      @kamisawze1552 6 лет назад +26

      Colin Plumb try “hoverboard hoverboard hoverboard”

    • @grizzlyer2200
      @grizzlyer2200 6 лет назад +59

      Colin Plumb what about “gucci gang gucci gang gucci gang gucci gang”

    • @guerillawhite3083
      @guerillawhite3083 6 лет назад +46

      yeach its catchy

  • @pi33a47
    @pi33a47 7 лет назад +131

    @Vox, I love your content, and you guys did a great job with this video, but Snoop never said he doesn't like triplet flow, he said he doesn't like mumble rap. In this video, you showed a clip of Snoop expressing that most people nowadays (that happen to use triplet flow) all sound the same, they all have the same style, and then throughout the rest of the video, every example you used were of great rappers that actually know how to use it, great rappers that had developed their own style, and implemented it with a beat. Snoop isn't talking about those, he knows they are good, he's talking about the mumble, the same style that most the Lil's and most the Yung's use. He isn't missing anything.

  • @JuL3r
    @JuL3r 7 лет назад +573

    Let's all mumble in triplets over a trap beat then.

    • @tdawg5973
      @tdawg5973 7 лет назад +49

      JuL3r I'm down if it's going to get me rich

    • @Afrosphynx
      @Afrosphynx 7 лет назад +1

      lmaoooo

    • @sabrinasjourney
      @sabrinasjourney 7 лет назад +2

      T Dawg is that why you want to make music tho? Wrong motivation bruh

    • @mariovillalobos4132
      @mariovillalobos4132 7 лет назад +1

      Peanut mbnbmiijbbjbb

    • @aaronvega862
      @aaronvega862 7 лет назад +2

      Lets do it who has the means I got the mumble flow.Let's start a new trend be a diverse dominant group of the mumbo jumbo rap game

  • @youneschoukri1184
    @youneschoukri1184 4 года назад +3

    Awesome video, I've also been using triplets in the rap songs I write. And I agree with you on the fact that they've been around for many years...

  • @sameiostewart-panko5890
    @sameiostewart-panko5890 7 лет назад +40

    So glad they mentioned tommy wright

    • @ianlangille558
      @ianlangille558 7 лет назад +1

      Sameio Stewart-Panko Tommy Wright I creep at night

    • @Lord_Don
      @Lord_Don 7 лет назад

      Sameio Stewart-Panko the *III* fool!!!! 3rd fool!

  • @Et3rnalPhoenix
    @Et3rnalPhoenix 7 лет назад +59

    These are the best kinds of Vox vids

    • @nedisahonkey
      @nedisahonkey 7 лет назад

      Phoenix I like some of the other videos but these are definitely my favorite and what got me to sub in the first place.

  • @merthsoft
    @merthsoft 7 лет назад +6

    Love that feeling of a march from the 6/8 polyrhythm you get when you've got the whole verse in triplets. Really gives the song energy!

  • @marvinmack232
    @marvinmack232 4 года назад

    Why is this sooooooo goooood! The producer and the editor snapped on this.

  • @bentn13
    @bentn13 7 лет назад +32

    There needs on be something on how Grime rappers rap fast, because these triplets nearly feel like a trick to seem like they're rapping faster than they are...

  • @toph3541
    @toph3541 7 лет назад +15

    The Public Enemy example and The Dismasters examples had hi hats going in eights and the rapper doing triplets against them. That's why those two examples sound so dissimilar from the others. All the other examples are hi hat patterns in triplets or only on the quarter note.

  • @DankerBeef
    @DankerBeef 7 лет назад +121

    Hey vsauce, Michael here.

  • @avene
    @avene 6 лет назад +2

    Mantronik should have received a mention here. The drum programming he did on some of T La Rock’s tracks back in the 80s took triplets to another level.

  • @TheAcidMines
    @TheAcidMines 7 лет назад +76

    Y'all should do the history of that one beat that you see over and over again in latin music, it's a really distinctive bass and snare rhythm, I don't know the name of it but I'm sure there is one, and you can see examples of it everywhere

    • @MarinoSesh420
      @MarinoSesh420 7 лет назад +2

      That Boy lol I know what you're talking about too lol. It's in a lot of songs hahaha

    • @duon44
      @duon44 7 лет назад +13

      That Boy you mean the "boom bapboombap boombapbap boombap" ?
      Lol i hope that's clear

    • @VioletStone100
      @VioletStone100 7 лет назад

      Bossa? Samba?

    • @JP-nm3us
      @JP-nm3us 7 лет назад +19

      That Boy you mean reggaeton?

    • @TheAcidMines
      @TheAcidMines 7 лет назад

      J P YEP. That's exactly it, didn't know that's what reggaeton was. Thanks for the assist

  • @shaunisclutch
    @shaunisclutch 7 лет назад +9

    Beautifully done as always, Estelle :).
    Snoop was obviously "elevated" but I can see what he was trying to say. Specifically his comment about "... All them n----s sound the same". It's less about the flow and more about how the rappers sound. Basically, "soundalikes". Kendrick and Chance stand out so you can easily distinguish who they are. You can also understand what they're saying pretty clearly lol.
    On the other side, there are a lot of rappers who sound "too much" alike. So as a fellow rapper, being distinguished in some way is what will give you your own light, so to speak. Then, you'll have listeners and fans who appreciate you without even calling YOUR flow a "Migos flow". In Hip-Hop, you NEVER wanna be labeled with someone else's flow haha. Same way we don't do "covers" like singers. Or have someone writing our verses. All credibility deal breakers because rap, since it's known existence, is a skill and talent which is all about creativity and originality. That's just what makes it especially unique and so widely popular.
    One last thing. Please, keep up the amazing work! I really love what you do :)

    • @nate6757
      @nate6757 7 лет назад +2

      very well said, I would add that snoop also talked about "biting" back when he was huge and how originality was key to success. If you copied another rappers flow, you were pretty much trying to challenge or start beef with him. Since this term and concept has gone away, many rappers are hopping aboard the bandwagon of making as much money as they can by using triplet high hats with a trap beat, mumbling, and rapping in triplets. This style, often deemed mumble rapping, is void of any lyricism or purpose, simply made to be blasted in a club or to be sold to dim people who simply want a beat and not have to ever think about the lyrics. Its sad to see how the triplet's role in fast and aggressive lyrical beats has been used by the lazy to sell albums.

  • @trucke3258
    @trucke3258 7 лет назад +355

    My favorite song in featuring triplets goes like this: *the thing goes grrrrraaa, pop pop pop pop pop, skinny kid pop pop and a pum pum punna pum pum, skee-aaa, tun tu ku poo pum buull, pum pum*

  • @samkk9931
    @samkk9931 5 лет назад +27

    7:07 is it me or do y’all hear a snare instead of hi hats

  • @trstmeimadctr
    @trstmeimadctr 7 лет назад +23

    No, Snoop isn't missing the point. The fact it is a powerful, yet over-used tool is exactly what is wrong with it.

  • @JerenVelletri
    @JerenVelletri 7 лет назад +103

    Yes definitely the best series on vox hype

  • @lifetripping
    @lifetripping 7 лет назад +8

    Since rap is “spoken” and not sung, perhaps what we are getting at is the natural rhythm of language. Triplets when we speak. Especially when we want to go fast. Are auctioneers speaking in triplets too? When we sing, we move naturally to other rhythms. Anyway, these are the thoughts that came to me while watching your video. Keep up the great work! Love your videos!!

  • @maurocarrera6172
    @maurocarrera6172 10 месяцев назад

    Great job breaking down to structure and analyzing the history of the evolution of the style.

  • @ANT1989
    @ANT1989 7 лет назад +125

    LORD INFAMOUS FLOW!

    • @cg4l936
      @cg4l936 7 лет назад +4

      Damn right

    • @Troxio420
      @Troxio420 6 лет назад +2

      Kids don't even know that he is master of that flow

  • @hammercanttouchthis
    @hammercanttouchthis 7 лет назад +143

    0:30 Snoop nailed it when talking about this contemporary rap (if you want to call it that)....

  • @zirtapot57
    @zirtapot57 6 лет назад +5

    I'd really love to watch a whole video on the underrated Memphis rap scene.

  • @alex12342715
    @alex12342715 7 лет назад +9

    Snoop explains modern rap so well it's crazy.

  • @LeadSwitchKick
    @LeadSwitchKick 7 лет назад +12

    Vox's graphic design never ceases to amaze me.

  • @kaanulkusal6875
    @kaanulkusal6875 6 лет назад +15

    0:35 lyrical genius

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  • @LegendaryBoneThugs
    @LegendaryBoneThugs 7 лет назад +35

    Please MORE Bone Thugs-N-Harmony beats, flow, lyrics, style videos!!!! LEGENDS!!