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Time for a DRUM AND BASS CLINIC!
https://soundcloud.com/j_dlr/dlr-gusto-outlook-moat-2012
This is pure skills, all throughout.
I really want to love this. But damn hype MC is ruining it for me hardcore. God sometimes I wish they would just sit down and take like 60mins or so. lol
Gusto is MUCH better than say... Skibba, or MC Det, or Dynamite. While Skibba is a master lyricist, he gets rather....
worked up (if you know what I mean), and just doesn't shut up for the entire set. Dynamite MC is the worst. he just spouts lyrics that aren't even his, and imitates songs like Mr. Happy as the DJ drops a different tracks. It's really annoying. I've seen and heard him enough to hate him a lot.
I have a love/hate relationship with MCs. As a DJ, I understand how an MC can be vital to a set, but if the MC is talking more than rapping, it ruins the music a bit. Something I don't think many people get, is an MC is pretty vital when it comes to quick mixing like what DLR is doing, it adds another layer of sound to 'distract' from sloppy mixing. I remember at WEMF, I was paying pretty close attention to Bad Company's set, it was a masterpiece of drum and bass DJing, and the MC (can't remember who) knew
exactly when to pipe in (which was not often; he would let a track drop, let the crowd dance for 8 bars or so, and THEN hype up Bad Company for the sick drop), and it was only when the mix that was coming in was out of sync just by a hair, would he come in with some sick rhymes to cover up whatever sound clash was going on.
The only time I really wish a 'hype type' MC would shut up is when the DJ is doing some intense mixing when the mid range is being mixed proper, and/or when the tracks being played have vocals in it. Very rarely do I hear an MC live let the tracks with vocals speak for themselves - The DJ would never do a vocal clash, so you're just ruining what the DJ is trying to achieve buddy.
