The first rap song that I'm aware of that had deep 808 sub-bass was Together Forever by Run DMC
In the 80s, rap producers experimented with 808 bass. A few songs I can think of are I Know You Got Soul, Rebel Without A Pause, and Nobody Beats The Biz, all of which came out in 1987. Marley Marl in particular had several songs that had 808 bass (e.g. Project Ho - MC Shan, Albee Square Mall - Biz Markie)
2 Live Crew was probably the first group to use 808 bass in EVERY song, but they were kinda regional. They didn't get much play in Boston.
Fast Forward to the 90s. Here's a classic 90s song, Juicy by Notorious B.I.G., but the lack of sub-bass takes away from the song. It actually sounds naked in 2020.
Make Em Say UUUggh - Master P, I wasn't much of a No Limit fan, but I must admit that sonically, their music sounded better than alot of stuff coming out of New York in the same era.
I Just Wanna Love You - Jay Z, the sub-bass is buried underneath the beat. It sounds like it could have been mixed better. It sounds like the bass is there, but they didn't consider sub-bass a priority.
Made You Look - Nas, this song was a banger at the time, but in hindsight it didn't really have any sub-bass
Oh Boy - Cam'ron, I used to love this song but now I can barely listen to it because there's no sub-bass
Just A Lil Bit - 50 Cent, this song has sub-bass. It was around this time (2005) that I started noticing that New York producers were using sub-bass like Southern Producers
I'd like to hear from the Southern posters on ABW. When did you notice that New York/East Coast music didn't bump like Southern music?
Also, is sub-bass a must have? Or can you listen to music with no bass?
In the 80s, rap producers experimented with 808 bass. A few songs I can think of are I Know You Got Soul, Rebel Without A Pause, and Nobody Beats The Biz, all of which came out in 1987. Marley Marl in particular had several songs that had 808 bass (e.g. Project Ho - MC Shan, Albee Square Mall - Biz Markie)
2 Live Crew was probably the first group to use 808 bass in EVERY song, but they were kinda regional. They didn't get much play in Boston.
Fast Forward to the 90s. Here's a classic 90s song, Juicy by Notorious B.I.G., but the lack of sub-bass takes away from the song. It actually sounds naked in 2020.
Make Em Say UUUggh - Master P, I wasn't much of a No Limit fan, but I must admit that sonically, their music sounded better than alot of stuff coming out of New York in the same era.
I Just Wanna Love You - Jay Z, the sub-bass is buried underneath the beat. It sounds like it could have been mixed better. It sounds like the bass is there, but they didn't consider sub-bass a priority.
Made You Look - Nas, this song was a banger at the time, but in hindsight it didn't really have any sub-bass
Oh Boy - Cam'ron, I used to love this song but now I can barely listen to it because there's no sub-bass
Just A Lil Bit - 50 Cent, this song has sub-bass. It was around this time (2005) that I started noticing that New York producers were using sub-bass like Southern Producers
I'd like to hear from the Southern posters on ABW. When did you notice that New York/East Coast music didn't bump like Southern music?
Also, is sub-bass a must have? Or can you listen to music with no bass?